A show needing no intro, this was this half-way point in The Elephant 6 Orchestra’s extensive Holiday Surprise tour!

The Elephant Six Orchestra’s Holiday Surprise
3.12.2011
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (w/ SBD for Sets 2-3) > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 >
SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. When Father Was Away On Business [1]
2. The Separating Fault [2]
3. Yesterday’s World [3]
4. Green Typewriters: Wake Up! [4]
5. Majesty [5]
6. Life Form (Transmission Received) [1]
7. I Have Been Floated [4]
8. Spiral Stairs [2]
9. banter/tuning
10. “Nothing But Love” [6]
11. “Dirty Little Birdy” [6]
12. Mechanised Organ Playing Tower [5]
13. “The Code”
14. Spare the Dark Streets [5]
15. My Honor [7]
16. As Time Passed [7]
(Set II)
17. “The Snowman Game”
18. Like a Rolling Stone [8]
19. They Broke the Speed of Light [9]
20. Rabbit’s Ear [9]
21. Hideaway [4]
22. Hide in the Light [10]
23. Sail Beyond the Sunset [10]
24. John solo
25. Holiday Surprise 1, 2, 3 [4]
26. Define a Transparent Dream [4]
27. To All Who Say Goodnight [5]
28. Nothing For Sunday [11]
29. Days Remain [11]
30. Can You Come Down With Us? [4]
31. Out Of The Water [12]
32. Party With Me Punker [13]
(Set III)
33. An Old Familiar Scene [2]
34. Candy For Everyone [9]
35. Lucky Girl [7]
36. White Sky [7]
37. Yellow Kid [14]
38. The Opera House [4]
39. Enlightenment [15]

Key:
[1] – Major Organ and the Adding Machine
[2] – Elf Power
[3] – Circulatory System
[4] – The Olivia Tremor Control
[5] – The Music Tapes
[6] – Dressy Bessy
[7] – The Gerbils
[8] – Bob Dylan
[9] – The Late B.P. Helium
[10] – The Sunshine Fix
[11] – Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t
[12] – M Coast
[13] – Minutemen
[14] – Royal Trux
[15] – Sun Ra

Lineup:
Derek Almstead, Laura Carter, Robbie Cucchiaro, Bill Doss, Tammy Ealom,
Pete Erchick, John Fernandes, Rob Greene, Will Hart, Dan Korn, Julian Koster,
Bryan Poole, Andrew Rieger, Scott Spillane

Notes:
Occasional distortion on vocal and drums mics.
Tracks 10-11 omitted pending an official release.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.