I can sympathize with the OP, but I think it's important to make bands understand that even live there will be overdubs and it will take more time than they think. Explaining the process is part of the job too a lot of times. If they want a "studio board tape" then you can either tell them that's what it will be or turn down the work. However, it's important that they understand that when bands "record live" you spend at least half a day getting the room set up and getting tones and you still are deciding on takes based on the drums first and foremost and overdubbing what's necessary to make a polished product. Taking DI's and using baffles and iso booths for the amps makes these overdubs a lot easier.
One mistake a lot of us (myself included) have made is assuming that musicians know how records actually get made. The flipside of that is another mistake alot of engineers (myself included) are guilty at times of having a one size fits all approach to recording.
