Bootlegs

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[no title] (04 Nov 2007)
[no title] Ademotte version
Date: 04 Nov 2007
Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Format: –
Duration: –
Disc 1:
01- Intro
02- RADIO NOWHERE
03- NIGHT
04- LONESOME DAY
05- GYPSY BIKER
06- Intro
07- MAGIC
08- REASON TO BELIEVE
09- IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY
10- SHE'S THE ONE
11- LIVIN' IN THE FUTURE
12- THE PROMISED LAND
13- TOWN CALLED HEARTBREAK
14- TUNNEL OF LOVE
15- BE TRUE

Disc 2:
01- DEVIL'S ARCADE
02- THE RISING
03- LAST TO DIE
04- LONG WALK HOME
05- BADLANDS
06- Encore break
07- Public service announcement
08- GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMER CLOTHES
09- KITTY'S BACK
10- BORN TO RUN
11- DANCING IN THE DARK
12- AMERICAN LAND


Lineage: Audio Technica AT-899 omnidirectional mics => Edirol R-09 => WAV => Audigy Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC front-end (level 8)


Notes from info file:

This one was an adventure. I had just purchased my new set of AT-899 two days before this show (to go with my three-week-old Edirol R-09) and had not had the opportunity to field-test the mics before departing for Cleveland. During the opening intro notes, I realized that the levels were brickwalling already despite setting levels at the lowest-possible level ... the "high-sensitivity" setting had worked just fine for my trusty Sonics but were way too much for the AT mikes. The first 7 tracks are recorded with "Automatic Gain Control" on, which essentially smoothes out the highs and lows on a recording (similar to any Crystal Cat bootleg). When the lights came on during Reason to Believe, I was able to see to switch back to low-sensitivity and properly set levels.

As a result of this craziness, you'll find some swings in levels at the beginning of T2 and end of T8; otherwise, it sounds great.

For those who didn't read the reviews from Bakerstuff's post, this was a terrific show with a unique setlist. I think this the only show to get "Saint in the City" and "Be True" so far on the tour -- the first was fantastic and the second was (I thought) a little tentative, but it was great to see "Tunnel" and "Be True" packed together in a 1-2 punch a la 1988.

I was halfway back on the floor in line with the right speaker stack; sound quality is slightly better than the two Chicagos I posted which were taped from a similar location. I wouldn't venture to compare with Bakerstuff's excellent recording; I think mine has slightly less crowd noise, but his doesn't have the level variations mine does. Completists will probably want to grab both, and perhaps someone is enterprising enough to matrix the two sources for optimal results. I do think that from D1T9 through the end, the sound quality is as good as anything posted yet from the tour.

Feel free to post a remastered version with smoother levels (I did my best, but there are a couple points where the jump is still noticeable), but please denote what you did to the original recording.