Depeche Mode 5-5-17 Stockholm, Sweden

Depeche Mode
5-5-17 (May 5. 2017 / 2017-05-05)
Friends Arena
Stockholm, Sweden

Dave Gahan – lead vocals
Martin Gore – keyboards, backing and lead vocals, guitars
Andy Fletcher – keyboards, backing vocals, bass guitar
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Christian Eigner – drums, keyboards
Peter Gordeno – keyboards, piano, bass guitar, backing vocals

Going Backwards
So Much Love
Barrel Of A Gun
A Pain That I'm Used To
Corrupt
In Your Room
World In My Eyes
Cover Me
Home
A Question of Lust
Poison Heart
Where's The Revolution
Wrong
Everything Counts
Stripped
Enjoy The Silence
Never Let Me Down Again

- encore(s) -

Somebody
Walking In My Shoes
"Heroes"
I Feel You
Personal Jesus

Lineage:
AT 943 External Stereo Microphones >> SP-SPSB-10-80020 - Sound Professionals -
Micro-mini microphone power supply with mini 12vdc battery >> Olympus LS- 10 >>
30m from stage >> WavePad Editor >> 48 / 24 Bit >> Dithered 44.1-16 Bit >> 
Songsplit >> Tracking >> Wave >> FLAC Level 8

Very first show of Depeche Mode's 2017 Global Spirit Tour.  Lotta songs I did not know since I'm mainly an 80's/early 90's DM fan.  Not that I dislike music of theirs from the mid-90's to now, I just haven't really listened much so no, I'm not a huge fan of this band but I do like a listen from time to time.  Really nice recording!  Buncha crowd clap-along which (mostly) isn't too terribly annoying to me since the music and vocals really shines through the entire time.  Some light talkers but not close to the mics and always brief.  I'm pretty impressed with this capture.  This is no Lincoln Center music hall type of theater built for sound -- the former Swedbank Arena is actually an indoor (retractable roof) stadium that seats like 60,000 for a concert!  Don't know where the "taper" was sitting but these are great mics used and the sound mix was nearly perfect!  Definitely impressed and totally diggin' it!  Really love the tribute to David Bowie when they played "Heroes."  Dave's voice has still got it, band sounds great!  Givin' this one a good solid 9.5 out of 10 for an A grade!

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Willie Nelson & Family 5-2-17 San Francisco, California

Willie Nelson & Family
5-2-17 (May 2, 2017 / 2017-05-02)
The Fillmore
San Francisco, California

Willie Nelson (guitar, vocals)
Lukas Nelson (guitar)
Micah Nelson (percussion)
Bobbie Nelson (piano)
Mickey Rafael (harmonica)
and ???

Whiskey River
Still Is Still Moving To Me
Beer For My Horses
Good Hearted Woman
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Angels Flying To Close To The Ground
On The Road Again
Always On My Mind
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Move It On Over
(intrumental -- title???)
Shoeshine Man
Georgia On My Mind
Georgia On A Fast Train
Funny How Time Slips Away
Crazy
(another instrumental -- title???)
"Happy Birthday To Willie"
It's All Going To Pot
Still Not Dead
Little Old Fashioned Karma ->
Will The Circle Be Unbroken ->
I Saw The Light

Equipment DPA 4061s-battery box-Sony pCM-m10
Transfer M10-usb-cdwav editor-FLAC
Taped from mid floor

I'm sorry, this just isn't a great recording.  But it's okay, certainly listenable.  The "taper"'s location was not ideal to get beautiful sound with little crowd noise.  Also, and this is something I oughta learn to fix, the volume is way too low. I'm listening now at FULL volume with my DAP (Digital Audio Player) and I never have to play shows at full volume, I mean for goodness sake, I can hear myself typing and that's never the case when playing other shows.  Ah well.  Lotta talkers, too, (usually) not super close to the mics but you can hear them from time to time.  Maybe that doesn't bother everyone (how could it not?!) but it bugs me.  And in between songs the crowd is definitely louder than the music, not so much you gotta reach for the volume to protect your ears but there's still a noticeable difference.  That's not right.  What do I have good to say about this since I just spent quiet awhile on a lot of negatives?  Willie's a legend.  And the show is short at an hour and fifteen minutes so there's not long wishing it was a pristine recording.  Gotta still gives thanks to the "taper" for trying and then sharing 'cause at 84 what if Willie croaked before his next show and there was no "taper" there that night?  We'd have no recording of his final show and that would be a shame.  I almost don't wanna grade this but it's what I do . . . 8.9 out of 10 (B+) for the very below A grade here at Boot Hill Boots.

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Sleater-Kinney 4-30-15 Hollywood, USA

Pic from this show, all credit to someone else, I wasn't there.

Sleater-Kinney
4-30-15 (April 30, 2015 / 2015-04-30)
Hollywood Palladium
Hollywood, California

Corin Tucker (vocals, guitar)
Carrie Brownstein (guitar, vocals)
Janet Weiss (drums)

Price Tag
Fangless
Turn It On
What’s Mine Is Yours
Oh!
Surface Envy
No Anthems
Rollercoaster
Ironclad
Bury Our Friends
No Cities To Love
The Fox
Start Together
A New Wave
One Beat
Words and Guitar
Entertain
Jumpers

- encore(s)-

One More Hour
Dig Me Out
Modern Girl

Source: Schoeps MK41’s > Nbob actives v2 > Naiant Tinybox v2.5 (OT) > Sony PCM-M10 24/44.1
Mastering: Adobe Audition (edits) > iZotope Ozone 5 (Exciter,Imaging,Dynamics) > MBIT+ (dither to 16 bit) > WavePad (tracking) > xACT (tags) > FLAC
Taper: BLG

Great band!  Great show!  Great recording!  Schoeps mics!  Enough said!  Okay, I'll say the capture here is quite often sounding like a freakin' soundboard!  Again.  You surely have the crowd ambiance and a presumably lesbian fan screaming how much she loves them, but the noise between tracks is never louder than the music.  How important that is to create an excellent audience recording.  I've heard some where as soon as the song is over, people are yelling it up, screaming and clapping super loud right near the taper and you gotta reach for the volume to crank it down until the next song starts.  Not here.  And not with a lot of recordings I've listened to lately.  Some stellar captures that have me in awe.  Some people are all about the soundboard but some auds are just fantastic y éste es otro!  9.7 out of 10.  Grab it, play it LOUD!

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Bob Dylan 4-30-17 London, England

Bob Dylan
4-30-17 (April 30, 2017 / 2017-04-30)
The Palladium
London, England, Great Britain

Bob Dylan — vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Charlie Sexton — lead guitar
Stu Kimball — rhythm guitar
Tony Garnier — bass guitar
Donnie Herron — pedal steel, lap steel, electric mandolin, banjo, violin
George Receli — drums, percussion

Things Have Changed 
To Ramona
Highway 61 Revisited
Beyond Here Lies Nothing
I Could Have Told You
Pay In Blood
Melancholy Mood
Duquesne Whistle
Stormy Weather
Tangled Up In Blue
Early Roman Kings
Spirit On The Water
Love Sick
All Or Nothing At All
Desolation Row
Soon After Midnight
That Old Black Magic
Long And Wasted Years
Autumn Leaves

- encore(s) -

Blowin' In The Wind
Ballad Of A Thin Man

Sonic Studios DSM-6>PA6-XP>M Audio Microtrack>
Wavelab>CD Wave Editor>FLAC Level 8
An EBR Recording

Yet another excellent audience recording.  Music and vocals both shine through with next to no crowd distraction whatsoever.  Just fantastic!  My gripe: old Bob is keeping basically the same setlist all tour which to me is boring.  People probably wouldn't have seen the Grateful Dead 500 times if they played the same setlist every tour.  U2 adds a few different songs in from the previous night.  So does Springsteen.  Pearl Jam the same.  Bob used to.  But he's 75.  It's just easier for him nowadays, I guess.  The answer, my friend is: there just isn't a need to listen to every show of a tour anymore for those rare gems he might play.  Find one good quality recording and you're set.  Or two good ones as this is fairly identical to the one I posted  a couple weeks ago from this tour.  This one: about a 9.7 out of 10 for the highest A grade there is before A+.  Some people would even go ahead and give this an A+.  What's keeping me from?  Actually, I'm really tired right now as I type this and I'm not exactly sure what's keeping me from saying A+.  The honor of A+ for an aud is something that just has gotta really really be earned.  Maybe a little too much audience between songs here.  It's not bad at all, really not!  But a quieter audience and no one talking or coughing near the mics would get this to A+.  STILL this is EXCELLENT quality that anyone should be happy with.

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Asia 4-29-82 Boston, Massachusetts

Asia
4-29-82 (April 29, 1982 / 1982-04-28)
Orpheum Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts

John Wetton - vocals, bass
Steve Howe - guitar
Geoff Downes - keyboards
Carl Palmer - drums

Time Again 
One Step Closer 
Without You 
The Ancient 
Clap
Midnight Sun 
Only Time Will Tell 
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes 
Cutting It Fine 
Wildest Dreams
Here Comes The Feeling- > Carl Palmer drum solo -> Here Comes The Feeling 
Soul Survivor 
Heat Of The Moment

Balrog Source, Lestat Remaster

Lineage: 
1982: Nakamichi CM-100/CP-1 > Nakamichi 550 (Dolby B in) > Maxell UD XL II

2011: Maxell UD XL II > Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby B out) > RDL FP-UBC6 > MOTU 896 > Sound Forge Audio Studio 9.0 > Wave [96kHz/24 bit] > Izotope RX, Audition Pro with Izotope Ozone [mastering and downsample/conversion to 44.1KHz/16 bit] > Wave > FLAC

Back when I was a wee little tot, maybe a little bigger than we, I had Asia's debut album on vinyl.  Sweeeet!  And when a small carnival came to our town each year, one of the prizes was this like 8 by 5 inch (or something like that) mirror thingy with a band's logo in it.  Had to have the Stones, VH, AC/DC and others including Asia's first big serpent logo... it was a serpent, right?  Anyway, loved their music all those years ago and I wasn't even in high school yet!  Time went on and you'd hear 1 or 2 songs occasionally if you listened to enough classic rock radio.  Same two songs over and over.  Then I started collecting these bootlegs and hey, people taped Asia and today spread some of their shows around.  That's how we got to this posting.  I've grabbed a few and this is actually my very first listen.  Not totally my cup o' tea but it's good live music.  I know I have more shows than I'll probably ever listen to, why fill some of my time with lesser liked stuff?  I dunno.  Part of it has to do with me maybe thinkin' I'm immortal and *will*** have time to listen to it all, so why not something like this once in awhile.  ANYWAY . . . very nice audience recording for the era!!  Great equipment and an optimal location in the theater, plus modern day mastering to bring it to optimal form, gives Asia fans a pretty enjoyable listen compared to an average quality, Sony Walkman recording that, truth be told, as much as you might love the music, isn't always a joy to listen to.  But this one is.  9.7 out of 10, a good, solid A grade no doubt!

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Foo Fighters 4-29-96 San Francisco, California

Foo Fighters
4-29-96 (April 29, 1996 / 1996-04-29)
The Warfield
San Francisco, California

Dave Grohl - vocals, guitar
Pat Smear - guitar
Nate Mendel - bass
William Goldsmith - drums

Enough Space
This Is A Call
Winnebago
Wattershed
For All The Cows
Weenie Beenie
Butterflies
Big Me
My Poor Brain
Gas Chamber 
Up In Arms
Good Grief
Podunk
How I Miss You
Alone + Easy Target
I'll Stick Around

- encore(s) -

Floaty **
Down In The Park
Exhausted

** with Petra Haden on vocals

Source: Schoeps MK4s > Rmod > Sony TCD-D7
Transfer: DAT Master 16/48 > PCM-R500 > digi coax > Edirol R-44 
Lineage: Audacity > CD Wave > TLH > FLAC

Thank you, Schoeps, for making such great microphones for capturing shows so beautifully.  It's not all about the mics, also location of the taper, of course, but dem top o' the line mics sure do help, and DAT, too.  When you've got all three workin' just right for ya, you get a sweet recording like this one.  And I've been reminded that I need to listen to more Foo Fighters shows cuz Dave Grohl's one of the best at interacting with the crowd . . . helps make listening more fun such as in this one.  I'm not sure there's two songs without him bantering in between (or at least saying what song they're about to play.)  I also find it somewhat odd that he kinda mimics an effeminate gay man while on stage in San Francisco.  To me that's making fun of them but maybe he's not.  What do I know, I've never even tried out for Jeopardy, at least not yet.  Anyway, great show, great recording, the house sound in The Warfield was superb and the Schoeps picks it up so well.  9.6 out of 10 for a solid A grade capture.

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Bob Dylan 4-28-99 Ljubljana, Sloveia

Bob Dylan
4-28-99 (April 28, 1999 / 1999-04-28)
Hala Tivoli
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
Larry Campbell (guitar)
Tony Garnier (bass)
David Kemper (drums & percussion)

Friend Of The Devil
Mr. Tambourine Man
Masters of War
Mama, You Been On My Mind
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Tangled Up In Blue
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Can't Wait
Every Grain Of Sand
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Not Dark Yet
Highway 61 Revisited
Love Sick
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Blowin' In The Wind
Not Fade Away
Like A Rolling Stone

LB-6422
Taper: "Bach"
Lineage: OKM II Rockversion > Sony DAT TCD-D8 (48 kHZ - 16 bit) > TASCAM DA-40 professional > ssrc convert to 44.1 kHz  >WaveTerminal > HD > WaveLab 6 > 
convert to flac dBpowerAMP > md5summer

Sounds like a soundboard . . . most of the time. When there's no one screaming, when there's no semi-nearby conversation (6 or 7 times, quiet and brief,) when there's no moron screaming for Bobby (thru much of one song,) this sounds simply awesome.  There are a dozen or so minor sound fluctuations that are so short before it bounces right back to where it was and a half dozen pops throughout the whole show (all quick and quiet,) and David Kemper's bass drum causes noticeable distortion on several songs, but when it's good it's REALLY GOOD!!!  This is purely an A+ recording for a good 85% of it! The crowd distractions really aren't that bad and honestly didn't take away from my enjoying the show over two listens.  This coulda been one of the best audience recordings of the Dylan year but I gotta knock it down a small bit because of people's mouth's and the recording levels not able to take that full bass drum.  Still it's gotta earn a 9.7 for a high A grade!

Speaking of David Kemper, I wonder if he thinks of his dear friend Jerry Garcia when Friend Of The Devil gets played by Bob.  David was the drummer for Jerry's non-Grateful Dead projects for Jerry's last 11 years playin', from about 1984 to 95.  I so do love hearing Bob playing Jerry since Jerry played Bob for . . . well, for just about ever!

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Social Distortion 4-28-15 Cologne, Germany

Social Distortion
4-28-15 (April 28, 2015 / 2015-04-28)
Palladium
Köln, Deutschland

Mike Ness - guitar, vocals
Jonny "2 Bags" Wickersham - guitar
Brent Harding - bass
David Hidalgo, Jr. - drums

So Far Away
Let It Be Me
Story Of My Life
Sick Boys
Ball And Chain
It Coulda Been Me
She's A Knockout
A Place In My Heart
Drug Train
Cold Feelings
Machine Gun Blues
Wild Horses
I Won't Run No More
99 To Life
Gimme The Sweet And Lowdown

- encore(s) -

Ring Of Fire
Don't Drag Me Down

minimax master-series #453
Master - Audience recording
Taping-location: front row, about 1,86 meter from the stage, a bit on the right side
Equipment: Zoom H4N – Sound professional microphones SP-CMC-8

Pretty darn fine recording . . . except the vocals are halfway buried most of the time.  Perhaps that's the taper's fault for not being in an optimal location to pick up the perfect sound as it should be heard, or perhaps maybe some fault of the sound guys who did a terrible job mixing?  Who knows.  Vocals aside, this is an exceptional recording.  You can hear crowd stuff now and then but shouldn't ever really be distracting, wasn't to me.  Guitar and drums are loud and clear!  The bass might also be a bit buried.  This had so much potential to be an A+ recording.  Still it's a good listen!  I'm goin' with about a 9.6 out of 10 for a solid A grade.

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Elvis Costello 4-26-87 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Elvis Costello (solo)
4-26-87 (April 26, 1987 / 1987-04-26)
Class Of 1923 Arena (Penn Ice Rink)
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

(Angels Wanna Wear) My Red Shoes
Suit Of Lights
Green Shirt
Brilliant Mistake - including Tired Of Waiting For You
Heathen Town
Uncomplicated - including Not Fade Away
Inch By Inch
New Amsterdam / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I'll Wear It Proudly
American Without Tears
American Without Tears No.2 (Twilight Version)
Radio Sweetheart / Jackie Wilson Said
Poisoned Rose

- encore 1 -

Sleep Of The Just
I Want You / The Comedians
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? - with Nick Lowe

- encore 2 -

Taxi
Just A Memory
Girls Talk
Ferry 'Cross The Mersey / Tiny Steps / Gloria (snippet)
Watching The Detectives / The Only Flame In Town
Alison - including You Win Again / Man Out Of Time
Pump It Up - inc. Too Much Monkey Business, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Sign O' The Times and The Message

Source: Sony ECM-909a mic > Sony WM-D6 Cassette Master (Maxell- XL-IIS)
Transfer: Sony TC-WE 475 > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1 Hz) (transfer by kingrue)
Tape courtesy: Stonecutter Archives
Transfer assisted by: TAKRL

Ahh, the original Napoleon Dynamite!  Fun, fun show from a dude who loves having fun!  Not just a musician and singer but a comedian, as well.  My first thought about this show was why in an ice rink?  It's really not terrible sound for the type of room it is . . . the awesomeness of the taping setup really helps here -- the taper came to get a good capture and he did!  Crowd noise is minimal and Elvis's vocals and instruments are well heard throughout.  It's not without flaws as the last song cuts off abruptly.  Woulda been nice to hear the Professor say goodnight to enthusiastic college crowd. There's also some static here and there, a little change in quality a time or two but each time so brief and the sound immediately comes right back to beautiful.  But why, oh why, in an ice rink and not a nice performing arts center type of hall or theater made for great acoustics?  Ah well, such was the 80's, a great time with tons of crappy recordings but this one is kinda close to an A+!  I'm goin' about a 9.6 for a strong A grade.  I was worried about quality but this is excellent!  "Let's hear it for New Jersey!!!"

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