The “Rock and Roll Means Well” tour pulled into NYC last night and The Hold Steady began the evening with a high energy set that was not matched by the lackluster energy of the crowd. We spent much of the night peering past texting LED screens and a persistent din of crowd chatter. Despite the good intentions of the two bands, its perhaps not a particularly good touring idea to co-headline two bands who match well in spirit but not in fan-base identity. Nevertheless, Craig Finn’s boundless stage persona managed to propel the band through a set focused on the rock numbers. As he referenced the good mood of the tour in light of Tuesday’s historic events, Finn marched The Hold Steady into the title track from Stay Positive and kept the band at high speed through a set that featured nine of the eleven numbers from the new CD.
We recorded from the rear center of the floor, raised the pole to maximum height, and pointed the hyper-directional microphones upwards towards the stacks. We were successful in avoiding much of the crowd chatter din and captured a very fine recording which actually improves upon the bass-heavy and boomy sound that reached our ears on the floor of the venue. Enjoy!
Drive-By Truckers were also recorded and will be posted in the next day or two.
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
The Hold Steady
2008-11-06
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA
Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Floor – Dead Center 100 Feet from Stage
Neumann KM-150’s > Monster Cable > Apogee Mini-Me > digital coax > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge 8.0 (level adjustments, downsample 16/44) > CD Wave 1.75 > Flac Frontend > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-11-07
Setlist:
[total time 1:08:03]
01 Stay Positive
02 Cattle and The Creeping Things
03 Same Kooks
04 Stuck Between Stations
05 Constructive Summer
06 Sequestered in Memphis
07 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
08 Navy Sheets
09 Banging Camp
10 Massive Night
11 Joke About Jamaica
12 You Can Make Him Like You
13 Lord, I’m Discouraged
14 Yeah Sapphire
15 The Swish
16 Chips Ahoy
17 Magazines
18 Slapped Actress
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