mum was well served by the change of venue to Brooklyn on Wednesday night. The loose and festive atmosphere of the Masonic Temple gave the set a playful feel. Orvar in particular was having quite a bit of fun with the banter and indeed at one point broke out into a goofy verse of Kiss’ “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” at the end of the set. The setlist contained a few changes from Tuesday’s show and the show was 10 minutes longer. In particular, the beautiful version of “Ghosts You Draw On My Back” was breathtaking in its poignant simplicity.
I took a different approach to recording this concert than the Tuesday night outing. Since the “sweet spot” at 30 feet back dead center is inaccessible as its right in the middle of the aisle for seating at Masonic Temple, I decided to get right up front at the PA speakers. This recording was captured from the 4th row, only a few feet from the large right side speakers. The result is a very clear recording, which was perhaps a bit bass and drum heavy — imperfections that were remedied in post-production with a little gentle EQ. The final product is quite excellent. Enjoy!
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Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
mum
2008-04-22
Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from 4th Row
15 Feet from Right PA Stack
DPA 4021s > Marantz PMD-660 (Oade BCM Mod) > 16bit 44.1kHz wav > Soundforge (level adjustments, modify close clapping, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries)> flac
Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2008-04-24
Setlist:
[Total Time 1:30:26]
01 I Was Her Horse
02 Moon Pulls
03 Oh, How the Boat Drifts
04 Winter (What We Never Were After All)
05 Sit Down
06 Guilty Rocks
07 Marmalade Fires
08 Blessed Brambles
09 A Little Bit, Sometimes
10 I’m 9 Today
11 Kostrzyn
12 These Eyes are Berries
13 Dancing Behind My Eyelids
14 They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded
15 [encore break]
16 The Ghosts You Draw On My Back
17 We Have a Map of the Piano
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I’ve been listening to this one.
Really EXCEPTIONAL recording.
hats off to nyctaper for this one