Chronicling and reviewing show's I've attended, taped, traded, or discussing projects remastering audio and video of said shows. I trade live recordings of hard rock and metal, and focus mostly on the bands Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains, A Perfect Circle, Chevelle, Deftones, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Temple Pilots, etc. This is just a blog, so no downloads are hosted here. Contact me if you can't find something through the appropriate channels. NOTHING DISCUSSED ON THIS BLOG IS COPYRIGHTED in any shape or form. It is all fan generated content for the use of other fans. Finally, please support the artists by buying their official records and attending their shows... And most importantly, share FREELY!
This is just a solid Breaking Benjamin show I traded out this week, so I decided to do a review. I actually recorded them with Seether and Three Days Grace in March of 2008 (I'm planning a remaster/re-release of that one soon) and back then they did not disappoint. Very heavy and very engaged with the crowd and it shows on this recording. The taper clearly knew what he was doing and positioned himself with an unobstructed line to the speakers, as there is very little talking or crowd noise close by, but still manages to capture the energy in just the way I like it. The sound is a tad bit on the heavy end but its still clear and not distorted. A very solid effort.
Shaun Morgan from Seether joins in the Deftones cover, very well done. I'm sure they did a lot of that throughout the tour, and probably mixed it up with several different covers as well. One of my favorite things about Breaking Benjamin, they use covers to get the crowd into
I couldn't find any pictures from the date, but I made some artwork.
Breaking Benjamin
October 2, 2007
US Cellular Coliseum
Bloomington, Illinois
Diary of Jane
Had Enough
Dance with the Devil
Until the End
Breath
Phase
Topless
Breakdown
Polyamorous
Shallow Bay
Deftones - Change
Sooner or Later
So Cold
Taped 10' from the front of the stage, stage-left.
Recording info: Core Shound High-End Binaurals (in Hat)->Sony TCD D100
Transfer info: Tascam DA302->(COAX)->SB Audigy->FLAC Front End->You
I love STP's old stuff. I probably went through two copies of the CORE album. In all fairness, I never really gave the rest of their catalog a fair shake as far as listening, I just felt they went away from the heaviness of that first album and that's what drew me in. This is a really early show, I believe this got torrented on Dime shortly after Scott's death in early December and then it subsequently made its way to Guitars101. I have no idea why this boot was called "The Great Pretenders" as STP has nothing to do with Oldies Supergroups and late nineties kids TV shows. This recording has good sound and is fairly clear. There is a really slight haze on the audio that sounds reminiscent of a cassette tape or FM transmission, but it is barely noticeable. I did a frequency analysis on this and the full spectrum is there, but there's no frequency response past about 12-15 KHz. I'm thinking this was an analog recording before it made it onto a silver CD. Note there is no spike/line higher up that you usually see from FM sources.
Track 1: Crackerman
Track 10 Wet My Bed
The performance was tight, although Scott seemed a bit antagonistic towards the crowd. There is very little crowd noise. It is interesting they did the acoustic or lounge version of Sex Type Thing this early in their career. But then again when you only have one album's worth of material you do need to find a way to mix it up. I love that they closed the show with Piece of Pie. That might be my favorite track.
The Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands - April 4, 1993.
Source: 'The Great Pretenders' Silver cd. [Very Good Audience Recording]* Lineage: Silver cd > EAC > .Wav > Flac Level (8). Catalog Number: Banzai/BZCD041. Country: Italy. Released: 1994.
Set List:
01.Crackerman 4:38 02.Wicked Garden 4:28 03.Sin 8:03 04.Plush 5:18 05.Where the River Goes 9:16 06.Dead & Bloated 5:19 07.Creep 5:40 08.Sex Type Thing [Acoustic] 6:04 09.Sex Type Thing [Electric] 4:13 10.Wet my Bed 2:31 11.Naked Sunday 6:33 12.Piece of Pie 5:39
So I found these files on my hard drive. They date back to 2005 and look to be a rip of a CDR I got back when I was trading via snail mail, but from the lack of detail in the info file, I can't be for sure. I did download a lot of stuff off of Direct Connect back in those days as well. After checking the spectrum, I noticed the high end gets lopped off at around 16 KHz which is a pretty good indicator that this was either mp3'd or recorded at only 32 KHz. Either way, I decided it wasn't worth it to keep these as FLAC files (191 MB for the file set, check your source if you have this one), so I decoded back to WAV, loaded them into Audacity, applied a little EQ, and then saved them as mp3 for my music library. Note I also fixed the track split between 6, 7, and 8. Minus Blindfold was just all jacked up, with the beginning of the track at the end of Teething and the end stuck at the beginning of Engine No. 9. Onward. This is a pretty good capture. There is some phasing at times as the taper moves, but it's not bad. It's really only a handful of spots. No idea where this guy was standing, but he must have had a good line to the speakers. There's virtually no crowd noise, so either the place was empty or he was able to avoid it somehow. Chino mentions early in the show how people look bored, so it could have just been a lame crowd.
I couldn't find any pictures or artwork for this, so I made something simple below.
Deftones 1995-12-08 Minneapolis, MN The Mirage OPENING FOR LIFE OF AGONY, ANTHRAX
This is a really good Manson bootleg from the Smells Like Children Tour. It was the source for several boots, all of which are mislabeled with the wrong date and location. This show was actually recorded at RCKNDY in Seattle in October of 1995. The boots are usually labeled as being from June of 1996, trying to pass it off as a show from the Antichrist era (Crucifixtion, Urination, Gothic Undergound, Victoria BC 06/06/96). The track times for my copy line up with Crucifixtion. The overall quality is good, potentially could even be a soundboard, but it doesn't seem to have that dry, soulless sound that you find on some boards. But there's no noticeably annoying crowd noise or talking close to the taper, either. It's just hard to tell. Either way, it's in that sweet spot right where I like it where it sounds like you're actually in the room and not watching it on TV.
Marilyn Manson
R.C.K.N.D.Y.
Seattle, WA
10/06/95
Source: CD Silver > EAC > WAV > MKW > WAV > Flac
Setlist:
1. Wrapped in Plastic
2. Snake Eyes and Sissies
3. Get Your Gun
4. Dogma
5. Cyclops > Cake and Sodomy
6. Down in the Park
7. Dope Hat
8. My Monkey
9. Smells Like Children
10. Organ Grinder
11. Lunchbox
12. Sweet Dreams
13. Misery Machine
Notes:
This is the Crucifixtion Silver, which is dated incorrectly. This is the real date. Please DO NOT encode to MP3 or sell this. Find the show here: http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/marilyn-manson-1995-10-06-seattle-crucifixtion-215001.html http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Crucifixtion
I was as this show, it was my second concert ever, and first time seeing Nine Inch Nails. It was also hosted in the brand new at the time, Conseco Fieldhouse. We drove from just over two hours away, and as soon as we arrived some punk got busted trying to sell me a concert T-shirt in the parking lot. I was standing there with the shirt in my left hand, the $20 in my right, all the while the guy is getting handcuffed right in front of me and I'm still standing there like an idiot. Finally my friends are like trying to get my attention, motioning at me, "come on free t-shirt! let's go!"
There are two known recordings of this show, an audience audio source by Rudy (Core Sound Cardioid mics + Sony PCM-M1) and a Hi8 video capture by Elvis Hitler (Sony CCD TR940 Hi8 XR). The Rudy audio source is a fine recording on its own, but the Hi8 has a DVD conversion in circulation that leaves a little to be desired. The picture is fine as you can see from the images below, but the generation of the tape that was converted has added some noise to the audio. Hopefully someday we can get a transfer from the master tape, but for now I used the Rudy audio to upgrade the AC3 track in the DVD video that you can find on Dime or posted here on YouTube.
Nine Inch Nails April 20th, 2000 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Source: Core Sound Cardioid mics > Sony PCM-M1 DAT @ 44.1kHz Lineage: DAT(master) > WAV @ 44.1kHz > FLAC Recorded by Rudy
Transferred and added to the NIN Drive by Mr. Fang 2011 **DO NOT SELL COPIES OF THIS RECORDING** **DO NOT ENCODE TO MP3**
The New Flesh / Pinion Somewhat Damaged Terrible Lie Sin March of the Pigs Piggy The Frail The Wretched Gave Up La Mer The Great Below The Mark Has Been Made Wish Complication Suck Closer Head Like a Hole The Day the World Went Away Just Like You Imagined Starfuckers, Inc. Hurt
This liberated boot is probably one of the best Rage recordings out there.. I lost this one not too long ago when my dog decided do chew through a couple of my data disks that I had left laying around on the floor in their sleeves next to the computer. Lesson learned. Thankfully I tracked it down as someone posted it on guitars101, so a small victory in that I was able to reclaim it. Now, the other 10 or 15 shows that went down the drain with it... Not so lucky.
Rage Against The Machine 02/02/93 The Melody, Stockholm,Sweden "The Killing Zone"
Source: Soundboard > Kiss The Stone 290 Liberated Bootleg > EAC > WAV > Flac Frontend [Level 8] > FLAC
01 Bombtrack 02 Take the Power Back 03 Bullet in the Head 04 Know Your Enemy 05 Wake Up 06 Settle For Nothing 07 Fistfull of Steel 08 Killing in the Name 09 Freedom 10 Darkness Of Greed 11 J.F.K.
Tracks 01-09: 02-02-93 The Melody, Stockholm, Sweden Tracks 10-11: St. Louis 1993 (This is how it is listed on the CD but listening to Hadda Be Playin' On The Jukebox it is clear that Zack is speaking to German audience not an American audience...if anyone knows where these two tracks were actually recorded please contact me at killinginthename@cox.net with this information)
Time: 11 Tracks/73:25
Got this bootleg in MINT condition from Ebay and ripped it myself. This is, in my humble opinion, one of the BEST Rage Against The Machine bootlegs ever recorded. Zack's spoken word during Wake Up is breathtaking as is his speech at the end of Hadda Be Playin' On The Jukebox (improperly named J.F.K. on the album) Hope you enjoy it as much as I do
I came across someone asking about this show on reddit the other day, so started doing some digging in my archive. This show is significant as it was Layne's last performance with the band. I had a cdr/flac copy of this show, but the sound quality was lacking as it sounded like it was sourced from a high gen cassette. After checking db.etree.org, apparently there was only a hi-8 analog video source of this show, and my cdr must have been sourced from a high gen copy. After discovering it was a video source though, the next place I looked was my DVD collection and found I had it. My info file claims it's sourced from the master. Thus, I ripped the audio, gave it a little EQ in audacity and adjusted the levels and tracked it in CD Wave. EDIT: It has been brought to my attention this source does not pass the test for "lossless" quality, as the Hi-8 to DVD conversion used a lossy compression to encode the audio. It is still the best out there, however.
1. Again 2. God Am 3. Sludge Factory 4. We Die Young 5. Them Bones 6. Rooster 7. Would? 8. Angry Chair 9. A Little Bitter 10. Dam That River 11. Man In The Box
UPDATE: Apparently there is more than one video source for this show. There is a second youtube video that is from a slightly different angle. Sound quality is about the same. Interesting.
This is a great quality westwood one recording that was rebroadcast and captured pre-FM. This took me a while to find in a lossless version, but here it is in all it's glory.
Alice In Chains Sheraton La Reina, LA, CA September 15, 1990
(rebroadcast on June 29th, 1998)
WestWood One Radio rebroadcast - In Concert Series "Happier Than Snot" bootleg>CDR>DIME
Bicalcurata Records 003
01.Radio Intro 0:34 02.It Ain't Like That 4:28 03.Man in the Box 4:37 04.Sea of Sorrow 5:18 05.Real Thing 4:07 06.Bleed the Freak 3:52 07.Put you Down 3:43 08.Sunshine 4:26 09.We Die Young 2:33 10.Radio Outro 0:09
For a long time the Diary of a Lovesong track from this boot had a steady rotation on my mp3 player even though I had no idea where I downloaded it or what show it came from. Since the quality was good, I eventually dedicated some time to tracking down which date it was from, as well as a lossless source of said entire show. The fruits of that labor are here for your download below.
A Perfect Circle 1999-10-18 Mesa, AZ The Nile
Source: CSB > MZR3 Transfer: Unk Gen CD > EAC (Secure Mode) > WAV > FLAC Notes: Verified lossless.
Setlist: The Hollow Orestes Magdalena 3 Libras Thomas Breña Ozzy's Cure Rose Judith
So while I was home sick a few days last week, I took to task my first attempt at matrixing a show from two seperate sources. I think this turned out really well, so I thought I would share. Enjoy!
Tool
2001-09-08
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Noblesville, IN
Fall-Winter 2001 North American Tour with Meshuggah
Sources:
version 1:
media type: FLAC
source: Core Sound Low Cost Stealth Cardioids > Sony TCD-D8 > 1st gen CDR > FLAC
taper: unknown
disc 1 - 9 tracks - 66:06
disc 2 - 7 tracks - 67:17
version 3:
media type: FLAC
source: Core Sound Binaurals > Sony PCM-M1/48 > 1st Gen DAT > 2nd Gen CDR > EAC > FLAC
taper: unknown
disc 1 - 8 tracks - 54:14
disc 2 - 9 tracks - 66:40
Setlist:
Tuva (cut)
01. The Grudge
02. Stinkfist
03. Forty Six & 2
04. Maynard Speaks
05. Prison Sex
06. Schism
07. Pushit
<small cut in both sources>
08. Disposition
09. Reflection
10. Intermission
11. Parabol / Parabola
12. Eon Blue Apocalypse / The Patient
13. Ænema
14. Maynard Speaks
15. Lateralus
Notes: Due to the length of the set and the difficulty syncing the
entire show, I removed most of the Tuvan intro. And really, only one of
the sources had it in full anyway.
This was another project I undertook on a whim. I was not at this
show sadly (I wasn't even a fan of Tool yet at the time) but my best
friend was there and wanted to see what I missed out on.
In the end these sources mixed together alright, so I thought I
would share. Neither source on it's own is all that bad, but Version 1
was mostly top end and a bit distant, and Version 3 (which sounded like
it was taped from a lot closer) was much more bass heavy. Both sources
have some issues with crowd noise. However, that said, they complimented
each other nicely once mixed. The music is pushed up and the crowd
noise gets pushed down a bit, and you get a nice response across the
full frequency spectrum.
Big thanks to Geordy for linking me to the Tool drive, which was where I was able to get both of these sources.
In honor of David Bowie passing I wanted to mention one of the full NIN/Bowie shows that are out there. This is straight from the master and was uploaded on Dime, and this was the SBD source recording for the silvers called "Children of the Night" (NIN only) and "Live Hate" back in the day.
Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie Wednesday October 11, 1995 Riverport Ampitheater Maryland Heights, MO
-=A Stacy Master=- -=16bit/48kHz=-
Source: Mono SBD > XLR > DBX 160XT (leveling) > Sony TCD-D8 > TDK DC4-90 (16/48) Transfer: Sony TCD-D100 > Custom S/PDIF Cable > M-Audio Microtrack II > Kingston CF/16GB-S2 Lineage: Wavelab 6 (Q10 de/pre, env) > CD Wave Editor (FLAC6) > Live Show Tagger Credit: Marshall Stacy - recording and DAT loan! Kobi (liveween.com) - gear loan James E / BlingFree - transfer, edit, track and FLAC
Set: 01 Terrible Lie ^ 02 March Of The Pigs 03 The Becoming 04 Sanctified 05 Piggy 06 Burn 07 Closer 08 Wish 09 Gave Up 10 Down In It 11 Eraser 12 Subterraneans * ** 13 Scary Monsters ** 14 Reptile ** 15 Hallo Spaceboy % 16 Hurt $ 17 Look Back In Anger 18 I'm Deranged 19 Heart's Filthy Lesson 20 The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) 21 I Have Not Been To Oxford Town 22 Outside 23 Andy Warhol 24 Breaking Glass 25 The Man Who Sold The World 26 We Prick You 27 Joe The Lion 28 A Small Plot Of Land 29 Nite Flights 30 Under Pressure 31 Teenage Wildlife
Found a DVD quality mkv file of Bullet's performance at Rock AM Ring in 2010. Demuxed and mixed the 5.1 feed down to stereo to add it to my library. Crank it up! Quality is excellent!
Bullet For My Valentine 2010-06-06 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring Source: Broadcast > ? > mkv file > tsMuxer > AC3 > Audacity > WAV (44.1KHz) > mp3 (256 kbps) Setlist: 1. Your Betrayal 2. Fever 3. Waking the Demon 4. All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me) 5. Tears Don't Fall 6. 4 Words (To Choke Upon) 7. Banter 8. The Last Fight 9. Scream Aim Fire 10. Begging for Mercy 11. Hand of Blood 12. Alone
I was in attendance for this one! I've seen NIN many times, but seeing them outside at night with the skyline of Chicago in the background made for a very memorable show.
Nine Inch Nails 2008-08-03 Lollapalooza Grant Park Bud Light Stage Chicago, IL record : MM-HLSC-1(mounted on hat, 150 feet from stage loc) > MM-MBM (roll off @ 96hz) > R09 @ 24/48 transfer: R09 > USB > wavelab (editing and dithered to 16bit) > Cdwav (tracking) > Trader's Little Helper (flac) taper: sin213 website: http://members.cox.net/sin213/sin213.html The stage show for this new tour is amazing. Be sure to catch it if you can. This is also one of the newest set lists I've seen in a while. I hope everyone enjoys! NIN - total time 109:39 *16bit version* Disc 1 01 999,999 02 1,000,000 03 Letting You 04 Disipline 05 March of the Pigs 06 The Frail 07 Closer 08 Gave Up 09 Corona Radiata 10 The Warning 11 Vessel 12 5 Ghosts I 13 25 Ghosts III 14 19 Ghosts III 15 Piggy (Ghosts remix) 16 The Greater Good Disc 2 01 Pinion > Wish 02 Terrible Lie 03 Survivalism 04 The Big Come Down 05 Only 06 The Hand That Feeds 07 Head Like A Hole 08 Echoplex 09 Trent Speaks to the Audience 10 Hurt 11 In this Twilight
Found a DVD quality show of Bullet at Rock AM Ring in 2013 that I ripped the audio from and tracked for my music library.
Bullet for My Valentine 2013-06-07 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany Rock AM Ring Source: Broadcast > ? > DVD VOB files > Audacity > WAV > Mp3 (224 kbps) Setlist:
Some more Bullet, this show is the same status as the Graspop show. I was not able to locate any full quality video captures in order to rip some high quality audio, so I had to settle for random mp3's I found on the net. Definitely looking for an upgrade to this one. The original source for this audio isn't quite as balanced as the Graspop show, there's quite a bit of reverb and it is much heavier which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you're trading out some of the clarity of the guitars and vocals. Still not bad quality at all, just need to find something that hasn't been as heavily impacted by mp3 encoding.
I like this setlist a little more than the Graspop performance, I'm happy to see Room 409 make an appearance as it's one of my favorite tracks. And you've gotta love the part where they demand a big circle pit.
