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What a wonderful concert! The first two hours – up to and including Spin x3 – are basically one long jazzy jam floating in and out of space.
Correction to the database: 2006-05-05 Münster was recorded. There are two sources. The one that is circulating misses part of Sail On. The second source is complete and recorded by yours truly. I am looking into circulating it.
@kippenhok: I would "need" 24OCT2006 Oslo Rockefeller! I was even there. Would love it of you circulated it.
Also: Do you also have Stavanger 2001 (was it?) You mentioned a Stavanger recording years ago that is not yet circulating…
Additional info to 28 Nov 2002 Oslo Rockefeller: Complete audience recording exists and should be circulating. Otherwise let me know.
I miss Tussler shows in the database. Any reason for leaving them out?
To me, it's all Motorpsycho until Geb continues without Bent & Snah under the name Tussler Society instead of The International Tussler Society… Reference: L.T.E.C. form BH/BC.
First, as I have learned, something positive: Good job by everyone involved!
Second, constructive critisism: I suggest treating NOX as one song, just like LLM. And then, should they play only part of NOX in the future, that part or those parts can be introduced as separate songs in those setlist, like when they play only Hallucifuge from LLM.
To round off, something positive again: Love the database!
But where is the administrator of Motortrades? How long since we last were able to add new members?
I know Juergen is doing his best to keep the tracker alive, and now that I have found qBittorrent I am back on and seeding when I can, and a few more do too, but I haven't seen new members in a long time.
mefisto: Hahaha! And still you would beat me if you counted yours.
Tomcat and Wulf, both of you must surely have been to 100s of gigs by now?
Nerding alert! (At least it's not politics)
TAF, I share your sentiments. Matrixes can be fine sometimes, but I too would like to have the raw files if possible. This is not to be unthankful to anyone, and this is not how I read you either.
I recorded maybe a 100 shows when I did full tours between 1999 and 2002. My last recording effort before I picked up "duties" again in 2019, was a handfull of gigs in 2006. However flawed, these recordings stand stronger every time I go back and listen.
Today I regret my recording break, but at the time I just wanted to be able to enjoy the concert and not worry about recording. I know how much effort and care that goes into it. For me it starts hours prior to the show, trying not to drink too much – not alcohol in particular, but everything, I don't want to have to go to the restroom in the middle of a 3h 21m set – worries about getting checked at the door, telling my friends that I will be recording, so please, don't talk to me during the concert, worries about talkers and unruly audiences, and obsession about batteries running out or the recorder turning itself off for no apparent reason.
That being said, the positive outweighs the negative every time I listen to the recordings.
These days I am using a Zoom Q3. According to the reviews, it's supposed to be the best hand recorder out there. I use mic gain "low", as it is my experience that "high" will overpower, and "auto", while not owerpowering, will still compress the loud parts. "Low" captures the dynamics which are so important to the live experience. I keep it in my chest pocket with the internal mics above the pocket edge, so that they are out in free air. Then I place myself with as unobstructed view as possible, sometimes up front to catch the backline sound (Lausanne 2019), sometimes in sound center (Copenhagen 2022).
Some have opiniated that there is too much bass on these last four recordings (Lausanne 2019, Odense 2019, Malmö 2022 and Copenhagen 2022), although I disagree. The sound I get is very clear and detailed, although heavier in the low end than in the high end. I dig the result because I am finally able to catch the bass that is missing from the first 100 recordings I made.
To your point: Maybe we should make it a custom in our little community here to release a raw file version as well as the tweaked versions?
Juergen, are you a moderator of the site? I registered some days ago, but never received my password. When I try to register again, my username (The Other Anders) is taken.
@pj: My guess is "Huge Hopper", first played in Münich and a play of words / tip of the hat to Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine fame. But I wasn't there, so someone please confirm.
Bring on the seated venues, two sets (pee break!), and let's do this every night! I would pay triple of the current ticket price for it.
@Rune: Great news! We're also missing recordings from Amsterdam 2019 and 2017, in case you know somebody.
Wow, wow. And I could have said the same for the last many setlists. Many special nights on this tour! Maybe all of them. Glad you all have fun out there!
@Rune: Any recording? :wink:
@grindove: Cool pictures and nice to meet you! I was the guy who took a picture of your setlist.
I agree with most of what you write both here and in the Copenhagen thread. The Malmö recording sounds better than the feeling I had in the room at the time, though. I think it was a combination of acoustics, setlist and mood in the room, as well as the band not firing on all cylinders yet. The contrast between the two nights makes them both very special.
The perfect mini tour!
Well, actually I would need ONE more gig including Mountain, Starhammer, H-Mac, Sun Ship, Tower, Step Inside, Magpie, IMS, Lady May, Sunchild, Babylon and The Wheel to make it really perfect. But apart from that…
