Saturday, December 4, 2010

Asia - 2008-03-09 - Wolverhampton


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Dr. Forrester said...

ASIA - 2008-03-09 Wolverhampton Civic Hall

Tracklisting:
101 Intro.flac
102 Daylight.flac
103 Only Time Will Tell.flac
104 Wildest Dreams.flac
105 Never Again.flac
106 Roundabout.flac
107 Time Again.flac
108 Cutting It Fine Bolero.flac
109 Clap.flac
110 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes.flac
111 Ride Easy.flac
112 Voice Of America.flac
113 Open Your Eyes.flac
201 Fanfare For The Common Man.flac
202 Without You.flac
203 An Extraordinary Life.flac
204 In The Court Of The Crimson King.flac
205 Video Killed The Radio Star.flac
206 The Heat Goes On.flac
207 Drum Solo.flac
208 Heat Of The Moment.flac

Line-up:

John Wetton: Bass, vocals, 12-string on tracks 10-12 (disc 1)
Steve Howe: Guitars
Geoff Downes: Keyboards, backing vocals, vocoder
Carl Palmer: Drums, drums and more drums

This was originally scheduled for 14th December at the smaller Wulfrun Hall, but was postponed for John to have his triple by-pass surgery (and Carl also had his angioplasty) - blimey these rockers and their lifestyles, eh? Doesn't it make you feel OLD!!

In terms of the recording, I'm reasonably happy how it came out. Probably a little low on bass: but if you detect any hint of distortion on the higher mid-range (roughly around John's voice) that's how it was at the gig. The Civic Hall is a bit of a big empty room (felt about double the size of my old school's assembly hall) and was disappointingly underfilled (probably only half full - I'd guess there were probably 800-900 of us there) and I think it did make the sound a bit cavernous.

Those of us who were there were very apppreciative, however. Excellent gig: in particular, Carl's drumming.

Lineage: Sony MZ-R35 >> WAV and tracks using Goldwave >> TLH to FLAC

Art included. Frustratingly I had battery problems with my camera, so wasn't able to take any pics.

December 4, 2010 at 4:15 PM

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