B52's
Date: 2009-12-06
Location: Perth, Australia
Venue: Sandalford Winery "A Day on The Green"
Source: AUD
Quality: 8/10


Recorded By: pyometronguts (petersell)

Recorded with: SP-SMC-8 SOUND PROFESSIONALS PREMIUM AUDIO TECHNICA SLIMLINE STEREO MICROPHONES Cardiod (with low sensitivity modification) plus SP-SPSB-11 and bass roll-off at 69Hz) -> Edirol HR09 -> wav (16BIT) -> Sony SoundForge 9.0e (volume boost, mild compression)-> CD Wave (track splitting) and to .FLAC(level 8) -> You

Position: Standing 20m from Left speaker stack

Set List

01. Pump
02. Mesopotamia
03. Ultraviolet
04. Private Idaho
05. Give Me back My Man
06. Funplex
07. Strobe
08. Quiche
09. 52 Girls
10. Roam
11. Party Out Of Bounds
12. Love in the year 3000
13. Love Corner
14. Love Shack

encore

15. Planet Claire
16. Rock Lobster


Gig Review: FANS of the 1980s rock group the B-52s flocked to the Swan Valley yesterday for A Day on the Green.

The afternoon concert kicked-off with Aussie rockers Mental As Anything entertaining the crowd that covered the lawn of Sandalford Winery with their trademark melodic tunes.

The sun shone as the masses lounged on picnic rugs, sipped wine and nibbled on cheese and crackers.

Sandalford Winery is surely one of Perth�s prettiest concert venues. With its sweeping lawn, rows of manicured vines and sky high gum trees, the outdoor setting is made for summer concerts.

Scottish rock group, The Proclaimers worked the predominantly middle-aged crowd into a frenzy.

A large patriotic Scottish contingent had shown up to support their home-grown heroes, twins Craig and Charlie Reid.

Backed by a band, the duo were obvious crowd pleasers. With their powerful vocals and no-nonsense rock, the Scottish lads got the excited audience singing and dancing to every song.

The group finished their set with classic hits I�m On My Way and I�m Gonna Be (500 Miles). After their performance the charismatic twins made time to sign audience members t-shirts and CDs.

After a short interval, headline act the B-52s took to the stage.

Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Keith Strickland and Fred Schneider appeared looking every bit the psychedelic, eccentric rockers they are.

Pierson wore a figure hugging pink sequined dress, Wilson a little black dress with suspenders and a feather bower and Schneider in black and white stripped pants with a black t-shirt and Wayfarers. Strickland wore a pin-striped jacket.

The group kicked-off their set with Run Away, Mesopotamia before moving into the likes of Ultra Violet and Grounded on Earth.

The once quirky and unconventional new wave band showed glimpses of what made them such a spectacular band in the late 70s and 80s before hits like Love Shack and Roam cemented the group as bona fide rock stars.

While their dance moves might not have been as smooth and their vocals not quite as strong, the crowd didn�t seem to mind.

The excitement and energy of the band rubbed off on the audience, fans that had grown up with the group danced and sang-along like they were teenagers.

It was disappointing however that the vocals of all three singers were washed out by the drums and guitars. The mix wasn�t quite right and had one punter yelling out behind me �turn the drum kit down�.

The ageing rockers closed out their performance with timeless hits Love Shack and Rock Lobster which were met by thunderous applause.