Beck
Palais Theatre
Melbourne, Australia
Monday 3 April 2023

Support: Gena Rose Bruce (recorded)

Recorded by eckythump, mastered by Matt Jones

Show photos 1-5 courtesy of Matt Jones, 6-7 taken by me

Source: Nokia Lumia 930 (called Lumia Icon in North America) w/built-in HAAC mics > Audio Recorder Pro app > 16bit/48 KHz PCM/WAV -> iZotope RX10 Advanced -> Ozone 10 -> Audacity 3.2.5 (split tracks and FLAC Level 8) -> Foobar 1.6.16 (Files tagged) -> Traders Little Helper 2.8.4

Track List:

00 - Intro
01 - Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
02 - Beck talks
03 - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (The Korgis cover)
04 - Beck talks
05 - Nitemare Hippy Girl
06 - Beck talks
07 - Hollow Log
08 - Beck talks
09 - Gamma Ray
10 - Beck talks
11 - I Am The Cosmos (Chris Bell cover)
12 - Beck talks - Satan Gave Me A Taco (snippet)
13 - Blue Moon
14 - Beck talks
15 - Rebel Soul (lyrics written by AI)
16 - Lonesome Tears
17 - Guess I'm Doing Fine
18 - Dead Melodies
19 - Beck talks
20 - Rowboat
21 - Tropicalia
22 - Blackbird Chain
23 - It's All In Your Mind
24 - Beck talks - Lost Goth
25 - Lost Cause
26 - Where It's At snippet - Beck talks
27 - Waking Light
28 - Thinking About You
29 - Encore break
30 - The Golden Age
31 - Beck talks
32 - Old Man (Neil Young cover)
33 - Loser
34 - One Foot In The Grave
35 - Debra
36 - Beck talks
37 - True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston cover)

Beck Hansen - Vocals, guitar, piano
Shane Reilly - Pedal steel
Shawn Supra - Upright bass (both on stage from Guess I'm Doing Fine for the rest of the show)

Show Notes: A fabulous evening of (mostly) acoustic Beck, solo to begin with, and then joined by local musicians Shane Reilly and Shawn Supra, who Beck told us had to learn 30 songs, this being the first show they had done together, with very impressive results. Highlights of the evening for me was Lost Cause, the brilliant new song Thinking About You, and not so much a highlight, but the awful lyrics written by AI in the style of a Beck song being dubbed 'Rebel Soul' which had the audience in hysterics. The only disappointment of the night being Beck teased us with a snippet of Where It's At saying it's a preview, but didn't make it to the set, though apparently it was on the setlist but Debra was performed in its place instead. A brilliant night!

Recording Notes: Sounds great. The Palais Theatre provides great acoustics, and I was in a nice spot on the floor about half way back. A quiet crowd around me, and the bonus of an empty seat in front of me as well helped. Enjoy!

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