Bonnie Raitt with John Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Hammersmith Apollo, London, England 2003/06/20 EX AUD
Uncirculated DAT Master

lineage: Stereo tie-pin mic> Sony TCD D7 DAT>SPDIF>Creative Audigy Platinum>WAV>Soundforge(edits, volume balance, track splitting etc.)>Traders' Little Helper>flac level 6 alligned on sector boundaries.

A great show from a great artist and band. Bonnie is clearly enjoying herself on this night and makes all kind of funny comments in between songs including a dig at David Beckham. A great varied set including some rare cover versions plus many classics and a few from her then current cd Silver Lining.

Set list:

01. Love Letter (cuts in slightly due to late arrival)
02. Fool's Game
03. I Can't Help You Now
04. Gnawin' On It
05. Have A Heart
06. Silver Lining
07. Hear Me Lord
08. Nick Of Time
09. A Certain Boy(?)(Ernie Cato)
10. Cesoria Evora Rap (Bonnie Talking)
11. Ain't No Getting Over You
12. Angel From Montgomery
13. Not The Only One
14. Don't Make Your Move Too Soon
15. Something To Talk About
16. The Fundamental thing/Good Man, Good Woman
17. I Can't Make You Love Me
18. Mercy (Mose Allison)
19. Real Man

Line-up:

Bonnie Riatt-Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
John Cleary-Keyboards and Vocals
George Marinelli-The other guitar
"Hutch" Hutchinson-The bass guitar
Ricky Fataar-The Drums

I was sat pretty central in the stalls and the recording is very good but I had to balance the channels and apply a tiny bit of E.Q. and compression in the mastering to add sparkle and punch. Doing a before and after comparison there is not that much difference but the results pleased me. I mastered it to 0 dB (no normalising) and smoothed out several peaks from applause. Some edits were necessary to remove mic noise and extended crowd applause between tracks 17 and 18 when the band briefly left the stage.

As ever enjoy the free music and pass it on but never sell it or convert to a lossy format for distribution.