Boston
2008-08-04
Bethlehem, PA, USA
Musikfest: River Place

Taper: chadhogg
Zoom H-2 (internal mics) -> WAV -> Audacity (track splits) -> FLAC -> DAD


d1t01 I Had A Good Time
d1t02 Rock & Roll Band
d1t03 Peace Of Mind
d1t04 Cool The Engines
d1t05 Feelin' Satisfied
d1t06 Don't Look Back
d1t07 Something About You
d1t08 Amanda
d1t09 More Than A Feeling /
d1t10 To Be A Man
d1t11 Walk On /

d2t01 Hitch A Ride
d2t02 Don't Be Afraid
d2t03 Foreplay / Long Time
d2t04
d2t05 Smokin'
d2t06 Party


Tommy DeCarlo - Vocals
Michael Sweet - Guitar / Vocals
Tom Scholz - Guitar
Gary Pihl - Guitar / Keyboards
Kimberley Dahme - Bass / Vocals
Jeff Neal - Drums


There are a lot of issues with this recording. First, there was no clear beginning of the concert, as it went straight from a warm-up / sound-check into the first song. Thus, this recording cuts in during that first song. The larger problem is that the band simply was not very loud way out in the cheap seats, as there was no secondary sound tower, just the mains from the stage. I had to use the mid-sensitivity setting on my recorder to pick up the band at all, but unfortunately it also gets plenty of the crowd, which could at times be as loud as the music. You will hear people cheering so loud that it overloads the input, and the beginnings of songs are often nebulous as all you can really hear is applause from the previous song. Even more so than most of my recordings, I am guessing someone who knows what they are doing could clean this up quite a bit. I am seeding it primarily for the collectors and anyone who wants to take a shot at remastering. Recording quality 3/10 by my scale.