Crosby, Stills & Nash live at Ravinia Deerfield Illinois USA on August 22nd 2010



This was a sold out show for weeks including all of the lawn area. I drove to the theater about 3 hours before the show to find the main parking was full as well as the overflow parking lots. I had to drive just over a mile north and park at the train station and wait for the shuttle bus to pick us up. Block long lines for the bus. Did I mention that I did NOT have a ticket? Of course the usual suspects trying to buy tickets cheap just to turn a profit. There were quite a few lawn tickets scattered about. But the pavilion was not to be found the first hour. I did come across two different side section pavilion tickets that I quickly said "no thanks". About 30 minutes before curtain I found the center section 3/4 the way back BUT 5 seats from the aisle. This put me two seats to the right of the speakers which I was not at all pleased. I needed to be 18 seats to the left. It came out decent. The dynamic range suffered but this was the only section I would have excepted otherwise I would have just gone home. Ravinia's pavilion is great sound so this should be a nice listen on your best stereo system. I did move for the encores to the sweet spot for some full dynamic range. The samples are from the original location.


Mics: DPA 4022
Recorder: Sound Devices 722
Tracked at the concert (it's possible it may not be 100% perfect)
Center section floor right side.
24 bit 44.1K frequency
Izotopes program to 16 bit
FLAC to you guys



RB recorded



Set I


Woodstock
Millitary Madness
Long Time Gone
Bluebird
Marrakesh Express
Southern Cross
In Your Name
Long May You Run
Deja Vu
Wooden Ships


Set II


Helplessly Hoping
Norwegian Wood
Midnight Rider
Girl From The North Country
Ruby Tuesday
What Are Their Names?
Guinnevere
Delta
Cathedral
Our House
Behind Blue Eyes
Almost Cut My Hair
Love The One You're With
For What It's Worth
Teach Your Children