LDB Master Series #350

Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3 is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.

Finally, some notes about your truly ldb: I have been a fan of live music since I was 9 years old (that is where
I attended my very first show, a PFM/De Andr� gig at Milano's Palalido) and my first taped show was at 11 using
a crappy portable cassette player with embedded microphone. I become more serious about taping in 1983 when I
started to record every show. In 1991 I acquired my first Sony Professional and in 2000 I moved to MiniDisc to
finally settle on R-09 in early 2008.

I have attended over 500 shows in my career. Most of them were taped but for others bad luck struck and I could not
record it: on top of my mind there's a Paul McCartney show in 1993 in Milano where I was caught by the security or
Porcupine Tree in Roma in March 1999 when the DAT machine would seem to work but listening back to the tape there
would just be a long bunch of silence. Or during a Y.Malmsteen show where I got so annoyed that I left halfway
through the show and erased the tape and finally on a PFM show in Milano in 2007 where I had to leave before the
encore because the baby-sitter had to leave early that evening. Some other times I was very close not to tape or
had to do it in extremely difficult situations: for the four Peter Gabriel shows at Earls Court in 1987 security
was checking tapers with metal detector; at the David Gilmour comeback show in London in 2001 at RFH I had the
security guy sitting next to me but I managed to tape the show without checking one single time my MiniDisc!

There was a time I was travelling anywhere in Europe to see shows, especially if there was no touring in Italy: I
remember Rush in Paris in 1992 when the trio did not even know what Italy was. I have seen shows at stadiums
(Genesis at Wembley) and in places with 30 people (Porcupine Tree in Milano in 1997); bands that would later
become huge (Pearl Jam in a free show for 150 people) and masters of jazz (Miles Davis or Sarah Vaughan). Shows
I will never forget (Pink Floyd at Versailles Castle) and some I would rather forget (no comment...).

I truly believe that live music is what keeps music alive, what make us enjoying it together, what allow us to
have deep feelings and transmit it to others. Studio records are nowadays 'commodities': you can buy online as
anonymous wav files and listen in your iPod or at home. Live music will always imply an effort to buy the tix,
see the show, think about it when coming back home.

CURVED AIR
Veruno, Piazzetta della Musica
September 8, 2013

01.Introduction / Spider
02.It Happened Today
03.Young Mother
Situations
Hide and seek
04.Easy
05.Stay Human
06.Screw
07.Melinda (More Or Less)
08.Everdance
09.Marie Antionette
10.Metamorphosis
11.The Purple Speed Queen
12.Air Conditioning
13.Woman on a One Night Stand

TT 92:02

Lineage: SP-CMC-8 > CA-9100 > Edirol R-09 > HD (via USB) > Sony SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave (FLAC plugin - level 6)

Sonja Kristina - vocals, guitar
Florian Pilkington Miksa - drums
Kit Morgan - guitars
Chris Harris - bass
Robert Norton - keyboards
Paul Sax - violin

An extremely pleasant evening as usual at the annual ProgFest in Veruno. I attended day 3 which included Moon Safari,
Curved Air and Alan Sorrenti. The latter is best known for his disco contributions with albums such as "L.A. & N.Y."
but also released a couple of progressive rock masterpieces (which I strongly recommend!) in the early 70�s featuring
musicians like Jean-Luc Ponty, Francis Monkman or David Jackson.

Anyway, the set from the reformed Curved Air was quite pleasant. No Monkman, Way or Copeland but still a solid line-up.
Right after the previous band set, it started raining and the stage started to be wet and slipping. It became a bit
dangerous so they decided to shut down the power and wait for the rain to stop. Which took some 20 minutes delay. But
then the show went on correctly and, despite the delay, the band was allowed to play a couple of extra encores. That was
my first time with Curved Air live and I must say I was quit pleased although I would have loved seing the band 20 or 30
years ago...

Lastly, that was the second show where I used a brand new SP-CMC-8 microphone. I was used to the high standards of the
CA-14 but must say that I am extremely happy with the new SP-CMC-8. It delivers much better results and it is very versatile
in particular with loud PA. have a listen and let me know if you are happy with the quality...

Enjoy!

ldb

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