Graham Parker (solo/acoustic show)
Big Mama
Rome, Italy
Apr. 4, 2000


Excellent quality soundboard recording


** mp3 samples are included in the Comments section **


TheCommish notes:
Here's a dynamite-sounding solo GP show that I recently got from another tracker. As you can see from the setlist below, this show includes a nice handful of seldomly-played songs (from Graham's vast catalog) and a couple of choice covers. I usually prefer to listen to GP with a backing band, but sometimes I find myself in the mood for a solo/acoustic GP outing. This one delivers the goods.


Setlist:
01. Watch The Moon Come Down
02. Socks 'N' Sandals
03. Fool's Gold
04. Chopsticks
05. The World Keeps On Turning
06. Love Gets You Twisted
07. Long Stem Rose
08. Don't Ask Me Questions
09. Cupid
10. First Day of Spring
11. High Horse
12. Syphilis and Religion
13. Heat Treatment
14. Obsessed With Aretha
15. White Honey
16. Shake Your Hips
17. You Can't Be Too Strong


SBD > ??? > FLAC (d/l) > FLAC Frontend > WAV > editing** > FLAC Frontend > FLAC

Editing:
* Re-tracked show by combining WAV files in Nero's wave editor and re-splitting the show into tracks using CD Wave
* Deleted roughly 20 seconds of extra applause at the end of Track 17
* Using Nero's wave editor, applied a small fade-in to Track 01 and a small fade-out to Track 17
* Reduced all tracks by 5 dB because the original version that I downloaded was simply too loud (the entire show averaged 97 dB...which is ridiculously high for a solo/acoustic GP show). Some of the original source files looked like they were clipped; reducing the volume by 5 dB resulted in some minor additional clipping, but the proof is in the pudding: This edited version sounds much better.


If you like the show, won't you please consider posting a comment on the show's board? Let me know what you think...and enjoy the show!


Uploaded on DIME by TheCommish
Feb. 2009