Jethro Tull
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Clearwater, FL (USA)
May 17, 2002

ALD-Soundboard recording (a Jim Fiesler recording)


** mp3 samples provided (as always) in the Comments section **


Here's another fine Jim Fiesler recording brought to you by TheCommish!


Setlist:
101. Living In The Past
102. Cross-Eyed Mary
103. Heavy Horses
104. Roots To Branches
105. Thick As A Brick
106. Hunt By Numbers
107. Elegy
108. A Song For Jeffrey
109. The Water Carrier

201. Wond'ring Aloud
202. Instrumental
203. A New Day Yesterday
204. Boure�
205. Budapest
206. New Jig
207. Aqualung (includes band intro at end)
208. Locomotive Breath > Sweet Dream (fades out)

(Track 208 was the encore.)


Lineage: ALD/SBD > D8 (listen box--from the parking lot) DAT > CDR

Additional notes:
* Some occasional signal drift is present in the earlier songs (especially "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Roots To Branches"), but the reception clears up for remainder of the show (Jim notes that a jet flew overhead during Track 102)
* Removed extraneous audience applause between Tracks 105/106 and Tracks 207/208 since the applause volume levels were fluctuating haphazardly.
* Deleted 18 seconds of pre-recorded music ("What A Wonderful World") at the end of the last track (using Nero)
* Re-tracked show by combining in Nero, splitting with CD Wave
* Show was recorded "in-phase" (unlike some of Jim's other Ruth Eckerd ALDs); as such, no phase correction needed!


ALD (assisted listening device) soundboard recordings are usually knocked for their "thin" sound quality (high amount of treble, not enough bass), but I don't think that's a real issue here at all. As such, Jim's files have been unaltered for sound quality (i.e., no EQ performed)--if some of you prefer to have more bass in your ALD recordings, I'll let you do your own EQ work since it then becomes a matter of personal taste. As for me, I think the show sounds great, as-is.

Jim Fiesler notes:
(regarding his ALD-SBD shows): "ALDs (fm-sbd) perfect captures in most or all cases..however somewhat lacking bass..more than regular fm..The best place to rec these shows was from the park lot..! the signal was the best there..!"


If you decide to download this show, won't you please consider posting a comment on the show's board? It only takes a moment, and believe me, it takes A LOT longer to prepare/upload a show for others to enjoy than it does to download and run.

And won't you please consider thanking Jim for this mighty fine show?



Generously donated by Jim Fiesler (undiscokidd),
and uploaded on DIME by TheCommish
October 2008