John Cale
2012-10-23
Kampnagel K6
Hamburg

Church Audio CA 14 Cardioids > Sony RH1 (PCM-mode) > Hi-MD > Sonic Stage > wav > Audacity (level adjustments, trackmarking, some leveller for close clapping) > TLH > flac level 8

recorded from 5th row, 10 meters from left stack

TRT: 104:38 min

01. Captain Hook
02. Bluetooth Swings
03. Hey Ray
04. Perfection
05. Guts
06. I Wanna Talk 2 U
07. Scotland Yard
08. Praetorian Underground
09. Cry
10. Helen Of Troy
11. Catastrofuk
12. Things
13. Whaddya Mean By That
14. Face To The Sky
15. Satellite Walk
16. The Hanging
17. Nookie Wood

- encore -
18. Dirty Ass Rock'n'Roll

John Cale - vocals, keyboards, electric and acoustic guitars (no viola)
Dustin Boyer - electric guitar, backing vocals
Joey Maramba - bass, backing vocals
Alex Thomas - drums, backing vocals

Mr. Cale in a good mood and in good shape as well, vigorous, a little stiff in the lower back, but no comparison to his former pal. Backed by a very able band, especially Dustin Boyer on electric guitar.
More or less the same setlist as the rest of the shows from the 2012 tour, no intro drone but an encore.
Excelent recording conditions, the Kampnagel Hall has rather good acoustics, a steep seating arrangement, full, but not sold out, getting there rather late and the show starting very early I didn't get a seat in the middle but only to the left side, with the advantage that I had no direct neighbours spoiling the recording.
Very little chatter audible, in fact the audience was so quiet that you hear the camera of a pro photographer a couple of times during the first song.

The show was a little too long for the hi-MD, ran out during the chorus of Nookie, about a minute lost, but as it was a rather monotonous chorus it was easy to patch, hardly noticable (tr. 18 / 4:07). Adjusted the levels, reduced the close clapping manually - the result sounds fine.