LEO KOTTKE 3-14-2007
THE GERMAN HOUSE - ROCHESTER, NY

nearly sold out show - approx. 550 seats

Recorded by: Ron (roncav) - mics at head height (approx. 6') - taped on the floor in the back of the hall, just barely FOB
recording info: Shoeps CMC641v -> Lunatec V2 -> AD2K -> Sony D8
transfer: master DAT>CDR by roncav, CDR>EAC>WAV>CDWAVE (track splits)>FLAC by Zeb


DISC 1

01. DISCO
02. "Are you the sound guy? How come you're not moving?"
03. LIVING IN THE COUNTRY
04. I've already reached that point where I'm having a better time than the crowd is" / "I have malaria"
05. OJO
06. "...it was like playing through a condom or something-and I realized how much the guitar meant to me"
07. IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
08. MONOPOLY
09. "Play Louise" - "Okay, I'll probably get to that (I better!)"
10. unknown instrumental
11. "Some of these things are 25-30 years old and have been sneezed on, breathed on, abused....by musicians"
12. false start - "Won't see Britney Spears doing that - I can stop, start over if I want to!" / unknown instrumental
13. Sam Chatmon's dietary advise / George Smith jumps / "You'd think I'd be in tune by now!"

DISC 2

01. Corrina Corrina
02. false start / Little Martha
03. "I'm trying to put the entire guitar cable in my pants!"
04. Too Fast / Airproofing
05. "...put it in a jar, and make sure it's real tight so it becomes a grenade...don't quote me on this!"
06. Balloon
07. "Mike dreamed this song - in two different time signatures - and remembered all of it, and then told me to play it!"
08. The Collins Missile
09. "once it splits, it's great - goodbye brain!"
10. unknown instrumental
11. "...you're not trying to write finger-busters...I think this is called Ants"
12. false start / Ants
-encore-
13. audience requests - "Louise", "Bean Time", "Marilyn", "whatever you want"
14. Rings


Comments: this was a fun show to attend, and I'm sure glad that a seasoned taper like Ron was taping!
I was standing around enjoying a beer, when I noticed a guy setting up some mics directly behind the last
row of seats...naturally, I was curious what sort of gear he was using, so I went over and had a little chat
with him - I mentioned how I'd love a copy of this show, and he said he'd consider a trade - I told him I had
the Kottke Rockpalast 1977 DVD...and we had a deal!

this is an excellent audience recording - I'm not surprised it came out sounding so good, as the room has great acoustics, and Ron was using quality taping gear - I'd rate this at least an A!


huge thanks to Ron for sending me a copy of his great recording!


enjoy! - Zeb