Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
July 23, 2014
Constitution Hall
Washington DC, US

source: AT831 (SP-CMC-2) > SP-SPSB-6 > sony PCM-M10 (24/48)

taper: inez
location: orchestra, about 3 ft from the stage (row B) center

Mastering (BLG):
Adobe Audition (edits) > Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ,Exciter,Imaging) > WavePad (tracking) > xACT (tags) > FLAC

Well, what can I say? Nick killed us there. He was on fire. Right from the first track.
Time and time again he tried on getting as many of us as possible as close to the stage as possible (he pulled my hand with some decisive force!) - and realizing that we are pretty much stuck in-between immobile seats, he repeatedly suggested that we rip them out! (you will hear that). So front of house turned into a crazy pit with rows of seats separating densely packed people - and Nick was leaping into the audience and sang suspended in the air by people's hands in a nearly horizontal position… It seemed that he quite loved that the audience got so crazy wired despite that non-conducive venue :) Actually, you can hear that the last track - The Lyre of Orpheus - was an add-on this time. The rest of the band already unplugged their equipment and were walking off stage, when Nick asked us if we wanted one more (duh?!?!) and yelled to the guys to come back and play another song. So they returned - to everyone's delight.
Now, the flip side of this insanity is: you get a pit feel from the tape. There are screams and claps and group chanting 'yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah' during Stagger Lee (as Nick demanded!) and 'a bit' of commotion - difficult to avoid in this situation :) The overall sound, however, turned out much better than I expected from being 3 ft from the stage! Especially after BLG's mastering/editing magic (many thanks as always)!!! So I hope you enjoy this product….

Setlist

01 We Real Cool
02 Jubilee Street
03 Tupelo
04 Do You Love Me
05 Red Right Hand
06 Mermaids
07 From Her To Eternity
08 West Country Girl
09 Into My Arms
10 People Ain't No Good
11 God Is In the House
12 The Weeping Song
13 Higgs Boson Blues
14 The Mercy Seat
15 Stagger Lee
16 Push the Sky Away
17 -encore break-
18 The Ship Song
19 Deanna
20 The Lyre of Orpheus

Total Time: 118:20

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