Rod Stewart

Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC

2 Aug 2014

Audience recording: 103.03 mins. Quality: A-

Recording: Church Audio CA-11's (cardioids) > Church Audio CA-9200 > Sony PCM-M10 > SD Memory Card @ 24/48
Mastering: Wav 24/48 > Asus ST Soundcard 24/192 > Soundforge Pro 11 incl. Waves plug ins> 24/48 > Izotope 64bit > 16/44.1 > TLH Flac with SBA > You

DGB Comments:

Recorded in section 118 left hand side of the stage in perfect sight of the left speaker stacks.
Reasonably quiet audience around me, although it got a little bit more enthusiastic for Rod Stewart.
Was looking forward to seeing both Santana & Rod Stewart. Never miss a Santana show when he comes to town.
Last time seeing Rod Stewart was nearly 20 years ago. Santana in my opinion stole the show.
His playing was faultless. Great set list as well. Sound for some reason for Rod Stewart was not as
clear & crisp as for Santana. Also especially at the start of the show Rod Stewart�s voice seemed off
although this could have been my imagination. It seemed that Rod was having trouble singing the softer parts,
whereas his voice came out loud & clear on the higher notes. Where Santana stole the show musically,
Rod stole the show visually including a handful of beautifully dressed female musicians & backing
singers as well as a great stage layout & light show. The highlight was Santana joining Rod for �I�d
Rather Go Blind�. This was worth the price of admission. Overall a great evening of music & entertainment.
Unfortunately this show took place the same evening as the summer night fireworks in Vancouver.
I got stuck with all the traffic leaving town. It took me if I remember rightly nearly 1 hour just to
get out of my underground parking spot!

Boguspomp Comments:

I am posting these shows seperately. First Santana (Opening show), then Rod Stewart (Main Show).
I can't agree with DGB about the sound. Both shows have about the same sound; what I saw on the spectrum
was a overall more compressed (louder) sound for Santana. After a little tweeking they both sound good to me.
Rod Stewart had more girls screaming. That might have influenced DGB's opinion about the sound (:
Enjoy.

Setlist

01 Oldies Intro
02 Blues Brothers Theme (?)
03 Infatuation
04 Having A Party
05 You Wear It Well
06 It's A Heartache
07 Tonight's The Night
08 Some Guys Have All The Luck
09 Rod Talking
10 Rhythm Of My Heart
11 Rod introducing Santana
12 I'd Rather Go Blind (with Santana)
13 Forever Young (incl. Percussion solos)
14 More Rod Talking
15 The First Cut Is The Deepest
16 I Don't Want To Talk About It
17 Have I Told You Lately
18 Can't Stop Me Now
19 Sweet Little Rock & Roller
20 Proud Mary
21 You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
22 Video of Politicians Talking About Jordan
23 Hot Legs
24 Maggie May
25 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?