Roger Waters
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia
Sunday 11 February 2018
Recorded by eckythump from lower rear section row M (with a nice view of the Battersea Power Station in the second half!)
Source: Nokia Lumia 930 (called Lumia Icon in North America) w/built-in HAAC mics > Audio Recorder Pro app > 16bit/48 KHz PCM/WAV
Encoding: Audacity > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC (Level 8)

Track List:

00 - Intro / Speak To Me
01 - Breathe
02 - One Of These Days
03 - Time
04 - Breathe (reprise)
05 - The Great Gig In The Sky
06 - Welcome To The Machine
07 - D�j� Vu
08 - The Last Refugee
09 - Picture That
10 - Wish You Were Here
11 - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
12 - Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2
13 - Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 3

Intermission

14 - Battersea Power Station rises
15 - Dogs
16 - Pigs (Three Different Ones)
17 - Money
18 - Us and Them
19 - Smell The Roses
20 - Brain Damage
21 - Eclipse
22 - Roger talks
23 - Mother
24 - Comfortably Numb

Roger Waters - Bass, Acoustic guitar, Vocals
Dave Kilminster - Guitar
Bo Koster - Hammond B3, Piano
Jon Carin - Keyboards, Slide Guitar, Guitar
Gus Seyffert - Bass Guitar
Joey Waronker - Drums
Jonathan Wilson - Guitar, Vocals
Ian Ritchie - Saxophone
Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig (from Lucius) - Vocals, Drumming

Show Notes: I'm sort of lost for words when describing how amazing this show was. The visuals are incredible, particularly the second half and the rise of the power station from the middle of the arena (sorry you don't get them with this recording, but a Youtube search will sort that out), his band is nothing short of amazing, and it doesn't hurt he has written some damn fine songs! I found it really interesting to hear Roger talk near the end about how we nearly missed out on the power station visuals because Rod Laver Arena has a retractable roof and they didn't think it would support the weight required, but he wouldn't take no for an answer and his support staff worked it out thankfully! This will definitely be hard to beat for the most impressive show of 2018.

Recording Notes: I was a little disappointed with the way this recording came out. It sounds fine, just a bit dull, and I was hoping the sound would be more 'crisp', as I've made some great recordings in this arena, but I guess my seat location wasn't quite in the sweet spot. Still I think it sounds fine, and there was minimal talking around me (my partner's step dad 3 seats away was the most talkative person, but it came from a place of being a massive Pink Floyd fan and him being totally into the show, so I'll give him a pass, and he only is barely audible on the odd occasion). Enjoy!