The Rolling Stones
"Voodoo Lounge Tour"
The Kingdome
Seattle, WA
December 15, 1994
** 16 BIT **
Source: Sonic Studios DSM-6P w/3-way lo-cut filter, position unknown (most likely @ 40hz, lowest setting) > Sony WM-D6
Transfer: Master cassettes (TDK SA 90's) > Denon 790R > Kenwood A-522 amplifier > Kenwood GE-622 Equalizer > .WAV @ 16 bit/44.1 kHz
Mastering: .WAV > Sound Forge Pro 11.0 (Build 299) [iZotope Mastering Suite (declick); WAVES EMO-F2 Stereo plugin (high pass filer at 135 Hz);
other minor edits, normalize, & fades] > CDWav tracking) > Trader's Little Helper (level 5) > FLAC > TagScanner 5.1 (tagging)
Location: Section A (floor), row 35, seat 15 - Ronnie's side
Recorded & transferred by: Steve "ballsdeep" Hagar
Mastered by: Dennis Orr
Setlist:
01 Not Fade Away
02 Tumbling Dice
03 You Got Me Rocking
04 Shattered
05 Rocks Off
06 Chat
07 Sparks Will Fly
08 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
09 Beast Of Burden
10 Far Away Eyes
11 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
12 Love Is Strong
13 It's All Over Now
14 I Go Wild
15 Miss You
16 Band Intros
17 Honky Tonk Women
18 Before They Make Me Run (1)
19 The Worst (1)
20 Sympathy For The Devil
21 Monkey Man
22 Street Fighting Man
23 Start Me Up
24 It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It)
25 Brown Sugar
26 Encore Break
- Encore -
27 Jumpin' Jack Flash
(1) Keith - lead vocals
Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, & percussion
Keith Richards - guitars & vocals
Ronnie Wood - guitars & backing vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Darryl Jones - bass & backing vocals
Chuck Leavell - keyboards & backing vocals
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Andy Snitzer - saxophone
Michael Davis - trombone
Kent Smith - trumpet
Lisa Fischer - backing vocals
Bernard Fowler - backing vocals & percussion
Show Notes:
My first time seeing the Stones (of 8, all were taped, and all came out fantastic except for Anaheim '02, and that one is very solid, but not
quite as nice as the others), and I believe the first time I bought a plane ticket to go tape just one show. It was the heyday of "dividend
tickets" (cheap plane tickets tied to the release of the Alaska PFD), and I want to say it was like $149 r/t to Seattle. The best part: I didn't
even have a ticket to the show! There was a lady I'd met who knew the people who pressed CDs for Italian label Banzai (Janet H., lost contact
with her nearly 20 years ago, she also ties into an upcoming Floyd '94 release). Anyhow, this lady knew Dave L., he was going to the Stones, he
was "well connected in the ticket scene, just go and get a good tape!!!". So I did, a couple friends from Fairbanks flew down with me, and we met
Dave at the Holiday Inn at 4pm day-of-show. An hour later, after we were all properly lubricated, we were in a cab on the way to the Kingdome (I
remember it like it was yesterday, after all, this *was* The Rolling Stones). And an hour later, I had a ticket in my hand. a pretty good ticket
(as you can see in the notes). It was SUCH a good ticket, that when I turned around 10 minutes before the Stones hit the stage, the drummer from
the opening band (Spin Doctors, not taped) was sitting *behind* me. :D
Anyhow, to the opening strains of a giant hissing snake, the well oiled machine known as Keef, Mick and Co. blasted off, and we were treated to a
2+ hour typical treat for a stadium run. This always struck me as a country-tinged affair, or that's how it's filed away in my head. I've also
been told this is the first copy that has hit the 'bandwaves' with verified lineage, so I suppose that is pretty cool as well. never intended to
"sit" on it, there's just so...much...stuff here in boxes. I've got some MUCH better ones coming up next year, maybe, if the benevolent Mr. Orr
is up for it. Anyhow, alms be to Dennis for his handling my "going too far" when it comes to sending him stuff; a 128gb stick of uncirculated
classic rock and beyond is headed his way soon. to save him some transfer time...point being: you never know what you may hear next....
---ballsdeep OUT!!!
Mastering Notes:
- If you remember the Kingdome it was totally made of concrete, and therefore not the best venue for acoustics. There is some boominess to this
recording, which I have mitigated to a point by rolling off some bass with a high pass filter.
- The sound does improve after the first couple of songs.
- There are a couple of very brief volume fluctuations during "Honky Tonk Women".
- There is some distortion for the first 12 seconds of "Jumpin' Jack Flash".
- Tape flip during the applause after "Far Away Eyes" - seamlessly splices, no music was lost but some of Jagger's words about "Heartbreaker"
were.
- Tape flip during the applause after "The Worst" - seamlessly spliced, no music was lost.
- The recorder was paused during the "Encore Break" applause.