Ruben Blades
y Roberto Delgado Orchestra
2012-07-10
Fabrik
Hamburg

Church Audio CA 14 Cardioids > Sony RH1 (PCM-mode) > Hi-MD > Sonic Stage > wav > Audacity (level adjustments, trackmarking, some leveller for close clapping) > TLH > flac level 8

recorded 8 - 10 meters from stage, slightly to the right

TRT: 111:21 min

01. Caminando
02. Las Calles
03. Plaza Herrera
04. La Caina
05. Puedo Vivir Del Amor *
06. Decisiones
07. Ojos De Perro Azul
08. Cuentas Del Alma
09. Todos Vuelven
10. Maria Lionza
11. Buscando Guayaba
12. Juan Pachanga
13. Pedro Navaja
14. Patria
15. Mu�vete

* Jose Feliciano



Rub�n Blades does not need an introduction, his voice is the same as 25 years ago. He is touring with the Roberto Delgado Orchestra, 12 musicians (1 or 2 keyboards, bass, 2 to 4 drummers / percussionists and a strong horn section). Pure salsa, highly danceable, a career spanning setlist.

The recording has a few issues. There are a few handling noises from the mic cables touching the jacket during the quieter parts between the songs. There is some crowd noise (but I wouldn't grudge that, the audience was half latin, at least were I stood, dancing, greeting friends, having a good time, trying to get some video on their iphones or some souvenir pics of themselves, their friends, whatever - rarely just standing around listening to the music).

Expecting a long show I started the recorder a little late, missing the first 2 seconds of music. Getting a long show I ran out of MD space right after "Pedro Navaja", missed some band introductions and some 30 seconds of the instrumental intro to "Patria" - did a crossfade, but it's noticable.

The sound was good, the horn section came out a little too dominant in the recording, so I lowered the frequencies above 8000 a couple of dB and accentuated the range between 3 and 8000 by 1 - 2 dB. Apart from that I lowered a couple of volume spikes, raised the overall level by 1 dB, applied the leveller manually to some lound clapping.

More tour dates:
14 Julio - La R�bida (Huelva), Espa�a
15 Julio - Valencia, Espa�a
22 Julio - Caracas, Venezuela
26 Julio - Madrid, Espa�a
27 Julio - Barcelona, Espa�a
28 Julio - C�diz, Espa�a
03 Agosto - Berl�n, Alemania
04 Agosto - Malm�, Suecia
09 Agosto - Marciac, Francia
10 Agosto - Oslo, Noruega
11 Agosto - Estocolmo, Suecia
15 Agosto - Los Angeles, Estados Unidos