SIMO at the Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland December 9, 2016

Artist: SIMO
Venue: the Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland
Time: December 9, 2016

Source: Zoom H1 wave 24-bit,96kHz > 48.1kHz 16-bit, flac level 0 in Sony Vegas Pro 13 > Trader's Little Helper
Recorded (right in fron of stage), mastered, and transferred by Bimbomable

Contents:

Flac: length:


01 Temptation 05:05
02 People Say 04:28
03 Long May You Sail 12:48
04 Don't Waste Time 03:44
05 Shine 03:48
06 Light The Candle 10:15
07 Return 07:05
08 I'd Rather Die In Vain 19:14
09 With A Little Help From My Friends 09:56

Encore:

10 Be With You 09:51

Running time: 1:26:19

JD Simo: guitar, Vocals
Elad Shapiro: bass
Adam Abrashoff: drums


This was their 212th concert of the year 2016 and what better place to end the European tour than the legendary Tavastia Club in downtown Helsinki, Finland!

And what a gig it was! Of all the audience-taped Simo gigs out there, this to my mind is the most electrifying performance, though I might be a little biased ;-).

This is the full concert and a very enjoyable recording even if I say so myself:).


That said, it is not perfect. Right at the start the Zoom H1 attached to the hot shoe of the LX100 camera fell off and I had to hold it in my hand for the first three songs

whilst filming with the camera in the other.

This resulted in shifts in volume and the like, which I equalized the best I could (done in Sony Vegas Pro 13). What's more, the mixing left something to be desired at times,

with JD's vocals getting buried in the mix in some songs (notably Shine), while being quite good in most of the others.The best in this regard are Light the Candle and Be With You.

Overall though, I think the sound is very good and most importantly, the performance is outstanding, with true highlights like Temptation, Light The Candle, I'd Rather Die In Vain, and Be With You.

JD's really pouring his heart out and Adam and Elad are so perfectly in tune with him and each other - it's like they're using telepathy.


SIMO are currently in the studio preparing their new album set to be released sometime in the summer of 2017 and if this performance and the new songs heard are anything to go by,

it will surely be magical. I so hope they will include at least Temptation, Light The Candle, and Be With You in it but the other new songs sure kick ass as well!

This is a fan release encouraged by Simo thanks to their audience taping policy. It is not to be capitalized on, so please do not claim it your own work and resell it in any format.

Do share it, for free, though, for more people to experience just what a band SIMO are.


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