Sheryl Crow (opening for John Mellencamp)
Friday November 21 2008
Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne, Australia

Lineage:
Recorded on Zoom H2 at 16/44.1 using internal rear mics - Tracks split, fades added & normalized to -1.5db peak with Wave Editor (Mac) - Transferred to PC for FLAC level 6 conversion with Trader's Little Helper.

(00 A Change - missing)
01 Can't Cry Anymore (fades in)
02 Love is Free
03 All I Wanna Do
04 Strong Enough
05 The First Cut Is The Deepest
06 My Favorite Mistake
07 If It Makes You Happy
08 Out Of Our Heads
09 Mean To Me (Crowded House cover)
10 Soak Up The Sun
11 Everyday Is a Winding Road

Notes:
Half an hour before leaving for this show, I realised I didn't have any batteries for my external mics, so I had to make do with the internal mics in my Zoom H2 recorder.

Sheryl hit the stage earlier than expected and I was 5 minutes late getting to my seat. As such, I missed the opening song, A Change, and the start of Can't Cry Anymore. I was seated in the forth row to stage left, right below the speaker array, where the sound was actually really good. Because I didn't have external mics, I had to leave the Zoom exposed. I simply placed it between my legs, hit record and hoped for the best.

I'm really surprised at how good the recording turned out. All of the instruments are well defined, and Sheryl's voice comes through very clearly, including all the between song banter. Towards the end of Can't Cry Anymore, some more late comers arrived, so there is some slight phase shifting for a few seconds as I get up to let them by.

Sheryl wears a cowboy hat that was thrown on stage for a few moments, which is why she says "I sorta feel like Madonna" before First Cut Is The Deepest (just in case you were wondering).

The John Mellencamp set was NOT recorded.