Spinal Tap
Beacon Theater
New York, NY
1992-06-23

Source: Sony ECM-909a > WM-D3 by Rob Robles
Transfer: MC (XLII-90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, fades, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

Set I
01. Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
02. Cash On Delivery
03. Hell Hole
04. America
05. The Majesty Of Rock
06. Heavy Duty
07. Just Begin Again
08. Sex Farm
09. The Sun Never Sweats
10. Stinking Up The Great Outdoors
11. Stonehenge

Set II
12. Rock & Roll Creation
13. Bitch School
14. (Listen To The) Flower People
15. Rainy Day Sun
16. Celtic Blues
17. Clam Caravan
18. All The Way Home
19. Break Like The Wind
20. Springtime
21. Christmas With The Devil
22. banter
23. Short And Sweet
24. Big Bottom
25. final banter
26. Now Leaving On Track 13

On the one hand, it's Spinal Tap, live at the Beacon Theater. The accompanying NY Times article gives some idea of what it was like, stage props and all.

On the other hand, this is not the best recording. The band was too loud (they had already earned themselves a distinguished place in rock history as one of Britain’s loudest bands) and the crowd is totally nuts until they play Stonehenge. In fact, the audio signal is so strong that the tape was recorded without dubly.

Despite parts of the Times' review (and really, you can't print that) the new material isn't all bad. Short and Sweet, in particular, which features guest horns, is quiet good. The sustain on it is amazing.

Tape flip after The Sun Never Sweats, nothing lost, and a second one before Bitch School which clips the beginning of the song, and the last one before the encore banner, which turned out is fine.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-01-31

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