Spock's Beard
Los Angeles
California, USA
September 16th, 2002

Acoustic Rehearsals - No label/catalog

1. talk
2. The Good Don't Last/Open Wide The Flood Gates (Part 1)
3. Looking For Answers
4. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
5. talk, Mood For A Day
6. Wind At My Back
7. The Good Don't Last
8. Stranger In A Strange Land
9. Solitary Soul
10. Open Wide The Flood Gates (Part 2)
11. talk
12. June
13. Wind At My Back
14. The Doorway
15. Stranger In A Strange Land

Notes: ? -> MD -> CDR -> SHN -> FLAC. A "fly on the wall" recording of the rehearsal for Spock's Beard's last two live appearances with Neal Morse. Due to the nature of the recording, a couple songs are incomplete, and the conversation tracks don't always lead into the next song like they should, but this is exactly what I received. I tried to clean up some of the transitions a bit, but no music or dialogue was edited. The right channel microphone had some problems, and I considered making a seperate mono version with just the left channel, but I decided to leave it as is. It is a revealing document of the Beard behind the scenes, working out their music for these last performances together. The band knew of Neal's decision already, but the announcement hadn't been made yet at this time, but it gives an interesting context to this recording.