Steve Vai - Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK 2012-12-01 (Aud)

Band Name: Steve Vai
Venue: The Guildhall
City, County, Country: Portsmouth, Hants, UK
Date: Saturday 1st December 2012

Source: Audience (~40 feet from centre stage (Seat L19), with 16 inch left/right mic separation)
Lineage: Stereo Omni Mics (Panasonic WM-61A elements with 'Linkwitz' common source degeneration mod) & battery box (9V)
-> Zoom H2 (mic-in; 16bit/44.1kHz) -> SDHC card -> HD -> Wavelab6 & HarBal -> *.wav -> Foobar2000 (level 8) -> *.flac -> Dime

Recorded by: Cuztard Pi
Transferred & Mastered by: Cuztard Pi

file size: 0.99GB flac / 1.71GB wav

Set-list (2h 54mins):
Introduction
Racing The World
Velorum
Band Introductions
Building The Church
Tender Surrender
Gravity Storm
The Four Winds (Dave Weiner Solo)
Weeping China Doll
Answers
The Moon And I (intro)
The Moon And I
The Animal
Whispering A Prayer
The Audience Is Listening
On Electric Harp (Deborah Henson-Conant Solo)
Rescue Me Or Bury Me
Sisters
Steve, Jeremy & The Beast
Treasure Island
Salamanders In The Sun
Pusa Road
The Wrecking Ball (Jeremy Colson Solo)
The Ultra Zone
Frank
Write A Song
Sam, Aaron & Magda's Song
For The Love Of God (prelude)
For The Love Of God
~~ encore ~~
The Return
Taurus Bulba


Artwork, flac tags, flac fingerprints & MD5 files are included.
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Notes:

Ticket price: ?27.50 Seated

http://www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk/events/steve-vai
http://www.vai.com/

Big thanks to Dave for the heads-up on the gig & for the photos used in the artwork.

Band:
? Steve Vai: Guitars & vocals
? Dave Weiner: Guitars / Electric Sitar / Keyboards
? Jeremy Colson: Drums (& The Beast)
? Philip Bynoe: Bass
? Deborah Henson-Conant: Electric Harp

1st gig on the UK leg of the European tour. A very entertaining show, very similar to the few other shows from this current tour posted on Dime, playing for not far short of 3 hours!! EPIC!!

The sound in The Guildhall was well balanced, clear & punchy ... but not too loud thankfully. My recording is very representative of the sound on the night and, IMO, a worthy addition to your (ever expanding) Dime collection.

For those interested - basic details of the mastering applied to my original Zoom H2 recording (using Wavelab6 & HarBal) are as follows:
(a) EQ / Compression / Limiting (-0.6dB max)
(b) fade ins & outs
(c) track split

A note for any finicky audiophiles out there:
Mastering has been done to polish the raw master recording with the aim of enhancing the listening experience. If you prefer virgin recordings, unspoiled by any such amateur 'dabbling' then do not join in on this one. Be warned now ... I don't want any whingeing! ;-)

But for the rest of you Dime'ers I recommend that you GO FOR THIS ONE ... you won't be disappointed!
I score the sound quality as 9 out of 10 ( = A- ); but hey! ... don't flame me if you don't agree ... & at least keep it friendly ;-)

If you have any comments, whether positive, negative or otherwise, I would love to read them ... don't be a lurker!

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Enjoy - Cuztard Pi - 3rd December 2012

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