THE CURE
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
Empire Polo Fields
Indio, CA US
2009-04-19 (April 19, 2009)

Taper: anonymous
Source: Schoeps CCM4’s > Aerco > Sony PCM-M1
Lineage: DAT Master > HHB Standalone > CDR1 > aiff > flac

uploader’s notes:
Hi all :) Given how popular was the previous (2004) Cure Coachella recording by this same taper, we both (and some of my fellow Cure fans…) thought this one should definitely follow! It’s quite different though :) I commented before how amazed I am at my friend’s ability to harvest these crystal clean SBD-like captures at festivals… But 2004 felt intimate (did I say something about Robert in my living room?) - this one is anything but! - it’s BIG. Some serious Simon action. Guitars. YET - still free of audience obnoxiousness that plagues so many festival tapes! So I’m sure you will enjoy the sound of this guy. There was NO MASTERING done here - I just fixed the tags and a little electronic glitch in the middle of one song. I considered moving a couple of track marks but decided against messing with the whole thing for the sake of a couple of drum beats.

Now - this is a special ‘infamous’ show when… The Cure played 40 min past curfew until they were …’unplugged’. Basically, at 12:30 AM as they started that last encore Robert says ‘We are only allowed to play 1 song - HUH!’ <- ‘Huh’ meant that they continued from ‘Three Imaginary Boys’ to ‘Fire in Cairo’ to ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ at which point the lights on stage went on, the screens went off and the main speakers popped as they were being shut down (you DO hear that). However, they continued through this song and on through ‘Jumping Someone Else’s Train’ on stage speakers! You hear guitars, bass, drums very well on this tape (thanks to the taper’s location!!) - but you also hear the vocals fade and the audience carrying on with the words and clapping along. Finally, as they begin ‘Grinding Halt’ (the 5th of ‘1 song’ as per Robert), stage speakers go out too - you still hear Jason drumming away for a bit :) This is a remarkable capture of the whole thing! Including audience participation in the end and a random ‘Fuck you!’ aimed at the festival rules somewhere in the midst of this mess :) LOVE IT!

ENJOY!

tracklist

101 - Intro - Underneath The Stars
102 - Prayers For Rain
103 - A Strange Day
104 - Alt.End
105 - The End Of The World
106 - Lovesong
107 - To Wish Impossible Things
108 - Pictures Of You
109 - Lullaby
110 - From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
111 - The Perfect Boy
112 - Wrong Number
113 - Push
114 - Inbetween Days
115 - Just Like Heaven
201 - Primary
202 - Shake Dog Shake
203 - The Hungry Ghost
204 - Disintegration
205 - One Hundred Years
206 - It'S Over

encore 1
207 - encore break 1
208 - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
209 - The Kiss

encore 2
210 - At Night
211 - M
212 - Play For Today
213 - A Forest

encore 3
214 - Three Imaginary Boys
215 - Fire In Cairo
216 - Boys Don’t Cry
217 - Jumping Someone Else’s Train - Grinding Halt (Partial)

seeded to dime February 26th, 2017

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