vm_2001-05-25_4EF.txt
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ARTIST Van Morrison
TITLE Poleaxed In Warsaw - Van In Warsaw Complete FM + SBD
VENUE TP Music and film festival, Sala Kongresowa
CITY Warsaw
COUNTRY Poland
DATE May 25, 2001
SOURCE TV and SBD
4-Eyed Freak remastering
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Tracklist:
Disc One (52:35)
01. Cadillac Baby (3:41)
02. Celtic Swing (4:33)
03. Days Like This (2:55)
04. All Saints Day (3:11)
05. Back On Top (4:00)
06. That's Life (4:15)
07. Cleaning Windows (4:24)
08. Tore Down A La Rimbaud (6:14)
09. Dead Or Alive (3:38)
10. Bright Side Of The Road (4:04)
11. Jackie Wilson Said (3:40)
12. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (4:19)
13. Goin' Down Geneva (2:13) >
14. Brand New Cadillac (1:22)
Disc Two (47:51)
01. One Irish Rover (4:17)
02. If you Only Knew (3:10)
03. Don't Worry About A Thing (3:05)
04. Philosophers Stone (5:23)
05. It Once Was My Life (4:30)
06. Why Must I Always Explain? (3:47)
07. Precious Time (2:59)
08. Star Of The County Down (2:38)
09. Northern Muse (Solid Ground) (7:15)
10. In The Afternoon (10:42)
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LineUp :
Van Morrison : Vocals, harp, saxophone
Richard Dunne - Hammond organ, grand piano
Ned Edwards - backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitar, harmonica, violin
Lee Goodall - backing vocals, saxophones, flute, penny whistle, rhythm guitar, percussion
Matt Holland - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
Pete Hurley - electric bass
Bobby Irwin - drums
Martin Winning - tenor saxophone, clarinet, penny whistle
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FLAC FINGERPRINTS:
d1t01 - Cadillac Baby.flac:c4f275925a8ca43ec509bd0920281855
d1t02 - Celtic Swing.flac:2cd14ad3b3a000dff1527643030d2840
d1t03 - Days Like This.flac:866c6375b2af149bc22d727a3de23592
d1t04 - All Saints Day.flac:b05f1ae1673569c04ea127ebab3f30d4
d1t05 - Back On Top.flac:779fbed683d870a811fddcf4c62247eb
d1t06 - That's Life.flac:3aaebccb43d26d9037d63e7882c58056
d1t07 - Cleaning Windows.flac:6bcf71b70a9a6562524e07452e293632
d1t08 - Tore Down A La Rimbaud.flac:295f91488e0d52fadda435fe44126f30
d1t09 - Dead Or Alive.flac:c4eacb8dafb7f787a46885b9191b015d
d1t10 - Bright Side Of The Road.flac:27ac426fa17df3f81cb37324a7d145f4
d1t11 - Jackie Wilson Said.flac:e4a35103228c83fbe5e215be802dea3f
d1t12 - It's All Over Now Baby Blue.flac:4507c8596e24178cca17d48f356fce7d
d1t13 - Goin' Down Geneva.flac:b165ef2203184d69fa81d28d9f2d612a
d1t14 - Brand New Cadillac.flac:5f04de91b11878ddddf0b1f1fa61de31
d2t01 - One Irish Rover.flac:2ec3d156ae2362731ae9f5d1846d589d
d2t02 - If You Only Knew.flac:e1be613cb0781a43d6cd14225aacf140
d2t03 - Don't Worry About A Thing.flac:b60589502522327feb33b0f748ebf40c
d2t04 - Philosophers Stone.flac:4e4b4ff983af1b04040a01e9a74dde7c
d2t05 - It Once Was My Life.flac:7cbfedd8c839303e0f875410ec2c4631
d2t06 - Why Must I Always Explain.flac:65982f84c8fa3da1462befde8d7a5414
d2t07 - Precious Time.flac:2e0a8a51ca04cc6f160b28892d1d7620
d2t08 - Star Of The County Down.flac:7514fc1e3001be7298e691c72aa66c51
d2t09 - Northern Muse (Solid Ground).flac:9911791bedc4f1c60ba69f13736777bf
d2t10 - In The Afternoon.flac:bae48fe71149969245d27f3775e350dd
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Hi resolution artwork:
in subdirectories "artwork"
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Lineage:
* d1t01, d1t02 and d2t02: SBD > ? > FLAC > WAV > Remastering and retracking > WAV > FLAC (Level 8)
* Other tracks: analog TV > WAV > FLAC (as originaly distributed)
Additionaly for d1t03, d2t01 and d2t03: > WAV > retracking (merging SBD source) > FLAC (level 8)
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Notes:
In my humble opinion, here is the last BIG Van show, his blaze of glory. Really the end of an era. Though the band later appeared to be one of the worst he played with and is responsible for this awfull 2002-2006 shipwreck, both Van and the musicians were awesome this night. The "No Prima Donna" mantra at the end of "In The Afternoon" sang with this incredible broken voice is my all-time favourite minute in all my Van's collection.
About the release:
The show was broadcasted by TVN Polland. The broadcast didn't feature the whole concert, 3 tracks were left out. But a complete soundboard recording later surfaced.
2 different captures of the broadcast were located: one coming from an analog TV, the other one from digital TV. Those captures are known to be the best sounding Van recordings ever, along with "From Dublin Up to Sandy Row".
Many versions have already been circulating. Among them, the most famous are:
- Vanlose's "Van In Warsaw" http://tinyurl.com/7xwtg, widely distributed as a tree, was unfortunately featuring the digital TV version. It was selected because it was a pure digital recording but as we know now, digital TV signal is lossy, and the FA and SA performed on this boot let no doubt: it's most probably issued from mp2 at a rather low bitrate, there is no frequency above 16kHz.
- The analog TV version was fortunately offered on EZT. The uploader (thank you!!!) who was one of the tree administrators reported: "it was really hard to hear a distinction . The other version was selected because it was a pure digital recording. The show was on tv and the chap took the digital tv signal right to his computer, so it is a DDD. This version is based on an analog signal tv signal, so its an ADD. Someone else can probably better explain this than I. That being said, although we chose to tree the other version, a few of us thought that this version had an intangible that made it worth while. Much like a cd can never capture the sound you get from an LP, there is something in this version that the other lacks, but beauty is in the ear of the beholder."
Obviously, this intangible something is mainly the fact that this ADD version is lossless.
- "First Time In Warsaw" http://tinyurl.com/2vgabg also features the broadcasted part. I don't know which version this one was made with, i suspect it's the analog TV one because of the different tracking at the end of disc 1.
- Euro Boot's "That's Life" bootleg http://tinyurl.com/32j8mx, with its infamous bad pitch.
- The soundboard recording version http://tinyurl.com/34vmdd is the only one featuring the complete concert. Unfortunately, like many soundboard recordings, it has a very dry and unbalanced sound quality. What's more, the sound is mono.
A stereo version of the complete concert maybe exists somewhere: according to Wavelength, Radio 3 Polland broadcasted it on June 9, 2001. Unfortunately, it never surfarced. If someone has it, by all mean contact me!
For this new set, i reworked the soundboard recording so it sounds much closer to the broadcast. I then merged the missing tracks d1t01 and d1t02 to the analog TV sourced "Days Like This" on disc 1 and d2t02 between "One Irish Rover" and "Don't Worry About A thing" on disc 2 as smoothly as possible to make seamless transitions.
Except this merging work, i made absolutely no modification to the other tracks: why would someone change something when it's already perfect?
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