Patti Smith Quartet
Roncalliplatz
Cologne, Germany
2025-07-25

Setlist:
01. Redondo Beach
02. Transcendental Blues* (by Steve Earle)
03. Ghost Dance
04. Man In The Long Black Coat* (by Bob Dylan)
05. 1959
06. Spell (Footnote To Howl)
07. Nine*
08. Dancing Barefoot
09. Bullet With Butterfly Wings (by Smashing Pumpkins)
10. Beneath The Southern Cross*+
11. Work (by Charlotte Day Wilson)
12. Peacable Kingdom / People Have The Power
13. Pissing In A River
14. Band introduction
15. Because The Night
16. Gloria

* patched with source 2
+ dedicated to Ozzy Osbourne, contains musical quotes from Black Sabbath songs

Duration: 1:45:14

Notes:
My favorite concert and tape out of the four shows I attended this tour, although Prague is close behind.
Taping conditions were almost ideal except for sudden gusts of wind now and then. In four instances, these caused rustling/rumbling during musical parts of the recording. I patched these parts (about 50 seconds in total) using a second, alternate source. I tried to make the patches as seamless as possible despite the different nature of the two recordings.
It is an excellent recording despite these litte flaws.
Excellent show as well.

Source 1 (main source):
Microphones: SP-CMC-4U (AT U853s, low sensitivity mod)
Battery box: SP-SPSB-20
Recorder: Sony PCM-A10 (24bit/48khz, mic-in)
Taped by: johnnyinthebasement
Location: first row, left of the stage in front of the stacks

Source 2 (patches, about 50sec in total):
Equipment: Apple Watch Series 10
Taped by: mattis
Location: first row, left of the stage in front of the stacks

Software: Audacity (patching, reducing clapping, EQ, tracking, 24bit/48khz export); EZ CD Audio Converter (tags)
Edited by: johnnyinthebasement
First upload: 2025-07-29 on Dime

A johnnyinthebasement and mattis cooperation.
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