Amos, Tori - State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

Album info   Recording Date  : 05-08-2009       Length  : 110:06 Format  : FLAC

Track List   01 Give 04:10 02 Raspberry Swirl 05:18 03 band intro 01:08 04 Cornflake Girl 05:55 05 Siren 06:31 06 Pandora's Aquarium 05:36 07 Concertina 04:46 08 Space Dog 05:42 09 Doughnut Song 06:52 10 Carbon 05:01 11 Silent All These Years 05:54 12 Ophelia 06:21 13 Pretty Good Year 04:13 14 Jamaica Inn 06:05 15 Talula 07:04 16 Precious Things 07:14 17 Strong Black Vine 06:44 18 Body and Soul 05:23 19 Take to the Sky 05:53 20 Big Wheel 04:16

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Recorded at the State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Very good audience recording, just a little distant and bassy sometimes. From the info file: Tori Amos August 5, 2009 State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN 01. Give 02. Raspberry Swirl 03. band intro 04. Cornflake Girl 05. Siren 06. Pandora's Aquarium 07. Concertina 08. Space Dog 09. Doughnut Song 10. Carbon 11. Silent All These Years 12. Ophelia 13. Pretty Good Year 14. Jamaica Inn 15. Talula 16. Precious Things 17. Strong Black Vine Encore 18. Body and Soul 19. Take to the Sky 20. Big Wheel Taped by 9thbeastie I know people like to keep track of what kind of mics were used and so forth and that info now travels with the audio files when flacs are downloaded as a set. So for those purposes here is the pertinent information. Show was recorded from Main Floor - Row K center. The mics which were used are the Core-sound.com 'stealthy cardioid battery box mics' which are known for their ability to accurately reproduce the big bass heavy sound of a live performance. Some folks like the bass, others don't. To best reproduce the sound heard by those attending the show on August 5th, 2009...this performance should be played on a sound system which features a sub-woofer. I have a BOSE home theatre system and this content sounds exactly like what we heard at the time of the recording. A Sony MiniDisc recorder model MZ-M100 served as the recorder/ storage device until a digital transfer was undertaken and a conversion from wav to flac was made. The sound of the show is a little 'muddy' at times and the vocals are not as prominent as I would have liked. Why? Because the audience was standing during the first three songs and again during the encore. This show was criticized by one reviewer on undented.com who said 'the sound wasn’t the best... better in the encore actually, but most of the show, the piano and drums were drowning out her voice and the loudness was to the point to affect the quality.' I would have to agree with that sentiment.