| Waters, Roger - MEN Arena Manchester (paulrammylad) (16-44.1) |
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| Recorded at the MEN Arena, Manchester, UK. Very good audience recording, just a bit bassy. From the info file: Roger Waters MEN Arena Manchester 28-06-2011 Flac 8 Recorded from a very very good position in the Arena and it shows in the quality of the finished article. I am stunned at how this has turned out. Even though I've done the recording I couldn't have asked for anything better. ROGER WATERS Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester 2011.06.28 Recorded by:paulrammylad Sound Quality: EX Recorded from: Block 104, D1 four rows from front leading to floor seating area. 8 rows in front of mixing desk, and approx 25 to 30 rows from stage, to the left, as I viewed the stage (same side as the fold out hotel room) Cracking view on an aisle seat, unobstructed view to the ceiling mounted PA Stack and stage. Many thanks go to the very generous couple who swapped seats (I should have been in D3) with me. But as I'm suffering with my legs/back, and the guy had a bad neck, it was in everyones best interest to swap. Technical stuff (not my strongest suit) and at this point I'd like to thank the members on here for giving me invaluable advice, especially Radiowaves and nobbs, on how to covertly record a gig of this size, and which recorder to use. Recorded with: Tascam DR-07 digital recorder. Recording input level set on 5, with a gain setting on ther machine set to 'low'. Microphone: Genuine stereo Sony clip on mic. Recording Specs: (A) Unedited 24 bit Wav, 48.0K, in stereo. (NB this version contains 28 mins of pre show audience chatter, plus the whole of the intermission. (This is due to the fact I don't have the software to edit these wav files). I decided to keep the recording device running and record everything, rather than run the risk of being caught by the security. (They were everywhere). Recording Specs: (B) 16 bit stereo wav file 48.0k. (Converted from 24bit with real player convertor > splitting of the tracks done using syntrillium. Editing the wav files also using syntrillium, (only normalisation of wav files without clipping done.) (No other processes at all were carried out) > FLAC8 (using Flac frontend) > here (NB I removed all of the pre show/Intermission audience chatter) Set 1: 59:11 01. Intro 02. In The Flesh? 03. The Thin Ice 04. Another Brick In The Wall Pt.1 05. The Happiest Days of our Lives 06. Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2 07. Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2b (This reprise was premiered in Berlin 16.06.2011, and was dedicated to Jean Charles de Menezes) 08. Mother 09. Goodbye Blue Sky 10. Empty Spaces 11. What Shall We Do Now? 12. Young Lust 13. One Of My Turns 14. Don’t Leave Me Now 15. Another Brick In The Wall Pt.3 16. The Last Few Bricks 17. Goodbye Cruel World Set 2: 56:13 18. Hey You 19. Is There Anybody Out There? 20. Nobody Home 21. Vera 22. Bring The Boys Back Home 23. Comfortably Numb 24. The Show Must Go On 25. In The Flesh 26. Run Like Hell 27. Waiting For The Worms 28. Stop! 29. The Trial 30. Outside The Wall 31. Outside The Wall (Reprise with band introductions) Musicians: Drums: Graham Broad Guitars: Dave Kilminster, G.E. Smith, Snowy White Bass: Roger Waters Keyboards: Jon Carin, Harry Waters Lead Vocals: Roger Waters, Robbie Wyckoff Backing Vocals: Jon Joyce, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Kipp Lennon (Hope I've not missed anyone) MD5 24 Bit: part One Unedited flac eab4ee759e5a5f55af68d7d3339544f7 part Two Unedited flac 7e7196708c6a97f458a2de46d29983ef 16 Bit: Set 1: 59:11 01. 0eab2f50071b7d3b228134da30482c94 02. 73981cbb970c2f5d60642f32c6088b91 03. bc4e3987700432959d9cf28278fc2c47 04. 8f20aba5e9e395508829158061c7f066 05. e216dce80b09954c64477005f123f44d 06. 4198164da7b366d395ebf9746fe35c3f 07. 0809a69933fb88884b6c448a25a35882 08. 9707e4f89759a0874625a7d57de39042 09. 9a843828a716db72686afca8c2c5e903 10. 0f20cf4b09e1219876b42b4e10951a9d 11. a0a8ed01a662918bb8d6e11c7e4265ad 12. c0e83a87964c1ed4e7d3f0553710edfe 13. 036280a26f19d8e87ce8bdc0c8afc652 14. 46e559504769ba525e64c21f80584eac 15. f42e7e8bdb9eac94abce2fbb09531bb3 16. af311033c90f27c3c35244d37282f7f1 17. 4f6117c9b2b54f1bb7df4aab51ec9607 Set 2: 56:13 18. 7207b030ff033658bdaa646bfb915d72 19. 6da5f3e6be1f322295ae8d781db85e58 20. 31a657930d49770cf446774e298c9c93 21. 1d8259325ee2c30d361af275bfa11fd2 22. f6a1322a32eaeafaab3ae66e45e2c4f9 23. 79f9a551356ad54572768d2e4a705e03 24. 694a2907e549588fc835209c12138545 25. a8c6fff957fec4a66abe6f10985e966c 26. dce1066b744bcd59c8741cd97859a27c 27. 6f24e0aad1eaf8c0b484c158ab7c5398 28. edf6d978639b32d0569683c826c97ec8 29. dc4ccf96313dab365b1b3f47635495cf 30. 7472118249819c7af995d8290bf50f2b 31. faeab2bee35666ba95b63fa46f854aa3 Well I'm not sure where to start with this info file. Other than to say literally 5 minutes before leaving home to travel to Manchester with my two sons, I wasn't sure I could make the gig due to starting with a 24hour tummy bug earlier that morning. I'm talking the full works, I'm sure we've all been there, so I won't go into graphic detail. Anyway I filled myself with various medicines, and managed to grab 6 hours or so sleep. Fortunately just before 6pm I'd recovered enough to climb out of my sick bed to go to the show, and boy am I glad I did. We arrived at the venue at approx 7.15pm. My heart was pumping as I got passed the security cordone with my secreted recording equipment. we made our way to our seats, and with members previously saying the show started at 8pm prompt, I waited until the security were looking the other way and set the tascam recorder going at about 7.45pm. Unfortunately the show didn't start until 8.15pm, so theres about 28 minutes of audience chatter. This was my first time recording a show of this size, and with all the security personel constantly swarming around all over the place, can I say, there's a lot of excitement/fear/adrenaline during the whole recording process. Consequently at this point I want to say a big thank you to all those who have or still do record shows. Sneaking equipment into gigs to record the shows we all love, so we can enjoy for years to come. I now know how they all feel/felt. My lad asked me what would I do if I got caught and thrown out. I told him it was worth the risk, and that I'd probably feel better outside in the fresh air. Boy I felt as ill as a dog. The show was stunning, somewhat different to the version I recall way back at Earls Court in 1980. It was also nice to hear a new song just before Mother. Apparently it was premiered in Berlin 16.06.2011, and was dedicated to Jean Charles de Menezes. Roger had good interaction with the crowd, and was clearly enjoying himself, as were the audience. At one point the whole arena started singing 'Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn' followed by 'Bring The Boys Back Home' The images projected onto the Wall, showing the pain and futility of War and famine, with Roger stood transfixed, arms wide open and back to the audience it was such a powerful moment. Also when the film of the young girl was played, and she stood crying out for her father before she ran to hug him on his safe return from war, well I'm not ashamed to say I shed a tear. Mother should I trust the government......NO FCUKING WAY! At the end of the gig I got the impression Roger didn't want to leave the stage. hence the extended 'Outside The Wall'. So what were the down points, not many really. The seats were awfully uncomfortable, and I was pleased to stand up during the intermission and during Run Like Hell. A couple a rows behind me there were some very excitable fans, who every now and then, couldn't resist a good 'Wahoohing'. There was also a guy sat directly behind me, who for no apparent reason would occasionally just scream out Roger or some other inane rubbish. During the interval a guy, who was worse the ware on drink, had thrown a beer over some people on the front row, who naturally complained to the staff. At one point I thought there was going to be a fight with security guys. He was led away but unfortunately reappeared stood next to me for Outside The Wall, and singing some sort of drunken football song (Scottish I think). Apart from that, I think I couldn't have done any better with the recording. It is well known that the acoustics in the MEN Arena leave a lot to be desired. Also I purposely didn't clap, sing or cheer during the performance (this was very hard to do, after all I was primarily there to enjoy the bloody show). The sacrifice was worth it, as I now sit in the comfort of my own home, well on the mend after that 24 hour tummy bug, and I've got to say I'm very very pleased with the results, and I hope you enjoy it to. Finally I would just like to thank all those who have contributed shows on here which I have grabbed over the years. This is the very first time as a member that I can give something back to the Pink Floyd community thats totally unique. If anyone wants to edit/master and repost the 24bit un-edited wav files, then please feel free to do so. I don't have the software to do it myself. Also I feel that this will sound absolutely fantastic with someone who knows what they are doing, giving it tweak here and a tweak there. Please don't convert to MP3 unless for personal use. Support Roger by buying his merchandise etc. Please share freely, but under no circumstances 'SELL' this. Finally please enjoy it. Cheers Paul |