Which bootlegs are you listening to right now?

The Oracle

Vault 3 Constitution Hall, Washington DC, September 19, 1998.

mookieblalock

Boise, Idaho, 11-03-00

Great version of Romanza/Betterman

mookieblalock

EdLaw wrote:

Hartford, 27/6/2008

I just listened to this yesterday. I was at the show. I know it gets a lot of praise, but for some reason, even though I loved the show, I never truly recognized HOW great this show was. This show is LEGIT. Band was tight and setlist was off the hook. Man, when I heard it I instantly remembered how HOT it was that night. If you were there you know!

Newch91

mookieblalock wrote:

EdLaw wrote:

Hartford, 27/6/2008

I just listened to this yesterday. I was at the show. I know it gets a lot of praise, but for some reason, even though I loved the show, I never truly recognized HOW great this show was. This show is LEGIT. Band was tight and setlist was off the hook. Man, when I heard it I instantly remembered how HOT it was that night. If you were there you know!

Hot isn't even the word. I could have filled a pool with my sweat at the end of the show with all my clothes from that night.

mookieblalock

Newch91 wrote:

mookieblalock wrote:

EdLaw wrote:

Hartford, 27/6/2008

I just listened to this yesterday. I was at the show. I know it gets a lot of praise, but for some reason, even though I loved the show, I never truly recognized HOW great this show was. This show is LEGIT. Band was tight and setlist was off the hook. Man, when I heard it I instantly remembered how HOT it was that night. If you were there you know!

Hot isn't even the word. I could have filled a pool with my sweat at the end of the show with all my clothes from that night.

Yup. It was literally like a sauna. Ed actually had to take a breather at one point.

evolvedmammal

Atlantic city 9/30/05 + 10/1/05
philly 10/3/05

yellowwho

evolvedmammal wrote:

Atlantic city 9/30/05 + 10/1/05
philly 10/3/05

Philly here too...

Awesome Show !!

sjc23

Indy 5/07/2010

dimitrispearljam

cardiff 00

kerrjk

Listening to a lot of the 2006 World Tour of late (last 6 months). Am getting the impression the Aussie gigs were real special - saw them night one at Adelaide - which was probably the best I've ever seen any band play. The Preternatural The Other Plane fan-made compilation of the Aussie gigs is very good. For fans of Long Road - listen to the set opener from Detroit 22-May-2006 - best version ever in IMHO. Also listening to some later gigs from 2009 (last night Philly) & 2011 (Toronto)

papa_pearls_jam.pj20

2009-08-18 London, UK

Can't believe that it's already been a month since Wrigley!
:fp:

yellowledbetterman80

Santiago, Chile 11-23-2005

downloaded it today

leekstokie

Manchester 2 2012

YLed2

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Missoula 2012

The opening 3 song combo (Small Town-Corduroy-Do the Evolution) works really well, and all three are solid energetic takes. At this location too, Small Town does truly work as an opener. The first critique that I noticed at this gig was a slightly "off" sounding Severed Hand. There simply isn't enough guitars in the mix after the intro and compared to many other shows, the tempo feels almost sluggish. A few other problems are quite noticeable. Stone misses the intro and first verse in State of Love and Trust. Clearly something is very off and wrong with the guitar work in Ghost. It sounds so empty and is a mood killer. One of my favorite tunes, played well in the 2003 bootlegs, but it sounds very unrehearsed here. Adding to that is Know Your Rights, which the band barely seems to make it through. They get off time badly in a few spots. It's weird, the version in Atlanta around a week prior was incredibly tight. Although the 1st encore is quite good and sets a better tone for the show, I found the second encore very much lacking. Life Wasted is sloppy and I've never been a fan of the singer for Mudhoney doing vocals on Kick Out the Jams.

I've listened to this boot a few times over the last year and all the errors in the main set almost kill it for me. It does have a good sense of energy in most of the songs though and the opening is certainly the best part for me. Also, much like the Atlanta 12 mix, Matt's drums sound wonderful. They didn't sound quite like that on any of the other 2012 boots (including Deluna), not that those mixes were bad. His snare drum is so piercing and bright on these two boots, but with the right amount of depth. Anyways, I feel this is a fairly overrated boot. It's solid, but unremarkable to me. I have a feeling I'm about to be trashed for saying that. :?

Interesting and as always insightful review my friend. I myself found this one to be one of my more favorite boots of 2012 and is certainly better than the Amsterdam boots and both of the Berlin 2012 boots in my opinion. I toally agree that Elderly Woman is my least favorite show opener, but it works extremely well at this show and sounds great. The first opening songs you mentioned are a fantastic start to this show, and I'm not even a big fan of DTE. The first encore with the first 4 or 5 acoustic numbers with the band sitting down are sublime.

This is just another example stellar sound and mix quality of the 2012 boots. I do agree though, as I feel this is one of the better boots of 2012 and I think is better than the hyped Amsterdam and Berlin shows, I don't think this necessarily garnishes the award of "instant classic". A very good boot in my opinion, though.

RS151862

YLed2 wrote:

This is just another example stellar sound and mix quality of the 2012 boots. I do agree though, as I feel this is one of the better boots of 2012 and I think is better than the hyped Amsterdam and Berlin shows, I don't think this necessarily garnishes the award of "instant classic". A very good boot in my opinion, though.

Lets be honest here, the only reason it received the "instant classic" label was because it was part of the fund raising effort for the Tester campaign. Put a unique label on any boot and its gonna generate more than normal interest and sales.

boyo79

RS151862 wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

This is just another example stellar sound and mix quality of the 2012 boots. I do agree though, as I feel this is one of the better boots of 2012 and I think is better than the hyped Amsterdam and Berlin shows, I don't think this necessarily garnishes the award of "instant classic". A very good boot in my opinion, though.

Lets be honest here, the only reason it received the "instant classic" label was because it was part of the fund raising effort for the Tester campaign. Put a unique label on any boot and its gonna generate more than normal interest and sales.

So true.

YLed2

RS151862 wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

This is just another example stellar sound and mix quality of the 2012 boots. I do agree though, as I feel this is one of the better boots of 2012 and I think is better than the hyped Amsterdam and Berlin shows, I don't think this necessarily garnishes the award of "instant classic". A very good boot in my opinion, though.

Lets be honest here, the only reason it received the "instant classic" label was because it was part of the fund raising effort for the Tester campaign. Put a unique label on any boot and its gonna generate more than normal interest and sales.

Exactly. I think we can expect the so-called "instant classic" series to fall by the way side after that.

TamaDrummer91

Manchester 2 2012, review to come later. Each time I hear it I tend to like it more. Regardless, it's got a killer version of Go to open.

tcadd94

Just started Wrigley. Looks promising!

dimitrispearljam

State college 03

shetellsherself

2005/12/4 Rio de Janeiro Blistering Once>>>Go to close first set!

RS151862

Vic Theater, never gets old

leekstokie

New York 1 - 2010

Can't get enough of Crazy Mary, Love Reign and Indifference from this gig.

YLed2

RS151862 wrote:

Vic Theater, never gets old

No it doesn't. Definitely one of my favorite boots. My favorite version of In Hiding on this boot as well.

papa_pearls_jam.pj20

Hamilton 2011

shetellsherself

Ziggo 2

dimitrispearljam

shetellsherself wrote:

Ziggo 2

dimitrispearljam

Wrigley the 20th July one..

bolivar2151

Porto Alegre 2011

RS151862

Milan 06