2025 Boots

HailHailVitalogy

I gotta say, these don’t sound as great as previous years. I thought 2022 and first leg of 2024 the quality and mixing were superb. The HD quality of 2022 was unreal. Every show in 2025 so far sounds different, muddy, not mixed well, and there’s always someone screaming in one of the ear buds all show.

That said, thankful we still get to listen to these shows 25 years later.

Kwieneke

thats disappointing. I will be getting both Pitts when they release

demetrios

HailHailVitalogy said:

I gotta say, these don’t sound as great as previous years. I thought 2022 and first leg of 2024 the quality and mixing were superb. The HD quality of 2022 was unreal. Every show in 2025 so far sounds different, muddy, not mixed well, and there’s always someone screaming in one of the ear buds all show.

That said, thankful we still get to listen to these shows 25 years later.

Indeed. And yes I wish they could edit out that one crazed loco fan who keeps screaming.

Few weeks back I went and saw the band Bush. There was this one fan sitting a few seats in front of us who would yell pathetically a few times during every song. It sucked! 

CROJAM95

LA1 boot last year… annoying guy keeps screaming Evolution every time Ed talked, anoyyyying 

PSUS2H

CROJAM95 said:

LA1 boot last year… annoying guy keeps screaming Evolution every time Ed talked, anoyyyying 

I remember reading years and year ago that EV called those types “the thieves of silence”. It was in regards to his 2008 solo acoustic tour in the US. He mentioned that it wasn’t like that in Europe. 

CROJAM95

PSUS2H said:

CROJAM95 said:

LA1 boot last year… annoying guy keeps screaming Evolution every time Ed talked, anoyyyying 

I remember reading years and year ago that EV called those types “the thieves of silence”. It was in regards to his 2008 solo acoustic tour in the US. He mentioned that it wasn’t like that in Europe. 

Yea I remember being at those…. Song requests shouted out

PSUS2H

CROJAM95 said:

PSUS2H said:

CROJAM95 said:

LA1 boot last year… annoying guy keeps screaming Evolution every time Ed talked, anoyyyying 

I remember reading years and year ago that EV called those types “the thieves of silence”. It was in regards to his 2008 solo acoustic tour in the US. He mentioned that it wasn’t like that in Europe. 

Yea I remember being at those…. Song requests shouted out

It was that and the incessant WOOOOO’s and YEAAAAAHS screamed during quiet delicate parts of songs. 

truckin24

HailHailVitalogy said:

I gotta say, these don’t sound as great as previous years. I thought 2022 and first leg of 2024 the quality and mixing were superb. The HD quality of 2022 was unreal. Every show in 2025 so far sounds different, muddy, not mixed well, and there’s always someone screaming in one of the ear buds all show.

That said, thankful we still get to listen to these shows 25 years later.

I have ATL 2, and the crowd mix definitely seems different than the 2024 boots.

HailHailVitalogy

My favorite bootlegs are 2009-2010 and 2016. But again, FLAC-HD from 2022 is incredible. 

marumaruko

CROJAM95 said:

LA1 boot last year… annoying guy keeps screaming Evolution every time Ed talked, anoyyyying 

Sounds way better on the pressed release. 

But I generally agree. 
In terms of bootlegs quality post Covid I would go with the following order: 
 
2022, 2024 (first half, pressed CDs), 2023, 2024 summer and fall, 2025