Which bootlegs are you listening to right now?

Amsterdam 2 2012.

First off, obviously a great show that has been hyped and hyped and fantastic set list made up by the fan club member Brian. Although I don't think this set list is anything ultra unique or rare, it is a brilliant. My only two complaints is the insert of Bugs and just because Release is my favorite PJ song and I can't see it anywhere else in the set besides opening, I would've interchanged Release and Wash in their spots in the set. Like I said, fantastic set list that was aimed to please and made for high energy, and it didn't disappoint.

Brilliant start to the show with Wash, Last Exit, Animal, SOLAT, Severed Hand, Corduroy, and I Got Id. The band is firing on all cylinders and can tell are on point and playing with passion to close out the epic Amsterdam shows. The energy in the crowd sounds great and it almost feels like the crowd can't believe the set list they're getting. Great version of NAIS and Dissident is always fantastic to see in the set and never disappoints. Fantastic first encore opening with Release, even though as I stated earlier, it pains me and difficult to comprehend it being anywhere other than the opener - but great nontheless. Hail Hail is solid to get the energy back going followed up by two excellent performances of Alone and Footsteps and a high-energy Reviewmirror to close the first encore. The second encore is amazing opening with a powerful performance of Crown Of Thorns where Mike absolutely shreds. Sonic Reducer and Alive set things up nicely for an excellent Baba and then Y Led to put an end to these brilliant Amsterdam shows. And once again, Mike tags Yellow Ledbetter with a Little Wing tag, which he has done the entire tour thus far.

AmherstJammer wrote:

Missoula 12

Oslo 2012... How many times in a row is too many? :?

veddertown wrote:

Special thanks to iamica for this thread which has passed the 250 page milestone now!! Still my favourite thread and great to see that people are giving the shows reviews and highlights just to remind us of good shows or sell us the idea of new ones. However I've said so much about today's listening in this thread already that I won't bother other than to say that they are both in my top 20 all time PJ shows!! A Berlin 00 & 10 double header today!! It's all about the music!!

Couldn't agree more. Huge thanks to iamica for starting this thread and how great it is - my favorite thread on here as well. Love hearing everyone's reviews of the shows and is the first place I go to when deciding on which boot to buy next.

YLed2 wrote:

veddertown wrote:

Special thanks to iamica for this thread which has passed the 250 page milestone now!! Still my favourite thread and great to see that people are giving the shows reviews and highlights just to remind us of good shows or sell us the idea of new ones. However I've said so much about today's listening in this thread already that I won't bother other than to say that they are both in my top 20 all time PJ shows!! A Berlin 00 & 10 double header today!! It's all about the music!!

Couldn't agree more. Huge thanks to iamica for starting this thread and how great it is - my favorite thread on here as well. Love hearing everyone's reviews of the shows and is the first place I go to when deciding on which boot to buy next.

Agree... Love this thread. Having missed so many boots for so long this thread is a thrill as I have begun the long quest to hear as many pj shows as possible. I really love the reviews of late

Jen

Newch91 wrote:

Listening to the end of the Berlin 2 2012 boot, I just have to say a great job to the person in charge of mixing these. The bootlegs haven't sounded this fantastic since 2006 or even further back to 2003.

Also, love the HD-Flac format. :thumbup:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Listening to the end of the Berlin 2 2012 boot, I just have to say a great job to the person in charge of mixing these. The bootlegs haven't sounded this fantastic since 2006 or even further back to 2003.

Also, love the HD-Flac format. :thumbup:

Can't wait to hear the Hartford 2013/2014 bootleg.

manchester 00

boyo79 wrote:

Osaka '03.

What a boot!!

Oceans kicks things off, making its 1st appearance of the tour (1 of 3 times for 2003 no less). Ghost is the 4th song before Even Flow and Grievance switch things up. Off He Goes is next and is fantastic as always followed by Wishlist. Ed tells the crowd 'making it up' before the band launch into Half Full. Once follows before we get the "Man" trilogy of Nothingman, Leatherman and Betterman. A superb Insignificance follows. I Am Mine and Thumbing My Way are clubbed together with Faithful gets its 1st airing in 2003. Porch (with Hey Ho shoutout) and Save You finish a great 20 song main set.

The 1st encore picks up with the same tempo with Breakerfall and Corduroy. After that we get a rare Thin Air followed by Small Town and a great State Of Love And Trust. To close the 1st encore All Or None also gets its 1st appearance of the tour. As expected its beautiful (even with Ed forgetting some lyrics). Ed starts the 2nd encore with a solo version of Last Kiss, really stripped back on electric guitar. He then introduces each band member before they launch into Smile, which is also getting a 1st appearance of 2003!!!

As with the Tokyo show, Alive is left til the end to close out what is a very very good show. Of the 4 Japan boots so far, this is easily the best. Great show.

Glad to read you are enjoying these my friend. I definitely list Sendai and Osaka as some of my favourites.

The Vic