GRONINGEN, OOSTERPOORT 11.04.02
| Sound quality: | 8 |
| Source: | Core Sound Stealthy Cardioid mics -> Sony TCD-D7 dat -> cdr. My recording. |
| Complete: | Yes |
| X-ref: | Another audience recording exists. |
Comments: During the first seconds of this awesome show it can be heard that I'm still rigging my gear, as I wasn't ready when the band hit the stage. The recording sometimes slightly overpowers during loud parts...
Even though I had my mics so high up in the air that I could barely reach them, the tallest guy in the audience of course had to stand right in front of them talking to his friend, the second tallest guy in the audience, during the first half of the concert no matter how loud or how fragile the sounds from the stage were... It is a real pitty, since this was one of the best shows of the tour.
Highlights: The whole show is one long highlight, but I have to mention the new rock monster One More Daemon, the not played since 1994 On My Pillow, the loooong and droning 577, the rearranged and even rockier than before For Free, and the superb Supertristano which really takes off into space. It has one Superwheelish part and one K9ish part in the middle before they brilliantly slipp into Tristano. Bent also uses the bass riff from Lucifer Sam off Pink Floyd's debut album "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" in there somewhere. Mighty cool!
Alex says: groningen is super-lovely! "supertristano" & the sublime "fool's gold" are incredible highlights!
groningen was one hell of an experience. it probably ranks among the best shows they've ever done. stellar!