Tag: 2013

Neil Young – Hamburg, Germany (06/03/13)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
02 World Arena, Hamburg, Germany
June 3rd 2013

Lineage: Sony ECM-121 => iRiver H340 (ROCKboxed) => USB => SoundBlaster X-Fi => Adobe Audition 3.0 => FlacFrontend (level 6 – Align on sector boundaries)

Recording position: 15 meters from the stage, center.

  1. A Day In The Life (PA whiole the roadies prepared the stage) – not included
  2. Deutschland ¸ber alles (German national anthem – PA while all roadies and musicians waited on stage) – not included
  3. Love And Only Love
  4. Powderfinger
  5. Psychedelic Pill
  6. Walk Like A Giant
  7. Hole In The Sky
  8. Heart Of Gold
  9. Blowin’ In The Wind
  10. Singer Without A Song
  11. Ramada Inn
  12. Cinnamon Girl
  13. F*!#in’ Up
  14. Mr. Soul
  15. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
    Encores
  16. Roll Another Number (For The Road)
  17. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Total time: 2:05:40

Neil Young
Frank Sampedro
Billy Talbot
Ralph Molina

Support act:
Los Lobos
Recording by The velvet Taper

Neil Young – Amsterdam, The Netherlands (06/05/13)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
June 5 2013

Source: Audience
Sound quality (1-10): 8

Lineage: Edirol R-09 (internal mics)->WAV (44.1 kHz/16 bit)->HarBal 2.3 (re-EQing with offical “Love And Only Love” as a reference)->Adobe Audition (adjusting volume levels, slight re-EQing, fades)->CDWAV (trackmarks)->Master

Disc 1 (61:00)
1.Show Intro (Wilhelmus) (2:11)
2.Love And Only Love (10:17)
3.Powderfinger (6:26)
4.Psychedelic Pill (4:09)
5.Walk Like A Giant (18:23)
6.Hole In The Sky (5:36)
7.Heart Of Gold (4:25)
8.Blowin’ In The Wind (3:56)
9.Singer Without A Song (5:34)

Disc 2 (69:59)
1.Ramada Inn (9:21)
2.Cinnamon Girl (3:49)
3.F*!#in’ Up (16:47)
4.Mr. Soul (6:05)
5.Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) (10:48)
6.Like A Hurricane (16:11)
7.”Thank You For Being Here” (3:05)
8.Roll Another Number (For The Road) (3:50)

This is my recording of Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s show in Amsterdam from their 2013 European tour. Their first Dutch show in 12 years, well received by a sold out Ziggo Dome. Highlights for me were a great “Powderfinger”, a 16 minute “Like A Hurricane” and the unreleased “Hole In The Sky”. Sound at this venue is usually horrible and during Los Lobos’ opening set it certainly was. But when Neil Young entered the stage it wasn’t so bad. Because of the loud volume of the show there’s not that much annoying audience noise, but the sound balance isn’t perfect. All in all the recording is a nice document of a great show. Check out the sample below and decide for yourself. As always, artwork is included in the torrent. Enjoy!

CONTRAST CLAUSE

This is NOT the recording seeded below. This is another master recorded by myself that has not circulated anywhere before.

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=452999

Neil Young – Paris, France (06/06/13)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
Paris, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 6, 2013

01.Intro / La Marseilleise
02.Love And Only Love
03.Powderfinger
04.Psychedelic Pill
05.Walk Like A Giant
06.Hole In The Sky
07.Heart Of Gold
08.Blowin’ In The Wind
09.Singer Without A Song
10.Ramada Inn
11.Cinnamon Girl
12.F*!#in’ Up
13.Mr. Soul
14.Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
15.Rockin’ In The Free World

TT 124:49

Lineage: MM-BSM-6 > CA-9100 > Edirol R-09 > HD (via USB) > Sony SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave (FLAC plugin – level 6)

Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonia, piano & hat
Billy Talbot – bass, guitar
Ralph Molina – drums, vocals
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – guitar, vocals

Before leaving to California, I have quickly edited my recording from thursday night. To be honest, I was not that impressed but also have to say that last time I saw Neil Young live was over 20 years ago. Bercy was almost sold out but not completely. Very hot and humid inside. Some tracks had that lenghty guitar ending, endlessly over and over. Walk Like A Giant had this 5 minutes coda of pure sound which got most of the audience angry. I saw many people leaving the hall right before the encores.

The new material sounds very good in the live format. The selection of oldies waw a bit the same as 20 years ago…I would have expected a bit more fantasy…

ldb

Neil Young – Sydney, Australia (03/10/13)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
SYDNEY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA
SUN 10TH MARCH 2013

ZOOM H2 > AUDACITY >CDWAV >FLAC>YOU

philandjenny recordings no.14

Recorded on the floor, dead centre,
about 30 m from the stage

Love and Only Love
Powderfinger
Born in Ontario
Walk Like a Giant>
………..no rain, no rain…….>
Hole in the Sky
Heart of Gold
Twisted Road
Singer Without A Song
Ramada Inn
….analogue time machine banter………
Cinnamon Girl
Fuckin’ Up
Mr. Soul>
Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
…..crowd noise……..

ENCORE
Prisoners of Rock ‘n’Roll>
Opera Star

A fine show indeed at the soon to be gone Entertainment Centre. The last time I saw Neil was at the same venue on the “Greendale” tour (shudder). This was much better but could have been so much more. Looking at the setlists, all the down under shows are the same sets, with the odd variation for the encore. God knows where these 2 encores came from but they beg the question..” where the hell was “Like a Hurricane”, or “Cortez” or anything really that would have better than what we got. Ah well, what’s a poor boy to do. Thought it would have been a bit louder but the volume didn’t get ramped up until
“Hey Hey”

Neil Young – Brisbane, Australia (03/07/13)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
2013 Alchemy tour of Australia & New Zealand
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Brisbane, Australia
7 March 2013

pre-show

  1. A Day in the Life (The Beatles) with amps being unveiled
  2. Advance Australia Fair (Australia’s national anthem)

the show

  1. Love and Only Love
  2. Powderfinger
  3. Born in Ontario
  4. Walk Like a Giant
  5. (Woodstock ‘no rain’ chant)
  6. Hole in the Sky
  7. Heart of Gold
  8. Twisted Road
  9. Singer Without A Song
  10. Ramada Inn
  11. (Neil’s time machine)
  12. Cinnamon Girl
  13. Fuckin’ Up
  14. Mr. Soul
  15. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

encore

  1. Opera Star
  2. Roll Another Number (For The Road)

complete show
total time = 2hours 25mins 10 secs

“audiowhore recording” = SP-CMC-8 mics > Samson PM-4 > Sony MZ-NH1 Hi-MD
transfer = Sony MDS-JE780 > Soundblaster Premium HD > Adobe Audition > TLH (FLAC8) > Dime
taper location was in the seats close to Poncho’s side of the stage.

Great show, very nice recording.
Standard set list for this leg of the tour apart from the surprise encore of Opera Star.
(First performance since Rotterdam 21 June 2001 and only the second time played since Costa Mesa, CA 13 Aug 1987.)
Third performance of the great new song Hole in the Sky.

Neil closed each show of his 2009 Australian tour by playing ‘A Day in the Life’. This time around each show was opened with that same song played over the PA while the road cases on the giant amps were lifted off and the lab-coated scientists checked all the equipment.
I had doubted that Neil would bother to return here after that previous tour. While he was warmly received by the kids at the Big Day Out festival shows on that leg, the 3 arena shows in between saw Neil bemused and upset by the luke-warm response of those ‘fans’ seated up the front with their arms folded throughout the show.
In Brisbane he made fun of these people by mimicking them and in Sydney he cut the show short and left.

In Waging Heavy Peace, Neil talks about devising his ‘festival seating’ plan for future shows whereby the floor in front of the stage is general admission standing with seating behind and around this.
Neil explains his frustration at having the people who can afford the most expensive seats down the front not enjoying the show and not giving any energy back while the real fans behind them are enjoying the show.
Well I would bet that Neil came up with his ‘festival seating’ idea soon after or during his 2009 Australian tour.
It’s use in Brisbane had the desired effect with those who actually wanted to enjoy the show down the front giving plenty back to the Horse and those who just wanted to hear Heart of Gold sitting frustrated out of Neil’s sight with their fingers in their ears.

Neil really seemed to enjoy this show. Obviously he loves playing with the Horse but the enthusiastic crowd response no doubt played its part too.
Great to see Neil wearing his Aboriginal flag t-shirt which he has also sported on recent TV appearances such as Letterman and The Daily Show.

Neil Young – Perth, Australia (03/02/13)

Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
2013-03-02
Perth Arena
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

lineage: Church Audio CA-11 > CA Ugly pre-amp > Sony M10 > 24bit/96Khz WAV > Audacity (editing) > FLAC

[1:50:55]

  1. national anthem
  2. Love And Only Love
  3. Powderfinger
  4. Born In Ontario
  5. Walk Like A Giant
  6. no rain banter
  7. Hole In The Sky *
  8. Heart Of Gold
  9. Twisted Road
  10. Singer Without A Song
  11. Ramada Inn
  12. Cinnamon Girl
  13. F*!#in’ Up
  14. Mr. Soul
  15. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) #
  16. Roll Another Number (missing)

*) song debut) cuts out

notes:

  • taped by Stringman
  • edited by rdvdijk
  • This is the first taping experience for Stringman
  • Levels have been fixed for the national anthem and the first few minutes
    of Love And Only Love.
  • Unfortunately the memory of the recorder ran out; the very end of Hey Hey,
    My My and Roll Another Number are missing.
  • There are a few moments where minor mobile phone diginoise is audible.
  • This is the 16-bit version

Van Morrison – Belfast, Northern Ireland (03/17/13)

Van Morrison
St Patricks Weekend Festival
Europa Hotel Belfast NI
17 March 2013

Source: Sennheiser OKM II> Marantz PMD620 (16bit/ 44,1 kHz)
Transfer: usb> HD> CD Wave Editor (track splits)> TLH Level 8 (encoding)
Taper: copycat, about 8 meters from stage (centre)

CD1

Carnlough Bay/ Shana
Moved Through the Fair/ Shana
The Blacksmith/ Shana
Celtic Swing
I Get a Kick out of You
Making Whoopee
Open the Door to Your Heart
Thanks for the Information
Sometimes we Cry
Things Have Gone to Pieces
Going Down to Monte Carlo

CD2

All in the Game
Old Black Magic
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Moondance
Brown Eyed Girl
Baby Please Don’t Go
Help me
The Star of the County Down
Gloria

Neil Young – Vienne, France (07/15/13)

Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
2013-07-15
Théâtre Antique De Vienne
Vienne, France

Lineage: Schoeps MK4> Tinybox> Edirol R-09 (16bit/44.1 Khz)
Transfer: SD/USB > Audacity for slight editing and track splitting > WAVE > FLAC
Taper: ridemyllama

[2:05:22]

  1. Love And Only Love
  2. Powderfinger
  3. Psychedelic Pill
  4. Walk Like A Giant
  5. Hole In The Sky
  6. Red Sun
  7. Heart Of Gold
  8. Blowin’ In The Wind
  9. Singer Without A Song
  10. Ramada Inn
  11. Sedan Delivery
  12. Surfer Joe And Moe The Sleaze
  13. Mr. Soul
  14. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
  1. encore break
  2. F*!#in’ Up

notes:

  • This was handed to me by the taper while waiting for the Neil Young
    and Crazy Horse show in Lucca.
  • Some very minor editing: short fade-in at the start, short fade-out
    at the end. Levels were globally normalized.

Neil Young – Locarno, Switzerland (07/14/13)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland, 2013-07-14,
Moon and Stars ’13

01 Love and only love
02 Powderfinger
03 Psychedelic Pill
04 Walk like a giant
05 Hole In The Sky
06 Red Sun
07 Heart of gold
08 Blowin´in the wind
09 Comes a time
10 Singer without a song
11 Ramada Inn
12 Cinnamon Girl
13 Fuckin´ up
14 Cortez the killer
14 Sedan delivery
15 Mr. Soul
16 Like a hurricane

Taped and mastered by Oldgringo

Neil Young – Birmingham, England (06/11/13)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
LG Arena
Birmingham UK
11th June 2013

Audience recording, Sony ECM719 > Tascam DR07, 24/48 > Audio Cleaning Lab, eq, volume, fades, track edits >TLH Flac 8 16bit

192kbps mp3 samples in comments below

CD1
01 Intro
02 National Anthem
03 Love to Burn
04 Surfer Joe & Moe the Sleeze
05 Psychadelic Pill
06 Walk Like a Giant
07 Hole in the Sky
08 Heart of Gold
09 Blowin’ in the Wind
10 Singer Without a Song

CD2
11 Ramada Inn
12 Cinnamon Girl
13 F**kin’ Up
14 Cortez the Killer
15 Mr Soul
16 Hey, Hey, My My (Into the Black)
17 PowderFinger

Neil Young – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
Frank Sampedro – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Billy Talbot – bass, vocals
Ralph Molina – drums, vocals

Convert as you wish for personal use, but please do not sell ever, or upload to another tracker without my permission.

And be sure that you have the latest Neil Young & Crazy Horse album, Psychadelic Pill.

Thank you and enjoy the show