Stevie Wonder
28th September 2008
Paris, France
Palais Omnisport de Bercy
Source: Sony ECM-719 stereo microphone > M-Audio MicroTrack II @ 24b48k > CD Wave @ 16b44k > FLAC @ Level 0
Taper: M!les
Location: seated @ 8th row, left side of floor (entirely seated), left-side stack of speakers raised high above my head
Setlist:
- Intro [All Blues by Miles Davis] 06:16
- As If You Read My Mind 04:14
- Master Blaster (Jammin’) 04:07
- Did I Hear You Say You Love Me? 04:06
- All I Do 04:22
- Knocks Me Off My Feet 05:38
- “Count Us In” Jam – “So Happy To Be Back In Paris” – April In Paris [spoken citation] 03:42
- Milord [by Edith Piaf] 00:33
- The Shadow Of Your Smile [Love Theme from “The Sandpiper”] 02:19
- People Make The World Go Round [by The Stylistics] 02:59
- Higher Ground 04:06
- Spain [by Weather Report] [with solos] 11:46
- Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing 05:03
- Visions 14:53
- Living For The City 03:40
- Part-Time Lover 07:31
- Free 06:23
- Carry On [sung by special guest Mao Otayeck] 05:30
- Overjoyed 03:52
- Lately 03:04
- I’m Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life [by Nat King Cole] [sung by Aisha Morris] 04:52
- My Cherie Amour 03:07
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours 02:48
- Sir Duke 02:48
- I Wish 02:14
- Boogie On Reggae Woman [with special guest FrÈdÈric Yonnet duetting on harmonica] 05:04
- Isn’t She Lovely 02:09
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 01:57
- I Just Called To Say I Love You [“je t’aime beaucoup”] 02:40
- Do I Do 02:00
- Superstition [feat. introduction of musicians – a chant of “Barack Obama” – “War” by Edwin Starr] 11:58
- As 05:12
Total recording duration is 2 hours 31 minutes 8 seconds
Comments:
An extraordinary concert and a fantastic performance.
Overwhelmed with emotion, Stevie falls in tears on his pÓano during “Free”.
Special guests and several rarities in the setlist make this show outstanding too.
Signed, sealed, delivered… it’s yours!!!
BT