World Cafe Live (Downstairs)

 

Data: 13 March 2007
Miejsce: World Cafe, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 1. Once
2. Miss U
3. Blackfield
4. Christenings
5. The Hole In Me
6. 1,000 People
7. Pain
8. Glow
9. Thank U
10. Epidemic
11. Someday
12. Open Mind
13. My Gift Of Silence
14. Where Is My Love?
15. End Of The World
16. Hello
17. Once (reprise)
18. Cloudy Now

RECORDING NOTES:
Recorded from the mezzanine, left side.
I had a HUGE problem with the levels during track one - this show was LOUD. Although it doesn't sound as bad as I would have thought, "Once" may suffer from a bit of distortion until 3:13, where I finally got the levels at a comfortable place. Due to the volume going completely silent and dropping out of both channels during the drum intro while I was fiddling, I was forced to fade in the drum intro. Luckily I got it done before the guitar came in - there was a long buildup before the vocals.

TRANSFER NOTES:
Again, concerning "Once" - I tried to fiddle with the levels bit by bit to correct this, as this is the point where I turned down my recording volume considerably. It's hard to work in the dark! Dodgiest part is 2:58-3:08.
NO EQ applied, just 3db of hard limiting to boost the overall level a bit.
About one minute cut from the encore break due to some silly comments in my mic by someone at my table. :)

OBLIGATORY SHOW TRIVIA:
SW breaks a string during "Once". Then SW breaks a string 90 minutes later... during "Once"!

Added: 09.09.2007