Neil Young - Amsterdam - 2008-02-20

En Dime A Dozen, gracias a reelclasio:

Neil Young
RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Holland
Februari 20, 2008

Source: SP CMC-8 > Edirol R09
Location: Row 5, center
Taper: Reel Records
Transfer: SD Card > PC > Editing > TLH > flac
Editing: Reel Records (Soundforge, Magix Samplitude, BBE Sonic Maximizer, sev. Plug-Ins > WAV > FLAC)
Release: JvV-2008-005-a/b
Artwork: Reel Records, included
Sound: Ex, I don't do MP3's

Great seats to see Neil, but unfortunately not my favourite spot: underneath the spealer stack - still great sound.
Although a very loud clapper behind me and the Dutch Master Collective the recording turned out pretty well.
Surprising changes in the electric set, thanks to the DMC for suggesting Neil a.o. to play Love In Mind and Old King.
Some of the applause before the encores in the electric set has been edited out to reduce length, nevertheless:
Disc 2 requires a 90 minutes CD-R.

Disc 1:
01. From Hank To Hendrix
02. Ambulance Blues
03. Sad Movies
04. A Man Needs A Maid
05. Try
06. Harvest
07. Love In Mind
08. Old King
09. Love Art Blues
10. Don't Let It Bring You Down
11. Campaigner
12. Old Man

Disc 2:
01. Dirty Old Man
02. Spirit Road
03. Down By The River
04. Hey Hey, My My
05. Too Far Gone
06. Oh, Lonesome Me
07. The Believer
08. Powderfinger
09. No Hidden Path
10. Cinnamon Girl
11. Rockin' In The Free World
12. The Sultan

Voor Henk.

En The Trader's Den, gracias a Wonderful:

Band: Neil Young
Venue: RAI Theatre
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: 20-February-2008

Source: Sonic Studios DSM-6S/Low > Sonic Studios PA-6LC3B (Mic Power / Bass Filter (85) ) > M-Audio Microtrack II (WAV 44.1k/16b)
Transfer: Compact Flash card > PC
Processing: Adobe Audition 1.5 > EQ / Filtering / Applause Correction / Track Splits / Fade In-Out > TLH > Flac

First Set "Solo Acoustic"
01. From Hank To Hendrix
02. Ambulance Blues
03. Sad Movies
04. A Man Needs A Maid
05. Try
06. Harvest
07. Love In Mind
08. Old King
09. Love Art Blues
10. Don't Let It Bring You Down
11. Campaigner
12. Old Man

Second Set "Rock set with Band"
01. Dirty Old Man
02. Spirit Road
03. Down By The River
04. Hey Hey, My My
05. Too Far Gone
06. Oh, Lonesome Me
07. The Believer
08. Powderfinger
09. No Hidden Path

Encores
01. Cinnamon Girl
02. Rockin' In The Free World
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03. The Sultan

Line Up:
Neil Young - guitar, guitjo, harmonica, piano, vocals
Ben Keith - pedal steel, lap steel, guitar, organ, background vocals
Rick Rosas - bass, background vocals
Ralph Molina - drums, background vocals
Pegi Young - background vocals, vibraphone
Anthony Crawford - background vocals, piano, mandolin
Cary Kemp - gong on The Sultan

This concert was the third/last concert in The Netherlands as part of the 2008 European Chrome Dreams Continental Tour.

Neil was in a good mood, quite talkative (about "Analog", Cars, Need for scientists) and responding to the public. The acoustic set was played full of passion and sophistication. The rock-set had very intense versions that made the audience out of their seats for the encores.

The recording was made from the first row right in front of Neil and a speaker. This created a 'right in the face' sound and less of an ambient concert hall sound (for which my gear is more suited). The sound of the encores is capturing mostly the stage sound as I was standing in front of the stage next to enthousiastic fans.

Enjoy this recording !

Ya lo creo que los disfrutaremos. Un millón de gracias a los dos seeders.