Date: April 28, 1994
Taper: Unknown to me
Source: To these ears, raw soundboard and pre-mixed. No overdubs, fixes, diginoise or pops!!
Transfer: CD-R from trade > EAC > FLAC Level 8
Sound Quality: A+ The most pristine recording I believe that's in my collection. Almost too crisp at times with unparalleled channel separation. One can literally hear the pick hitting the guitar strings.
One downside of The Eagles live is their reluctance to vary their songs one iota from the album which indeed makes it somewhat tougher to verify that none of them appeared on the officially released Hell Freezes Over DVD & CD. In cases such as this, I rely on my ears and the fact that even The Eagles can't intro/outtro a song in the 'exact' same manner two nights in a row. This is another cd that I've listened to for years and the songs are in fact from the alternate or second night as it's called from their historic comeback performance on MTV (or Empty-V as I call it...).
I implore those of you who haven't heard this to please listen at least once to this concert in headphones. Am I the only relic on the planet who still owns a pair and uses them? Some of the finest times that I can remember in my youth were spent studying all The Beatles albums while donning a pair of 'cans' to borrow the recording industry vernacular. For this particular gem you can clearly hear the boys tuning up, checking mics, and even turning to one another for support. Their insecurities on the one hand are understandable yet the other side of me screams "You guys are The Eagles for heaven's sake"!!! I believe that right after they lay down the first couple of tunes someone eerily says "we're back" in an attempt to lay to rest those same uncertainties about being able to start up the machine again (to quote Neil Peart).
Some of the highlights for me are:
o Right before 'The Best Of My Love' an enthusiastic fan screams "Hey Joe, how ya doin"??? To which a startled Walsh quips back "I'm freaking out man"!
o Towards the end of the show, I apologize for forgetting what track, a drunk female creates some commotion causing Glenn to chide that "he remembers his first beer, too". A wonderful line that I admit to have stolen and used a time or two in similar situations.
o The Great Don Henley flubbing the lyrics to 'Get Over It'. To hear his deadpan response post-song of "well I f-cked that up, but let's move along" is also worth the download of this set. It's chronicled for all to hear - Don Henley messed up!
o Favorite test of speaker separation? 'Life In The Fast Lane'. I present to you Joe Walsh in your left ear and Don Felder in your right. Stunning...
So let's get going and have some fun with this. To quote Glenn Fry again right before 'Peaceful Easy Feeling': Check one, two. Check one, two...
Thanks for reading my rambling thoughts and please have fun listening (in headphones, remember?). Do what you want to this for personal use but PLEASE do NOT convert to MP3 and post it anywhere.
Regards,
2.0
1. Peaceful Easy Feeling
2. Best of My Love
3. Tequila Sunrise
4. Help Me Thru The Night
5. The Heart Of The Matter
6. Love Will Keep Us Alive
7. Learn To Be Still
8. Hotel California
9. Strings Soundcheck
10. Wasted Time
11. Wasted Time Reprise
12. Lover's Moon
13. Pretty Maids All In A Row
14. I Can't Tell You Why
15. The Girl From Yesterday
16. New York Minute
17. The Last Resort
18. Introductions
19. Take It Easy
20. One Of These Nights
21. In The City
22. Heartache Tonight
23. Life In The Fast Lane
24. Get Over It
25. Desperado
The Great Don Henley - vocals, percussion
Glenn Fry - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Joe Walsh - vocals, guitar
Don Felder - guitar
Timothy B. Schmidt - vocals, bass
And a marvelous supporting band that never gets enough credit!
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I'd love to hear your opinion on this one!!
5 comments:
Posting appreciated... as always. I look forward to hearing this with decent headphones. My beloved Koss headphones from the 1970s recently disintegrated. I'm using some crap iPod things right now. What to buy? What to buy?
Chris
Well I think the first impression is very good. The sound is quite fine, and it's obviously nice to have a complete show rather than what was released on Hell Freezes Over. Going on a long drive from NY to Florida within the month, and this seems a great piece for late at night while the rest of the family's asleep. Thank you very much for offering it to us.
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"life in a fast lane" is quite the same than hell freeze over video...is this a fake bootleg?
One of the finest sounding recoridngs available on CD. As for the dingbat who asked if it is a "fake bootleg", READ THE DESCRIPTION ACCOMPANYING THE DL.
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