UFO - The Brook - Southampton, UK 01.04.2012

UFO - The Brook, Southampton, UK - 2012-04-01 (Aud)

Band Name: UFO
Venue: The Brook
City, County, Country: Portswood, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Date: Sunday 1st April 2012

Source: Audience (~20 feet from centre stage, with 16 inch left/right mic separation)
Lineage: Stereo Omni Mics (Panasonic WM-61A elements) & battery box (9V) -> 12dB L-Pad ->
Zoom H2 (line-in; 24bit/48kHz) -> SDHC card -> HD -> Wavelab6 & HarBal -> *.wav (16bit/44.1kHz) ->
Foobar2000 (level 8) -> *.flac -> .mp3

Recorded by: Cuztard Pi
Transferred & Mastered by: Cuztard Pi

Title: Hey What's The Rush?

Set-list (109mins total):

CD1 (59mins)
Intro
Mother Mary
Fight Night
Wonderland
I'm A Loser
Let It Roll
Mojo Town
Burn Your House Down
Only You Can Rock Me
Love To Love
Hell Driver

CD2 (51mins)
Venus
Too Hot To Handle
Lights Out
Rock Bottom
~~~encore~~~
Doctor Doctor
Shoot Shoot

Note: the recording is continuous between CD1 & CD2.
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Notes:
Ticket price: £20 (adv)

http://www.the-brook.com/dates2012/04.2012.shtml#ufo
http://www.ufo-music.info

Band:
Phil Mogg - Vocals
Vinnie Moore - Guitars
Rob De Luca - Bass
Paul Raymond - Keyboards, Guitar
Andy Parker - Drums

14th of 16 nights UK tour, supporting new album: Seven Deadly

A 3rd visit by UFO to The Brook with a sell out crowd who were in fine form, so plenty of 'atmosphere' on this recording (but thankfully only minimal extraneous chatting, mainly due to LOUD volume). A similar set list to other recent gigs, but the band were playing with enthusiasm as always. A bit too loud for some no doubt, especially in the bottom end, so loud infact that even with 2 Marshall stacks only a few feet away, I found it difficult to hear some of Vinnie's guitar at times!!

Recorded in my usual sweet-spot at The Brook, centre stage a little way back so that you get a mix of both the back line & the PA. It was very loud on the night with a big peak in the range 40Hz to 70Hz (i.e Bass Drum!!). However the overall sound was pretty well balanced. Vinnie's guitar did get buried at times (especially on the the 1st song) but the Vocals come through well. My recording has cleaned up pretty well, & is very representative of the sound on the night. Play it LOUD to get the full effect!

For those interested - basic details of the mastering applied to my original Zoom H2 recording (using Wavelab6 & HarBal) are as follows:
A: EQ / Compression / Limiting (-0.6dB max) / Dithering to 16bit
B: fade in/out
C: track split

A note for any finicky audiophiles out there:
Mastering has been done to polish the raw master recording with the aim of enhancing the listening experience. If you prefer virgin recordings, unspoiled by any such amateur 'dabbling' then do not join in on this one. Be warned now ... I don't want any whinging! ;-)

But for the rest of you Dime'ers I recommend that you GO FOR THIS ONE ... you won't be disappointed!
I score the sound quality as 9 out of 10 ( = A- ); but hey! ... don't flame me if you don't agree ... & at least keep it friendly ;-)

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Enjoy - Cuztard Pi - 3rd April 2012

DL