Guns N' Roses - Tel Aviv, Israel 03.07.2012

Guns N' Roses
(Up Close and Personal Tour)
3 July 2012
"Summerock 2012"
Yarkon Park
Tel Aviv, Israel
Attendance: 15.000 people

*Complete Show*

Source: Audience

Location: Close to the fence, right behind the mixing desk; ~25m from the stage.

Lineage: Zoom H1 (16/44) > WAV > PC > Audacity > TLH > FLAC > MP3

Rating: 7/10 (Good, gets better after a few songs) -Listen to the samples and read the notes before you download-

Catalog: ANDY-008

Tracklist:

***Splitting the Atom (Intro Tape) [EXCLUDED]***

01 - Chinese Democracy
02 - Welcome to the Jungle
03 - It's So Easy
04 - Mr. Brownstone
05 - Sorry
06 - Rocket Queen
07 - Estranged
08 - Better
09 - Richard Fortus Guitar Solo *
10 - Live and Let Die
11 - This I Love
12 - Used to Love Her
13 - Shackler's Revenge
14 - Motivation (Tommy Stinson)
15 - Dizzy Reed Piano Solo
16 - Street of Dreams
17 - You Could Be Mine
18 - DJ Ashba Guitar Solo
19 - Sweet Child O' Mine
20 - Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2) -Pink Floyd cover-
21 - Axl Rose Piano Solo
22 - November Rain
23 - Bumblefoot Guitar Solo, including: Glad to Be Here & "Hatikva" (Israel's National Anthem)
24 - Don't Cry **
25 - Civil War
26 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
27 - Jam > Nightrain
Encore:
28 - Jam > Paradise City

* At the end of the solo you can hear Axl complaining about something to the guys at the sound desk.
** Again you can hear a short talk between Axl and the guys at the sound desk.

TT: 2:38:47

Lineup:

- Axl Rose – Vocals & Piano
- Dizzy Reed – Piano & Percussion
- Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal – Guitar
- Richard Fortus – Guitar
- DJ Ashba – Guitar
- Tommy Stinson - Bass
- Chris Pitman - Keyboards
- Richard Ferrer – Drums

Editing Notes:

- Amplified
- Added fade in/out
- Tracked
- Fixed SBEs, Flac'd, tested and created fingerprints

The first 20-25 mins sound quite muffle, unlike the rest of the recording.
Therefore I gave it a lesser rating than the Ugly Kid Joe recording.
A LOT of singing and screaming around me constantly, as well as some shifting in the sound.
It was a pandemonium of voices (you'll hear it yourselves).
I don't know who is worse, the guy singing EVERY word or the chicks screaming like crazy.
Above all this, the "smart" guard decided to throw water at the people, so that forced me to hide the recorder for a few seconds.
Some of the highlights: "Estranged", "Better", "Live and Let Die" and "Paradise City" to name a few.
Listen to the samples and have your own opinion about it.

General Notes:

The second ever GN'R concert in Israel (both at the same location).
This time they headlined the first edition of an annual event called "Summerock".
Hope this will indeed repeat itself next year with more bands.
Axl Rose showed up in time, even earlier than other bands I've seen before.
The guys felt great and played the usual set, as far as I know.
Lots of cool fireworks and visual effects from start to finish.

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