| Megadeth |
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| Venue: |
@Hordern Pavilion: Sydney, Australia |
| Date: |
October 8, 2009 |
| Time: |
68:19 |
| Size: |
1 CD |
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| Sound: |
DAR copy from
master |
| Notes: |
The 2nd source.
Taper: Starclassic.
Source/Lineage: Core Sounds Binaurals (pointed towards stage) -> Sony
PCM-D50 (line-in, 48kHz 24 bit) -> Cooledit Pro 2.0 (30-band graphic EQ) ->
Soundforge 9.0c w/Izotope Ozone 4 Mastering Plugin (mastered and
downconverted to 44.1kHz 16 bit) -> FLAC Level 6.
Taper's notes: "There's something about Megadeth that's starting to grow
stale with me, admittedly and it's their set list. Quite frankly, Dave has
built up such a massive back catalogue that he can mix it up every year that
we see him. Not enough material played from the brutal new album "Endgame"
and just the same old tunes that I've been hearing every time. Another thing
with Dave on this particular night was that his vocals were not as good as
they normally are and is extremely evident in the "Devil's Island" track.
The poor guy must've had a cold or something as his usual notes just weren't
projecting from his throat. Otherwise, they all played an awesome and
flawless set (with the exception of the little Phrygian mode acoustic bit in
"Holy Wars" which I'm sure makes Marty Friedman giggle every time a new
Megadeth lead guitarist tries to play it - it's truly a Marty signature
lick). Much fun though the crowd were quite unruly even around the sound
desk area which is not all that common for me at this venue. I did my best
to push people who were ready to bump into my mics as well as some who kept
trying to walk backwards into me but honestly, this venue has never produced
good results, even with my Dream Theater bootleg from the seats. Frustrating
stuff. On to the technical bits, we had a night of morons at the sound desk.
Slayer's one had an obsession with loud kick drums with no gates. Megadeth's
one had super-sensitive hearing and didn't really crank it enough to at
least help drown out the crowd noise. This may have also been due to the
fact that I was hearing some clipping coming from the stacks but that was
more than likely from a bad mic in one of the kick drums. One major problem
I had though was that my mic plug had worn out so bad that it wasn't until a
few bars into "Hangar 18" that my right mic began to function solid for the
rest of the evening. So up until then, all I've had being recorded was my
left mic. I've done my best to match the phasing between the mono and stereo
portions in this section but sadly, you will notice the difference and quite
significantly, despite my attempts to polish the turd. I have replaced the
plug since and all is well. I sincerely apologise for what I consider to be
my worst recording aside from the last Pantera gig played in Sydney!"
The quality of this one is sadly worse then the Navigator's recording. |
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| Disc 1: |
01. Intro
02. Set The World Afire
03. Wake Up Dead
04. Hangar 18
05. Skin O' My Teeth
06. She-Wolf
07. In My Darkest Hour
08. Devil's Island
09. Tornado Of Souls
10. Dave thanks the Aussies for their support
11. Head Crusher
12. Rattlehead
13. Symphony Of Destruction
14. Peace Sells/Band Introduction
Encore:
15. Holy Wars/Mechanix/Punishment Due/Silent Scorn (outro)/Dave
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