Leonard Cohen - 1985-03-22 - Warszawa, PL (2xDVDfull pro-shot)

(2xDVDfull pro-shot)

Sala Kongresowa, Palac Kultury i Nauki, Warszawa, Poland

Lineage:
Warszawa show:
ProShot Raw Mix Betacam Master tapes > BASF T160 (327m) chrome NTSC VHS tape(0) > stand-alone DVD-R (capture to PAL) > DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 > MPEG Video Wizard DVD > VideoReDo Plus 2.2 > Tsunami-Mpeg DVD Author Pro 2.1 > .dvdf

Video attributes: 4287kb/s | 25f/s | PAL | 720 x 576 | 4:3
Audio attributes: ac3 | 48000Hz | 256kb/s | 2 chnls

Filler material:
1) Halleluja in Moll
ZDF Doku Digital broadcast (2006-12-06) > DVD-Recorder > DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 > MPEG Video Wizard DVD > VideoReDo Plus 2.2 > Tsunami-Mpeg DVD Author Pro 2.1 > .dvdf

Video attributes: 7673kb/s | 25f/s | PAL | 720 x 576 | 4:3
Audio attributes: ac3 | 48000Hz | 384kb/s | 2 chnls


2) Élixir
MPEG Video Wizard DVD > VideoReDo Plus 2.2 > Tsunami-Mpeg DVD Author Pro 2.1 > .dvdf

Video attributes: 8779kb/s | 25f/s | PAL | 720 x 576 | 4:3
Audio attributes: ac3 | 48000Hz | 384kb/s | 2 chnls

Leonard Cohen - vocals, acoustic guitar
Anjani Thomas - vocals, keyboards
Mitch Watkins - guitar, backing vocals
Rob Getman - guitar, pedal steel, backing vocals
John Crowder - bass, backing vocals
Richard Crooks - drums

DVD1
Set One

01 - BIRD ON THE WIRE

02 - WHO BY FIRE

03 - HEY, THAT'S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE

04 - DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE

05 - THERE IS A WAR

06 - THE GYPSY'S WIFE

07 - THE LAW

08 - THE PARTISAN (Anna Marly/Hy Zaret)

09 - SISTERS OF MERCY

10 - NIGHT COMES ON

11 - DIAMONDS IN THE MINE

Set Two

12 - //AVALANCHE (solo)

13 - CHELSEA HOTEL #2 (solo)

14 - THE STRANGER SONG (solo)

15 - STORY OF ISAAC

16 - LOVER LOVER LOVER

17 - FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT

18 - SUZANNE

DVD2

19 - //HALLELUJAH

20 - PASSIN' THROUGH (Rob Blakeslee, arr - Leonard Cohen)

21 - IF IT BE YOUR WILL

22 - MEMORIES

23 - SO LONG, MARIANNE

24 - I TRIED TO LEAVE YOU

25 - TENNESSEE WALTZ (Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart/Leonard Cohen)

"leonard cohen - hallelujah in moll"
a Georg Stefan Troller documentary on 1985 European Tour (leg one)
(German voiceover) 30:20

1. 'Hallelujah' German TV Special shooting
2. 1985-01-07 New York rehearsals
   Hallelujah > Who by Fire (instr.) > If It Be Your Will > Dance Me to the End of Love
3. 1985-02-03 Berlin
   soundcheck: Tonight Will Be Fine > If It Be Your Will
   show: I Tried to Leave You
4. 1985-02-2? Paris
   show: Suzanne
   Dominique Isserman's studio: Hallelujah (recitation)


Festival Élixir, Guehenno, France - 13 July 1985
(French voiceover) 2:03
1. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

Leonard Cohen - 2013-12-21 - Auckland, NZ (AUD/FLAC) Leonard's last show

(Audience FLAC)

"Tonight, and especially tonight" Leonard's last show

Leonard Cohen
Vector Arena
Auckland
New Zealand
21st December 2013

Audience recording ECM719 Sony mic > Sony PCM M10 24/48 > Audio Cleaning Lab, edits, fades, eq, tracking, volume > TLH Flac 8 16bit, sbe ok.

Leonard Cohen - Vocals, guitar 
Roscoe Beck - bass & vocal (Musical Director)
Alexandru Bublitchi – violin
Rafael Gayol - drums & percussion
Neil Larsen - keyboard, accordion, brass instruments
Javier Mas - acoustic guitar, oud & misc string instruments
Sharon Robinson – vocal
Mitch Watkins - guitar
Charlie and Hattie Webb, The Webb Sisters – vocal, guitar, harp

Set One
01 Dance Me to the End of Love
02 The Future
03 Bird on the Wire
04 Everybody Knows
05 Who By Fire
06 The Darkness
07 Amen
08 Come Healing
09 Waiting for the Miracle
10 Lover, Lover, Lover
11 Anthem

Set Two
12 Tower of Song
13 Suzanne
14 Chelsea Hotel #2
15 The Partisan
16 Alexandra Leaving
17 I'm Your Man
18 A Thousand Kisses Deep (poem)
19 Hallelujah
20 Take This Waltz

Encores
21 So Long, Marianne
22 First we Take Manhattan
23 Famous Blue Raincoat
24 If It Be Your Will
25 Closing Time
26 I Tried to Leave You
27 Save the Last Dance for Me

Fades in and out inserted between tracks 20 and 21 to allow burn to CDR for those who wish.

Thought I would put this up for the first time on the anniversary, but today seems more appropriate. RIP Leonard and thank you. (It's great to see all the tribute uploads this morning, sad of course the reason for them. Now would be a good time for all of us to get our collections of recordings up to date and complete, so please keep them coming.)

Leonard Cohen - 2013-12-14 - Christchurch, NZ (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

CBS Canterbury Arena

Christchurch, New Zealand

Taper: MasterThief

Equipment: Tascam D40, internal mics

Location: 3rd row centre

First Set

01 - Dance Me to the End of Love

02 - The Future

03 - Bird on the Wire

04 - Everybody Knows

05 - Who by Fire

06 - Darkness

07 - Amen

08 - Come Healing

09 - Lover Lover Lover

10 - Anthem

Second Set

11 - Tower of Song

12 - Suzanne

13 - Chelsea Hotel #2

14 - The Partisan

15 - Alexandra Leaving (performed by Sharon Robinson)

16 - I'm Your Man

17 - A Thousand Kisses Deep (recitation)

18 - Hallelujah

19 - Take This Waltz

Encore:

20 - So Long, Marianne

21 - Going Home

22 - First We Take Manhattan

Encore 2:

23 - Famous Blue Raincoat

24 - If It Be Your Will (performed by the Webb Sisters)

25 - Closing Time

Encore 3:

26 - I Tried to Leave You

27 - Save the Last Dance for Me (The Drifters cover)

Leonard Cohen - 1979-12-08 - Birmingham, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Partial Soundboard FLAC)

Lineage:
SBD>?>CC>CDR>CDWAV>CDR

New source - Mastered 5.5.05 by Artery

Birmingham Odeon

01 - Sisters Of Mercy

02 - Diamonds In The Mine

03 - The Smokey Life

04 - The Gypsy's Wife

05 - 2 Quatrains

06 - Chelsea Hotel #2

07 - A Singer Must Die

08 - The Partisan

09 - Famous Blue raincoat

10 - Our Lady Of Solitude

11 - Billy Sunday

COMMENTS:
It's an incredible sounding SBD recording from Birmingham 1979 The official "Field Commender Cohen" has been played a 100s times over here - and the Birmingham recording makes a good companion to that (absolutely excellent) live album

Leonard Cohen - 1979-12-03 - Bonn, DE (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

venue: Beethovenhalle

source: FM

gen: 2.Gen

Source: 

2.Gen/FM incl. Artwork T0277AU

CD1

Heart with no companion (instrumental) not broadcast

01.) Bird on the wire 4:45 fade in

02.) Hey, that's no way to say goodbye 4:38

03.) Who by fire 6:23

04.) Passin' through 4:14 fade out

05.) The window 2:37 fade in

06.) Lover Lover Lover 7:59

07.) So long, Marianne/Bandintro 6:43

Intermission

08.) The stranger song - solo 5:45

09.) Chelsea hotel #2 - solo 4:31

10.) A singer must die - solo 2:45

11.) The partisan 3:16

12.) Famous blue raincoat 4:49 between cut

CD2

13.) There is a war 4:28

14.) The gypsy's wife 5:21

15.) The guests 5:24

16.) Suzanne 6:19

17.) Memories 4:35

Encore

18.) One of us cannot be wrong 4:08 fade out

19.) Tonight will be fine 4:13 fade in

Sisters of mercy not broadcast

20.) I tried to leave you/Radioedit 7:39

Bird on the wire (2) not broadcast

Tracklist total playtime 99:56

Note: WDR 2 - The songs of Leonard Cohen 1980

Leonard Cohen - 2012-11-03 - Broomfield, CO (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

1st Bank Center

source: 
Schoeps MK4 > Nbox > Sony M10 @ 24/48 (Sec FFF/Row 8/PAS) 

transfer: 
Sony M10 > Macbook Pro > Adobe Audition CS6 > xACT > FLAC

Leonard Cohen (vocals, guitar, keys) 
Roscoe Beck (bass, musical director) 
Alexandru Bublitchi (violin) 
Rafael Bernardo Gayol (drums) 
Neil Larson (keys) 
Javier Mas (guitar, 12-string, archilaud, bandurria, laud) 
Sharon Robinson (vocals) 
Mitch Watkins (guitar) 
Charley Webb (vocals, clarinet) 
Hattie Webb (vocals, harp) 

Set One 
01 Dance Me to the End of Love 
02 The Future 
03 Bird on the Wires 
04 Everybody Knows 
05 Who By Fire 
06 Darkness 
07 Amen 
08 Come Healing 
09 In My Secret Life 
10 A Thousand Kisses Deep 
11 Waiting for the Miracle 
12 Anthem 

Set Two 
01 Introduction 
02 Tower of Song 
03 Suzanne 
04 Heart with No Companion 
05 Anyhow 
06 Democracy 
07 Coming Back to You 
08 Alexandra Leaving 
09 I'm Your Man 
10 Hallelujah 
11 Take This Waltz 

encores
12 So Long, Marianne 
13 First We Take Manhattan 
14 Famous Blue Rain Coat 
15 Closing Time 
16 I Tried to Leave You 
17 Save the Last Dance for Me 

Leonard Cohen - 1979-10-31 - Munich, DE (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Leonard Cohen 
31 October 1979
"Rock-Pop Special", ZDF Studios, Munich, West Germany

PAL DVD5 with C&M. No artwork.

Lineage:
3sat 1993 rebroadcast) > VHS master > SuperHG VHS copy (=1st gen) > NV-FJ612 (playback) > DMR-E55 (capture in XP mode) > Mpeg Video Wizard DVD > TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 > .dvdf

Attributes:
Video: MPEG-2 | 9110kbps | 720 x 576 | 4:3 | 25fps | PAL
Audio: Dolby Digital AC3 | 48kHz | 224kb/s | stereo | CBR

Leonard Cohen - vocals, acoustic guitar, blues harp
Sharon Robinson - vocals
Jennifer Warnes - vocals
Mitch Watkins - guitars
Roscoe Beck - bass
Raffi Hakopian - violin
John Bilezikjian - oud, mandolin
Paul Ostermeyer - wind
Bill Ginn - keyboards
Steve Meador - drums

01. (3sat introduction)
02. So Long, Marianne
03. The Window
04. Famous Blue Raincoat
05. Passin' Through
06. Memories
07. The Guests
08. Suzanne// (faded out)

TT: 44:28.44

Len Talk:
***before THE WINDOW:
This is another song. It's from my new album. It's called 'The Window'. It's a kind of a prayer to, you know, bring two parts of the soul together. It's called 'The Window'.
***after THE WINDOW:
My great violinist, Raffi Hakopian from Armenia!
***before MEMORIES
This is a song that I wrote a couple of years ago with the great genius of darkest Hollywood, Phil Spector. And it's a song based on my extremely boring and pathetic life at Westmount High School in Montreal. It's called, 'Memories'.
***after MEMORIES:
Sharon Robinson! Jennifer Warnes! Paul Ostermeyer! Bill Ginn! Raffi Hakopian! Steve Meador! Roscoe Beck! Mitch Watkins! John Bilezikjian! Let's do another song...
***before THE GUESTS:
This is a new song and I'm very surprised that this song has gained any kind of popularity, because it is a kind of a difficult song. I think most of its popularity is due to the fact that Raffi Hakopian plays on it. And John Bilezikjian. But... It's a song about how a new soul comes into the world looking for the feast, feeling completely separated from everything, feeling isolated and in exile. And how the Great Author of this dismal catastrophy, this vale of tears, pulls each of these souls into the feast and into the banquet. And no one knows where the night is going. No one knows why the wine is flowing. And, oh love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you...
***before SUZANNE:
It's not a matter of my wanting or not wanting to play, but I think that the television programme is over and it's time for all of us to go home...
[Director cuts in:] Leonard, do us a favour - one more.
Yeah. One more? Sure! It's pleasure. We have time? Yes. Okay.

Leonard Cohen - 1980-10-30 - Amsterdam, NL (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM brodcast FLAC)

Lineage:
radio station master recording -> cassette -> DAT (16 bit; 48khz)
Fostex D5 -> M-Audio 24/96 (digital port) -> CEP (trim, minor edits, final fade d2, downsample) -> CDwave (track split) ->flac frontend (level 8, verified, SBE correction enabled) -> Maketorrent 2.1 (info, MD5, ffp files included)

Leonard Cohen - guitar, vocals
Roscoe Beck - bass
John Bilezikjian - oud, mandolin
Bill Ginn - keyboards
Rafi Hakopian - violin
Steve Meador - drums
Paul Ostermayer - various wind instruments
Mitch Watkins - guitar
Sharon Robinson - b/u vocals

CD1 [62:10]
01. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
02. Who By Fire
03. The Window
04. Passing Through
05. The Guests
06. There Is a War
07. Suzanne
08. The Stranger Song
09. -talk-
10. Chelsea Hotel #2
11. The Partisan
12. Story of Isaac
13. The Gypsy's Wife

CD2 [63:49]
01. The Music Crept By Us [poem] -> -improv: 'Concertgebouw'-
02. Diamonds in the Mine
03. Famous Blue Raincoat
04. Lover Lover Lover
05. -talk-
06. Memories
07. So Long Marianne
08. -applause, talk-
09. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
10. Joan of Arc
11. I Tries to Leave You
12. -applause, talk-
13. Do I have to Dance All Night

Leonard Cohen - 2012-09-30 - Paris, FR (AUD/FLAC)

(audience FLAC)

L'Olympia, last night of a three night run 

Source: 
Audience - DPA 4023-->Marantz PMD661 (Oade Mod). Level adjustment Izotope RX. Track split in Sound Studio. Original is 24/96. This release is 16/44. 

Location: 
8th row, slightly off centre 

Taper: 
gvataper 

01 - Dance me to the end of love 
02 - The Future 
03 - Bird on a Wire 
04 - Everybody Knows 
05 - Who by fire 
06 - Darkness 
07 - Sisters of mercy 
08 - Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye 
09 - Amen 
10 - Come healing 
11 - In my secret life 
12 - Going home 
13 - Waiting for the miracle 
14 - Anthem 

Second Set: 
15 - Tower of song 
16 - Suzanne 
17 - Night comes on 
18 - Heart with no companion 
19 - The gypsy’s wife 
20 - The partisan 
21 - Democracy 
22 - Coming back to you (Webb Sisters) 
23 - Alexandra leaving (Sharon Robinson) 
24 - I’m your man 
25 - Hallelujah 
26 - Take this waltz 

Encore: 
27 - So long, Marianne 
28 - First we take Manhattan 

Second encore: 
29 - Famous blue raincoat 
30 - If It be Your Will (Webb Sisters) 
31 - Closing Time 

Third encore: 
32 - I tried to leave you 
33 - Save the Last Dance

Notes: 
Typical live-audience Cohen recording issues, some loud clapping during songs etc combined with rather low levels from the PA. I have had to make adjustments on both and sometimes, the transitions are not pretty. Apologies. Low levels in second set, so quite a bit of gain has been added.

Leonard Cohen - 2012-09-24 - Verona, IT (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Arena di Verona 

Lineage:
Audience recording, Sony ECM> Tascam DR07 24/48 WAV > Audio Cleaning Lab, slight eq, volume adjust, track edits 
> TLH Flac 8 16bit 

Leonard Cohen - Vocals, guitar, keyboard & Jew's Harp 
Mitch Watkins - guitar 
Alexandru Bublitchi - violin 
Javier Mas - acoustic guitar, oud & misc string instruments 
Neil Larsen - Hammond, keyboards, accordion, 
Sharon Robinson - vocal 
Charlie and Hattie Webb - vocal, guitar, harp, clarinet 
Rafael Bernardo Gayol - drums & percussion 
Roscoe Beck - bass & vocal (Musical Director) 

01 Dance Me to the End of Love 
02 The Future 
03 Bird on the Wire 
04 Everybody Knows 
05 Who By Fire 
06 The Darkness 
07 Sisters of Mercy 
08 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye 
09 Amen 
10 Come Healing 
11 In My Secret Life 
12 Going Home 
13 Waiting For the Miracle 
14 Anthem 
15 Tower of Song 
16 Suzanne 
17 Night Comes On 
18 Heart With No Companion 
19 The Gypsy Wife 
20 The Partisan 
21 Democracy 
22 Coming Back to You 
23 Alexandra Leaving 
24 I'm Your Man 
25 Hallelujah 
26 Take This waltz 
27 So Long Marianne 
28 First we Take Manhattan 
29 Famous Blue Raincoat 
30 Save the Last Dance for Me 
31 I Tried to Leave You 

Leonard Cohen - 2012-09-09 - London, UK (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Block C
Olympus LS10>16 bit and 44,1 kHz wav
Adobe Audition>cd wave
>traders little helper>flac level 8
recorder __rimbaud__

Leonard Cohen - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Jew's Harp
Mike Scoble - Harmonica
Alexandru Bublitchi - Violin
Mitch Watkins - Guitar
Javier Mas - Bandurria, Laud, Archilaud and 12-string Guitar
Neil Larsen - Keyboard
Sharon Robinson - Vocals
Charley and Hattie Webb - Vocals
Rafael Gayol - Drums & percussion
Roscoe Beck - Musical Director, Bass, background Vocals

Set 1
01. Dance Me to The End Of Love
02. Apologies
03. The Future
04. Bird On A Wire
05. Everybody Knows
06. Javier Mas Solo
07. Who By Fire
08. Darkness
09. Sisters Of Mercy
10. Amen
11. Come Healing
12. In My Secret Life
13. I Can't Forget
14. Going Home
15. Waiting For The Miracle
16. Anthem

set 2
17. Tower Of Song
18. Suzanne
19. Night Comes On
20. Heart With No Companion
21. The Gypsy's Wife
22. The Partisan
23. Democracy
24. Coming Back to You (Charley and Hattie Webb)
25. Alexandra Leaving (Sharon Robinson)
26. I'm Your Man
27. Hallelujah
28. Take This Waltz

encores
29. So Long, Marianne
30. First We Take Manhattan
31. Save the Last Dance for Me

Leonard's 2nd rearranged night in London. A slightly shortened 3 hour show, caused by the ticketing chaos, which meant that close on a thousand people had to queue to pick up tickets at the box office.
Ever the gentleman, Lenny apologises for any inconvenience, before embarking on his masterclass in delivery, songwriting and musicianship.

Leonard Cohen - 2013-09-08 - Birmingham, UK (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Set 1

01 - Dance Me to the End of Love

02 - The Future

03 - Bird on a Wire

04 - Everybody Knows

05 - Who By Fire

06 - The Gipsy's Wife

07 - The Darkness

08 - Amen

09 - Come Healing

10 - Lover Lover Lover (+band intro)

Set 2

01 - Tower of Song

02 - Suzanne

03 - Chelsea Hotel

04 - Waiting for the Miracle

05 - Anyhow

06 - The Partisan

07 - In My Secret Life

08 - Alexandra Leaving (Sharon Robinson)

09 - I'm Your Man

10 - A Thousand Kisses Deep (poem)

11 - Hallelujah

12 - Take this Waltz

Encores

13 - So Long Marianne

14 - Going Home

15 - First We Take Manhattan

16 - Famous Blue Raincoat

17 - If It Be Your Will (Webb Sisters)

18 - Closing Time

another fine SPOT recording

SPOT an I are old (very) friends

SPOT records a lotta shows and passes them to me to upload

I AM NOT SPOT, But its always me doing the uploading

He is a compulsive browser though so do comment he loves to read em.

This is a SPOT recording (thanks again as ever) and the equipment used was: Core Sound High End Binaural (HEB) DPA 4061's with Edirol by Roland R-09

Leonard Cohen - 2012-09-05 - Berlin, DE (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Microphone: CHURCH-AUDIO CA-11

Recorder: M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 (16 bit and 44,1 kHz wav) with APC Mobile Power Pack

Leonard Cohen - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Mike Scoble - Harmonica

Alexandru Bublitchi - Violin

Mitch Watkins - Guitar

Javier Mas - Bandurria, Laud, Archilaud and 12-string Guitar

Neil Larsen - Keyboard

Sharon Robinson - Vocals

Charley and Hattie Webb - Vocals

Rafael Gayol - Drums & percussion

Roscoe Beck - Musical Director, Bass, background Vocals

Taper: audience recording by TOM MOORE

Set 1

01 Dance Me to the End of Love

02 The Future

03 Bird on the Wire

04 Everybody Knows

05 [Javier Mas solo]

06 Who by Fire

07 Darkness

08 Sisters of Mercy

09 Amen

10 Come Healing

11 In My Secret Life

12 Waiting for the Miracle

13 Going Home

14 Anthem

set 2

15 Tower Of Song

16 Suzanne

17 Night Comes On

18 Heart with No Companion

19 The Gypsy's Wife

20 The Partisan

21 Democracy

22 Coming Back to You (Charley and Hattie Webb)

23 Alexandra Leaving (Sharon Robinson)

24 I'm Your Man

25 Hallelujah

26 Take This Waltz

encores

27 So Long Marianne (cut)

missing encores:

First We Take Manhattan

Famous Blue Raincoat

Save the Last Dance for Me

total time: 167:00.09

Sorry. This recording is incomplete because of problems with the power supply of my microtrack. 'So Long, Marianne' is cut and the last 3 encores are missing.

Leonard Cohen - 2010-09-01 - Florence, IT (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Leonard Cohen 
Piazza Santa Croce 
Florence, Italy 
September 1, 2010 
(Mauro R / Dario R Master Series Volume One) 

Recording: Sony ECM717 > Sony MZ-R700 
Location: Sector A2, Seat 42 (20 meters stage right) 

Transfer: MZ-R700 Minidisc Master > .wav file transfer > iZotope RX and Ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro XT (post production) > xACT 2.37 > FLAC 

01 Dance Me To The End Of Love 
02 The Future 
03 Bird On The Wire 
04 Everybody Knows 
05 In My Secret Life 
06 Who By Fire 
07 Born In Chains 
08 Chelsea Hotel #2 
09 Waiting For The Miracle 
10 Anthem 
11 Tower Of Song 
12 Suzanne 
13 Sisters Of Mercy 
14 The Partisan 
15 Boogie Street 
16 Hallelujah 
17 I'm Your Man 
18 Take This Waltz 
19 Famous Blue Raincoat 
20 If It Be Your Will 
21 First We Take Manhattan 
22 I Tried To Leave You 

Known Faults: Known 

With this release we begin a new master series of recordings of Italian taper Mauro R. and his brother Dario. Mauro has spent the last 35+ years documenting the Italian concert scene, you have probably heard a number of his 1980's recordings and many of you have probably heard of him, but this will mark the first time his recordings have been properly presented from his masters. 

Mauro and I go back to the mid 1980's when we both taped and traded hundreds of shows with each other. In the 1990's as life took over and we both became busier and busier we fell out of touch. Though Mauro has continued to tape he began to physically trade less and less, therefore many of his shows over the last decade or so remain uncirculated and he is not currently a member of dime or any torrent site. Through a mutual collector friend (thank you hubresh) we have re-established contact. It's like we never lost touch and he is very excited to share their work with all of us. 

When I say they document the shows they go to that's an understatement. He and his brother cover both taping and shooting photos. They shot over 700 photos of this particular show. In the future you will find many of their photos included in the torrents as well as used for the covers (as the covers for this show are using their photos). 

We begin our series with a show I don't believe has appeared on dime in any form. Leonard Cohen's only Italian stop on the 2010 leg of his long world tour. 
The 2010 leg of the World Tour was an extension of the 2008-2009 World Tour that would eventually total 246 shows. Florence was an open air event in the beautiful Piazza Santa Croce, taking place after a nine day break. 

Recorded approximately 20 meters from the stage, this is a gorgeous capture with strong vocals and excellent instrument separation and a wide stereo spectrum. 

Leonard Cohen - 2012-08-29 - Halden, Norway (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

The original recording was done with a Zoom H4 stereo recorder in lossles PCM wave (16 bit 44.100 Hz).

Conversion to flac (level 8) + torrent made with Trader's Little Helper.

Leonard Cohen - Vocals, guitar & Jew's Harp

Mitch Watkins - guitar

Alexandru Bublitski - violin

Javier Mas - acoustic guitar, oud & various string instruments

Neil Larsen - Hammond, keyboards, accordion

Sharon Robinson - vocal

Charlie and Hattie Webb - vocal, guitar, harp, clarinet

Rafael Bernardo Gayol - drums & percussion

Roscoe Beck - bass & vocal (Musical Director)

Set I

01 - Dance Me To The End Of Love

02 - The Future

03 - Bird On A Wire

04 - Everybody Knows

05 - Who By Fire

06 - Darkness

07 - Sisters of Mercy

08 - Amen

09 - Come Healing

10 - Introducing Marianne

11 - So Long, Marianne

12 - Waiting For The Miracle

13 - Anthem (band intro)

Set II

01 - Tower of Song

02 - Suzanne

03 - Night Comes On

04 - Heart With No Companion

05 - The Gypsy's Wife

06 - Banjo

07 - The Partisan

08 - Democracy

09 - Coming Back To You

10 - Introducing Alexandra

11 - Alexandra Leaving

12 - I'm Your Man

13 - Hallelujah

14 - Take This Waltz

Encores

01 - Famous Blue Raincoat

02 - First We Take Manhattan

03 - Closing Time

04 - I Tried To Leave You

Notes by the taper:

Excellent show with the same, sacral feeling that I've experienced at previous Cohen concerts. I didn't want to invest in a so-called "Golden Circle" ticket (over 1000 NOK, about 170 $), so I was about 50 - 60 metres from the stage. The sound was excellent, although a bit low. This makes recording vulnerable to audience noise, and some of the tracks (especially towards the end of the concert) bear sign of this. I've tried to reduce it in between songs, though. This was done with Cubase SX3, and I also applied some EQ and split the tracks here.

Leonard Cohen - 2012-08-17 - Gent, BE (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Sint Pietersplein

Lineage:

Audience recording, Sony ECM> Tascam DR07 24/48 WAV > Audio Cleaning Lab, slight eq, volume adjust, track edits

TLH Flac 8 16bit

Leonard Cohen - Vocals, guitar & Jew's Harp

Mitch Watkins - guitar

Alexandru Bublitchi - violin

Javier Mas - acoustic guitar, oud & misc string instruments

Neil Larsen - Hammond, keyboards, accordion,

Sharon Robinson - vocal

Charlie and Hattie Webb - vocal, guitar, harp, clarinet

Rafael Bernardo Gayol - drums & percussion

Roscoe Beck - bass & vocal (Musical Director)

01 Dance Me to the End of Love

02 Going Home

03 The Future

04 Bird on the Wire

05 Everybody Knows

06 Who By Fire

07 Banjo

08 The Darkness

09 Amen *

10 Come Healing

11 I Can't Forget

12 Different Sides

13 Waiting For the Miracle

14 Light as a Breeze

15 Anthem

16 Tower of Song

17 Suzanne

18 Night Comes On

19 Heart With No Companion

20 The Gypsy Wife

21 The Partisan

22 Democracy

23 Coming Back to You

24 Alexandra Leaving

25 I'm Your Man

26 Hallelujah

27 Take This waltz

28 So Long Marianne

29 First we Take Manhattan

30 Famous Blue Raincoat

31 If It Be Your Will

32 Closing Time

33 I Tried to Leave You

34 Save the Last Dance for Me

* With a massively long first set, for anyone burning to CD, suggest you make it 4 and use the fade prior to Amen, in order to preserve the second set and encores complete on separate discs. 3 hours 35 minutes playing time, not too bad for a nearly 78 year old!

Leonard Cohen - 2012-08-15 - Gent, BE (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Sint-Pietersplein 

Lineage:
Audience recording, Sony ECM> Tascam DR07 24/48 WAV > Audio Cleaning Lab, slight eq, volume adjust, track edits 
> TLH Flac 8 16bit 

Leonard Cohen - Vocals, guitar & Jew's Harp 
Mitch Watkins - guitar 
Alexandru Bublitchi - violin 
Javier Mas - acoustic guitar, oud & misc string instruments 
Neil Larsen - Hammond, keyboards, accordion, 
Sharon Robinson - vocal 
Charlie and Hattie Webb - vocal, guitar, harp, clarinet 
Rafael Bernardo Gayol - drums & percussion 
Roscoe Beck - bass & vocal (Musical Director) 

01 Dance Me to the End of Love 
02 Going Home 
03 The Future 
04 Bird on the Wire 
05 Everybody Knows 
06 Who By Fire 
07 Banjo 
08 Amen 
09 Come Healing 
10 I Can't Forget 
11 In My Secret Life 
12 Anthem 
13 Tower of Song 
14 Suzanne 
15 Heart With No Companion 
16 The Gypsy Wife 
17 The Partisan 
18 Democracy 
19 Coming Back to You 
20 Alexandra Leaving 
21 I'm Your Man 
22 Hallelujah 
23 Take This waltz 
24 So Long Marianne 
25 First we Take Manhattan 
26 Famous Blue Raincoat 
27 Different Sides 
28 Save the Last Dance For Me 
29 I Tried to Leave You 
30 Closing Time 

Notes:
Slightly shorter than the other Gent shows because of an imagined thunder storm on its way shortly prior to the show. Good to see the Belgium Met Office is as bad at predicting weather as every other country's. No thunder storm but a late start by 35 minutes. Leonard did his utmost to cram as much in as possible, even claiming that he would play some songs faster, so that in the end we only lost about four songs and 15 minutes approx. 

Leonard Cohen - 1985-07-09 - Montreux, CH (SBD/FLAC)

(soundboard FLAC)

Montreux Jazz Festival
Casino de Montreux

Lineage:
reel master > dat(1?) > cdr(2?) > eac > .wav > .flac [ > .wav (d1t01, d2t01 & d3t01 only) > Adobe Audition 1.5 / shntool > Flac Frontend (-8, v) ]


Leonard Cohen (voc)
Ron Getman (voc, g, pedal steel)
Anjani Thomas (voc, kbds)
Mitch Watkins (voc, g, kbds, b)
John Crowder (voc, b)
Richard Crooks (dr)

CD1 - 1st set [55:24.18]
01. [1:47.18] Intro
02. [8:06.10] Bird On The Wire
03. [4:48.04] The Law
04. [3:51.56] Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
05. [4:10.15] There Is A War
06. [4:29.05] Who By Fire
07. [6:00.74] Dance Me To The End Of Love
08. [5:24.57] Diamonds In The Mine
09. [5:23.15] Night Comes On
10. [6:09.10] The Gypsy's Wife
11. [5:13.54] Hallelujah

CD2 - 2nd set [57:21.37]
01. [4:41.49] Avalanche - solo
02. [2:57.62] A Singer Must Die - solo
03. [5:22.29] The Stranger Song - solo
04. [5:41.48] Chelsea Hotel #2 - solo
05. [5:17.16] Story Of Isaac
06. [5:19.12] Famous Blue Raincoat
07. [8:15.68] Lover Lover Lover
08. [4:06.27] Tennessee Waltz
09. [4:03.43] The Partisan
10. [5:04.74] Sisters of Mercy
11. [6:30.59] Memories

CD3 - Encores [56:50.19]
Encore #1
01. [5:41.05] Passin' Through
02. [4:22.49] If It Be Your Will
03. [5:36.47] Heart With No Companion

Encore #2
04. [14:35.19] I Tried To Leave You

Encore #3
05. [5:03.38] Suzanne
06. [6:46.49] Coming Back To You

Encore #4
07. [5:31.29] Joan Of Arc
08. [9:13.08] Dance Me To The End Of Love (2)

Notes:
- complete concert.
- exceptional sound quality, better than any bootleg or previous circulating version.
- cdr used for conversion is very low generation (probably 2nd gen.).
- very minor dropout @ 0:26 of d2t01.

dEdit:
- remove click at the very beginning of d2t01 & d3t01 (in blank part, not in music).
- fix SBE on d1t01 with shntool.

Leonard Cohen - 1985-07-07 - Graz, AT (SBD/FLAC)

(soundboard FLAC)

LEONARD COHEN 
Schlossberg 
Graz, Österreich 
July 7, 1985 

source: soundboard 

lineage: cassette(master) > ? > cassette(1?) > CD-R(2) > EAC > FLAC 

CD1 [69:33.40] 
01. [8:06.31] Bird On The Wire 
02. [4:35.48] The Law 
03. [3:39.31] Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye 
04. [4:20.16] There Is A War 
05. [4:34.24] Who By Fire 
06. [5:54.29] Dance Me To The End Of Love 
07. [5:03.42] Diamonds In The Mine 
08. [5:37.63] The Gypsy's Wife 
09. [6:32.01] Hallelujah 
10. [4:02.19] Coming Back To You 
11. [3:40.20] Avalanche - solo (incomplete, flawed) 
12. [3:44.73] Chelsea Hotel #2 - solo 
13. [4:40.50] The Stranger Song - solo 
14. [5:01.43] Story Of Isaac 

CD2 [67:14.65] 
01. [5:23.45] Famous Blue Raincoat 
02. [8:02.13] Lover Lover Lover 
03. [3:55.65] Tennessee Waltz (incomplete, flawed) 
04. [3:48.49] The Partisan 
05. [4:57.06] Suzanne 
06. [5:03.71] Memories 
07. [4:11.11] If It Be Your Will 
08. [5:21.32] Passin' Through 
09. [2:12.57] Joan Of Arc (incomplete, flawed) 
10. [3:29.24] Heart With No Companion (incomplete, flawed) 
11. [11:01.45] I Tried To Leave You 
12. [4:50.43] Sisters Of Mercy 
13. [4:56.54] The Night Comes On 

CD3 [26:37.40] #Soundcheck# 
01. [5:15.43] Tennessee Waltz 
02. [4:59.51] Sisters Of Mercy 
03. [1:47.73] Hallelujah 
04. [6:03.50] Ballad Of The Absent Mare 
05. [0:52.52] Instrumental 
06. [7:37.71] One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong 

Notes: 
- Complete concert though "Avalanche", "Tennessee Waltz", "Joan Of Arc" & "Heart With No Companion" are cut/flawed. 
- I was assured that the flaws were also on the master tape (or maybe it occurred during the transfer of master?). 

Flaws: 
- "Bird On The Wire" pops @ 7:25-7:27 (problem with recorder or PA?) 
- "Avalanche" (cut @ 1:29 + dropout @ 1:37) 
- "Tennessee Waltz" (abrupt cut @ 0:33) 
- "Joan Of Arc" (dropouts @ 1:39-1:44 + the song ends abruptly) 
- "Heart With No Companion" (dropout @ 0:12) 

Leonard Cohen - 2013-07-07 - Rome, IT (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Stadio Tennis

Foro Italico

audience recording, Sony ECM 719 > Sony PCM M10 24/96 > audio Cleaning Lab, volume, eq, track edits > TLH Flac 8 16bit

Leonard Cohen - vocals, acoustic guitar, keys, Jew's Harp

Roscoe Beck - bass, double bass

Mitch Watkins - guitar

Neil Larsen - keyboards, Hammond B3

Javier Mas - bandurria, laud, archilaud, guitar

Alexandru Bublitchi - violin

Rafael Bernardo Gayol - drums

Sharon Robinson - vocals

Hattie Webb - vocals, harp

Charley Webb - vocals, clarinet, guitar

Set One - CD1

01 Dance Me to the End of Love

02 The future

03 Bird on the Wire

04 Everybody Knows

05 Who By Fire

06 The Darkness

07 Amen

08 Come Healing

09 Lover, Lover, Lover

10 Anthem

Set Two - Part One

11 Suzanne

12 Chelsea Hotel #2

CD2 - Set Two Continued

13 Sisters of Mercy

14 Heart With No Companion

15 The Partisan

16 Alexandra Leaving

17 I'm Your Man

18 Hallelujah

19 Take This Waltz

Encores

20 So Long Marianne

21 Going Home

22 First we Take Manhattan

23 Famous Blue Raincoat

24 If It Be Your Will

25 Closing Time