Heart - 2002-07-03 - Clearwater, FL (ALD/SBD/FLAC)

(ALD Soundboard FLAC)

Ruth Eckerd Hall 

Excellent ALD-Soundboard recording 
(a John Tsalikes recording, from the Jim F. collection) 

Here's another fine John T./Jim F. recording brought to you by TheCommish! 

Ann Wilson - vocals, guitar, flute 
Nancy Wilson - guitar, vocals 
Scott Olson - guitar 
Mike Inez - bass 
Ben Smith - drums 

CD1
01. Announcements (optional track - not really an intro) 
02. Crazy On You 
03. Sister Wild Rose 
04. The Witch 
05. Straight On 
06. These Dreams 
07. Mistral Wind 
08. Alone 
09. Dog & Butterfly 
10. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters 
11. The Battle of Evermore 
12. Heaven 

CD2
01. Magic Man 
02. Two Faces of Eve 
03. Love Alive 
04. Break The Rock 
05. Barracuda 
06. Encore break #1 (applause) 
07. Wild Child 
08. Black Dog 
09. Encore break #2 (applause) 
10. Dreamboat Annie 
11. Soundcheck (optional bonus track) 

Lineage (Tracks 101-210): 
ALD/SBD > D8 (listen box--from the parking lot) > Somy M1 DAT > PC > CDR 

Lineage (Track 211): 
ALD or IEM > Sony M1 > Master > PC > CDR 

Additional editing notes: 
* Show was recorded out-of-phase; show was phase-corrected (to be "in-phase") via Cool Edit Pro (however, Track 211--the soundcheck--was in-phase to begin with) 
* Re-tracked show by combining in Nero, splitting with CD Wave 
* Combined soundcheck into a single track (source CDR had it split into 5 pieces) 
* Decreased volume in Track 101 by -2dB (0:02-0:21 mark) using Nero's wave editor 
* Removed 25 seconds of applause at beginning of Track 102 and faded-in with Nero's wave editor 
* Applied fade-out to Track 112 and Track 210 with Nero's wave editor 
* Applied fade-in to Track 201 with Nero's wave editor 
* Removed many gaps present in Track 201 and Track 205 (bad burn to CDR source?) 
* Fixed dropout in one channel in Track 207 (3:24 mark) by pasting from the other channel (using Audacity) 

ALD (assisted listening device) soundboard recordings are usually knocked for their "thin" sound quality (high amount of treble, not enough bass), but I don't think that's a real issue here at all. As such, Jim's files have been unaltered for sound quality (i.e., no EQ performed)--if some of you prefer to have more bass in your ALD recordings, I'll let you do your own EQ work since it then becomes a matter of personal taste. As for me, I think the show sounds great, as-is. 

Jim F. notes: 
(regarding his ALD-SBD shows): "ALDs (fm-sbd) perfect captures in most or all cases..however somewhat lacking bass..more than regular fm..The best place to rec these shows was from the park lot..! the signal was the best there..!"