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.