The Loudest Folk Band in the World

Staples Center

Los Angeles (California), USA.

05 - April - 2005.

Attendance: 17.264 (sellout) - Support: Kings of Leon

Disc 1 (64:42)

01. Everyone (PA)

02. Love and Peace or Else

03. Vertigo / Stories for Boys

04. Elevation

05. Cry / The Electric Co.

06. An Cat Dubh

07. Into the Heart

08. City of Blinding Lights

09. Beautiful Day

10. Miracle Drug

11. Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own

12. New Year's Day

13. Sunday Bloody Sunday

14. Bullet the Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America / Johnny Comes Marching Home

Disc 2 (56:06)

01. Running to Stand Still

02. Zoo Station

03. The Fly

04. Mysterious Ways

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Where the Streets Have No Name

07. One

08. All Because of You

09. Yahweh

10. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sonic Studios PL6 cardiods > custom bass roll off 6db 100hz > M1

Taper: Bob S.

Location: Section 119 Row 12 (about 25 feet from stage)

Mastering: DA60 AES > 03D mixer SPDIF > Audigy2
Sound Forge7: bass shelf at 40hz to remove subsonic bass, Durrough compression 4:1 at 160hz 2db boost to bring out kick drum, mastering compressor for overall leveling 2:1 threshold at -20db
Tracking: CDWave
FLACfrontend > CDR

Comments

Compared with the recordings of the previous shows, this one is the most powerful-sounding, but also less clean than the others. It sounds slightly distant and echoed, although still pretty crisp and clear, with a very nice sound quality overall. Music really comes through loud, but also a bit harsh. As occured with San Diego and Anaheim recordings, this one also lacks some more punch on the bass and the kick-drum, even though the bass is pretty audible. Audience noise can be raw at some spots, but not really too distracting.

Just wanted to remark that there's a small digi-noise at 02:52 aprox. in New Year's Day, just for two/three seconds, which seems to be a standard flaw in this source. Honestly, it sounds like a mobile phone receiving a sms!