Difference between revisions of "The Masonic Auditorium San Francisco 2023"

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A very good audience recording from The Sisters of Mercy's Sisters At The Planet Edge Tour to North America in 2023.

The Masonic Auditorium San Francisco 2023 - CD Cover (front)

The Masonic Auditorium San Francisco 2023 - CD Cover (inlay)

The Masonic Auditorium San Francisco 2023 - Alternative CD Cover (front)

Recording Notes

• Taper: loughney

• Format: data / FLACs

• Location: Floor at the first rail, slightly left of center.

• Lineage: Schoeps MK4 --> BabyNBox

--> Sony A10 --> WAV (44.1/24)

--> SoundForge --> volume normalization, compression, clap removal

--> CDWAVE -->splits --> FLACs

• Circulated: May 2023

Remarks

• Sound Quality: very good
  

• This is a fanbase production for personal use only.

• Cover art: CD Cover Front (top right) - loughney

Back, inlay and alternative front cover - Planet Dave

• All cover photos taken by loughney

Source

• Recorded live at The Masonic, San Francisco, California, USA on 17 May 2023.
  

Taper's Notes

Lots of internet complaints about the Sisters before the show about prerecorded tracks, lip syncing, whatever. Drums are, and always have been, from a drum machine.
Bass and keyboards came from Ravey Davey via laptop / keyboards. Andrew's voice was a little rough at spots, but obviously not prerecorded. I got a good capture,
but the mix was off a little - with some loud transients & unintended feedback. I did some mastering to balance out the sound. Andrew, Ben and Dylan ranged over the
stage all night and interacted with the crowd. Overall, I really enjoyed myself.

Track List

• Intro

• Don't Drive On Ice

The Masonic Auditorium San Francisco 2023 - CD Cover (back)

• Crash And Burn

• Ribbons

• Alice

• I Will Call You

• First And Last And Always

• But Genevieve

• Dominion / Mother Russia

• Giving Ground

• Show Me

• Marian

• More

• Doctor Jeep / Detonation Boulevard

• Eyes Of Caligula

• Something Fast

• I Was Wrong

• Here

• Instrumental 86

• When I'm On Fire

• Lucretia, My Reflection

• Temple Of Love

• This Corrosion