Philadelphia 11-06-2001   OKM IIr version

First Union Center

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA.

11 - June - 2001.

Attendance: 19.268 (sellout) - Support: PJ Harvey

Disc 1 (72:15)

01. Elevation Influx Intro (PA) / Elevation

02. Beautiful Day / Night and Day

03. Until the End of the World

04. Mysterious Ways

05. In My Life

06. Stuck in a Moment

07. Kite

08. Gone

09. New York

10. I Will Follow

11. Sunday Bloody Sunday

12. In a Little While

13. Desire

14. Stay (Faraway, so Close!)

Disc 2 (55:56)

01. Bad / "40"

02. Where the Streets Have No Name

03. Pride (In the Name of Love)

04. - NRA Message -

05. Bullet the Blue Sky

06. With or Without You

07. The Fly

08. One

09. Walk On

Recording Equipment - History

Soundman OKM IIr mics (in hat, pointed up at PA stack) > A3 Adapter (Bass Roll-Off OFF; No Linear Attenuation) > Sony PCM-M1 DAT (Line-In; Manual Recording Level Set to 6.5; 48kHz)

Taper: Steve V.

Location: Section 115, Row 8, Seat 14 (Section 115 was directly on side of stage facing Adam)

Lineage: DAT Master (48kHz, 16 bit, stereo) > Sony PCM-M1 + Oade Digital Coax Cable + DataLink IDL-100 Hi-Res Digital Coax Monster Cable > Midiman Audiophile 2496 digital soundcard (SPDIF-In Clock Sync) > CE2k WAV Edit @32 bit resolution (normalization only*) > CD WAVE Editor Track Splitting > WAV > MKW Audio Compression Tools 0.97 BETA 1 > SHN(M) w/ Shorten Seek Tables

(*) Cool Edit 2000 wav edit @32 bit:

- Used software resampling to convert the sample type from 48kHz to 44.1kHz. Resampling was performed at highest accuracy setting (999) with the pre/post filter selected to give the best possible conversion. Resampling time was approximately 7 hours.
- Normalized levels across the whole show, increased levels to max, and balanced left-to-right channel volume.
- Added fade-in at beginning of show, and fade-out at end. No fades during show (ie. at end of disc 1 and start of disc 2).

DAT to SHN Conversion: Steve V. 04/10/02

Comments

Excellent recording of the first night of two in Philadelphia during the first leg of the Elevation Tour. Clarity is pretty good with a very sharp and solid sound. Crowd noise is audible throughout the tape with some close clapping and individual voices, but never being too detracting. In my opinion, the band put on a strong set.

This is an upgrade to the so-called 'Beautiful Night and Day' (sourced from a Sony D8 + Core Sound Binaurals mics). That alternative source also sounds quite nice but overall sound is somewhat harsh, pretty raw, and I'd say it offers more crowd noise. In both sources, vocals sound tiny distant.