Procol Harum
Gibson Amphitheatre,
Los Angeles, CA
August 15, 2012
Lineage: CA-14 (cardioids) > CA-9200 > GAKables mini starquad > Edirol R-09HR (@ 24bit/96kHz) > Audacity (fades, track splits, amplify, export as 16bit/44.1kHz) > TLH (flac level 8)
Taper: klingklang
Location: Loge 16, row A
01. Wall Street Blues
02. As Strong As Samson
03. Pandora's Box
04. Homburg
05. Yours If You Want Me
06. A Salty Dog
07. Simple Sister
08. Cerdes (Outside The Gates Of)
09. band introductions
10. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
11. Conquistador
Notes:
Opening set for Yes.
It's been about 20 years since I last saw Procol Harum, so it was great to finally catch them live again. Gary Brooker is still a witty fellow, making
some amusing comments about his day--the most notable of which are his Hard Rock Cafe experience on CityWalk and his admiration of the amphitheatre (a
rather sad observation considering it is going to be demolished).
I was located on an aisle and was also right behind the venue's horizontal aisle that separates the Orchestra from the Loge, so there is a considerable
amount of phasing throughout. And sometimes the people going by me would be talking or they would loudly walk on the steps to my right. The worst phasing
occurs at the beginning of "Cerdes" when two men arrived to take the seats to my left. The one who sat directly next to me kept coughing, but it's mostly
heard during the end applause. There's also some light clapping along in the beginning of "Yours If You Want Me" that might sound like pops, but it's not.
I did a sound adjustment about 2 minutes into "Wall Street Blues" (it took me a while to check my levels due to my proximity to a guard), so it's a little
louder for that portion of that song. And I amplified this but did nothing else to the recording, so be sure to turn it up.
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http://procolharum.com
Gary Brooker - vocals, piano
Geoff Whitehorn - guitar
Josh Phillips - Hammond organ
Matt Pegg - bass
Geoff Dunn - drums