2007.07.13 - Portland, ME, USA @ Cumberland Civic Center

Source A: Solid State Recorder --- Core Sound Binaurals > battery box > Microtracker 24/96
Transfer: Audacity> Gain +12> WAV> FLAC > Torrent (dimeadozen)
Taper: ericcagl

Notes: Well this is certainly not going to win any prizes or beauty contests. The recording is rather muddy with bass that sounds, simply, 'thuddy'. MJK is buried in the mix throughout & Adam's guitar is dominated by over-saturated low-end frequencies. Now, this is not a bad recording, per se, it is a decent enough capture but it seriously sounds like MJK is singing through cheese-cloth at times. I'm unsure to what degree this is attributed to; the position, the equipment, the mix from the speakers or all of the above. Meh, the band, to my cynical ears, seemed to be rather bored or were simply going through the motions. The saving graces of this performance were Rosetta Stoned > Flood. I have nothing more to add.

Maynardism:
"Recently I've been drinking Red Bull, they taste like those things you put in urinals to make them smell better but I'll pull some Red Bull up to wake your fucking asses up... Portland!"

Time: 1:56:19

<bass drone>
Jambi
Stinkfist
Forty-Six and 2
Schism
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
Flood
Wings For Marie (Pt 1)
10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)
Lateralus
Vicarious

Source B: Video - Canon ZR800
Taper: Tool Zeppelin
Gen: 1st from Master

Notes: There apparently are two different versions of this source floating around; one is a dual layer DVD with the original audio. The other is on 2 DVDs with an unknown audience recording synched with the video. The audio synch was nicely done & also features a different menu-screen, however, cu.org tends to focus more on the ‘original’ of the sources. I will say that for the overwhelming majority of people the audio synch is the way to go. The original audio source can be a bit abrasive as there definitely is a fair amount of bass + high end distortion. Perhaps we are talking preferences but I don’t really mind that all that much. Now, I believe this is one of this filmer’s first attempts at stealthing a Tool show. Wow. Just one hell of a job. Being an audio-only taper I really think that tapers who film are either A) very ballsy or B) chemically imbalanced. However, when you can walk out of a show with a video of it – that kind of takes it up to another level now doesn’t it? The film-job is smooth throughout, actually, and he did a nice job of capturing the stage & did not focus on MJK the entire time. Beginners luck? We’ll have to stay tuned for more from this taper now won’t we?

Time: 1:56:57