2006.12.01 - Nottingham, England @ Arena

Source A: Hi-Mini Disc --- Church Audio Cardioids > GGBattBox@69hz > Sony MZ-RH910 MD (Line-In, Hi-SP Mode)
Transfer: MD > PC (via Sonicstage) > Adobe Audition v1.5 (Normalized) > CDWave (Track Splits) > WAV. > Traders Little Helper > FLAC (Level 6).
Taper:      Simon_LDT
Gen:         0 from Master

Notes - by Taper: Sadly, as you can see this source is incomplete. It seems that the battery in my MD had run out in under 1hr, which is very frustrating (never had it happen before). I assume the battery is faulty so I'll be replacing that for any future recordings. First off, this show was killer!! The band were tight and the sound was clean and crisp. Everything was perfect. I did think about not sharing this as I am missing half the show. But in the end, decided to throw it up anyway for those interested. The sound on this is supurb (check the samples), I wish I had the whole show but fortunately I haven't. If anyone else recorded this, please contact me personally, thank you.

Notes: Very nice cardioid recording. Very ambient recording, Very clean recording... Very short recording. Unfortunately this is severely incomplete. This is a shame as the quality is actually quite nice. Shame. Sound is not as intense nor in your face as it could be, this is a limitation with the equipment, however all in all the taper did a job that most people would feel quite good about. That what is there, that is. Not bad for a first-time Tool recording. Not bad at all.

Maynardism: "Wake Up."

Time: "under an hour"

<bass drone>
Stinkfist
46&2
Jambi
Schism
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
The Pot
(Incomplete)

Source B: Hi-Mini Disc --- Danish Pro Audio 4061s > Sound Professionals SPSB-6 > Sony MZ-NH900 (Hi-SP
)Location: DFC, ~25' backTransfer: MZ-NH900 > USB > wave (Sonic Stage 4.0) / Editing: fades, EQ, compression & normalizing (Goldwave) > track indexes (CD Wave) > splits, Level 8 FLAC Compression & tagging (foobar2000)
Taper: Rob
Gen: 0 from Master

Notes : Particularly through Stinkfist & the first few songs of the set there is a lot of crowd noise. Specifically, people talking near the taper (friends?) & simple ambience of this distraction. In most recordings, although the crowd may still do the "I'll keep digging" part (where the jam session is during this era of Tool's performances) you usually do not hear someone scream into the microphone; that's kind of what happens here. You'll see what I mean. Generally, it is not too bad but it is clear that a fair amount of chatter is pervasive more or less throughout. Now, that was the critique. The fact is, this is a rather clear reproduction of the performance from a taping environment that is less than an ideal position. The vocals are very clean, the bass hits 'correctly', the guitar-sound is spot-on & the drums sound impeccable. This is not a FOS recording but it does go quite a distance in capturing some of the more ambient soundscape-noise during song transitions. All in all, this is fine recording of a standard Tool performance from 2006.                                                                                 

Setlist

<bass drone>
Stinkfist
46&2
Jambi
Schism
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
The Pot
Wings For Marie
10,000 Days
 Lateralus
Vicarious
Ænima