2006.11.10 - Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National

Source A: Solid State Recorder --- Hama Stereo Digital Microphone 46108 > iPod Nano (8GB)
Taper:      Eulenspiegel
Gen:         1 from Master

Notes: As is the case with the taper's 11/09/2006 source, this sounds rather clean for the equipment used to record the performance with. The bass is somewhat flat throughout the capture, the highs are stable & the equipment was pushed. Recommended for those interested. Imagine this being your last Tool show in a span of 3 back-to-back nights. You sort of have an idea of what to expect. You hear the opening bass line of Swamp Song & you wonder if this is happening. Although a tid-bit rusty, Swamp Song is a nice addition to the setlist. A wise choice. Tool seemed to be having a good time with the performance which, I think, shows in the recording.

Maynardism: "Lasers are for fags and with fags I mean cigarettes." (before Lateralus & light show)

Time: 1:39:55

Stinkfist
The Pot
Forty Six & 2
Jambi
Schism
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
 Swamp Song
Lateralus
Vicarious
Ænema

Source B: Mini Disc --- Sony ECM-717 > Sony MZ-N707
Transfer: Transferred with M-transit optical link , Audacity normalized > FLAC > dimeadozen.org / 11/2006)
Taper:      Mool
Gen:         0

Notes: Some folks are confused & believe that this is a Hi-Mini Disc recording rather than a compressed recording via ATRAC. If the above information regarding the recorder used is accurate, then this is not Hi-MD. Please refer to http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-N707.htmlNotes:  For the given source information you would not think a recording would sound as decent as this. Sure, you can plainly here the quasi-high end distortion when MJK belts out the 3rd chorus from Rosetta Stoned but all in all, if someone were interested in hearing what a recording with equipment basically pushed to the maximum level of performance possible than this recording. Do not get me wrong, the higher the SPL the more the limitations of the equipment are apparent & quite a few of instances where the taper and/or friends are chatting... To this source's credit, that issue does not interfere all that much with the recording. After all, as the date of this review (11/14/2006) this source is the first to surface with the first of (hopefully) many setlist additions to the ever-evolving Tool live performance. With the addition of Swamp Song, this signified the missing ingredient to the uber-quasi-cyber-Tool-dork's hope of being a lucky participant in a Tool performance where they perform something a bit out of the comfort zone... something like Swamp Song. Worth it? Sure.              

Time: 1:35:39