2002.11.18 - Albuquerque, NM, USA @ Tingley Coliseum

Source A:  DAT --- MBHO ka200n> MBHO Actives > JK Labs DVC V-12 > Sony PCM-M1
Taper:       Billy
DAT Gen: DAT-1 > Digital Clone-2
CD Gen:   1st from Master   

Notes: Superb sounding recording. Sound is almost like you are right there, on the rail & are staring up at the band just jamming away. One of the best recordings from this leg of the tour, in my opinion. The crowd is very, very low as the instruments & Maynard's vocals simply carry over & seem to caress the listener's ears. I've heard a few of this taper's other recordings & I think this may be one of the best, again, my opinion. This just is such a, well, great capture of Tool it is a shame that more recordings do not have this sort of all-around quality. Although a lot has to do with the equipment the taper uses I think that more has to do with the overall professionalism that the taper has while recording & also to his recordings in general. The performance is simply professional but with a twist, Tool seem to really be having a good time. After about a year & a half of straight touring, they have their set of songs down to perfect harmony & add little, unique twists such as the whammy-bar, pick scrape Adam does as Stinkfist begins. I really don't think that it is possible for this band to get any better than this performance. But, I am also quite sure I will be proved wrong soon enough.

Maynardism: "Good evening Albuquerque. I assume you are here tonight to have some fun. If I may make a distinction about what kind of fun we are going to have. We are not going to have the Monster Truck Rally, WWF fun. We are not going to have the MTV Spring Break dry hump, Limp Bizkit kind of fun because we are not going to underestimate your intelligence. We are going to have intelligent fun, we are going to have compassionate fun, creative fun, we are going to have dangerous fun." 

 CD 1
Time: 62:53

Fripp
Tuva
Sober
The Grudge
(-) Ions
Stinkfist
H.
Schism
Parabol
Parabola                                                                         

CD 2
Time: 74:04

Third Eye
Intermission
Disposition
Reflection
Triad
Lateralus

Source B: Mini-DV --- Panasonic Canon ZR50MC
Source B: Master > DVD
Taper:      Pr1ck
Gen:         1st from Master    

Notes: Filmed from pretty much center seating, right, the taper seemed to be having a little bit of trouble this night. The camera keeps ducking, moving & going this way & that. Also, more importantly in a way, the bass brick-walls the little camera microphone so the listener/viewer is treated to a -thum, thump, thump- when the bass gets intense. But, if you can look through that, you may enjoy the recording. Well, maybe. It jumps around a lot & there seem to be next to -0- close ups. A couple screen shots but that is really it. Also, this is slightly incomplete as Lateralus us cut during the 'intro'. I would recommend this for collector's as they would probably get more out of it than the average listener/viewer. However, it should be noted, the 2nd half of the recording is mostly obscured by people standing in front of the camera. Not terrible but, as you would imagine, this detracts from the overall enjoyment.                                                                                 

Time: 1:40:22

Tuva
Sober
The Grudge
(-) Ions
Stinkfist
H.
Schism
Parabol
Parabola
Third Eye
Intermission
Disposition
Reflection
Triad
Lateralus
(cut)