2010.07.19 - Los Angeles, CA, USA @ Nokia Theater

Source: Solid State --- Schoeps MK4 > Actives > Edirol R-09
Taper: Jordan K.
Gen: O (on data DVD)

Notes:  The taper borrowed his older brother's (apparently in his 40's) MK4 mics and purchased the Edirol R09 through mail order a week before the concert. Although not the first time taping, it was the first stealth job. Overall, gotta say, like the recording as the vocals are rather clear, cymbals are crisp and the energy is palapble but there are some some significant issues with the left channel which occasionally, sporadically, goes in/out. Suppose if you someone was to really fix it all you would have to do would be to put the file into an audio program and copy the right channel over the left to get a cohesive recording. But then again some purists may believe that you should leave recordings as they, in natural habitat so to speak. According to the taper, he saw at least two other people he 'thought' were also taping as he saw someone + a friend messing with microphone wire in a hallway. 

Setlist:

Third Eye
Jambi
(-)Ions
Stinkfist
Vicarious
Intension
Eon Blue Apocalypse
The Patient
Intolerance
Schism
The Pot
Lateralus
Ænema

Source B: Solid State – Assisted Listening Device (ALD) > Edirol R-09
Taper: Anonymous
Gen: 0

Notes on Recordings: First and foremost, this recording and the sister ALD recording for the previous night (2010-07-18) are the absolute best ALD’s I have ever heard. Stunning, really. The house ALD system at The Nokia Theatre was and maybe still is, simply highest quality? To boot, this is a fantastic ALD recording with zero drops. Both nights are, in actuality. The sound is exceptionally clear and has a considerable amount of depth which is rare for ALD’s particularly from 2010. To be clear, this is absolutely not an IEM recording. There is a filter on MJK’s vocals which is rather interesting it’s almost like a flange noticeable quite a bit on Third Eye and Schism. The low end of the spectrum is minimal at best however the clarity is exceptional particularly Adam’s guitar with it’s crystal clear tone. Even with some technical issues based on the source material, the overall quality of this recording is impressive. Someone knew what they were doing. My own opinion is that the person who procured these most likely was an employee of the venue and would ‘record’ everything. For those who do not know or understand, taping a concert is not ‘easy’ and once you make the jump to dealing with Radio Frequency it becomes monumentally more difficult. Again, the taper know what they were doing. This is almost too perfect.

Notes on Origin: I wish I had more information on the how/why/anything but the individual who procured both of these back to back Tool performances basically had no information to provide other than that the taper was not a Tool fan and would like to remain anonymous in regards to the two ALD’s of Tool. The taper (or in this case, his ‘broker’ if you will) was in fact an Oasis fan. So, we traded some of my unreleased Oasis Masters I had collecting dust and he hooked me up with these two fantastic ALD recordings, Quite a decent trade, everyone was happy as this took place over the Pandemic, maybe eight or nine months in. Now, this was originally tracked very weird which I fixed. Was told that these were sourced from the Master Files directly so I take it at words’ worth. All in all, I suspect you will find this to be a fantastic addition to your collection.

Time: 2:00:20