The Cult - The Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA - 06.08.2013 (Flac)

Thanks to  Hurricane62 for sharing his recording on Dime.

Original Info File:

"Electric 13 In Dinkytown"

Recorded by Hurricane62 from near-dead-center, not far from the front of the stage.

Audio Technica SP-CMC-2 Cardioid Mics -> SP-SPSB-11 Battery Box with Bass Rolloff set at 95 hZ -> Sony PCM-M10 (44.1 MHz/16 bit) with Limiter ON and Low Pass Filter OFF -> WavePad (amp & track splitting) -> converted to .flac using Traders Little Helper (SBE's fixed, flac level 8)

Great show in front of a sold-out venue.  This was my first time at The Varsity Theater and I was very pleased with the layout and the acoustics.  Recording came out very good.  Minor eq work done to highlight and balance the vocals and guitars.  I also went through and one-by-one de-amplified the individual claps of a very loud clapper that moved to my front-left just before The Cult began.

There was a noticable shift in the sound in the second set.  My record levels were unchanged during the intermission, but when they came out and started into "Rain" I had to chase the levels for some reason.  Through the first half of the second set Ian Astbury was fighting feedback in his in-ear monitor and was working the soundman pretty hard trying to get it fixed.  The vocals go forward and back for a while (especially for "Embers", "The Phoenix", "Rise", and "For The Animals") until eventually they bring Ian a new microphone (you can hear him throwing the first one down - TWICE) just before "She Sells Sanctuary".  As a result, the sound on the second set is not as good as it is on the first set.

There is also an intermittent hiss/pop/crackle in the right channel.  I must've had a nearly-loose connection.  Between the jostling in the tightly packed crowd and me chasing levels in the second set, the static shows up and disappears throughout, but is never terrible and is always short-lived other than at the start of "Lucifer".

ARTWORK IS INCLUDED.

There is a video of "Sweet Soul Sister" that I shot and synced to this audio source here:  http://youtu.be/GX85EvyGcAg

A video of "Lucifer" that I shot and synced to this video can be found here:  http://youtu.be/JFURL1p1TGQ

TOTAL TIME = 1:53:52

CD1 - Electric Album Set (49:11)

01 Intro (2:28)
02 Wild Flower (3:43)
03 Peace Dog (3:55)
04 Lil' Devil (3:12)
05 Aphrodisiac Jacket (4:44)
06 Electric Ocean (3:00)
07 Bad Fun (4:13)
08 King Contrary Man (3:23)
09 Love Removal Machine (4:54)
10 Ian's Zap City Intro (1:08)
11 Zap City (5:23)
12 Outlaw (3:01)
13 Memphis Hip Shake (4:37)
14 Ian Takes us to Intermission (1:29)

CD2 (1:04:41):
01 Ian's Return From Intermission (0:50)
02 Rain (4:44)
03 Honey From A Knife (3:25)
04 Sweet Soul Sister (7:21)
05 Lucifer (4:43)
06 Embers (5:04)
07 The Phoenix (5:02)
08 Rise (4:30)
09 For The Animals (4:48)
10 She Sells Sanctuary (5:14)
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11 Encore Break (2:15)
12 Spiritwalker (4:16)
13 Ian Banter (1:41)
14 Sun King (9:07)
15 Band Introductions (1:39)


I'm including my usual plea to the bottom feeders at Guitars 101 and HOB:  PLEASE do not convert and share this in lossy format.  If you have any dignity at all, keep it lossless and if you are going to share this elsewhere, please keep the lineage of the recording intact.  RESPECT THE TAPERS OR THERE WILL BE NO MORE PUBLIC SHARING OF OUR EFFORTS.


Enjoy!


'Cane62


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