Lenny Kravitz 2014-11-05 O2 World Berlin, Germany

Lenny Kravitz
2014-11-05 (November 5th)
O2 World
Berlin, Germany
(16bit, 44.1KHz version)

Recorded from the floor about 1/3 of the way between stage and FOH, dead center.
Roland CS-10EM binaural omnis > Tascam DR-05 (recording at 24bit/48KHz, recording level 1, 80Hz cutoff) > Audacity 2.0.6 (high pass filter @ 120Hz, 12dB rolloff) > FinalCD 0.17 (convert to 16-44.1 using sharp, 100Hz transition filter, shaped TPDF dither) > CDWav (track splits, FLAC conversion) > foobar (tagging)

01. Dirty White Boots
02. American Woman
03. It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
04. Strut
05. Dancin' Til Dawn >
06. Sister
07. Circus
08. Berlin banter
09. New York City
10. Dig In
11. Always on the Run
12. I Belong to You
13. Let Love Rule
15. Fly Away
15. encore break
16. The Chamber
17. Are You Gonna Go My Way

Track 2 is a Guess Who cover.

Lenny Kravitz - vocals, guitars, keys
Cindy Blackman - drums, the occasional cowbell
Sideshow Bob I mean Craig Ross - guitars
Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, background vocals
Harold Todd - saxophone
Ludovic Louis - trumpet
??? - saxophone
George Laks - keys
Jessie Wagner - background vocals
Erika Jerry - background vocals
Yahzarah St. James - background vocals

Excellent show, great band, really good horn section. Cindy Blackman was back on drums, which I loved. During the show, I repeatedly thought that Lenny finally cut back on some of those endless jams (like on "Let Love Rule" in the past), and I was really surprised to find out after the show that it had run for more than 2 hours (for just 15 songs!). So I guess either the playing was more interesting or I was in a better mood for jams than usual :)

The show started with an intro recording of "Rock It (Prime Jive)" by Queen ("when i hear some rock-n-roll / it gets down to my soul / when it's real rock-n-roll"), which was a nice mood setter. That short bit ended with an echo effect that went right into the drum intro to "Dirty White Boots". I cut out the pre-recorded Queen bit to comply with dime rules, but the echo effect is there at the beginning of the first track.

The PA was way too loud and too bassy. It took a few songs for it to be dialed in to where it was at least halfway balanced, Which I think was a shame because "Dirty White Boots", the first track, is such a great tune.

At times there's clapping, some whooping and shrieking and a bit of talking nearby, nothing I could do about that. But it's not there all the time or anything, so I think this recording is quite listenable. The lively audience makes for a very nice atmosphere on "Let Love Rule".

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