It's been around nine months now since Tom Therme, Steve Swatsworth and I put together our 6-CD tour compilation of Neil + POTR's 2015 Rebel Content tour of the US and Arthur Lancaster
put it up on Dime for us (Dime torrent #556278).
Here now is another 6-CD compilation that Tom and I worked during the three months after Neil + POTR finished touring Europe in July. Different to the two comps put out by the Dutch Masters,
this one attempts to bring you all of the songs that Neil played on the 2016 EU tour, with individual tracks from different venues all merged together to as closely as possible sound as if
they are all from one continuous concert.
Almost every show in Europe was recorded and torrented on Dime, most in multiple recording versions. Thanks therefore go first of all to all the tapers for their efforts, without them this
compilation would simply not have been possible.
The original aim of this new comp was to cover every song sung by Neil at the 26 shows and to include tracks from each venue (though we did take a conscious decision to leave out tracks like
Volare and La Vie En Rose). But then some recordings were very much better than others so that idea was quickly abandoned in favour of recording quality. Tom collected every torrent and sifted
through them all to provide me with maybe the five or six versions of each song that he thought sounded the best. Some songs of course were only played a couple of times or so, and songs like
Tumbleweed or Love Is A Rose only once, making the choice of which one to use for a comp very easy indeed!
Choosing which songs to put where in the comp was very subjective, mostly my personal preference, but also swayed by the potential each recording had for merging the audience applause at each
end into the next track, which is in many ways the hardest part. There are 6 discs in total and we tried to make the track order pretty much follow the tour set lists, so solo stuff first,
then with POTR and all the electric stuff. The songs on the last disc are all encores.
Disc 1. [66.34]
1. After The Gold Rush (2016-06-07, SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
2. Heart Of Gold (2016-06-08, 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland)
3. The Needle & The Damage Done (2016-06-13, Le Zénith, Lille, France)
4. Helpless (2016-06-24, Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium)
5. Long May You Run (2016-06-13, Le Zenith, Lille, France)
6. Mother Earth (2016-06-07, SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
7. Out On The Weekend (2016-06-05, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland)
8. Human Highway (2016-07-21, Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany)
9. Comes A Time (2016-07-18, Estathé Market Sound, Milan, Italy)
10. Razor Love (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
11. Unknown Legend (2016-06-10, First Direct Arena, Leeds, England)
12. From Hank To Hendrix (2016-06-21, Le Zénith, Toulouse, France)
13. Harvest Moon (2016-06-07, SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
14. Love Is A Rose (2016-06-08, 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland)
15. Tumbleweed (2016-07-23, Burg Klam, Klam, Austria)
Disc 2. [73.38]
1. Mr. Soul (2016-06-07, SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
2. Ohio (2016-06-08, 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland)
3. Hold Back The Tears (2016-06-21, Le Zénith, Toulouse, France)
4. Old Man (2016-07-18, Estathé Market Sound, Milan, Italy)
5. Someday (2016-06-08, 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland)
6. Peace Of Mind (2016-06-05, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland)
7. Walk On (2016-06-11, O2 Arena, London, England)
8. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (2016-06-24, Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium)
9. If I Could Have Her Tonight (2016-06-10, First Direct Arena, Leeds, England)
10. Western Hero (2016-07-12, Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland)
11. Are You Ready For The Country (2016-07-21, Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany)
12. Saddle Up The Palomino (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
13. Hawaiian Sunrise (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
14. I Am A Child (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
15. Are There Any More Real Cowboys (2016-07-18, Estathé Market Sound, Milan, Italy)
16. Homegrown (2016-07-18, Estathé Market Sound, Milan, Italy)
Disc 3. [72.30]
1. Don't Be Denied (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
2. Bad Fog Of Loneliness (2016-06-08, 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland)
3. Winterlong (2016-07-12, Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland)
4. Hey Hey, My My (2016-07-15, Teatro delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy)
5. Revolution Blues (2016-07-09, Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
6. Like A Hurricane (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
7. Change Your Mind (2016-07-09, Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
8. Cowgirl In The Sand (2016-07-18, Estathé Market Sound, Milan, Italy)
9. Vampire Blues (2016-07-01, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark)
Disc 4. [77.47]
1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (2016-07-01, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark)
2. I've Been Waiting For You (2016-06-21, Le Zénith, Toulouse, France)
3. Alabama (2016-06-05, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland)
4. Words (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
5. Powderfinger (2016-06-10, First Direct Arena, Leeds, England)
6. Country Home (2016-07-21, Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany)
7. After The Garden (2016-06-05, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland)
8. Mansion On The Hill (2016-07-18, Estathé Market Sound, Milan, Italy)
9. Down By The River (2016-07-21, Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany)
10. Rockin' In The Free World (2016-07-12, Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland)
Disc 5. [79.00]
1. Love To Burn (2016-06-23, AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France)
2. People Want To Hear About Love (2016-07-21, Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany)
3. Monsanto Years (2016-06-21, Le Zénith, Toulouse, France)
4. Seed Justice (2016-07-20, Völkerschlactdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany)
5. Wolf Moon (2016-06-21, Le Zénith, Toulouse, France)
6. Love And Only Love (2016-06-05, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland)
Disc 6. (Encores) [78.41]
1. The Loner (2016-06-16, Le Dôme de Marseille, Marseille, France)
2. Fuckin' Up (2016-07-05, Dalhalla, Rättvik, Sweden)
3. Cinnamon Girl (2016-06-13, Le Zénith, Lille, France)
4. When You Dance I Can Really Love (2016-06-13, Le Zénith, Lille, France)
5. Like An Inca (2016-06-21, Le Zénith, Toulouse, France)
6. Here We Are In The Years (2016-07-05, Dalhalla, Rättvik, Sweden)
7. Cortez The Killer (2016-07-05, Dalhalla, Rättvik, Sweden)
8. Tonight's The Night (2016-06-24, Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium)
9. Roll Another Number (2016-06-07, SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
At the end of the day this is a fan's compilation for other fans, and as Neil once sang at Live Aid, nothing is perfect. Hopefully though you will enjoy it listening to it as much as we enjoyed putting it together!
Ron Yaxley / Tom Therme
December 2016
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