favorite live album?

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by redtulip

What about the recording disappointed you?

I made myself listen to the entire thing yesterday so I could give you an accurate description for my disappointment.

Here are the basic things that stand out:

• His age is more evident in his voice in this recording and sounds thin a lot.

• The whoops & hollers from the audience bug me. (And rarely does that bother me in live recordings but it does here.) At one point the track cuts off the hollering abruptly which was jarring. Poor editing on someone's part. Needed to fade out/into next track better.

• The backing tracks stand out a little too much making it annoying as heck to listen to. (Particularly strange/distracting are his own harmonies on GYOW. WTH - don't do that! LOL. & the clicking/clapping on ISA. Hate it.

• BTLH is a HOT MESS. He is slightly behind himself and it totally ruins this song for me. It's like his fingers are tired and the tone of the melody on the bass strings - it's either slightly out of tune or I don't like the tone of the guitar he is using. Also, his screeching at the end is grating - sounds like he's gonna cough up a loogie. I love this song - both of the other versions and wish he had just left it out of the set now.

• SUD, another one of my favorites, felt rushed and detached. It lacked the emotion he gave it during the GOS tour and that was what really drew me into the song. This just felt like he was trying to get it over with.

• Missed the "Southern" speech/BN reference. I know this wasn't recorded in the South, but maybe it should have been.

• Overall, I miss production or better editing/mixing and it showcases more "flubs" than I want to admit Lindsey has in his playing. It's a little sloppy.

And, to soften the blow I'll list the things I appreciate:

• Stephanie live

• The new twist on ISA solo

• Having the intro to NGBA which is just sweet

• One of the best versions of NTL which is not usually one I enjoy

• Also, I enjoyed this version of Come probably more than others, the backing track on this actually works nicely, meshes into his live playing better

• His delivery of "you know you should never believe what you read" with the little chuckle in NTL. One of his best stage performances.

So, this live recording was an epic fail for me. I much more enjoyed being at the shows I was able to attend in person.