Looking for details about the European gigs (for taping it).

[Anonymous]

Hiya,

Note: Currently there's no spoiler in my message here, but in the replies which I hope to be added in a few days time, there may be, so I request any and all people who reply to my message to make proper usage of the spoiler tags.

I'm planning on taping one of the major shows of this tour (as I'm not certain which eyes are monitoring this forum, I'd rather not disclose exactly which show it is).

Presently, I'm making all preparatios for perfecting the recording strategy, and the way to get the recorder into the venue.

To get the best out of the recording, I'm going to need a 'spoiler' though. The recordings will be made on Minidisc, and that means that at some point in time I'll have to swap discs.
The Minidisc I have is not of the 1GB kind, so it can hold a maximum of 78 minutes per disc. One of the tricky parts in taping on MDs, is knowing when to swap discs.
This is what I need the spoiler for.

So, I am looking for someone who will be attending one (or more) of the European shows (preferrably one of the first 5 shows or so), and who can keep track of the set-list, and very importantly, the 'pause moments' between the songs (along with the total concert duration).

Ideally, it would be best to change discs around halfway the show, during a pause moment. Doing so (and resetting the manual recording levels, if necessary) is doable in some 20 seconds or so, and I'm hoping to time this such that as little as possible of the show is lost (an overdub of a possible Bruce speech or rant is easier to achieve than a seamless fit of the start of a song).

Sooo, as the European leg is about to start, I'm requesting (advance) help from someone who is willing to keep an eye out for such information, "for the greater good of all Maiden fans".
if the entire show (incl. encores) takes around 2 hours, I'd like to change discs after roughly one hour has past. In order to guesstimate that moment, an insight into which song is played roughly one hour after the show starts, will be very useful.  Basically, that may already be enough information for me, without giving away the entire setlist...

Also, during last year's shows, Bruce announced each song pretty much the same way during the various shows. If he does the same thing this time, it'll be a whole lot easier to anticipate a good disc swapping moment if I know in advance when he announces which song in what way (again, all I probably need is such a moment taking place, roughly one hour after the start of the show)...

Your help in this matter will be very much appreciated, and as I'm NOT in it for making any money on such recordings, in due time the recordings will be spread amongst the fans.

Hope to hear from you soon (be it publicly or privately)!

Cheers!
MM

 

[Anonymous]

So, I am looking for someone who will be attending one (or more) of the European shows (preferrably one of the first 5 shows or so), and who can keep track of the set-list, and very importantly, the 'pause moments' between the songs (along with the total concert duration).

This depends from concert to concert, so its very hard to say how long the pauses are.
I really hope anyone else is able to help you.(The concert im going on is at 25th november)

 

[Anonymous]

This depends from concert to concert, so its very hard to say how long the pauses are.
I really hope anyone else is able to help you.(The concert im going on is at 25th november)

Thanks for your reply!

I know that it varies from concert to concert, but perhaps some idea can be given about it. Typically, I find Maiden tends to play some songs directly after one another, without any break at all, whereas some other songs will (almost?) always have the same introduction. As an example of the latter, during the previous tour, before Remember Tomorrow, Bruce would always mention that it was one of the songs he sung during his audition, and before Phantom he would say "this song defines the very essence of Iron Maiden".

I'm hoping that during this tour, more or less halfway the show, Bruce will do something like that too (which would then be my cue to change discs).

If I cannot get advance knowledge of such a moment, I'll have to trust to luck in between songs, and hope that the pause between songs is long enough then...
This is doable, of course, but it backfired on me during the Depeche Mode concert I taped earlier this year (causing me to miss the beginning of a song). Therefore, a little bit of advance knowledge could be VERY handy...

I hope someone can help me out for this...

Cheers!
MM

 

[Anonymous]

So far I´ve taped 5 of the 6 shows I´ve attended.

First, the security in Scandinavia has been VERY bad so you could bring what you wanted inside.

Second, the recording, if you don´t record "Doctor Doctor", this is a pre-intro for the concert, you can easy record
the entire "Matter" album and switch before Fear Of The Dark, but at the last 2 shows I´ve changed disc, yes I have a MD too, stright after Lord Of Lights. They seem to hold there just long enough to change discs.

So that would be the best way to change. One reason for this is that if something goes wrong during the saving of disc 1, you will not get the crowed when the band start Fear Of The Dark.
For the first 3 recordings I´ve done, I ended the recording on disc one before the "Matter" album was finish just to get the crowed.

 

[Anonymous]

Hiya,

Tnx for the reply!
As I didn't want to see any spoilers, I hadn't seen your reply before the show, but I did do more or less what you said:

Spoiler

I started taping right before Doctor, Doctor, and as I used an 80 minute disc, I let it run right until the end of The Legacy. I had hoped for a slightly longer pause, but I did still have the recorder running pretty much at the beginning of Fear of the Dark. I agree about the crowd reaction, it was massive, and after Lord of Light is the better swapping point.

However...  as indicated in another thread, my recorder started b*ll*xing up, and even though it did tape the last five songs fine, the recorder got stuck at the 'TOC edit' stage. ((
The disc is now unreadable by my normal recorder, but I'llbring it tomorrow to a studio euipment reseller who has an MD deck. Fingers crossed...but hopefully I can retrieve those 5 songs too.

Cheers!
MM