The concerts were all very good shows. However, the venues security/employees were not bootlegger friendly. I was also video recording this show when, during "Close My Eyes Forever", I had to close my lens for the rest of the show.
The story goes on, but I'm tired of thinking about it. I had three attempts by the venue to stop me. The first one I just mentioned. But they didn't see the two digital recorders; one attached to the bottom of the camcorder. And then I had a second visit before the Poison show startted. That guy told me I couldn't record with my Zoom H4n digital recorder, but he didn't notice the Zoom H2 recorder hanging around my neck. And as if that wasn't enough, then came the "you can't record with that" (the Zoom H2) about 5 minutes later. So I never got to record the second act. The ironic thing is this. I downloaded the Poison show I couldn't record (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=419172 if you want it) another bootlegger recorded and uploaded to Dime this morning :-)
The tickets to this show were sent to me by a fellow bootlegger in Chicago to record Def Leppard. He spent a lot of money to get really great seats, not just for me, but for my friend who drove me too (I'm legally blind and can no longer drive). So I was not going to let the AA Center deter me from getting the Def Leppard show for him at least. I went to the restroom after the Poison show, figured out a way to use the Zoom H2's recorder from the pouch on the side of my camera bag, and did the best I could. Overall, and with a little EQ work, I think the recording will come out nice. It was due to the great seats that this was even a possibility too.
I didn't have a chance at filming the rest of the concert because the staff was watching me like vultures. I've recorded a lot of shows through the years and have had only one other time I had this much of an issue doing so. I've been told to "stop recording", "you can't do this or that", etc. a number of times. But give them 30 seconds and they fade away and never come back. But this definitely wasn't the case last night.
DETAILS:
Artist: Lita Ford
Date: September 3rd, 2012
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: American Airlines Center
Source: AUD Master
Format: FLAC
CDs: 1
Artwork: No
Label: Bootradr Master
Title: Close Your Lens Forever
Size: 184 MB
LINEAGE:
Zoom H4n recorder @ 96 kHz/24 bit WAV > 16 GB SD card > PC > AVS Audio Editor to convert to 44.1 kHz/16 bit audio and switch audio channels (recorder was upside down attached to camera) > Media Creator Pro 2010 for tracking, for fade in/out, and converting to FLAC > Trader's Little Helper for md5, ffp, and torrent creations and verifications > you
SETLIST:
01. The Bitch Is Back
02. Hungry
03. Relentless
04. Living Like A Runaway
05. Close My Eyes Forever
06. Kiss Me Deadly
Hotfile Link:
https://hotfile.com/dl/200412181/1f8bf0a/
FileFactory Mirror Link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/7elsymnf77kn/
Dime Torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=419209&viewcomm=5561771#comm5561771
NOTE: I created a torrent and posted it on Dime. If your a Dime member, you'll know what to do. If not, sign up for a free account and READ THE RULES. Go to http://www.dimeadozen.org for their home page. And remember to keep your sharing ratio at 0.25% or higher so as to not get banned. It's a much faster download almost
always! Now, back to the original blog post.
Overall; it was a great night and the performances were even better than I expected them to be (not that I expected anything bad). Our location and/or the venue had superb sound. My friend who also went used his iPhone and measure the decibel levels at 106 db :-) But it was a clean and clear 106 db, and other than being left alone to film and record everything, everything went great.
A special THANK YOU to the fellow bootlegger who'll remain anonymous until/unless I get their consent to post their name!!! I'm sorry I couldn't get the Def Leppard show video recorded (actually there are a few songs that are great my friend got with his iPhone...surprised me how clear and clean it is) for you, but there will be other Def Leppard shows and I will get one for you. And I did get the whole concert audio recorded too :-) Just let me work on getting the best sound out of it and I'll get it to you.
For all others, and as always, enjoy the show..
Bootradr
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