Guns N' Roses July 21, 2018 Ullevi Stadium Gothenburg, Sweden Not in This Lifetime European Tour 2018
01 - Intro 02 - It's so easy 03 - Mr. Brownstone 04 - Chinese democracy 05 - Welcome to the jungle 06 - Double talkin' jive 07 - Better 08 - Estranged 09 - Live and let die 10 - Slither 11 - Rocket queen 12 - Shadow of your love 13 - You could be mine 14 - Attitude 15 - This I love 16 - Civil war 17 - Yesterdays 18 - Coma 19 - Slash guitar solo 20 - Speak softly love (theme from Godfather) 21 - Sweet child o'mine 22 - Wichita lineman 23 - Don't cry 24 - Used to love her 25 - Wish you were here 26 - Part of Layla 27 - November rain 28 - Black hole sun 29 - Knockin' on heaven's door 30 - Nightrain 31 - Patience 32 - Madagascar 33 - The seeker 34 - Paradise city
Taped from 15-20 meters, right PA
So. Been doing this now for 26 years almost exactly. You would think I know my shit by now and that I don't do any rookie-mistakes? WRONG! Ok. This started out great, I was able to get VIP- tickets for the show, making sure I could stand as close to the speakers as possible by buying tickets through the fanclub in advance. Great! I wouldn't miss this for the world! Saw GNR with Izzy in Stockholm, Sweden in 1991 and this will be as close as one can come to that. Nothing will top 1991 though, sorry. Who tours with 2 (!) albums that haven't been released yet? Well, GNR did and it was stunning. Also Skid Row opened that show and it was my first time seeing them as well. Magic. Miss the old days sometimes, you never get those package shows anymore.
Anyway! Me and my brother came in without any hassle, and I went all the way in the back of the arena to set up my gear at the 'bajamajas' (portable bathrooms / toilets) but saw a MASSIVE que to even get into one Panic. The bar-area had been even more expanded since my last show here in early june (Foo Fighters) so the available portable 'bajamajas' was reduced. Also a t-shirt stand had been put right in the path of getting to them. Clever! NOT! After a good wait I finally got into one and started gearing up. Laying out the cables, connecting everything, putting the recorder in REC-mode to see all was working.
But wait. I'm missing the 3,5mm cable from the tinybox to the recorder!!!
No, no, no, no, no!!!! There's no way to even use the expensive microphones + batterybox! Panic!!! Maybe I should just NOT record. After smelling the poo/piss inside the 'bajamaja' for a few seconds I decided to record anyway, only using the internal microphones on the SONY M10. Better to have a recording than to not have one at all I thought.
I returned from the chaos in the back and took a nice spot right in front of the right PA, there was A LOT of space available up front, since they only had toilets on the left side, and people tend to drink a lot of beer on sunny days like this, so I was almost by myself. At least I won't get so much shouting / clapping in the recording I thought. Put the recorder in the right pocket on my shirt and waited for the show to start.
As the show ended and I got home I really didn't think this would sound any good, at all, for all I know internal mics on a portable recorder can't be any good, right? Well it turns out I'm wrong. Dead wrong. This sound really excellent - despite being just the internal mics! I'm really pleased it turned out so good and therefore thought I'd share this with you. Turns out I've been right the whole time - it's 80% about where you stand if you're gonna get a good recording! Another 10% is experience and the last 10 is quality of the gear itself. I always say: save up some money and get decent gear right away, nobody wants to hear a crappy recording even though you have stood dead silent for 3 hours and I'm not saying I disagree now - but don't give up: practice, practice, practice before you get your hands on the really expensive stuff (Schoeps and those brilliant detailed mics).
You STILL can make a fantastic recording out of it.
Remember: 206 (!!!) minutes of a great show with Guns n' Roses, is equal amount of time of total silence for me
ENJOY!
3 CDs Jontebus Audience Jontebus Sony PCM-M10, internal microphone (24bit / 48kHz) FLAC 206:00 min. A-
