Iron Maiden May 29, 2011 Konig-Pilsener-Arena Oberhausen, Germany The Final Frontier European Tour 2011
01) Intro: Doctor Doctor (fades in) 02) Satellite 15... The final frontier 03) El Dorado 04) Two minutes to midnight 05) The talisman 06) Coming home 07) Dance of death 08) The trooper 09) The wicker man 10) Blood brother 11) When the wild wind blows 12) The evil that men do 13) Fear of the dark 14) Iron Maiden 15) The number of the beast 16) Hallowed by thy name 17) Running free 18) Outro (Fades out)
Recorded from the seats on the right side, about 10 metres away from the stage/PA, no annoying clappers/whistlers.......perfect seats, perfect view and a perfect audience around me.
Some volume balancing and some re-mastering done (according to my personal taste) but all in all I tried to keep this recording as close to the original as possible. Last time I had seen Maiden before this show was back in 2000 and I only bought tickets for the Oberhausen concert because the seats I could get were simply fantastic. That's about all the positive things I can say about this show. After 15 min. I got bored and started counting the minutes until it was finally over because a) the setlist on this tour was weak and b) Janick Gers is unfortunately still in the band. Sorry, all you Maidenheads out there but watching this guy's pathetic and ridiculous stage acting for two hours is REALLY a challenge (to express it very carefully). I never understood why they needed a third guitarist anyway and especially not him.
Anyway, the recording came out great and if you enjoy it as much as I dislike J.G. - you're in for a treat ;-) !
2 CDs Rock_forever Audience Rock_forever CA 14 cardioids => Church Preamp CA-9100 => Sony TCD D8 Sony TCD D8 => Creative SB ZxR (optical in) => HD => WAV => WaveLab 6.0 => TLH (level 8) FLAC 122:33 min. A
