[kj] Lokerse "Requiem" dvd/cd

[The Exorcist]

I didn't even know that a "Requiem 2003" CD/DVD existed! Seems like 
I'll have a mini-score as a follow up to you Big Score. :)

Thx for the heads up!

*oush*

At 05:36 PM 10/7/2009, The Mighty TB wrote:

>Had a big KJ score today - finally picked up the "Gathering 2008" 4 

>cd set, which probably makes me the last person on this list to 

>finally hear the shows.  Also picked up the "Requiem" 2003 live 

>cd/dvd set which is what I'll comment about here since that's what I 

>watched and listened to this afternoon.

>

>First off, the '03 tour holds a special place in my heart as it's 

>when my interest in the band was reignited after pretty much giving 

>up on them in the early 90's.  This set's a mixed bad, imo.

>

>The sound is straight off the mixing desk with virtually no crowd 

>noise even between songs.  Which is further hampered by the fact on 

>the cd there's fade ins/outs between most tracks further chopping 

>out Jaz's comments.  In fact, overall the sound and the band sound a 

>bit too "perfect" compared to any bootleg of thsi tour I've heard as 

>well as the one show I caught in '03.  I dunno if there's any studio 

>re-recording done on this, but it sounds even tighter and cleaner 

>than the "Duendes" cd.  On the plus side, taken as it is, the sound, 

>the songs and the band sound really good here.  However, imo the 

>dvd, especially the stereo 2 channel mix is much louder and more 

>direct than the cd stereo mix.  The 5.1 mix on the dvd has too much 

>plate echo, especially on Jaz's voice.

>

>The dvd from a video standpoint is almost unwatchable 

>unfortunately.  The producers used all sorts of monotone effects so 

>the color is usually like watching a b/w program with the blue 

>cranked way up.  Plus there's often really crappy effects and text 

>overlayed on the video. Much of the footage is long shots showing 

>the whole stage - the camera work is utterly boring.

>

>IMO, listening to the cd is enough for this show.  I'm still happy 

>with the release though, at least I got the key songs from the '03 

>album/tour on an official release finally.

>

>T.B.

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