[kj] 2012 Official Bootlegs

sade1 saulomar1 at yahoo.com
Tue May 22 00:46:11 EDT 2012



GPD? Great..Polish.. Drachma?
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On Mon, May 21, 2012 7:05 PM PDT TB wrote:

>I received the gent, Belgium 3/5/12 show in the mail today. Bought it off eBay on 5/11 so a 10 day turnaround from UK to US for a
>"official" Killing Joke item has to be a new land speed record.
>
>As expected, it's a basic budget DIY affair - the disc is a Maxell CD-R with "Gent" written w/sharpie on the disc in a dvd-size thin
>wallet snap case with a color laserjet printed paper cover insert w/tracklisting on the back and a small KJ Bootleg sticker inside.
>The show just fits on the 80 minute disc - there's like a 2 second fade-out after Love Like Blood before time runs out. The sound
>quality of the recording is pretty close to the 2010 Hammersmith set and thankfully Geordie's guitar isn't as buried in the mix as
>the Youtube clip I posted a link to a few days ago made it sound. It's not perfect though.... there's a couple instances of buzz or
>cable issues, notably at the very beginning of Pole Shift were it sounds like Geordie's guitar briefly became unplugged. There's
>also an occasional, very faint white noise distortion like what I've heard with IEM recordings from bands that use wireless gear.
>Probably the thing that may turn off most people is the price per disc/show GPD 25) which for me w/shipping came up to about $44US.
>
>Still, I'm pretty happy with the disc, nice to get a somewhat varied set from this tour (included "All Hallows Eve") and the fact I
>got a KJ product in under 2 weeks is a big plus.
>
>T.B.
>
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