Band: Neil Young
Venue: Théâtre de Plein Air, Parc Expo
Location: Colmar, France
Date: 15-August-2008

Source: DPA SMK 4060 > DPA MMA 6000 > M-Audio Microtrack II
Mastering: Soundforge (Near Clap Killing/EQ/Compression/Resampling 96kHz-24b to 44.1kHz-16b/Fade In-Out/Track Splits) > TLH > Flac

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Set List:
01 Love And Only Love        			09:04
02 Hey Hey, My My            			06:17
03 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere   		05:08
04 Powderfinger              			07:56
05 Spirit Road               			07:50
06 Cortez The Killer         			11:34
07 Cinnamon Girl             			05:16
08 Oh Lonesome Me            			04:55
09 Mother Earth              			05:16
10 Needle And The Damage Done			02:38
11 Band Introduction         			01:48
12 Unknown Legend            			05:10
13 Wrecking Ball             			05:57
14 Heart Of Gold             			04:07
15 Old Man                   			04:12
16 Just Singing A Song Won't Change The World   04:09
17 Sea Change (i)            			04:06
18 Sea Change (ii)           			03:35
19 Cowgirl In The Sand       			18:09
20 Rockin' In The Free World 			11:28
21 A Day In The Life (Encore)			08:18


Line Up:
Neil Young 		- guitar, harmonica, pump organ, vocals
Ben Keith 		- pedal steel, lap steel, guitar, organ, background vocals
Rick Rosas 		- bass, background vocals
Chad Cromwell 		- drums
Pegi Young 		- background vocals, piano, vibraphone
Anthony Crawford 	- background vocals, guitar, piano
Larry Cragg 		- banjo 


Taper: Wonderful
I was standing in the centre about 8 metres from the stage. This was not an ideal spot soundwise (like other tapers experienced) as the main speakers were aimed at the higher seating area, so mainly the stage sound was captured and Neil's vocals were often less present. Apart from this the recording captured the great atmosphere in the venue both due to Neil putting down an excellent performance and great response from the French Audience. Highlights for me were: "Cortez The Killer" (great guitar solos), A surprising "Wrecking Ball" (Larry came with the Gibson, but Neil walked to the Piano and a mic had to be arranged quickly), a double version of a new song "Sea Change" (Neil was clearly enjoying himself to play this song twice and also hear his comments on the Full Moon), the grand finale with an electric version of "Cowgirl In The Sand" followed by Neil's "one more" to the band members and starting off jumping with the whole band followed by a crowd the went completely excited on "Rockin' In The Free World".


Miscellaneous:
- Artwork not included, but adding your creations are very welcome !
- Adviced track splitting: CD 1: 1-13  / CD 2: 14-21.


Enjoy this recording !

Wonderful