Eric ClaptonBradley Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 6, 1998
Source: Sonics DSM-6 > Ugly Preamp > Sony PCM M-1 (master tape)
Transfer: Tascam DA-20mkII DAT > Tascam DR-680
Location: Somewhere around 20th row center
Setlist:
Disc one (57:57):
(1) Band entrance (0:38)
(2) My Father's Eyes (7:34)
(3) Pilgrim (6:08)
(4) One Chance (6:33)
(5) River of Tears (7:30)
(6) Going Down Slow (5:51)
(7) She's Gone (7:49)
(8) Tears in Heaven (4:15)
(9) Layla (5:50)
(10) Change the World (5:47)
Disc two (57:53):
(1) Old Love (10:43)
(2) Sick and Tired (5:29)
(3) Have You Ever Loved A Woman (9:13)
(4) I Shot The Sheriff (8:19)
(5) Wonderful Tonight (6:37)
(6) Tearing Us Apart (6:34)
(7) Encore break (3:51)
(8) Sunshine Of Your Love (7:04)
Note: There are no fades applied, so if you are among the 99% of collectors who no longer burn to CD, this recording is seamless. If you do burn CDs, you can split the files anywhere you want.
Md5 signature file is included. Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some)
Comments:
A friend of mine was kind enough to transfer my master DAT since none of my five DAT machines work. Since 25 1/2 years have passed and I don't believe I have ever shared my source of this show, I thought it might be worthy to post to Dime.
Eric Clapton's tour supporting his 1998 release "Pilgrim" ran from late March 1998 through the end the year; this recording captures the 5th night of the tour as the band were settling into a setlist. The core band was augmented by a local symphony orchestra in each city, with uneven results -- I saw three dates of the tour (this date plus the two Chicago shows that followed) and I remember only sporadically being able to hear the contributions of the orchestra. However, when one was able to hear the backing orchestra, the effect was nice.
In terms of the performance, I give EC credit for his courage for opening with six consecutive songs from what was then a new and relatively unheard album -- the crowd, more or less, allowed him grace to play the new material without becoming disruptive. However, all of the "new" songs tended to be slow shuffles; the momentum builds once he gets back to older material in the last third of the show.
Of note, this is one of the last performances of the song "Sick and Tired," a new song in traditional blues style about domestic violence which was perfectly acceptable back in the day but generated considerable backlash even in 1998. The song was dropped due to public outcry a few days after this show. To be honest, I like the overall performance more now than I did at the time -- he was really enthusiastic about the new material and it shows; his guitar work is really creative.
In terms of the recording itself, I remastered the source recording to bring out the high end, since the Sonics (though they did a great job) produced a significant dropoff in the higher frequencies. There is one guy near me who you can hear making comments between songs, but in general there really isn't audience noise that interferes with the recording. I was pleasantly surprised with how good this recording sounds after all these years.
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