"I'm Throwing My Arms Around the Baby Seals in Canada"

[Not Right in the Head]

Because I love y'all, and because I've gotten so much from you, here's a small gift in return: night 4 of Morrissey's Hammerstein residency (Saturday, 10/27/2007). I'm still a n00b at this, so bear with the results, which aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. Occasionally you'll hear some fumbling between songs when I shifted the recording device in order to write down the titles. I was on the floor, standing about 20 feet from the stage right stack.

I'm posting 192kbps MP3s of this right now, because even though I have WAV/AIFFs of it, I have no idea how to go about FLACing them and making a torrent out of them. Any pointers would be appreciated. In the meantime, here you go, in two locations, plus a sampler ("I Like You," natch) if you want to want just a taste before downloading the whole shebang.

Zoom H2 (using built-in 90 degree mike) > 16-bit 44.1kHz WAV > Fission (? decibel boost, split tracks) > AIFF > 192kbps MP3

"I Like You (http://rapidshare.com/files/65917776/07_I_Like_You.mp3.html)" on Rapidshare (6.8Mb)
Megaupload (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WEA7HYYY) (135Mb)
Sendspace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ibnf2e) (135Mb)
Wayward Sisters (Klaus Nomi)
Stop Me if You Think That You've Heard This One Before
The Last of the Famous International Playboys
You Have Killed Me
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
Irish Blood, English Heart
I Like You
[band introduction]
Jack the Ripper
I Just Want to See the Boy Happy
The National Front Disco
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself
All You Need Is Me
[Canada are being overrun by baby seals]
The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Sister I'm a Poet
The Loop
Death of a Disco Dancer
Stretch Out and Wait
Dear God Please Help Me
How Soon Is Now?
[crowd]
First of the Gang to DieAnd for those of you keeping score at home, yes, Mrs. NRitH is still speaking with me, and I still have my boys. Always a good thing.

[SNS22]

Thanks....

Hopefully, Nobody will give you any grief about converting :D

[Not Right in the Head]

Thanks....

Hopefully, Nobody will give you any grief about converting :D

If they do, I know whom to sic on them. ;)

[SNS22]

If they do, I know whom to sic on them. ;)

I have been advised by my therapist to avoid any further confrontations with those people and instead begin kissing their ass on a daily basis...

Fat Chance that will happen....

[cesar1978]

Thanks for your efforts and sharing is caring attitude! Thank you!

[suparni]

Can't wait to hear this. Thank you so much for capturing this magical night and sharing it with us!

love,
a very tired and worn out but super content and happy suparni

[Joshu's Mu]

NRITH, thanks so very much. A great night for this Boston boy: the Sox have just won the World Series, again!, and I hop on the boards and come to find this recording from you. My gratitude...

[Buzzetta]

I was going to write the PM back to you but I wanted to thank you publicly. The sound is very good on this recording and on top of that, considering that you were at the show last night, thank you again for the incredible turn around time on this show.

Excellent meeting you and Mrs NRITH last night.


(and for those following anything I ever write, NRITH is NOT the person I refer to in the pizza thread.)

[esheh195]

Thanks so much for posting this. It sounds great! :D

[Dave]

Thanks Not Right In The Head!

Looking forward to track 15. :D

[Kochka]

thank you : ) [smilies don't work : ( ]

[celibate]

thanks a lot NRITH

it's very much apreciated, and thanks for the time and energy you spended, so you might not have the chance to enjoy Morrissey's gig at full speed...but I hope you saw other shows where you didn't have to
give 100% attention concerning the recording equipment and security ... etc.

[Grahamchard]

Many thanks for sharing this and amazingly fast turnaround time
Your efforts are apprieciated
Graham

[starless]

Appreciated, thank you!

[Corrissey]

This is why I like you! well, one of the reasons ;)

but that 'sign' of yours...that may take some time to forgive =o)

[knife in the water]

thanks so much for this. first morrissey show, and to have a recording of it is incredible.

[Stitchell]

Thanks for posting!

[Not Right in the Head]

if you are still interested in creating flac files you can try flac frontend (http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm).

as to creating a torrrent, see here (http://smithstorrents.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13), courtesy of smithstorrents.co.uk. from my aging memory, i think it's pretty similar for any torrent site.

Thanks for the tips. I'll give it a try, but it may take a week because I'm about to go out of town. I blew my wad last night trying to get this version up within 24 hours of the show's end, and almost made it.

[Not Right in the Head]

well, it is truly spectacular. your efforts, i mean. i'm assuming the recording is too but i still have another 3.5 hrs of downloading to go. grrr.

Thanks for the compliments. I'm downloading it myself from sendspace right now, and it is butt slow. Dunno why.

[davdavon]

Thanks!

[Chartres]

Love & Thanks!

[mozinmich]

Any way we can help out on costs? For providing the audio for what was probably one of the best set lists of the tour, you shouldn't have to pay for that all out-of-pocket.

[Not Right in the Head]

Any way we can help out on costs? For providing the audio for what was probably one of the best set lists of the tour, you shouldn't have to pay for that all out-of-pocket.

Heh, that's what Mrs. NRitH thinks, too :p. Thanks for the offer, but thieves' honor stipulates that nobody makes money on this stuff. I'll be pissed if I see my recording show up on eBay, but what can I do?

As for the actual equipment, if any of you are interested in doing this yourself, here's my setup, based on recommendations from robert and others:

Hardware:
Samson Zoom H-2 digital recorder (http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916)
Sound Professionals in-ear binaural microphones (http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?item=SP-TFB-2)
Sound Professionals microphone battery module (http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?item=SP-SPSB-6)
2Gb SD card
Software (on Mac OS X):
RogueAmoeba Fission (http://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/) (to split tracks, normalize the volume, & convert WAV to AIFF)
iTunes (AIFF > MP3)

I wound up not using the in-ear mikes or battery module for this recording. I used them the other night to record Sinead O'Connor, but they recorded more crowd noise than Sinead herself. Besides, with that battery module, it was a pain to keep the cords straight. But the microphones were better suited to the seated concert-hall setting that Sinead played; for the mosh pit GA floor at Hammerstein, it made sense to just hold the recorder up in the air along with the hundreds of cameras and cell phones.

[Anin (or at least i was)]

Sounds good to me. Thank you very much. New Yorkers are great. Well, three of them. THANK YOU.

[shoey]

Many thanks to you, great job!

[Margarita]

I appreciate this, thanks.

[dizzywhore_1804]

Simply amazing.

Thank you with everything I have.

[famouswhendead]

Thank you very much. Very good job. Fantastic sound quality

[Reggie Kray]

well, it is truly spectacular. your efforts, i mean. i'm assuming the recording is too but i still have another 3.5 hrs of downloading to go. grrr.

DUDE!! I was here for this show and the last show...this was amazing. SO GOOD to relive it ALREADY!!!

that Tux was insane...
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS BOOTLEG!

[vicarinatutugal]

well this is brilliant, I am going to download tomorrow when I hopefully will get some peace to do it, thanks for recording this and sharing.

[MozFanNJ]

:D Wonderful job....thanks for sharing....and thanks for filling us in on the equipment needed to make a quality bootleg. The next show I attend I will be prepared!!!

[westendgirl]

yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!! :D Thank you very much. :)

[joevsw0rld]

Thank you very very much for this quality bootleg.

[Buzzetta]

Heh, that's what Mrs. NRitH thinks, too :p. Thanks for the offer, but thieves' honor stipulates that nobody makes money on this stuff. I'll be pissed if I see my recording show up on eBay, but what can I do?

As for the actual equipment, if any of you are interested in doing this yourself, here's my setup, based on recommendations from robert and others:

Hardware:
Samson Zoom H-2 digital recorder (http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916)
Sound Professionals in-ear binaural microphones (http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?item=SP-TFB-2)
Sound Professionals microphone battery module (http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?item=SP-SPSB-6)
2Gb SD card
Software (on Mac OS X):
RogueAmoeba Fission (http://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/) (to split tracks, normalize the volume, & convert WAV to AIFF)
iTunes (AIFF > MP3)

I wound up not using the in-ear mikes or battery module for this recording. I used them the other night to record Sinead O'Connor, but they recorded more crowd noise than Sinead herself. Besides, with that battery module, it was a pain to keep the cords straight. But the microphones were better suited to the seated concert-hall setting that Sinead played; for the mosh pit GA floor at Hammerstein, it made sense to just hold the recorder up in the air along with the hundreds of cameras and cell phones.

I was simply amazed that you smuggled all of this in there. How DID you smuggle all of this in there? I never really asked you.

[Not Right in the Head]

I was simply amazed that you smuggled all of this in there. How DID you smuggle all of this in there? I never really asked you.

Wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it'd be. The recorder is about as big as a pack of 100s smokes, but about an inch thick (if it were thinner, I'd sneak it in inside a cigarette pack). The microphones are the same size as earbud headphones. The battery pack is a 9-volt in an open holder with a 5" lead. It actually looks like a bomb component. All of these fit in a flimsy cloth bag that came with the H2, and I just put the bag in one of my coat pockets. I even got patted down at the door before I could stuff the bag down my pants, and even though the security guy patted that pocket, he didn't check it. I couldn't believe it. At the Sinead concert earlier in the week, I did stuff it down my pants. Since I never tuck in my shirts, the bulge was well hidden. Kinda hard to walk, though. (Corrissey knows what I'm talking about (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showpost.php?p=679572&postcount=38564).) The hardest thing was to act normal, and not nervous, since I'm such a pussy about these things.

As for the software, I didn't have to worry about sneaking that in.

[quietnski]

Thank you very much !!

[kill_uncle]

Thank you.

[skellngtn]

thanks to all the NYC area folks who've made these shows available to the masses in such a timely fashion.

[spazrock]

Thank You!!! :d

[mozmal]

Splendid effort and well done. Many thanks for this.

[Chad]

Thank you!

I don't know if I can handle listening to Dear God live, but I'll certainly give it my best effort.

[Not Right in the Head]

I don't know if I can handle listening to Dear God live, but I'll certainly give it my best effort.

Do it. I never liked that song before hearing it that night; I can only imagine what it'll do for you. You're welcome, and enjoy!

[Chad]

Do it. I never liked that song before hearing it that night; I can only imagine what it'll do for you. You're welcome, and enjoy!
I can't breathe right now. :eek:


This is the version I'll almost always go to now, I think, rather than the studio version...

Ohhhh thank you Morrissey, and thank you, NRitH! :D

[Chad]

That's it. No more new clothes, no more dining out, it's bare bones living so I can see as many shows as possible on the next tour and hopefully see this song live.

[Chad]

Is he saying, "What are you doing? Let them on"???

Zomg.

[Not Right in the Head]

I can't breathe right now. :eek:

This is the version I'll almost always go to now, I think, rather than the studio version...

Ohhhh thank you Morrissey, and thank you, NRitH! :D

Glad to be of service. Can't wait to have another opportunity to violate his copyrights. That doesn't sound quite right.

Is he saying, "What are you doing? Let them on"???

Zomg.

Hmm, I don't think so, but I don't know what he's saying. There were no stage invasion attempts until later, IIRC. My notes are at home.

[esheh195]

Glad to be of service. Can't wait to have another opportunity to violate his copyrights. That doesn't sound quite right.


*snicker* :D

[drifter]

thank you very much for this recording

[Alex_Smith]

Can anyone repost this show through rapidshare or sendspace?


Thanks in advance,
Alex.

[Not Right in the Head]

Can anyone repost this show through rapidshare or sendspace?


Thanks in advance,
Alex.

Which link expired? Check here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WEA7HYYY), which is where drifter mirrored it.

[Alex_Smith]

Sorry, but I can´t download the file on megaupload.

For me, it works well rapidshare or sendspace.


Thanks,
Alex.

[Tuesday]

Thank you! This is sincerely appreciated. A great concert and a great recording.

Sorry, but I can´t download the file on megaupload.

For me, it works well rapidshare or sendspace.


Thanks,
Alex.

If you still need it, I reuploaded it here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fs3z3c

[Not Right in the Head]

Thank you! This is sincerely appreciated. A great concert and a great recording.

You're quite welcome.

If you still need it, I reuploaded it here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fs3z3c

And thank you for re-upping it.

[Alex_Smith]

Many many thanks Tuesday! You made my day :)


Alex

[Tuesday]

Happy to oblige!

[Not Right in the Head]

I just posted a lossless version of this on smithstorrents.co.uk (http://smithstorrents.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2469). Grab it while you can!

[tender hooligan]

Megaupload doesnt work work me at all.
..but whats wrong with sendpace?(:
It says:Sorry, the file you requested is not available?!:(((((

[joey]

I must say, outstanding recording. I've been listening to it the whole time I've been back here in NYC.

Bravo, Mr. NRitH, bravo.