Black Crowes/PA,USA 1998

Introducing a superb stereo soundboard album of treasure leaks. This work contains the “Pittsburgh performance on July 26, 1998”. It is a live album just before the production of the masterpiece “BY YOUR SIDE”, which was a return to the origin. As you know, THE BLACK CROWES sells live sound sources for download on their official website, but the lineup is “1996” and “1997” followed by “2001”, and the “1998” of this work is not handled. It is one that connects the missing link “before the merger with Jimmy Page”. Even though it is called a leaked soundboard, the quality varies, but this work is the “pin” one. I obtained the original master that is not even on the net, and the sound that flowed from it is extremely superb. Of course, since it is not a release recording, the mix is ​​rough, but that is not a drawback but a beauty. The raw performance is twisted into the brain with the balance of the scene itself. Usually, a sound board directly connected to the table lacks a sense of realism, but this work is not like that… no, rather, it feels a sense of presence that goes beyond even a sense of realism. Chris Robinson’s breathing is felt as if his head had become a microphone, and Rich Robinson’s guitar sounds as if the band is in his brain. It’s like standing in the same room as THE BLACK CROWES, surrounded by all the surroundings, and you feel like you’re immersed. Moreover, you’re not the only one in the room. Despite the sound board directly connected to the table, you can clearly hear the hot enthusiasm of the audience. It’s not mixed like a normal live album, it’s like a cheer that reached the band’s microphone, but it’s so hot and close that it’s very natural. Yes, THE BLACK CROWES surrounds me at the center, and the fans surround the immediate periphery. I don’t know what the actual site was arranged, but that’s the sound world that you hear from this work. The show depicted with such a sound is also fiercely hot. It was a tour accompanying the box set “SHO’ NUFF” which brought together all the previous works, but the latest work at that time was zero from “THREE SNAKES AND ONE CHARM” and only three songs from “AMORICA”. On the other hand, five songs each from the two great masterpieces “SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER” and “THE SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION” were played in abundance, and the masterpiece “Kickin’ My Heart Around” from the new work “BY YOUR SIDE” which is about to be produced was already played. It is a live album that directly exudes the attitude of the band to “return to the origin”. Unfortunately, the show is not complete because there are cuts at the ending of “Wiser Time” and the first half of “Jealous Again”, but other than that, it is a piece that captures the whole story of the show that day. Jimmy Page was knocked out and chose THE BLACK CROWES as his partner. A masterpiece of a fierce stereo soundboard album that depicts its essence with a direct hit sound to the brain. Live at Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA. USA 26th July 1998 STEREO SBD(from Original Masters) (79:43) 1. Introduction 2. Remedy 3. Sting Me 4. Black Moon Creeping 5. High Head Blues 6. Kickin’ My Heart Around 7. Sister Luck 8. Thorn In My Pride 9. Thick N’ Thin 10. Nonfiction 11. Wiser Time 12. Jealous Again 13. No Speak No Slave 14. She Talks to Angels 15. Member Introduction 16. Hard To Handle STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING Chris Robinson – Vocals Rich Robinson – Guitar, Vocals Audley Freed – Guitar Sven Pipien – Bass Steve Gorman – Drums Ed Harsch – Keyboards