Event Description: A live concert performance of Sam Roberts Band, recorded in 100% binaural sound, given at The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, MI., November 28, 2009. This show was the last of the 2009 Love At the End of the World tour for Sam Roberts Band. Opening acts for this show were The Hard Lessons (first warm-up), and Sloan (second warm-up). Both of these bands' performances were acknowledged by Sam during the show, but neither of these performances are a part of this recording.

Recording Details: This recording has been engineered with both fidelity AND mp3-player use in mind, that is, the tracks have all been engineered assuming that headphones will be used, and FLAC-formatted files (see below) are available. To remind the listener of this, all tracks bear the label "[Engineered For Headphone Use]" as part of their metadata. As this is a pure binaural recording, playback will be most accurate and natural-sounding when headphones are used (this will place the sound at your ears just as it was recorded by the ears of the binaural mannequin microphone that was used to record the performance). As with speakers, the better the headphones, the better and more realistic this recording will sound. However, as these are standard two-channel files they are fully compatible with all media players and devices. No additional signals (i.e. no direct signals, board feeds etc) were used to make this recording. As such it is a faithful rendition of what would a listener would have heard at the show had he / she been in the audience, close to the stage.

File Formats: This show has been written in FLAC format. Other formats are also available (VBR mp3 and Ogg Vorbis) for download from this URL. For optimum fidelity, FLAC is recommended (while the vbr mp3 and ogg vorbis files will be smaller, both are lossy formats; FLAC is 100% lossless and as such, preserves all of the fidelity found in the original wav files). Consult your user guide / manufacturer website for your portable device to see if FLAC is supported by your device. Note that if you download the FLAC version, you may then convert it to another format of your choice (and you will have the added benefit of starting from a fully-restored version of the parent wav file). Consult the web for a list of programs that can convert from FLAC to other formats.

Recognition: Special thanks to Sam Roberts, Dave Nugent, Eric Fares, James Hall, and Josh Trager as well as Dave Spencer (Eggplant Entertainment), Denton Fraser,  and in particular, to Phil Hornung (FOH Engineer) for his stellar house mix of the show. This recording would not have been possible without their collective and respective enthusiasm, generosity and accomodation.



