the New Deal
The Opera House
Toronto, ON
Saturday, December 17, 2011


SOURCE 1:
   AKG C480B Microphone with CK61 Capsules (ran at 7 feet directly FOB in DINa pattern 6 feet
   above main floor) > XLR > Tascam DR-680 at 24-Bit/48kHz

SOURCE 2:
   DPA 4061 Omnidirectional Micropphones (ran at 7 feet directly FOB in A-B Stereo pattern 6 feet
   above main floor) > Church Audio ST-9100 Preamp > Sony PCM-M10 at 24-Bit/48kHz [reclocked]


PROCESSING:
   Adobe Audition 3.01 (EQ, Multitrack > Single File, Limiting) > WAV > VOXENGO R8BRAIN 
   (conversion to 16/44.1 at Very High Quality) > WAV > CDWAVE > FLAC > YOU


TAPERS: MK (source 1), AF (source 2)


SET LIST:


         SET I

    101. J >
    102. Subsky >
    103. J >
    104. Octobong >
    105. J >
    106. Deep Sun > J


         SET II

    201. Pulse Reader > J
    202. Hello* > J >
    203. G-Nome >
    204. J >
    205. VL Tone

         (encore)

    206. [Banter: Thank You's]
    207. Gone, Gone, Gone >
    208. Back to the Middle >
    209. Gone, Gone, Gone


         * Martin Solveig cover w/ Martina Sorbara of Dragonette on vocals


NOTE:

    This show nearly didn't happen as the band was having issues trying to find a suitable 
    venue that wasn't booked on this date.   There were five or six more shows after this one
    but this was going to be the last performance by the band in their hometown.

    The Opera House is not taper friendly and this day was no exception.  Paul Blart stopped
    us on our way in and said we couldn't bring stands in.  After spending the next 15-minutes
    sorting it out, we made our way into the venue and proceeded to set up.  As a result of 
    this "delay" we ended up missing the first ten minutes or so of the opening act, Scientists
    of Sound.  

    the New Deal performed two solid sets (as expected) plus an encore.  A couple of long-time
    fans had a sign that read: "Back to the Middle" on one side and "Please and Thank You" on the
    other.  Darren said that a special guest was there for the second set.  Once Sam Klass was 
    done his acoustic guitar, looping and beatboxing thing (which was also enjoyable), the boys 
    started up their second set.  After "Pulse Reader" ended, they started working on the hook
    line for "Hello" to which some drunk girls standing next to us commented on how it sounded
    like that Dragonette song.  Surely enough, Martina Sorbara came out for about four minutes
    and tried to keep up with the faster tempo version.  We got another 20 minutes of tunes, an
    encore break, and then we got the requested song during the aptly named closer "Gone, Gone,
    Gone."

    It's sad to see that the New Deal have decided to pack it in but if this was how it was going
    to end (at least in their hometown), it was a solid 2-hour show which brought back a lot of
    memories for long-time fans.


BAND:

Darren Shearer (drums and beabox), Dan Kurtz (bass and keyboards) and Jamie Shields (keyboards)

SPECIAL GUEST:
Martina Sorbara of Dragonette (vocals on "Hello")

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