Mick Thomas & the Sure Thing
New Years Day
Greendale Hotel
Greendale, Victoria, Australia 
2010-01-01
 

Set List: 

01. Forgot She was Beautiful 
02. Monday's Experts
03. Lust In Translation
04. She Works
05. You Remind Me
06. Selling the Cool Car For You
07. The Maltby Bypass
08. Away, Away
09. Step In, Step Out
10. The Afternoon Sun
11. Hug My Back
12. Come Dancing
13. Our Sunshine
14. No-one Compares Like You
15. Can I Sleep On Your Floor
16. Tommy Didn't Want You
17. For A Short Time
18. Father's Day
19. As You Lay Sleeping
20. The Rain In My Heart
21. Under the Clocks
22. Rosy and Grey
23. Almost Saturday Night
24. Garden Party


Line up:

Mick, ex Weddings, Parties, Anything ( WPA )
Michael Barclay- Drums,"the box", vocals
Rory Baust- Double bass, tin Whistle, vocals
Craig Pilkington- Guitars, trumpet, vocals
Anna Burley- vocals on some tracks
Jen Anderson- Fiddle & vocals
About 200 or so punters & 25 or so kids- backing vocals


Taped using H2 Zoom 
AGC/Comp set to Limit 2, 120 degree mic 
Wav 44.1kHz/16 bit>cut with soundforge> Audacity- amplification-9.9%> Audacity Clip Fix set at 95%>flac>you 
I was just too close to the stack and the original result was quite clipped. I've never played with clipping, but I was surprised at how well Audacity reduced the clipping with no noticable deterioration in listening pleasure.The final result is bloody good. There is some clipping still evident in the last few seconds of "almost Saturday Night" when Anna Burley belts out the last few notes.


Similar to the prior gig from 24th May 2009 (Anna Burley again adds a real dimension to many songs), but one new song (Come Dancing) which I have never heard before from Mick and Jen Anderson adds some fiddle to some tracks (though she had technical difficulties for Short time). A real good feel to this one and well worth a lsiten if you've read this far.


The Greendale Hotel is how it should be.

Small country pub, locals in the front bar wondering what all the fuss is about & why their back room is full of town folk, BBQ out the front,kids dancing in front of the band,  band doing what they do best....Mick in his element....