LEONARD COHEN
Mercedes Benz World
Weybridge UK
11th July 2009


This is a pretty good audience recording considering the conditions - open air, wet and windy - recorded from one of the front blocks.

Unusually perhaps for an open air show, there is relatively little crowd noise with one notable exception.  There was a bit of an "incident" at the start of the second set after a crowd of people went to stand in the space between the front row and the stage.  You can hear security doing their best to clear the area - and the people seated in the front blocks get pretty upset as their enjoyment (and view) of the show is (temporarily) interrupted.  However everything settles down after Tower of Song.

Otherwise there is a little talking at the beginning of the show as people take their seats and some intermittent noise from the rustle of waterproofs, none of which is intrusive.  Unsurprisingly, the crowd noise increases during the encores but this merely reflects the atmosphere of the show and the triumph of the audience's enjoyment over the terrible conditions.  The crowd sing along with enthusiasm and the louder noises are mainly between songs. You can hear the rain during the quieter bits.


Sony ECM > Sony HIMD SP > Sonic Stage > WAV > audio cleaning lab, edits, fades, slight eq > TLH flac 8


01 Dance Me to the End of Love
02 The Future
03 Ain't No Cure for Love
04 Bird on the Wire
05 Everybody Knows
06 In My Secret Life
07 Who By Fire
08 Heart With No Companion
09 Democracy
10 Anthem

11 Tower of Song
12 Suzanne
13 Sisters of Mercy
14 The Partisan
15 Boogie Street
16 Hallelujah
17 I'm Your Man
18 Take This Waltz

19 So Long Marianne
20 First We Take Manhattan
21 Famous Blue Raincoat
22 If It Be Your Will
23 Closing Time
24 I Tried to Leave You
25 Whither Thou Goest


PLEASE do not convert to MP3 or upload elsewhere.



MD5
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39a4e1b9dbc194d92dda9c7653d1f2b7 *03 Ain't No Cure for Love.flac
9237fe3d8232b71d2c3b59904f6bd4bf *04 Bird on the Wire.flac
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8dd66ce8ed4c84c9430ee262fc92788c *06 In My Secret Life.flac
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7525551d395fefaaf5bdbae7e97f9cc5 *08 Heart With No Companion.flac
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1507c4f4751b5b53a4056fd7666ebc3e *10 Anthem.flac

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18e921d17923450aa837bf8c15a64981 *17 I'm Your Man.flac
a0baadbb3df6ff94fada86f65e114c4e *18 Take This Waltz.flac

c47eb20965527eeb152e0e4be5e07535 *19 So Long Marianne _.flac
b673b4405cde1161ee31131fb3e75663 *20 First We Take Manhattan.flac
4a14d3726fc9e80a5c08faa5491a857e *21 Famous Blue Raincoat.flac
66dd442efdeb05590bf5336aa172b8ac *22 If It Be Your Will.flac
12340ee031ac3c973295dfe448d8d88e *23 Closing Time.flac
0b54b5de869d8949be84b295b6fcfd09 *24 I Tried to Leave You.flac
656d9484bde41ccafbca71f10f290cb3 *25 Whither Thou Goest.flac

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