Riders On The Storm

Riders On The Storm - Berlin, Tempodrom 13.4 2006 - 2CDr - Recording Info: OKM IIr > A3 > SONY D 100MDAT > CD > EAC > Adobe Audition (normalizing, EQing) > CDwave (tracking) > FLAC frontend (level 8, verify, with align on sector boundaries)
Disc 1: 1. Intro - 2. Roadhouse Blues - 3. Break On Through - 4. Love Me Two Times - 5. When The Music's Over - 6. The Alabama Song > - 7. Back Door Man - 8. Five To One - 9. Robbie Krieger's Flamenco Solo > - 10. Spanish Caravan
Disc 2: 1. Band Introduction - 2. Peace Frog - 3. Wild Child - 4. Eagle In A Whirlpool - 5. Not To Touch The Earth - 6. Touch Me - 7. L.A. Woman - 8. audience - 9. Riders On The Storm - 10. audience - 11. Light My Fire (false keyboard sound) > - 12. Light My Fire

Riders On The Storm - Paris, Olympia 18.4 2006 - 2CDr - Lineage: PCM-M1 > ECM-MS907 > Sony PDP-125C > WAV (44.1kHz) - Location: Center Balcony 1st row
Transfer: WAV > Nero Wave Editor > dBpowerAMP > FLAC Level 8 > You - Fade out track 12; fade in track 13 (Adobe Audition)
I left a 10 seconds blank (at 2h07) during Light My Fire due to tape change - Total Duration : 2h 14mn
Disc 1: 72:07: 1 Intro - 2 Roadhouse Blues - 3 Break On Through - 4 Love Me Two Times - 5 When The Music's Over - 6 Band Introduction - 7 Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) - 08 Backdoor Man - 09 Five To One - 10 Robbie Krieger's Flamenco Solo > Spanish Caravan - 11 Peace Frog - 12 Twentieth Century Fox
 Disc 2: 61:23: 13 Moonlight Drive - 14 Wild Child - 15 Forever - 16 Eagle In A Whirlpool - 17 Touch Me - 18 L.A. Woman - 19 Encore Break - 20 Riders On The Storm - 21 Encore Break - 22 Light My Fire

Riders on the Storm - Manchester, Apollo Theatre 3.1 2007 - 2CDr - Lineage: GM-Pro Mics -> GM Battery Box -> iRiver H120 (Rockbox v061206) -> Soundforge -> CDWave -> FLAC (level 8) - Source: Audience Recording - front row of arena, left of stage
1. Introduction - 2. Roadhouse Blues - 3. Break On Through - 4. Love Me Two Times - 5. When The Music's Over - 6. Band Member Introductions - 7. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) - 8. Backdoor Man - 9. Five to One - 10. Robby Solo / Spanish Caravan - 11. The Changeling - 12. People Are Strange - 13. Not To Touch The Earth - 14. Wild Child - 15. Touch Me - 16. L.A. Woman - (encore) - 17. Peace Frog - 18. Light My Fire - 19. Ian Astbury's Glastonbury Plea
Guitar: Robby Krieger - Keyboards: Ray Manzarek - Vocals: Ian Astbury - Drums: Ty Dennis - Bass: Phil Chen

Notes:
The only adjustments made to the raw recording were to trim the start and end of the WAV file and to fade out the end of the recording. Other than that, it's as natural as it comes, as I believe in letting people with better skills than me make any necessary adjustments. I think it's turned out really well, which is probably due to me being seated 6 feet in front of the left-hand stack of speakers! This no doubt contributed to the low-levels of crowd noise present on the recording, plus all the crowd were obviously behind me. It didn't help my ears though!

As for the show itself, they came on late (9:10pm) so I knew we were in for a shortened set, as shows at the Apollo rarely exceed 11pm. Musically, the guys were as tight as usual, but they definitely lacked enthusiasm compared to the previous times I've seen them. Strange really, because this tour was supposed to be a celebration of 40 years since the rise to prominence of The Doors.

If you listen closely during the encore break you can hear the background storm sounds that they usually play immediately before returning to the stage and launching into Riders on the Storm. They must have been told they were short of time and launched into Peace Frog instead. A sign that Manzarek was just going through the motions is immediately before the last song; he followed his usual routine of asking the audience what song they want to hear next, but launched into Light My Fire without barely giving them time to answer!

The final track is a plea by Ian Astbury for everyone to canvass for the band to be included on the bill at Glastonbury 2007. They would probably go down a storm before such an enthusiastic crowd, so let's hope they manage to pull it off.

London, The Forum 8.7 2008 - 2CDr - Lineage: Zoom H2 with internal mics > Audacity > CDWav > Traders Little Helper
Disc 1: 1. Love Me Two Times - 2. Break On Through - 3. Love Her Madly - 4. When The Music's Over - 5. Intros/chat - 6. Peace Frog - 7. Moonlight Drive - 8. Horse Latitudes - 9. Wild Child - 10. Alabama Song - 11. Back Door Man - 12. Five To One
Disc 2: 1. Spanish Caravan - 2. Touch Me - 3. LA Woman - 4. Encore/audience - 5. Riders On The Storm - 6. Light My Fire
Running time: 116m
Lineup: Ray Manzarek - Keyboards - Robby Krieger - Guitar - Brett Scallions - Vocals - Phil Chen - Bass - Ty Dennis - Drums

Lockport, NY, Ulrich City Centre 8.8 2008 - 2CDr - Lineage: GE 3-5364A piece of crap cassette recorder with Maxell XLII cass(M) > Technics playback deck > Adobe Audition 1.5 (NR, EQ, Stereo Spatialization, fades & Track Splits) > TLH (SBE fix and flac 8)
Disc 1: 1. Intro - 2. Love Me Two Times - 3. Break On Through - 4. Love Her Madly - 5. When The Music's Over - 6. political rant - 7. Peace Frog - 8. Moonlight Drive - 9. Horse Lattitudes - 10. Wild Child - 11. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
Disc 2: 1. Backdoor Man - 2. Five To One - 3. Who Do You Love - 4. Touch Me - 5. L.A. Woman - 6. Riders On The Storm - 7. Light My Fire

MOLSON CONCERTS: Riders on the Storm bring massive crowd
By Bill Wolcott
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
The Doors were not officially at the Molson Canal Concert Series on Friday night at the packed Ulrich City Centre, but the spirit of the late Jim Morrison was present.

Teens in Doors T-shirts, salt and pepper pony-tailed AARP candidates, men and women with psychedelic T-shirts and babes in strollers picked up the beat when the Riders on the Storm took the stage about 9 p.m.
The sixth concert was the biggest happening so far of the eight-concert series with fans rimming the outside and jamming the inside. Cars lined dozens of city blocks, including down East and West avenues, and parking lots were jam-packed as many anticipated for the first five concerts.

“It’s my favorite band because Jim Morrison kicks butt,” said Dave Niro, 16, of Lockport who was wearing a Doors T-shirt. “He’s a cool cat. That’s why people loved him because he was different. He was out there. I would love to hear the original tracks, but since Jim’s not around it’s kind of weird.”
Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger are original members of the Doors, but Riders on the Storm can’t use the Rock Hall of Fame Doors’ name. Vocalist Brett Scallions did body language impressions of Morrison who died July 3, 1971, at age 27 in Paris.

Riders on the Storm came out on stage with puffs of blue smoke filling the air.
Buffalo bands Mo’ Porter and Chylde opened the evening with a festive audience bouncing a beach ball. Teens showed belly buttons and boys without shirts played hackie sack. Lines stretched about 50 deep for food and beer tickets.
Everything appeared orderly.

“It’s a nice place to see a show. It’s clean and its’ nice and its safe,” said Andrea Mondich of Grand Island.
Husband Mike Mondich was wearing a Morrison Hotel shirt. “I’ve been a fan for long time,” he said. “They were really a good band. It was different, how it sounded. There were good lyrics. Jimmy was a poet.”
There were boys with Frisbees and the Mark and Denise Zappy family of Wilson played pickle in the middle with a beach ball.

“We wanted to see members of the Doors,” Denise said. “It brings back memories of my younger days.”
The first two groups “were just background noise, but they sounded good,” she said.

Doors - Gloria and Victor Cap of Grand Island came for the first time and watched and listened while seated on a curb. “I liked the first one (Mo Porter). I didn’t like the second one (Chylde),” Gloria said. “I like the concert except you can’t bring in folding chairs.”

Jeremy Hicks of Lockport brought his three children and their friends for the first time. He was holding Evangeline, 5.
“It’s all right if you keep an eye on them,” said Hicks who was wearing a shirt from an Allman Brothers concert. “I love music,” he said. “We have all the Doors CDs, about 16. They’re different, unique, they can’t be duplicated. The Doors are the Doors. It won’t be the same without Jim Morrison, but he might be here now, nobody knows.”
The Storm toured Europe in July with drummer Ty Dennis and bass Phil Chen. Favorite shirt: “Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.”

Chicago, House Of Blues 20.9 2008 - 2CDr - r9>Sound Professionals sbs11@95>Sound Professionals sp cmc 8 w/low sensitivity modification >cdwave>tlh>flac(8)>you

Disc 1:

1. Intro

2. Love Me Two Times

3. Break On Through

4. Lov Her Madly

5. When The Music's Over

6. Band introductions

7. Peace Frog

8. Waiting For The Sun

Disc 2:

9. Whiskey Bar

10. Gloria

11. Spanish Caravan

12. The Soft Parade

13. Sex Machine jam

14. Touch Me

15. LA Woman

16. Riders On Ths Storm

17. Ligh My Fire

Atlantic City, Xanadu Showroom, Trump Taj Mahal Casino & Resort 27.9 2008 - 2CDr - source : schoeps mk-4 > actives > nbox+ >edirol r-09 > 24/44.1 wav > sound studio 3.5.2 (volume,tracking & fades)

Disc 1

1. Intro

2. Love Me Two Times

3. Break On Through

4. Love Her Madly

5. When The Music's Over

6. Band Intros

7. Peace Frog

8. Waiting For The Sun

Disc 2:

1. Alabama Song

2. The Soft Parade

3. Spanish Caravan

4. Touch Me ("Sex Machine" intro)

5. Moonlight Drive

6. Light My Fire

Riders On The Storm:- Vamcouver, Surrey, Bell Performing Arts Centre, 6250 144th Street 4.5 2007 - 2CDr - Lineage: iRiver Recorder> wav> FLAC
Disc 1: 1. Carmina Burana Intro - 2. Love Me Two Times - 3. Break On Through [Including Dead Cats, Dead Rats] - 4. Strange Days - 5. Roadhouse Blues - 6. The Crystal Ship - 7. People Are Strange - 8. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) - 9. Back Door Man
Disc 2: 10 Spanish Caravan - 11. Peace Frog- Blue Sunday - 12. Love Her Madly - 13. Touch Me [Dedicated to James Brown] - 14. L. A. Woman - 15. Riders On The Storm [Encore] - 16. Light My Fire [Encore]
Total Time: 01:35:57

Riders on the Storm - Mt. Clemens, Emerald Theatre 23.5 2007 - 2CDr - Master cassette > wav > flac > you
Disc 1: 1. [omitted - none of the actual show is lost] - 2. Intro - 3. Roadhouse Blues - 4. Break on Through - 5. Peace Frog - 6. Blue Sunday - 7. Love Me Two Times - 8. Strange Days - 9. When The Music's Over - 10. [tape flip] ...continued - 11. Waiting for the Sun - 12. Spanish Caravan
Disc 2: 1. Alabama Song - 2. Back Door Man - 3. Five To One - 4. The Wasp - 5. Sex Machine> Touch Me [tape flip] - 6. banter - 7. L.A. Woman - 8. Riders on the Storm - 9. Light My Fire

Riders on the Storm - Sheffield, Corporation 20.6 2007 - 2CDr
Disc 1: 1. Carmina Burana Intro - 2. Love Me Two Times - 3. Break On Through - 4. Peace Frog - 5. Blue Sunday - 6. Strange Days - 7. When The Music's Over - 8. Moonlight Drive/Horse Latitudes - 9. Wild Child - 10. Crowd Noise - 11. Spanish Caravan - 12. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - 13. Back Door Man - 14. Crowd Noise - 15. 5 to 1
Disc 2: 16. The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) - 17. Touch Me - 18. L. A. Woman - 19. Riders On The Storm - 20. Light My Fire

Riders On The Storm - Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul Pepsi On Stage 12.4 2008 - 2CDr -
1. Intro (O Fortuna) - 2. Love Me Two Times - 3. Break On Through - 4. Strange Days - 5. When The Music’s Over - 6. Waiting For The Sun - 7. The Soft Parade - 8. Peace Frog - 9. Blue Sunday - 10. Alabama Song - 11. Gloria- 12. 'Roberto' Krieger Flamenco Guitar Solo - 13. No Me Moleste Mosquito - 14. Spanish Caravan - 15. Sex Machine intro / Touch Me - 16. L. A. Woman - 17. Riders On The Storm (Encore #1) - 18. Light My Fire (Encore #2)