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A Silver Mt ZionA Silver Mt Zion Live at Ancienne Belgique on 2007-04-14 (April 14, 2007)

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01. Intro
02. 13 blues for 13 moons ("I Just Want Some Action!")
03. Mountains Made Of Steam
04. Engine Broke
05. Take These Hands And Throw Them In The River
06. A Million Died To Make This Sound
07. Blind Blind Blind

Despite the fact that I don't wanna forbid anybody to listen to mp3's,
I strongly encourage everybody to download this in FLAC format.
Only then you will experience the sound quality as it is meant to be heard.

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Reviewer: NotPennysBoat - - May 31, 2008
Subject: My old review didn't do justice, so I'm writing a new one.
I was on another website that featured a song from this show. I hadn't yet heard anything from the 13 Blues album at all, and I had no idea I was listening to a live bootleg until I heard the crowd at the end of the song. That's how amazing the sound quality is.

These live performances turned out to be so good that I don't even listen to the actual 13 Blues album. I would like to point out the little jam session at the beginning of "1,000,000 Died" that didn't make it onto the album version but later became part of "Metal Bird." Even the older songs, like "Take These Hands and Throw Them In the River", are transformed beyond what I could have imagined. Although I've gotten into the whole SMZ archive, this show still stands out as one of the best, both performance-wise and in clarity. To Prof Stoned: you're really building a reputation for yourself. I look forward to more of your bootlegs.

P.S. "Music belongs to everybody -- but not in some Apple iPod televison commercial kind of way. Not in the way that Bono would say music belongs to everybody. But in the true way." - Efrim

Reviewer: groovatronics - - March 24, 2008
Subject: don't listen to with the lights out...
this, this is quality. excellent sound and show.
before 2 minutes rolls around on the first song, you may find yourself scared to death. i'm not joking around, be weary of the demonesque sounds escaping your speakers. they are not harmless. seriously some intense musical achievement here.
5 stars all around.

Reviewer: Limacon - - December 6, 2007
Subject: Amazing Recording
Prof-Stoned-

Thank you very much for the recording. It is of brilliant quality and I appreciate you putting it up.

Thank You

Reviewer: ephemeral - - September 1, 2007
Subject: Intense and emotional
You can really feel the emotion in this performance, and the recording is fantastic. Just download this.

Reviewer: Bai Yun - - August 25, 2007
Subject: Wonderful! Again!
Ah, thank you very much for this!

The recording sound is excellent (as always), and I must outright say it again: thank you!

This has probably one of the most touching versions of "Mountains Made of Steam" I've heard. It's so delicate...

Thank you! A thousand times!

Reviewer: avalelejelelava - - April 29, 2007
Subject: always on top !
Thank you so much prof stoned ! Once again your bootleg has an incredible sound ! Eric's drum is awesome, and the balance between the 7 members is perfect (Radwan's job at is best !).

The 2 very new songs are very good, even though some parts are a bit long. They both remind me the silver mt elegies tour (Eric was on drums, too) : a hard sound, dirty blues (We Want Some Action), dirty sadness ... both are still very touchy.

Anyway we can expect SMZ to change them a lot during this tour. And "Mountains made of Steam" might be their best track ever, whatever version you hear.

first song's name is : thirteen blues for thirteen moons

Reviewer: Dr Nick Riviera - - April 28, 2007
Subject: Great Performance/Recording
Thank's a lot for putting this up. It's a truly great show. Keep up the good work!

Love the new songs, especially "We Just Want Some Action!". Parts of the second half of that song even kind of remind me of Led Zeppelin.

Saw them yesterday playing the same set. Second time I've seen them and they blew me away once again.
If I'm not mistaken Efrim said a different name for "We Just Want Some Action!" Unfortunately I didn't catch what it was. It sounded like it started with the number 13, even though that would be a slightly strange choice with "13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round the Side of Your Bed" already out there.

Notes

Line up:
Efrim: Guitar, Vocals
Sophie: Violin, Vocals
Beckie: Cello, Vocals
Jessica: Violin, Vocals
Ian: Guitar, Vocals
Thierry: Upright Bass, Vocals
Eric: Drums

Taped & Mastered: Prof. Stoned

Mic position:
The mic was taped upon the FX rack of the mixing island.
That rack is 1,8 meter high, and stands next to the soundboard on the right
side (as seen from behind the desk). About approx. 16 meters from the stage.
Because the mic was not exactly in the center of the P.A., I pointed it
slightly to the left.
A big thanks once again to Radwan for making this recording possible.

Notes:
The 2nd (and first full-length) show from this tour.
A good solid show with some real funny & sharp dialogue by Efrim & Co..
Two new songs (Tr. 1 & 3) were played and this is the first recording
to surface that captures them.

The sound quality will not disappoint you fans.
The audience was dead quiet (during the songs), and the line array
P.A. system sounded excellent and very 'direct' through the whole hall.
No cuts, mic obstruction, data compression or any other shortcomings
here that occure on many audience recordings.

I mastered the recording with Multiband compression, EQ and Limiter
VST plugins (see http://www.uaudio.com/products/uad-plug-ins.html)
which made the recording sound more 'alive'.
I hate it when a recording sounds processed and unnatural,
and so I always attempt to use these tools tastefully and only if required.

Advertising:
If you like this, make sure to hear my other ASMZ recordings as well.
Especially the Luxembourg one is an exceptional show/recording.
My girlfriend who loves their music dearly regards it the most
magical ASMZ show she ever heard.

http://www.archive.org/details/asmz_2006-05-02_aud2.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/asmz-2006-05-19-aud.flac16

Enjoy!