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A Silver Mt ZionA Silver Mt Zion Live at Debaser on 2008-10-01 (October 1, 2008)

Collection: : ASilverMtZion
Band/Artist: A Silver Mt Zion
Date: October 1, 2008 (check for other copies)
Venue: Debaser
Location: Malmö, Sweden

Source: AUD>PCM
Lineage: Peluso cemc6/ck21>busman pmd 660>wav>flac

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13 blues for thirteen moons
take these hands and throw them in the river
black waters blowed / engine broken down blues
1000 000 died to make this sound
there is a light
horses in the sky

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Reviewer: NotPennysBoat - - October 3, 2008
Subject: Finally
Not being able to see ASMZ live yet, I depend on this archive for my fix. I had to wait 5 months, but a new show is finally here! It feels like I'm meeting back up with old friends.

Let's start with the first thing you notice: the sound quality, which is amazing. Along with the 4/14/07-Belgium show, this is probably the best audio I've ever heard in an ASMZ bootleg. It's studio quality. If I didn't already know this was live, I would think these were album performances until I heard the applause at the end of each song.

The bad news is that, according to Efrim's banter, it appears that Ian and Becky are now out of the band, which makes me sad. On the first song, "13 Blues For Thirteen Moons," it seems obvious enough to me that their dynamics are missing. In addition, the much slower ending to that song in this recording makes me miss the older performances, in which that final crescendo was a fiery jazz explosion. I wonder if that's just the way they played it tonight, or if that's what it really sounds like anymore.

On the other hand, there are some songs on which I can't even tell the two members are gone, such as the excellently played "1,000,000 Died to Make This Sound." That song really is stronger than ever. Two older songs, "Horses In the Sky" and "Take These Hands And Throw Them In the River," are back in the set, and the band continues to find new dynamics to add to them even though they've already been around for years. Both are beautiful and convincing.

So even though this is not my favorite version of "13 Blues," and even though "Metal Bird" (which I love dearly) was not played, the rest of the performances are excellent, and the sound quality is more clear than you could ask for, which makes me feel compelled to give this show nothing less than 5 stars.

Notes

thee silver mt zion orchestra & tra-la-la-band
debaser, malmö, sweden
october 1, 2008

peluso cemc6/ck21>busman pmd660>wav>flac

slight left of center in front of soundboard (on stand).

01 13 blues for thirteen moons
02 take these hands and throw them in the river
03 black waters blowed / engine broken down blues
04 1000 000 died to make this sound
05 there is a light
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06 horses in the sky