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11.23.96

Source B: DAT --- Core Sound Binaurals > Sony TCD-D7 (Oade Bros Mod)
Position: Front of Stack
Gen: 3rd from Master
MP3 Sample: Right click & save

Notes: In the last Quarter of the year 2003, something interesting occurred. From out of nowhere, but in reality only the 3rd of the 7 degrees of separation, the complete & outstanding recording of Nov. 23rd, 1996 CSB>D7 surfaced. I don't say this lightly, this recording has, at least, plausibility in the fact that it could be misinterpreted as a soundboard recording. The taper was obviously FOS & the clarity, crispness, richness, depth and overall enjoyability is evident throughout. But, this was certainly no soundboard. This is, if I may be mistaken, definitely one of the all time best sounding Tool shows I have ever heard. The people at Oade certainly seem to have an idea as to what they are doing as other FOS recordings without a Mod do not sound this clean. It helps that the taper certainly knew what he was doing as well. Very professional. In a way, this is absolutely amazing. It is easy to see why this recording was so widely sold & distributed by companies & fans. Although Maynard reports being sick before AEnima, this recording captures Tool at a very good point in the tour. They are spot-on as usual. If you can find this recording, go for it. Stinkfist, missing on bootleg copies, is amazing - wonder why they cut that song from bootleg copies? AEnima is rather interesting, instead of "LA" & "Arizona Bay", MJK replaced them with "New York" + "Pennsylvania Bay". Maynard just screams, not literally, throughout the recording and this seems to have an almost perfect balance of vocals + instruments, volume wise. If I could just interject one thing, it would be nice if people kept this recording in its original format without transferring it to SHN or (gasp) MP3. It took so long for this complete recording to come out, let's try & keep it as is to avoid anymore possible confusion. The 'bootlegs' are all over the place as is the VHS>CD rip I did a while back.

Maynardism:
"Ever have someone love you so much that they tried to kill you? Or perhaps suck you down into a hole? And you
had to kill them to get away? Me either."
"This is Justin. He's, uh, he's from Poland."
"So, any of you ever watch those Warner Bros cartoons? Sometimes there's that one where the guy is having trouble making a decision; he's got an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. Seems pretty obvious right? Usually the angel is the one that's trying to give the good advice, devil's supposed to be giving bad advice and trying to get him to do what is going to be bad for him. It's not always that simple though, most times their not really angels or devils, they are just friends giving you advice, looking out for your best interest but not really understanding what is going to be best for you, so, it comes down to you. You need to make a decision yourself. This song is called H."
"Ever heard of Jesus or Buddha or Krishna or Muhammad or any of those guys? They had some pretty good ideas then their agents started trying to make a little money on them & fucked everything up. Never trust an agent. This song is about those agents. <Opiate>
"Ok. We'll do another one. Unless you don't want us to, we'll leave now if you want. You don't sound very convinced that we should stick around. All right. So, this is our last song. Have to apologize a little, I've been very, very sick for the last couple days so, hope you still enjoyed the show anyway. This song is about cleaning up New York City." <AEnima>