Queensryche - "Curfew? What Curfew?"
Main Stage - Wisconsin State Fair, West Allis, WI, USA
August 1, 2008

Audience Recording: Zoom H4 w/ built-in stereo mic L & R .wav file 44.1 kHz 16-bit -> WavePad (track splitting, equalization, & amplification) .wav PCM format (44.1 kHz, 16-bit, Stereo 172 kb/sec) -> FLAC Frontend (level 8) -> ABC 3.1 -> DIME

Recorded by Hurricane62 from left of stage, up front, very close to the speaker stack. Ratt opened for Queensryche at this venue - the Ratt show can be found at:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?returnto=%2Faccount-cp.php&id=208354

The title of this boot is derived from the fact that the show got started about 15-20 minutes late because of technical problems (really, there were technicians working under the stage by flashlight right up until the show began). You'll note that Geoff's mic cuts out at the very beginning of the opening line of "Best I Can", but then all is well for the remainder of the show. Because of the late start and a hard curfew of 11 PM, two songs from the setlist were cut from the show. "Anybody Listening" was scheduled to be played before "Jet City Woman" and "Take Hold Of The Flame" was supposed to preceed "Silent Lucidity". To the band's credit, knowing that they were behind schedule, they never left the stage for an encore, but just got in as many songs from the setlist that they could. In fact, Geoff introduces "Take Hold Of The Flame" but then is corrected by the crew that they only have time for one more song so he quickly moves into "Silent Lucidity" to close out the show.

"NM 156" and "Screaming In Digital" have been combined into one track as there was no break between these two songs. One benefit of the shortened show is that it fits nicely onto one CD (running time around 75 minutes). I'd rate the recording quality as VG+ to EX with minimal crowd noise. This download includes some photos from the show as well as an image of the setlist.

Set-list:

01. Best I Can 5:23
02. NM156 - Screaming In Digital 7:24
03. The Hands 5:19
04. Bridge 4:47
05. The Killing Words 4:01
06. Another Rainy Night 4:37
07. Gonna Get Close To You 5:00
08. Walk In The Shadows 4:48
09. Breaking The Silence 4:36
10. I Don't Believe In Love 4:28
11. Jet City Woman 6:53
12. Eyes Of A Stranger 5:50
13. Empire 5:07
14. Geoff false "Flame" intro 1:05
15. Silent Lucidity 6:00

TOTAL TIME = 1:15:28

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