Artist: Skid Row
City: Essen
Country: Germany
Venue: Grugahalle
Date: October 14, 1989
Total playing time: 48:17 min
Source: Analog Audience Master Recording, new 2015 transfer, digitized for the first time
Opening for Motley Crue



Equipment: Aiwa CM 30 A => Sony Professional WM-D6 C => TDK AR (normal) cassette
Lineage: Yamaha KX-360 Tape Deck => Creative SB ZxR (analog in) => HD => WAV => WaveLab 6.0 => TLH (level 8) => you


Recorded from the stairs on the left side by the floor, about 20 meters away from the stage/PA.

Some volume adjustments and some mastering done but all in all I tried to keep this recording as close to the original as possible. Good quality recording (considering its age) in one of my favourite venues in Germany. Please be sure to check out the sample before downloading.


Encoding/Checksums/Fingerprints created with Traders Little Helper
All mastering / track splitting / fades done with WaveLab 6.0


Setlist:

01) Intro
02) Makin' a mess
03) Piece of me
04) Big guns
05) 18 & life
06) Holidays in the sun (Sex Pistols cover)
07) Rattlesnake shake
08) I remember you
09) Sweet little sister
10) Here I am
11) Youth gone wild


Notes:

First ever Skid Row show in Germany and apart from that this evening marked the kick-off of Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood" World tour 1989/1990. What a fantastic evening with two great bands on one bill (those were the days......*sigh*). Skid Row and especially Sebastian were on fire. What a great frontman he was and still is, there's not many like him in the R'n'R biz. This guy definitely knows how to handle a crowd. Had seen Skid Row a couple of months earlier in Milton Keynes when they opened for Bon Jovi and it was no difference there in front of 60.000. Just wish Skid Row had reunited with him a couple of months ago but they screwed it up again - epic failure if you ask me !!!!.........I still don't get it and probably never will.

Also caught the show in Frankfurt on the next day but quality-wise the Essen show is definitely better !


Enjoy !!


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Additional notes:
- Personally I don’t care if you convert this recording to mp3 (I would prefer if you didn’t but I cannot stop you anyway) but PLEASE do not trade it that way, keep the trading pool clean, OK ? Thanks !!!!

- There's just one thing I would really like to ask for: please do not upload this show on any other trackers. I might do this myself when I get to it. Thanks a lot for respecting this !
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