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Tool - 1997 July 8th - Boston, MA, USA

Rumor has it, an unknown analog recording of this exists as well. This may make sense as there is virtually no source information to be found regarding this show. There is a layer of fuzz which may mean this was transferred from the video or a cassette transfer. A slight brick wall and a distant sound compounded with the taper + friends singing along = something best left for collectors. The crowd is a bit loud & seems to overpower the music every now & then. Not a bad show, but not a great one; sound wise. The performance, on the other hand, is of a standard par with other '97 performances but yet like all Lollapalooza gigs, there is a sense of this band just going out there, doing their thing & calling it a day while also making a subtle statement. Interesting stuff. The setlist is rather intriguing as well, I think. Would love to hear something like that today live...
Notes: Beware of random VHS>DVD transfers of this. The taper put this to DVD from the Master in 2003/2004 & is much better quality than any previous installment I, at least, have witnessed. Very nice.

Maynardism: "Watching? Boo-oston. Bo-oston...this song is about subtle changes."






Time: 70:50

Setlist:
Hooker With A Penis / cut
Stinkfist
46 & 2
Crawl Away
Eulogy
Pushit (alt)
Sober
Opiate
Ænema


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Tool - 1994 July 10th - Cour, Belgium

Super clear recording. Sounds almost like sound board quality with the exception of a slight mess up in Swamp Song with the mics or a sloppy master. The recording fades out very fast then back in; maybe 7-8 seconds of a possible cut = taper changed cassettes. Hard to complain though; this show is fucking amazing, all around. Excellent setlist & quite possibly the best analog recording I, for one, have ever heard. Take a look at those songs, in that particular order... No Quarter with a musical transition directly into Disgustipated. Awesome. On that note, at the beginning of No Quarter, Tool uses a keyboardist in the background for the rolling effect. Damn, probably the best live No Quarter I've ever heard is here. Compound that with the clarity as well as rarity of this gig & it makes for one nice listen. It's hard to believe that a recording came out this good from a gig. I am sure that someday, this recording will become mislabeled as a sound-board -so make sure to always keep source info- as the sound is that good. Interesting as well because Tool seriously fucks with the audience...antagonizing them. The audience doesn't care nor mind as they seem to know very little English.








Time: 64:38

Setlist / Quote:
MJK - 'Hello hMJK: Hello hippies. Apparently Bulguria best Germany 2-1. If any body cares.'
Paul D'Amour - 'I don't'
MJK - 'Apparently we're Tool and this is another song'

Intolerance
Undertow

Paul D'Amour - 'This next song is called Sober. It'll be appearing in an elevator near you.'

Sober

MJK - 'This is a love song. It goes out to uhh (?) because he's special.'

Prison Sex

Paul D'Amour - 'This next song is again dedicated to repitition and mediocrity. Thank you very much.'

No Quarter
Disgustipated
Swamp Song

Paul D'Amour - 'Too many waffles, huh? That's my guess.'
MJK - 'This song's a baptisimal song so you guys can start getting in the water. Ok... line up, in alphabetical order over there, starting with the J's.'
Paul D'Amour - 'This song is called - Justin's a cunt!. Heh. The last Temptation of Jim, that's what it's called.'
MJK - 'Before we get started I have something I really need to get off my chest; it's really important I think I need to say this and share it with you --- 'buseeviioa alla oh dante so are you people of aarheyy judjenson ohhl of the children of huh allaavy love revolution! What do you say?!'
Paul D'Amour - 'Lets talk about freedom one more time & women have the rights to their bodies. And so do I.'
MJK - 'Baa! Baah! Baa! Baa! Baa!'

Opaite
Flood

Paul D'Amour - 'Thank you very much - next up the Mighty Rollins Band. Thank you.'


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Tool - 1994 Feb. 26th - Detroit, MI, USA.rar

Notes: For quite a while, this was an extremely rare recording and even at this point it is still rather rare. Not that it matters all that much, not a fantastic recording at all but interesting due to a variety of reasons. Hmm, what's the best way to describe this one? The sound quality isn't bad -- esp. for being sourced from a cassette walkman/recorder. For that, it is pretty good. No brick-walling & decent levels. But on a professional level, it doesn't cut it. Par example; after MJK's quote on Jesus Lizard, the taper's friend turns to him & says "speaking of lizard's, my lizard's paralyzed". However, this recording is very funny with comments like that and some may find it even endearing. Also, for those who have been the State Theatre in Detroit, MI (I've been there about 30 or so times now), there are stairs connecting floor & GA seating. Well, the taper also walked up those as he taped. He's buying beer & talking to people...funny stuff. Although, he is missing Tool while he is doing this. But, for that simple reason, it makes collecting recordings that much more interesting. There is a story here, regarding myself & this show, but is not for this forum....maybe someday. This disc is in one long track. However, there are now split up versions (tracks) of this show that have errors on it which seem to be caused an odd transfer by the guy that came up with this gig.

Maynardism: "I don't know if you're aware of it or not but tonight, St. Andrews , Jesus Lizard's playing. So I'll try to make this as quick as possible so we can get over there & enjoy our favorite band. But, while we're all here, it'll be much better over there"

Time: 64:11

Setlist:
Cold & Ugly
Intolerance
Undertow
Sober
Prison Sex
Swamp Song
4 degrees
Opiate
Flood
Sweat
Jerk Off

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Tool - 1994 Feb. 18th - New York City, NY.rar

Notes: Very good recording. So much so that this has made it's way onto a commercial, non-silver-disc (colored CD-R) bootleg called 'Dragging Me Down'. I think the taper must've been relatively near the speaker as the sound is very clear. However, it is also a little far away - the crowd is slightly noticeable with talking & whatnot. Within the first minute, you can hear someone say 'look out, someone needs help'. There are numerous MP3 sourced versions of this show floating around in the trading pool, so make sure you ask & trust who you get this from... a casualty of the Napster generation. The taper has a couple issues like moving the microphone a little as well as moving positions during Intolerance. You can hear it as he does. The performance is really standard fair. All in all, I suppose Tool fans are lucky to be able to hear the show well over a decade after the performance. I am fairly certain that this recording is also incomplete. There should be at least Jerk-Off & Crawl Away somewhere on the setlist due to the time period and also by comparing this setlist to comparable other performances. Perhaps one day we will know for sure.

Maynardism:
"I really, really, really fucking hate New York City. You guys are all right, you guys are cool but what the fuck's up with the cabs? Is that a requirement to smell like toe-jam & shit? One at a time, please."



Time: 53:10

Setlist:
Intolerance
Undertow
Sober
Bottom
Prison Sex
4 degrees
Opiate
Flood

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Tool - 1994 Feb. 07 - Atlanta, GA, USA

Maynardism:
"Hi, we're Tool. We're from Los Angeles as luck would be."
"So, um, we're from California so we lots of, um, really interesting natural disasters and, um, I was kind of
curious... does Atlanta have any natural disasters other than, um, Christians? Is that an answer?
"See the PA right there? Get right in front of it."
"I'm not saying anything, look, I've been singing all night. This is all recorded. Turn off the tape!"

Time: 72:21

Setlist

Cold & Ugly
Intolerance
Sober
Undertow
Prison Sex
Swamp Song
4 degrees
Part of Me
Opiate
Flood
*encore*
Bottom




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'Something kind of odd happened to me yesterday, happened to all of us actually. We were at our hotel. When we went to go in to the bar they said that we had to tuck our shirts in. And then we went to another bar and we couldn't get in because we didn't have a collar on the shirt that we were wearing. Some kind of funny piece of extra fabric somewhere made a difference somehow. And I remembered that this is a very, very fundamentalist, religious part of the country. And although I wouldn't consider myself an actual practicing Christian, I would think that the ideals set forth by the original people are pretty true - Follow your heart, trust your intuition, and feel, then know that that force out there that is based on love which is unconditional. Unconditional. Unconditional. Without judgement. And that we're all connected, we're all from the same source. So, No, I won't tuck my shirt in.'
M.J.Keenan 08.01.98