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Curtis Ensler's Collection

The Waterboys   05/20/2007

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, UK
Media CDR   2 discs
J-Card Comment The Waterboys
Festival Theatre
Edinburgh
20th May 2007

Mike Scott: vocals, keyboards, guitars: electric, 6 and 12 string acoustic
Steve Wickham : fiddles, acoustic guitar, bells
Richard Naiff : keyboards, flute
Mark Smith : bass, upright electric bass
Damon Wilson : drums, percussion

Cd 1 67 min 14 sec

01 Intro
02 Glastonbury song
03 (chat : Mike's first gig)
04 It's Gonna Rain
05 Story : request
06 Love Will Shoot You Down
07 Old England
08 (chat : Glasgow and Edinburgh audiences)
09 Strange Arrangement
10 Dumbing Down the World
11 Peace of Iona
12 Killing My Heart
13 Intros
14 The Whole of the Moon
15 Allen Klein story
16 Sustain
17 She Tried to Hold Me

Cd 2 61 min 14 sec

01 When Will We Be Married
02 "Wickham's Merry Jig"
03 Stolen Child
04 You in the Sky
05 Red Army Blues
06 Medicine Bow
07 The Pan Within
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08 Be My Enemy
09 Fishernan's Blues

Promoting their new album "Book of Lightning" the Waterboys were near the end of a huge
international tour but the band was at the top of its performance curve at this penultimate gig,
a huge theatre in Mike's birthplace of Edinburgh.
The sound was good, performances by all were on a level with the Barrowland gig the previous night, and
the setlist was similar.
The all seated venue meant that the audience was more restrained but no less appreciative.
It took until the encores before anyone was dancing at the front; after that the atmosphere loosened up :-)
Greater distance than in Glasgow and greater reverb on the sound means that the recording
sounds a bit more distant than the Barras.
Total time 2 hours 10 mins.

Pics of both Glasgow and Edinburgh are included.

Check out this very positive review of the gig in the Herald at:
www.theherald.co.uk/features/featuresartsreview/display.var.1417617.0.0.php

For music and tour/festival dates go to:

www.myspace.com/mikescottwaterboys
www.mikescottwaterboys.com

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Recorded seated a few rows back from the stage, in front of Steve Wickham.
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Owned by Curtis Ensler · Last Updated May 23, 2023