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Spock's Beard 05/24/1997

SHOWID 212904

Set I

Beware of Darkness
Walking on the Wind
Go the Way You Go
Thoughts
June
In the Mouth of Madness
The Doorway

Set II

The Light >
Drum Solo >
Keyboard Jam >
The Light

Set III

 

Comment

This is a sweet little piece of history from what is easily the best prog band of the last 10 years. This video represents The Beard's set at Progfest '97, and the band is in ass bootin' form. Neal Morse (with long hair!) is in high spirits, joking around a lot, and the band was clearly having a blast on this night. The video is 1st gen sourced, and looks cystal clear with great lighting. The audio is straight off the soundboard, and is by itself reason enough to download this show.

The first 20 seconds or so are cut off the first song, just missing some atmospheric noodling before they kick into "Beware of Darkness." There are some sound issues toward the end of The Light (some crackling and dropouts), but they don't last too long. If you like the Beard, you need this. If you like prog but haven't heard the Beard (unlikely), you need this. If you have never heard of The Beard and don't know what prog is, but appreciate good music, you need this. ;)

Collectors With This Show

User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
Tim Devine (4/5) cdr / 1 a View  
Notes: unknown - traded cds in 2001 - EAC secure mode - pc - flac8 - md5 - you - (no artwork, cdr sourced - taper unknown) Beware Of Darkness Walking On The Wind # Go The Way You Go # Thoughts In The Mouth Of Madness The Doorway The Light On The Edge removed : nothing faded : no cut in/out : no # officially released on a compilation set enjoy.
Llowell (4/3) VCD / 2 View  
Notes: Not for trade.
TTDaddy (3/5) FLAC / 1 View   AUD
Notes: Trade FLACs->Audacity (gap removal, editing, tracking, tags)->FLAC - converts to 2 audio discs (TRT 1:24:16)
TTDaddy (3/5) DVD-R / 1 View   Pro-shot
Notes: Progfest '97
pippin (3/0) VIDEO CD / 2 View   MPEG
Rebecca (1/5) MPEG / 1 View  
moe.ron (0/0) VCD / 2 A+ View   1st gen VHS > VCD compliant MPEGs / Pro Shot, Multi-cam, SBD Audio EX+/EX+
Matt Putzel (0/0) CDR/FLAC / 2 EX View   SB
Notes: from a MPEG-1 video