Staples Center, Los Angeles CA

Different stereo interpretation then the Beenstatement in Stereo interpretation. Has good eq and good, consistent volume. Not as "stereo sounding" as Beenstatement in Stereo. [phfan]

Unlike the Beenstatement in Stereo, this one does not have the problems with song transitions since the effects were applied to a single WAV file rather than track by track. [speedy]

A note from Beens
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Well, as I am the one releasing it, it was my turn to make up a silly name. A lot of names went through my mind. Than I started thinking about why I was releasing this one.
If I had kept it hidden, I could have had so much fun with it. It would have been worth other IEM or ALD recordings (yes, I know they are out there). I remembered looking through the Movement site for new additions. It struck me how many "new" hidden audience recordings there were. And I bet you, some of them, if not most of them are crap.
It is not if we were talking a crewmember here who stole a soundboard recording and just gave it to some good friends. No, we are talking audience recordings here. That did it for me. I got this one with no strings attached, so I just had to let it out.
I just wanted to make a statement with this one.
Remastering notes from Speedy
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This recording is great, but the original had its problems. There were gaps that were not simply DAO/TAO type errors where there is a 2 sec pause. Some of these gaps lined up properly when removed; some did not. When they did not line up, I used the magic of the crossfade to cover it up. The result is almost impossible to notice, but it does happen during song audio two or three times. I'll leave it to the superaudiophiles to figure out where (if you can :)).
Also, the audio was split in some unfortunate locations and fixing it took a little time and patience.
The BIG problem is that the audio levels bounced around on different tracks and in two cases the level would jump or dip on the aforementioned spots where the audio was broken by a gap. Repairing these was quite difficult. I think I pulled it off but again if you listen hard enough you will spoil it for yourself so my advice is just enjoy what we've got.
The recording is indeed in mono and I chose not to add any pseudo-stero effects.
I see this as something a remastering group like "The West Side" could take on later if they so desire. My only goal here was to edit this so that it would run continuously. [WBeens]

Absolutely fantastic. Sound quality is amazing. [davebriddon]

Hello Mr Been, I am very happy with our LA recording, very good job W, and nice artwork. Take care ! [TheBrazilian]

Thank you so much for this! Wonderful! [Face-Value]

Stereo version produced from original mono version [Simon_Funnell]

I remastered and released this show. Was taken direct from the mono Beenstatement release. This remaster has a stronger stereo and more "in your face" presence then the TWS remaster of this show, but the TWS version has generally better EQ. Both this release and the TWS remaster are both better then the original mono and are merely different interpretations on the mono material. [phfan]

Unfortunately the digital delays (reverbs) were applied to each track separately so the transitions between songs are wrong (where the music crosses a track boundary anyway). For this reason I prefer the TWS version. [speedy]

Speedy is correct on this, but it isn't nearly as big a deal as it sounds. Individual reverbs were applied to provide individual control over the "stereo sound" of each track. That is one of the main reasons why Beenstatement in Stereo sounds more "stereo" then the TWS remaster (which sounds much more mono). There are microsecond delays between the tracks (the track boundary misalignment speedy mentions) but they are just VERY small delays. [phfan]

My first Phil Collins bootleg. I must admit that I'm not a big fan of the man, but this very good sounding show gave me a lot of surprise. Thanks Willem for the wonderful job done on this one : you helped me to change my mind. Cheers [peter]