2011-06-01. Sydney Opera House NSW AUS [C.B] (RIP)

[nausearockpig]

RIP Caley Barker

I'm posting this after finding out that the taper, Caley Barker, aka lostflower4 lost his life to suicide on 15 January 2025 at the age of 45.

Please read this thread: https://curefans.com/index.php?topic=9927.0

Link good for a long while: mega.nz/folder/lf5RxAiK#1yxtzgytv3ik8iNBqectaw

Text file:

The Cure
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Venue: Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Source: audience
Generation: WAV M
Lineage: Audio-Technica ES943/AT853SC x2 (SP-CMC-8 w/ AT-ADAPT) > SP-SPSB-8 > Edirol R-09 (48/24) > Adobe Audition 1.5 > CD Wave 1.98 > FLAC
Recorded by: C.B.


Setlist:

10:15 Saturday Night
Accuracy
Grinding Halt
Another Day
Object
Subway Song
Foxy Lady
Meathook
So What
Fire in Cairo
It's Not You
Three Imaginary Boys
The Weedy Burton

A Reflection
Play for Today
Secrets
In Your House
Three
The Final Sound
A Forest
M
At Night
Seventeen Seconds

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The Holy Hour
Primary
Other Voices
All Cats Are Grey
The Funeral Party
Doubt
The Drowning Man
Faith

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World War
I'm Cold
Plastic Passion
Boys Don't Cry
Killing Another
Jumping Someone Else's Train
Another Journey by Train

Descent
Splintered in Her Head
Charlotte Sometimes
The Hanging Garden

Let's Go to Bed
The Walk
The Lovecats

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*This is a 48 kHz/24-bit recording. Dotted lines indicate recommended disc splits should you choose to convert and burn to CD format*


Total time: 2:57:20


1.97 GB (FLAC)


Lineup:

Robert Smith ñ vocals, guitar, 6-string bass
Simon Gallup ñ bass
Jason Cooper ñ drums, percussion
Roger O'Donnell ñ keyboards, percussion
Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst - keyboards, drums, percussion


Notes:

The Cure playing songs from their back catalog that seldom get played or have never been played, and then some... The band for the most part went back to using authentic period instruments and gear, which had them sounding better than they have in years.

Robert sounded especially good, like he had found a time machine to go back a decade or so. All this combined with the addition of Lol and Roger added a depth that has been missing from the band's live sound for quite some time, although I don't expect to see them back any time soon.

This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience and something I never expected to happen. As I said, I thought The Cure were washed up - and then this comes out of nowhere.

Robert also worked a "Happy Birthday Simon" into Three, almost exactly 31 years after the Herford 1980 version.

What lies ahead for the band is anybody's guess, but I'm just glad I jumped on this opportunity even though I was still skeptical right up until the show. Let's just say I took a gamble and it paid off for once!

Recorded from 8th row floor.


More info:

www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/2011-06-01.php


Enjoy!

lostflower4
www.imaginary-lemurs.com

If anyone has any other of Caley's tapes, now feels like it would be an appropriate time to release them in memoriam of our friend.

[dsanchez]

Thanks for sharing