(FM broadcast FLAC)
Avalon
Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
May 24, 2001
source: master FM broadcast tape (pre-recorded live broadcast)
lineage:
104.1 WBCN Boston FM radio broadcast > Yamaha 500 reciever (with digital tuner and wire FM antenna) > Naka. BX-100 cassette deck (dolby off) > Maxell XLII 90 min. master cassette > Tascam 112 > soundforge (16 bit/ 44.1 KHZ wav) > flac 8 (sb's aligned)
Chris Martin: vocals
Johnny Buckland: guitar
Guy Berryman: bass
Will Champion: drums
01 - Animals 5:47
02 - Shiver 5:30
03 - Spies 5:07 (tape flip after, end applause spliced)
04 - Don't panic 3:20
05 - High speed 5:01
06 - Murder 4:58
07 - Everything's not lost > we never change 10:02
08 - Yellow 4:40
09 - God put a smile upon your face 5:03
10 - A rush of blood to the head 6:30 (tape flip after)
11 - Trouble 4:26
12 - In my place 4:06
13 - See you soon 5:27
runtime: 70:24 (minutes/ seconds)
comments:
this was when they were playing mostly music from their 1st release, "Parachutes", but starting to throw in a few from the second, "a rush of blood to the head". Avalon is a disco, and this was for most, the only chance for Bostonians to get up close and personal with Coldplay, since after this they became America's new favorite British darlings. Chris remarks that they are not a new band, but that this was probably the first time Boston had seen Coldplay and they hoped they would be back. They didn't know if they would be yet, but the answer came swiftly soon after, since they did come back to much larger venues all over the world and won several of music awards.
Parachutes even got a Grammy award for best alternative album, and it's a nice one, but far too popular now to call it "alternative". Coldplay released a DVD and CD set from Sydney, Australia's 2003 show, which is a good one.