Patricia Barber - New Live CD

Thedautch, you make mention that the "live recording" was fair. Did you hear a lot of crowd noise or equipment noise, or what about the quality of the recording disappointed you? I was going to buy the LP version but if the quality is low I'd settle for the redbook version

There was no equipment noise, or crowd noise...in fact, you'll hardly even know the crowd was there, no matter which format you purchase. I literally had to be reminded that anyone was in the venue with her, as they completely contained themselves except for a very few moments of mild-to-generous applause.

The recording is about what you'd expect for a live performance on redbook. That's really all I meant.

Companion is also live, right? How does it compare with that?

Thedautch- Mahalo for the excellent review. Picked up a copy and gave it a listen. The recording level is a bit hot
on some cuts, but overall it's a very good recording and
performance. Aloha, Dan

PS- there's still a lot of live left in redbook with a good
transport and dac.

I went to see her last night in New York City. Good show, she did alot of the material that appears on "Fortnight". This recording is not a recap of all her prior material; alot of it is new, to my ears. It appears the band is shifting direction, on the one hand doing a standard like "Witchcraft" and on the other hand an original, "Pieces", which has a rock/blues rhythm. The latter features a great guitar solo by Neal, which simply kills the cd version.
Patricia's piano, at least in part of the range, sounded off-key. She was unhappy about her seat; fearing it was loose and might be a problem. The performance was video-taped--don't know if it will be on a dvd soon!
All in all a fine and enjoyable performance (I 've seen her 5 times).

Peter