Too Cruel To Die... | |
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Monsters of Rock festival Arena Spettacoli, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Sept. 12, 1992 | |
Robespierre RBCD 010 | |
55:12 | |
Given tracklisting: | Correct tracklisting: |
1. Skin O' My Teeth | 1. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due |
2. Hangar 18 | 2. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (cont.)/Skin O' My Teeth |
3. Lucretia | 3. Skin O' My Teeth (cont.)/Hangar 18 |
4. Sweating Bullets | 4. Hangar 18 (cont.)/Lucretia |
5. Foreclosure Of A Dream | 5. Lucretia (cont.)/Sweating Bullets |
6. In My Darkest Hour | 6. Sweating Bullets (cont.)/Foreclosure Of A Dream |
7. MEDLEY: Peace Sells.../ The Conjuring/Wake Up Dead/Peace Sells... (Reprise) |
7. Foreclosure Of A Dream (cont.)/In My Darkest Hour/Medley: Peace Sells(part 1)/The Conjuring/Wake Up Dead/Peace Sells (part 2) |
8. Symphony of Destruction | 8. Medley (cont.) |
9. Anarchy In The U.K. | 9. Medley (cont.)/Symphony Of Destruction/Anarchy In The U.K. (Sex Pistols cover) |
No date or location info is given on the bootleg at all. The track time given for track 9 and the total track time on the back insert are off by about 7 minutes.
Someone else may be able to clarify this further or correct me, but from what I understand, "Arena Spettacoli" is literally "arena of shows." So it's a more general term, as opposed to an arena formally named "Spettacoli." In Italy, the Monsters of Rock fests coincide with the Festa de l'Unità celebrations.
The sound drops out for a second (sounds like a recording mic problem) at 0:59 of track 1. During the first 2 tracks you can hear a lot of fiddling with the volume, and there are pretty significant volume boosts at 1:59 of track 1, and 1:00 of track 2.
The sound quality is atrocious, although it's listenable if you turn up the volume, and it gets a little better after the first 2 tracks. The big problem is the cavernous sound coupled with being an audience recording--the crowd talks and sings along nonstop throughout the show. Soundboard audio for this show exists, but this is the only pro-bootleg of this gig I've seen.