Best versions from this tour

[dmg]

So the tour's over and we've had some great versions of new songs, and old ones.  Some less than good versions too!  Having a little think about it I've come up with a list including some of mine:

WII   Lucca
CBC   London 27.05.13
CMG   Rome
P   Locarno
YTC   Sofia
Seattle  ?
KOG   Hamar
HFB   Bremen
IDUAD   ?
IUTC     London 27.05.13
R&J   Locarno
SOS   Milan
Gator   Bratislava
DOTDS   Halle
SFSL   Locarno
HA   Helsinki
Postcards   ?
M   None!
Speedway     London 27.05.13 and many others.
TR   Padova and many others.
SFA   ?
BIA   Bratislava
OSL   Padova
GH   Lucca
PTTE     Helsinki

[herlock]

I think that for KOG, Seattle and IDUAD the best versions are to be selected among the ones with Ruth, even though her voice was soft. I personally love the versions from Clermont, but I'm biased ( I was there).
Similarly I think the best versions of IUTC, RAJ, GH and OSL have to be taken from shows with Nigel, although he was also underused I think he brought a lot to the songs. I personally love GH from Newcastle because of the synth intro rather than flute, that is reminiscent of Alchemy.
For DOTDS I think Stuttgart is better than La Halle (more elaborated end solo) and because of Ian's mistake I also want to keep Paraguay from Stuttgart...
Talking about Stuttgart I  am really puzzled that you (dmg) don't rate the show at all... Have you listened to TR end solo ? At the very end you have licks that are not from this world... And Speedway was very powerful !
For YTC I prefer Lubjana to Sofia... Longer end solo !
For SOS I think Instanbul blow them all away - very fresh and energetic.
My opinions are not that definite on other songs, but may I advise you to wait for saint-julien stick before final conclusions - that show was really something !

[dannr1]

So the tour's over and we've had some great versions of new songs, and old ones.  Some less than good versions too!  Having a little think about it I've come up with a list including some of mine:

WII   Lucca
CBC   London 27.05.13
CMG   Rome
P   Locarno
YTC   Sofia
Seattle  ?
KOG   Hamar
HFB   Bremen
IDUAD   ?
IUTC     London 27.05.13
R&J   Locarno
SOS   Milan
Gator   Bratislava
DOTDS   Halle
SFSL   Locarno
HA   Helsinki
Postcards   ?
M   None!
Speedway     London 27.05.13 and many others.
TR   Padova and many others.
SFA   ?
BIA   Bratislava
OSL   Padova
GH   Lucca
PTTE     Helsinki

M None! Hahaha...priceless!

[ds1984]

5.15 am : Newcastle?

[Marikablue]

5.15 am : Newcastle?

Fantastic..........Back To Tupelo too 

[holaknopfler]

HFB, Milan. Awesome licks on that one. Stuttgart is also great with some never heard before licks.

[dmg]

HFB, Milan. Awesome licks on that one. Stuttgart is also great with some never heard before licks.

It's been a disappointed one on this tour but there have been some very nice versions.  Bremen, Helsinki and Bergen spring to mind.

[Hoops McCann]

You could probably pencil in Dijon for Seattle. Last night with Ruth. Dijon was another great show overall.

[Zeeley]

Postcards from Zwolle is great, especially when MK presented Ianto as a new God of the drummers Ianto stood up during his intro shuffle, stopped the beat and raised his arms in the air like a God. Very funny moment.

By the way this is a good start for compiling a very best of Privateering tour (5cd? box)
    

[shooting_star_night]

I like the Bucharest items a lot

[Pottel]

Where is it that after introducing Glenn he starts singing "thnx mr. Bassman" ?
Thought that was funny too. Bad thing is,when listening to all these shows on my iPod, as i have been doing for weeks now, the iPod screen does not show what city it is. ( I play shuffle all the time)

[tunnel85]

So the tour's over and we've had some great versions of new songs, and old ones.  Some less than good versions too!  Having a little think about it I've come up with a list including some of mine:

M   None!

Marbletown : Rome
Back to tupelo : Milan
Yon two crows : Sofia

[Pottel]

father and son:Berlin (and otherwise unexiting concert) only truly, truly hit me, with goosebumps and all, during this show (even though i enjoyed it a lot at every show)
listening to it now...
mark's noodling is so well fitting there..

[Love Expresso]

Sonny Liston from Helsinki, very unusual and rough - really cool, but Sonny from Stuttgart is also very good.
So Far Away from Lucca I like very much. Even Telegraph Road from Lucca sounds good to me! 

LE

[superval99]

Sonny Liston from Helsinki, very unusual and rough - really cool, but Sonny from Stuttgart is also very good.
So Far Away from Lucca I like very much. Even Telegraph Road from Lucca sounds good to me! 

LE

Telegraph Road from Lucca is one of my favourites, together with those from Liverpool, Carcassonne and RAH 1.  In fact Lucca (live radio broadcast) is in my top five concerts - Liverpool, RAH 1, Carcassonne and Antwerp, being the others.   Obviously, I haven't heard all 70 concerts, so I can only comment on those I either attended, or have heard fully in other ways - stick, broadcast, youtube, downloaded, etc! 

I have just finished listening to the Liverpool concert for the zillionth time this morning and it is really a fantastic concert!   

LE - Thanks for drawing my attention to SL Helsinki!   I enjoyed it very much!