2017 LIVE GIGS: HS&TWI,+Mazzy Star,+Hope w. Acetone,+PHOTOS

[Hermesacat]

A REVIEW of Day 3 of DESERT DAZE fest, Oct. 15, 2017, including two short paragraphs about Hope Sandoval and The War Inventions. The 2nd one is unexpected extra commentary!
http://buzzbands.la/2017/10/17/desert-d ... ears-home/
Here are the Hope Sandoval paragraphs:

QUOTE: 7:40 p.m. — For a long time Mazzy Star’s 1993 album “So Tonight that I Might See” was a go-to record for initiating romantic intent. Hey, when you find something that works, stick with it. Hope Sandoval has that voice that makes you close your eyes, open your heart and drift away. Painfully shy, Sandoval performed on the Block Stage from an unlit shadow, which only added to her mystique. Tellingly, her rapt audience didn’t clap with the same fervor they did for other artists. This wasn’t because they didn’t enjoy the performance. It was because they were in such a trance, clapping would have seemed like too much effort or break the mood.

8:25 p.m. — Attempting a shortcut to get to Spiritualized, I accidentally stumbled upon a couple procreating within the bushes. This stands as proof of my “Hope Sandoval initiating romance” theory. Be careful kids, some of those desert succulents are pretty mean. Desert Daze marketing director Britt Witt informed me that a couple had indeed made a baby at last year’s festival, and that they came to this year’s with a 3-month-old in tow.

[Hermesacat]

Photos from Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions October, 2017 U.S. tour


2017 tour poster, Oct 8, Sonoma Winery


Hope at Sonoma Winery, Oct. 8, by Luz Gallardo


Soundcheck, Sonoma Winery show, Oct. 8, 2017
Click to enlarge with the magnifier- Emma

[Hermesacat]

Tour photos, Oct. 2017


L.A Show, 2017


Seattle, Oct. 11
Click to enlarge with the magnifier - Emma


Seattle, Oct. 11
Click to enlarge with the magnifier - Emma

[Hermesacat]

Tour photos, Oct. 2017


L.A show, Oct. 14


L.A show, Oct. 14, by Daniel Ramirez
Click and use the magnifier to enlarge. Emma


L.A show, Oct. 14, by Luz Gallardo -
Click and use the magnifier to enlarge. Emma

[Hermesacat]

Tour photos Oct. 2017


L.A Show, 2017, Oct. 14, by Natasha


L.A Show, Oct. 14, by Daniel Ramirez


L.A Show, Oct. 14, by Daniel Ramirez

[Emma]

OCT. 11, 2017 SEATTLE SHOW:
I attended the HS&TWI Neptune Theatre show in Seattle, and felt lucky to obtain an audio recording of the whole show.

Thanks for your review and your recording of the "eventful" Seattle show.
They sounded very good even though Hope was emotionally overwhelmed... I read that she also walked off the stage several times for a few minutes during the L.A show because she was too upset.

I've found this picture of the Seattle show if you want to add it to your YT slideshows.

Brief report of the LA gig at the Fonda (may post more later):

Thanks for your post about the L.A show. . I like a lot the live version of I Thought You'd Fall For Me. It sounded even better than the studio version, imo. Hope's vocals are gorgeous. Overall, Hope's vocals are very impressive on this tour. Probably one of her best vocal performances (with Mazzy Star's 2000 European tour).

Here is a picture taken at the Desert Daze festival (not as dark as the others) .


A picture taken at the Philadelphia show and posted by a fan to Instagram

[Hermesacat]

Emma's back! Thank goodness. And back with some great photos of Hope from the 2017 tour. Thank you Emma. And thank you for fixing the pics I posted as attachments in this thread earlier, so we can view them properly now.

If I post photos here again as attachments (rather than embedding them from a photo hosting site) is there a way I can accomplish what you did with them, i.e. making them immediately 100% viewable, plus enlargeable? I'd like to learn how to do that.

That's a Seattle show pic you found, Emma? Many thanks! It's the only one I've come across. My only consolation up until now is I had lots of L.A. show pics and those looked very similar to Seattle's stage including that Hope wore the same outfit. But this is excellent having an actual Seattle show pic.

It often feels lonely posting here anymore. The site's so quiet much of the time I don't even hear crickets! The popular Facebook Group is the polar opposite. People love Facebook nowadays for fan Groups, apparently, and that site is always hoppin' with fan posts, comments, & reactions. I'm over there a lot. However, this .fr site remains by far the most valuable site of the two as a resource & archive for information, live recordings, interviews, etc.

Because the FB one is a closed Group. You need to join to see any posts there, and google searches can't search closed FB Groups. The FB Group is a "black hole." in that sense. In contrast, google searches find stuff here. e.g. When I've google searched "Mazzy Star bootlegs," the boots thread here was the first result seen at the top. Also, archive.org archives this site, taking "snapshots" of the whole site now & then, which means stuff posted here may be findable forever in archived form.

Also, today, I uploaded to yt my audio of the entire Seattle show I recorded, all 80+ minutes, in one yt upload, including all Hope's & Colm's on-stage comments - except for I think just one Colm comment I missed recording. I wrote it down right after he said it and have a slide in the yt slide show with his quote.
https://youtu.be/fbKL8UZcN7w

I'm uploading lots of recordings and videos from the current tour to my yt Channel. Several FB Group members have given permission for me to put their recordings on my yt Channel. Some other video clips I've come across elsewhere, I've gone ahead and put them on yt on my own.

A FB fan Group member, Thomas, recorded just two songs at the Berkeley show on his phone. He deems just one suitable enough for listening to and has sent me that one, "Into The Trees." The audio quality is pretty good. It's really different sounding to the the other live versions I've heard of the song or the album version of Into The Trees." It has a prominent sound effect the other versions don't have that Thomas likens to a big cat such as a jaguar growling loudly! It's quite unusual a sound effect for a song, and slightly jarring! When I have it ready, I'll share it here and elsewhere. So far, it's the only recording I've heard from Berkeley.

Michael Masley, the Berkeley street musician & friend of Hope & Colm who played on "Until The Hunter," most prominently on the studio version of "Into The Trees," joined Hope & co. on stage to play with them at Berkeley Oct. 13. Hope said in a recent FB post, QUOTE:

"So honored to have 'The Artist General' Michael Masley join us in The UC Theatre Berkeley with his recreation of the Nickleharp sounding unearthly. We love him and we know you all did too!" (-Hope)

Thomas can't even recall seeing Masley on stage, but those Hope stages are dark! I'll try to find out if Masley played on that live version of "Into the Trees" and if it's him creating that "big cat growl"!

[Hermesacat]

FB fan Group member
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6071129794/
Stacy Knutsen recorded the L.A. show, shared her recordings at the FB Group, and has allowed me to further share them via youtube, etc.

Here's her intact version of the new, unreleased song "Not All Our Tears" (my own Seattle version is missing parts in the middle): https://youtu.be/zkFH9aRgUSk

And Stacy's recording of "The Hiking Song," a song they didn't play in Seattle:
https://youtu.be/YyQR7uPPPBk

The L.A. show is different from Seattle (& I think other shows) in that Hope had two female backup singers on stage singing on some songs, including "the Hiking Song."

I now have recordings of all the songs as performed in L.A. I had to assemble them from three different sources. All but two come from Stacy. One comes from someone's yt upload (of "Suzanne") and "Around My Smile" comes from a video shot by FB Group member William Magnolia. I'll put them all together into a folder and add it to the boots list, hopefully soon.

[intodust72]

I attended the Boston show tonight, it was amazing! Hope's voice was perfect and the band sounded great. They performed all the same songs except "Sleep" and "Primitive" It was such a great evening!

[Hermesacat]

intodust: Nice you got to catch the Boston show. I heard from someone else who was at the Boston gig who, like you, thought the show first rate. He recorded the whole show on his phone. He was at the very front and was able to place his phone right on the stage for the duration of the gig, recording! It must have been dark enough there to hide the phone from view of security (who he says were strict at the show about cameras). He will share his recording and I'll add it to the boots list when I have it.

So far, only 3 full show recordings are turning up: Seattle, L.A., & Boston. Plus one song from Berkeley. When Mazzy Star toured the U.S. in 2013, a number of show recordings were shared via popular live show torrent sharing site, dimeadozen.org. But for this tour so far, the only HS&TWI show that's been put on Dime is my own Seattle one. Maybe Mazzy Star brings out more tapers or something, I don't know. But hopefully, more shows will turn up.

Michael Masley has been very helpful. I contacted him via twitter messages re. the Berkeley show recording of "Into the Trees" to ask him questions which he's been happy to answer. "Into The Trees" is the only song he guested on with HS&TWI that night. He played an instrument called the nyckelharpa (or nickleharp) I sent him Thomas's audio file of "Into The Trees" which he was pleased to hear as he has no other recording of himself playing that night with HS&TWI. Hope, in her recent FB post referred to Maseley's "recreation of the Nickleharp sounding unearthly" that night. When you hear the recording you'll know why she described it that way. It's a completely different sound & instrument he used than on the studio version he played on. He says he mainly played a gong (in his own unique way) on the album version. He says it was Colm's preference he play nyckelharpa instead of the gong at the Berkeley show. I'm glad Masley sounds on-board with, in fact enthusiastic about, my plan to share the recording on yt, etc. I'll get that recording ready to share soon.