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HEEPVENTION 2005 MP3 AUDIO FILES (Source #2)

Notes and Recording by Rob Dwyer

This is an alternate audio recording of the Heepvention 2005 show.  I recorded these with a Sharp 8mm camera from near the soundboard.  The sound quality is very clear and excellent, but is in mono.  This is a more complete recording than Mac's MiniDisc source, but lacks most of the 2nd and final Heep set at the end.  These MP3's are all encoded with LAME set for a high VBR, but average around 128 kbps due to the mono sound.

I edited my audio version of the Heepvention 2005 in such a way that it should make a nice keepsake for all those who attended.  I left in all of the notable comments and announcements from the stage, but removed all of the long awkward silences and soundchecks.  For those of you who weren't able to attend, it should give you a fairly accurate feel for what the show was like - minus all the breaks!  The MP3 files in set 1 will fit on one CD if you cut the "Door Prizes" sequence.  I left that just in case anyone did want to hear that.  I was outside coaching Avery on drum parts, so I'm glad that I recorded it.  I even won something and didn't realize it at the time!

 Thanks to Mac for sharing his recordings too!  Sadly, Dave White's soundboard recording was completely lost due to some very frustrating power snafus during the taping of the show.  The complete show was also filmed by Ed Halliburton with a MiniDV camcorder, so we're all hoping he got the closing Heep set at the end that everyone else failed to capture.  Our rendition of "July Morning" was the best one we've done at a Heepvention yet!

I will only be leaving these up until the end of the year, so be sure to download these tracks while they are still available.  I have only finished up through the end of the first set, but more tracks are forthcoming, including songs that were rehearsed but not performed at the show ("Stealin'", "Return To Fantasy" and more).  Also, I have the acoustic set that was recorded at Calhoun's on Saturday night (August 6th).  These will be posted as soon as I find time to edit them!

1. Charlie Gibb reads a letter from Ken Hensley
2. Dave Crookham reads letter from John & Iris Lawton
3. Show introduction by Dave Griffin
4. Sunrise [Dave Griffin-lead vocals, Keith Shaw-guitar & backing vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Dave White-keyboards, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums, Brad Todd-backing vocals]
5. Sweet Lorraine [Brad Todd-lead vocals, Keith Shaw-guitar, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
6. Traveller In Time [Dave Griffin-vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov, John White-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
7. Love Machine [Brad Todd-vocals, Keith Shaw-guitar, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
8. Man Full Of Yesterdays [Keith Shaw-lead vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
9. Rain [Dave Griffin-vocals, Kim Griffin-piano]
10. I'll Keep On Trying [Keith Shaw-lead vocals, Brad Todd-backing vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
11. Time To Live [Brad Todd-vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Mac Steagall-bass, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Avery Rogers-drums]
12. Spider Woman [Keith Shaw-lead vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
13. Blind Eye [Don Ellis-vocals, Keith Shaw-acoustic guitar, Rob Dwyer-acoustic guitar / melody line]
14. Footprints In The Snow [Dave Griffin-vocals, Keith Shaw & Rob Dwyer-acoustic guitars]
15. Circus [Dave Griffin-vocals, Keith Shaw & Rob Dwyer-acoustic guitars]
16. Ron Mann's speech
17. Door Prizes - [12-minute segment where door prizes are given away]

1. Introducing The Deja Who
2. The Ballad Of Curtis Loew
3. Rocky Mountain Way
4. Wooly Bully
5. Hang On Sloopy
6. We're An American Band

Set 3:

1. Rock The Nation [Dave Griffin-vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, John White-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
2. Ziggy Stardust [Dave Griffin-vocals, Keith Shaw-lead guitar, Rob Dwyer-rhythm guitar, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
3. Mr. Crowley [Brad Todd-vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, John White-bass, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Avery Rogers-drums]
4. A Whiter Shade Of Pale [Dave Griffin-vocals, Dave White-keyboards, John White-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
5. Mistreated [Dave Griffin-vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Dave White-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
6. Won't Get Fooled Again [Dave Griffin-vocals, Keith Shaw-guitar, Dave White-guitar, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]

Unfortunately, my tape runs out after "How Do You Sleep?", so the last 3 songs were not recorded on my source tape.  Thankfully, Ed Halliburton captured the finale of the show on his MiniDV camcorder.  Tracks #2-4 below are from Ed's recording.

1. How Do You Sleep? [Brad Todd-vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Mac Steagall-bass, Avery Rogers-drums]
2. July Morning   [Dave Griffin-lead vocals, Keith Shaw-guitar & backing vocals [guitar fills at end], Rob Dwyer-guitar, Dave White-guitar, Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, John White-bass, Avery Rogers-drums, Brad Todd-backing vocals]
3. The Magician's Birthday [Brad Todd-lead vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar [main solo], Dave White-guitar [intro solo], Andre Sokolnikov-keyboards, John White-bass, Avery Rogers-drums, Dave Griffin & Keith Shaw-backing vocals]
4. Circle Of Hands [Dave Griffin-lead vocals, Rob Dwyer-guitar, Keith Shaw-guitar [outro slide solo], Dave White-keyboards, John White-bass, Avery Rogers-drums, Brad Todd-backing vocals]