[kj] 2012 Official Bootlegs

[TB]

I received the gent, Belgium 3/5/12 show in the mail today.  Bought it off eBay on 5/11 so a 10 day turnaround from UK to US for a
"official" Killing Joke item has to be a new land speed record.

As expected, it's a basic budget DIY affair - the disc is a Maxell CD-R with "Gent" written w/sharpie on the disc in a dvd-size thin
wallet snap case with a color laserjet printed paper cover insert w/tracklisting on the back and a small KJ Bootleg sticker inside.
The show just fits on the 80 minute disc - there's like a 2 second fade-out after Love Like Blood before time runs out.  The sound
quality of the recording is pretty close to the 2010 Hammersmith set and thankfully Geordie's guitar isn't as buried in the mix as
the Youtube clip I posted a link to a few days ago made it sound.  It's not perfect though.... there's a couple instances of buzz or
cable issues, notably at the very beginning of Pole Shift were it sounds like Geordie's guitar briefly became unplugged. There's
also an occasional, very faint white noise distortion like what I've heard with IEM recordings from bands that use wireless gear.
Probably the thing that may turn off most people is the price per disc/show GPD 25) which for me w/shipping came up to about $44US. 

Still, I'm pretty happy with the disc, nice to get a somewhat varied set from this tour (included "All Hallows Eve") and the fact I
got a KJ product in under 2 weeks is a big plus.

T.B.