The Beautiful South - 2006-12-15 - MEN Arena, Manchester, UK

Little were we to know that this was to be The Beautiful South's penultimate gig. The band went their separate ways a couple of months later, so this is one of the last live recordings of this great band. They were on top form and performed a great set to a very enthusiastic crowd.

I managed to get in front of the soundboard and luckily I had a bit of space around me for the majority of the show. The biggest problem were the beer sellers walking the floor. Whenever they came around where I was stood there were the inevitable voices picked up by the mics. Fortunately, this only happened a couple of times and it doesn't detract from the recording.

There were a couple of mic problems on stage during the first couple of tracks, but these were soon sorted out by the crew.

This was my first recording with new equipment. Nevertheless, I think it turned out pretty good. As my post-recording skills have improved over the years, I've revisited this recording once or twice and have finally managed to produce a version that I'm happy with (Sept 2012). So, if you've got an earlier version of this recording, you may well enjoy this upgrade.

Enjoy!

The Beautiful South - 2006-12-15 - MEN Arena, Manchester, UK - FLAC
584MB RAR archive, FLAC format

The Beautiful South - 2006-12-15 - MEN Arena, Manchester, UK - MP3
170MB RAR archive, variable bit rate MP3s (min. 245 kbps)

Setlist:

01. Introduction
02. Tonight I Fancy Myself
03. Rose of My Cologne
04. Old Red Eyes is Back
05. A Little Time
06. One Last Love Song
07. We Are Each Other
08. Prettiest Eyes
09. From Under The Covers
10. Song for Whoever
11. Pretenders to the Throne
12. Manchester
13. Worthless Lie
14. Rotterdam
15. 36D
16. Perfect 10
17. Don't Marry Her
18. You Keep It All In

(Encore 1)
19. I'll Sail This Ship Alone
20. Good As Gold

(Encore 2)
21. Let Love Speak Up Itself
22. Your Father and I

(Download links updated on 27th January, 2013)