Good article in
Macleans today. Cool that they got comments from Peter Garrett about the 93 Roadside tour.
Just came back from 3800 km of driving back and forth across the prairies, with an iPod loaded up with Hip albums. Listened for hours on end, singing along to lots with my wife.
One thing it got me thinking about was the production on the first 4-5 albums. Probably some of it is that I ripped them at higher quality, but Gord's voice has a real raw urgency on a lot of songs and the mix brings it forward. It was the one thing that struck me at the Calgary show I went to was how well mixed it was and how clear the vocals were. Not being drowned out by a ton of low end really allowed the emotion in Gord's singing to come through.
I am really hoping that the show on CBC this weekend has a great audio feed. And it would be even better to see a Blu-Ray released of the tour eventually. Some amazing performances I would listen to over and over.