Rob Preteau  (10/14/2004 10:37:32 AM)

Awesome concert and worth every penny. The sound quality for the flac files are FANTASTIC. Crystal clear with no distortion or anything, I definetly recommend getting the flac version, very easy to figure out and use. Overall the show is great, and every hip fan must get this. I`m going to a show in November and this was really great to hear before I go see them live myself. Anyways, great concert, great price, great sound quality!

   crackedactor  (10/13/2004 6:00:33 PM)

Awesome- hope this is the first of many. Killer setlist, awesome energy... das hip at their rockingest (I even like "Heaven Is A Better Place..." which isn`t one of my faves on the new album). O Canada is a cool place to start, and Blow at High Dough a solid way to end. Everything in between is worth the investment.

Personally, I have no problem with a reasonable price for a quality lossless codec, and who can argue with the bulk of the proceeds going back to the artist?

Hope y`all consider the Fillmore show as a possibility for future - thanks for setting this up.

   Brian McCabe  (10/13/2004 1:10:27 PM)

Killer show. Having this recording almost makes up for the fact that I was 80 miles south of TO in buffalo with family obligations and could not go. Classic hip show - raw, energetic, rocking. Anyone who thinks this band has lost its edge need only listen to this show. Gord was nuts throughout. Only downer is the complete flub of the lyrics to As Makeshift As We Are, arguably the best song on IBE. But what Hip show would be complete if Gord remembered ALL the lyrics?

Anyway, the IBE material sounds great live, and understandably the crowd is a bit tame during them since the record had only been released two days earlier. I thought it was kinda funny that when Gord introduced If New Orleans Is Beat, there was a minor roar from the crowd, as if a good number of them were expecting New Orleans Is Sinking (and perhaps chalking up the "Is Beat" part of the title to Gord`s habit of messing with song titles). In other words, I doubt all those cheers were for the new song. Either way, they played NewO next so it`s all good. One last note: Johnny Fay is one of the most vastly underrated musicians on the planet. Sheer power. Kick ASS drummer.

   Billy Stang  (10/13/2004 9:20:29 AM)

Thanks for extending my download time and fixing the corrupt song. This is a fantastic sounding show that any Hip fan should have in their collection.

   James  (10/12/2004 2:33:40 PM)

Fantastic recording! Thank you so much to The Hip and all who made this available to the fans! We`ve been waiting for this type of thing for a long time, and I hope to see many more! The show sounds great, a fantastic board/audience mix, that really makes it seem like you`re there. Like others, I did have a problem decoding one track, but it`s been repaired. Thanks to LiveDownloads.com, who did reply within 24 hours, and extended my download period to make sure I could get the track. Hopefully this will turn into a long-term relationship! Cheers.

   these guys are so hip  (10/12/2004 12:31:46 PM)

Best band ever! saw the show in TO wasaga and sudbury this summer! Going to see them in London in november!!! This concert was amazing!

   john parsons  (10/12/2004 9:04:52 AM)

Excellent show. Worth every equivalent British penny. `Heaven...` still has that glitch on, i can`t decode it at all. I have sent an email to thehip.com to try and get it sorted.

   Billy Stang  (10/12/2004 8:38:01 AM)

The show is excellent all around, and the downloading happened real fast. My only concern is that the 6th song on the 2nd disc, "Heaven Is A Better Place Today" had an error that caused an obvious glitch when it was burned. I know many other people who had this same problem, and none of us have heard back from Livedownloads. For $12.95 USD, I expect an error free download. Hopefully this problem gets recified and I get the proper file download.