I'll be intrigued to know what you think, Paul.  To my ears there's one weak link in that chain, and try as I might I just can't quite get beyond it.

A week today - BEAT (Belew, Levin, Vai, Carey) in London. Early 1980s Crimson repertoire.

Unlike my sister, I have only seen any of the Beatles on rare occasions.

Last time I saw Macca on tour was in the USA on October 7 2002 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena, Raleigh, NC,

The show was brilliant, he was in full voice and it was a treat to see and hear him. He was a mere 60 years old at the time.

He was a great artist then and still is.

I promise not to laugh at Andy's typo, but can confirm that the initial raw mix was far less kind than the remastered version used for posterity.

Jules

Haha. Yessir.

Interesting that he's not attempting to hide it. Or maybe it's now just not possible.

Jules

I watched him live and downloaded the iPlayer version a couple of days later.

The vocals had been spruced up, to my eats. [edit: EARS, dammit]

Not evidence as such.

If you disagree, fine. I don't have the energy today for any arguments.

Any evidence to support this statement, Andy?

When Macca was at Glastonbury, a lot of work was done overnight so that the version on iPlayer had a much stronger voice than he had had live.

On this album, voice tremors etc have been left in, presumably deliberately.

I hope that clarifies my original sentence.

I believe ticket prices rise very shortly. Take a look at the website.

I don't understand this sentence.

Jules