Tetsu’s last live with the band. Ridiculously stacked tracklist (baroque, sadness, ma cherie, vault of heaven, seraph, the list goes on) and amazing performances. Recording quality is more raw than the other concerts I’ve seen of them, which I like. This was before they felt like the biggest band in the world putting on insane conceptual shows. Really, this is better than any of that stuff. Music good. Music spectacular, even.
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Most of everything is pretty great here, personally very soothing, but I especially love the more accordion focused songs that are earlier in the compilation. Disk 2 in particular is a highlight because of the great Breaux renditions. “La valse du vieux temps” is fantastic and maybe my favorite song here, second to the Cajun national anthem Ma blonde est partié (known more widely as Jole Blon)