They finally sold out of the $130 box sets.

So now the loose DVD's and CD's of the NYC and LA shows are available from Mike Portnoy's
Lazy Tomato Entertainment.

http://www.ytsejamrecords.com/ProductCa ... ategory=11

$20 each, for either show, CD or DVD.

NYC show was supposed to be in a darker, more crowded, bar.
LA show was in more of a small theater. (They did a limited edition BluRay disk of the LA show in the box set.)

Lots of TL on Stick.

Same setlist for both shows, and both are supposed to be good performances.

Lee

Fantastic! Now I can finally afford to buy one of them. I've seen some clips from those shows and they were on fire.

Thanks for the heads up!

I got the Live in LA DVD, and have seen it a few times. Very well produced, video and sound.

Pretty much a best of LTE, off of both albums, a couple of jams, and a neat arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Over 2 hours of music.

The playing is impeccable. TL plays Stick 75% of the time (all bass side), and my only complaint is that he is too low in the mix.

Petrucci and Portnoy mixed the audio, and they are the loudest in the mix.

Rudess is awesome as usual

TL used lots of pedals, I couldn't see what they were. Sounded like he used some kind of slowgear/defrettor pedal. Anyone know what that might be? He also used his usual Ampeg cab and head, and then used a volume pedal to bring the signal out of the Ampeg into a Mesa Boogie combo to get some distortion. (At least thats what I think I see/hear)

If you are into LTE, worth checking out.

Lee