The Mars Volta - Live in Los Angeles, California
December 29th, 2007 @ Echoplex
Setlist
Notes
This was a secret show that they used as a warmup for the upcoming 2008 Bedlam In Goliath tour. It marks the first performances of Conjugal Burns, Agadez, Metatron, Ouroborous, Ilyena, and Aberinkula.
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Show Recording(s)
Recording Information:
Source 1
Taper: Ed Davis
Source: DPA 4061ís > CSBox > Sony PCM-M1
Lineage: DAT Master 16/48 > FLAC
Transfer (BLG): DA-20 > coax > Marantz PMD-670 > usb reader > Adobe Audition > WAV > Audacity (amplified to -0.1db) > CDWave (split) > TLH (flac8)Notes:
* This show marks the first performances of Conjugal Burns, Agadez, Metatron, Ouroborous, Ilyena, and Aberinkula.FLAC > WAV with xACT > Audacity to re-track > WAV > FLAC (lvl 4) & 320 kbps MP3 with xACT – 2021-01-28
Recording Information:
Source 2
Taper: brian2otis
Source: Giant Squid Omni Mics > Battery box w/bass roll-off > iRiver H100 w/Rockbox installed > Split into tracks/normalized/EQed using Cubase LE > Exported to .wav > Flac using FLAC FrontendTaper Notes:
* Recording starts close up, but the taper moved back in front of the soundboard around Goliath. Because of this, the recording gets progressively more balanced with less crowd-noise.FLAC > WAV with xACT > Audacity to re-track > WAV > FLAC (lvl 4) & 320 kbps MP3 with xACT – 2021-01-28
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Tour Era

Early 2007’s conclusion of the Amputechture supporting tour already provided a sneak peek into what would be coming when the band would reunite in support of their unequivocally most brutal album, The Bedlam in Goliath. The band had been testing the waters of some of the new songs that would appear on that album, specifically Goliath and Wax Simulacra which were billed as Rapid Fire Tollbooth and Idle... read more