Live Scenes From New York

About Live Scenes From New York

Live Scenes from New York is a 3 disc live album by progressive metal band Dream Theater, recorded on August 30, 2000, at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Live Scenes from New York is the audio counterpart to the Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York DVD, released in 2001, except the full concert can only be found on the CD. Two videos of the concert, not released with the DVD, were included on the CD; "Another Day" and Jordan Rudess' keyboard solo. The album is Dream Theater's first live release with Rudess and their first full-length live release. Coincidentally, it was originally released on September 11, 2001, and when it was noticed that the cover artwork depicted the skyline of New York, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in flames, it was recalled and re-released a short time later with the Majesty symbol instead. Some copies with the original artwork still exist, and are now rare collector's items.(often fetching prices of 100$ and up) The symbol was based on the cover of Dream Theater's 1992 album Images and Words, which included a heart in flames. Since the concert was recorded in New York City, nicknamed "the Big Apple", the heart was changed to an apple. more »