Wednesday, March 2, 2022

David Bowie The Hunky Geordie Tapes Volume 22



HUG184CD  BREAKING OUT AT COURT

DAVID BOWIE - Earl's Court 1973-05-12

Earl's Court, London

Audience recordings
Lineage: see below
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 56:31; Disc 2 (90-min disc): 83:32

Disc 1 (The "Riot" disc)

Lineage: TDK AD90 (Noggin) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser > Goldwave > FLAC 4

Tracks:

1. Ode To Joy
2. Space Oddity
3. Riot
4. The Jean Genie
5. Time
6. The Width Of A Circle
7. Let's Spend The Night Together
8. Drive In Saturday
9. Quicksand
10. Life On Mars?
11. Memory Of A Free Festival
12. Panic In Detroit
13. Suffragette City

Notes

All sorts of noise removed using iZotope RX2 denoiser tool.
Bass boosted using Goldwave Equalizer (boost bass preset)
Running very slowly.  Speed correction with factor of 105%.

Apparent stop/starts from end of Ode To Joy up to David saying "Hello" on source tape and left alone.
Gaps at 14 seconds and 1:47 during the riot, and noise of fiddling with tape machine at 36 seconds and 1:13 removed with fades.
More tape fiddling at 1:19 and another gap at 1:49 during the riot simply removed.
Note that fix times on the riot refer to pre-speed correction timings.

Two gaps in The Width Of A Circle at 10:06 and 10:07 removed with fades.
Tape flip between Drive In Saturday and Quicksand - fade-out/in.
Rough stop/start between Memory Of A Free Festival and Panic In Detroit.  Fade-out/in to tidy.
SBEs fixed using TLH.


Disc 2 (The Concert)

Lineage: Hitachi SX-C90 > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser > Goldwave > FLAC 4

Tracks:

1. Ziggy Stardust
2. Watch That Man
3. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
4. All The Young Dudes
5. Oh! You Pretty Things
6. The Prettiest Star
7. Cracked Actor
8. Moonage Daydream
9. Changes
10. Space Oddity
11. The Jean Genie
12. Time
13. The Width Of A Circle
14. Let's Spend The Night Together
15. Drive In Saturday
16. Aladdin Sane
17. Quicksand
18. Life On Mars?
19. Memory Of A Free Festival
20. Panic In Detroit

Notes:

iZotope RX2 denoiser to address hiss.
Running too fast.  Speed correction with a factor of 94%.

Gap between Space Oddity and The Jean Genie (where the "riot" was apparently removed).  Removed with fades.
Tape flip between The Jean Genie and Time - seamless.
Does get a little hissier from Time onwards - can get a sample to access this.
Three gaps in Memory Of A Free Festival: 3:10 - simply removed, clean; two @ 4:25, removed with minimal impact.
Panic In Detroit runs out on source tape.
SBEs fixed using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 22 on 21st May 2014




HUG185CD  IT'S IN THE WHITE OF MY EYES

DAVID BOWIE - Tacoma 1983-08-11

Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 + ½ SA 60 (Arcorman) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 58:46; Disc 2: 56:46

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Introduction
2. The Jean Genie
3. Star
4. Heroes
5. What In The World
6. Golden Years
7. Fashion
8. Let's Dance
9. Red Sails
10. Breaking Glass
11. Life On Mars?
12. Sorrow
13. Cat People
14. China Girl
15. Scary Monsters
16. Rebel Rebel
17. White Light/White Heat

Disc 2

1. Station To Station
2. Cracked Actor
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Space Oddity
5. band introductions
6. Young Americans
7. Fame
8. TVC 15
9. Stay
10. The Jean Genie
11. Modern Love

Notes

iZotope RX2 denoiser to remove hiss.
Volume reshaping on first side of tape and first half of third side of tape (from Space Oddity).

Tape flip between Breaking Glass and Life On Mars? - seamless.
Gap between China Girl and Scary Monsters - removed, crowd noise only.
Tape flip between Ashes To Ashes and Space Oddity - seamless.
Gap between Young Americans and Fame removed - seamless.
Gap between Fame and TVC 15.  Fade-out/in, but start of TVC 15 is clipped.
Further gap (encore break) between TVC 15 and Stay - removed, crowd noise only.
Final gap (encore break) between The Jean Genie and Modern Love removed - seamless.
SBEs fixed using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 22 on 21st May 2014



HUG186CD  WALK OUT OF HER MIND

DAVID BOWIE - Philadelphia 1990-07-12

Spectrum Arena, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Audience recording
Maxell XLII C90 x 1½ (Arcorman)
           Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 53:17; Disc 2: 61:30

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Ode To Joy
2. Space Oddity
3. Rebel Rebel
4. Queen Bitch
5. White Light/White Heat
6. The Jean Genie
7. Gloria
8. Changes
9. Ashes To Ashes
10. Life On Mars?
11. band introductions
12. Pretty Pink Rose
13. Stay
14. Blue Jean
15. Let's Dance

Disc 2

1. Sound + Vision
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. China Girl
4. Station To Station
5. Young Americans
6. Suffragette City
7. Fame '90
8. Heroes
9. Fashion
10. Panic In Detroit
11. Modern Love

Notes

iZotope RX2 denoiser to remove hiss.

Tape flip between Stay and Blue Jean - crowd noise join, clean.
Tape flip between Suffragette City and Fame '90 - Fame begins with distortion, faded-in to compensate.
Final side of tape (Fame '90 onwards) is poorer sound, somewhat muffled.
Gap between Fame and Heroes, followed by mucky noise (like an air con machine) removed with fades.
Gap in crowd noise between Heroes and Fashion - removed cleanly.
Sector Boundary Errors removed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 22 on 21st May 2014




HUG187CD  VERY SANE

DAVID BOWIE - Buffalo 1983-09-05

Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY, USA

Audience recording
TDK D60 x 2 (lo gen)
           Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 52:19; Disc 2: 55:34

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Introduction
2. Look Back In Anger
3. Heroes
4. What In The World
5. Golden Years
6. Fashion
7. Let's Dance
8. Life On Mars?
9. Sorrow
10. Cat People
11. China Girl
12. Scary Monsters
13. Rebel Rebel
14. White Light/White Heat

Disc 2

1. Station To Station
2. Cracked Actor
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Space Oddity
5. band introductions
6. Young Americans
7. Fame
8. Star
9. Stay
10. The Jean Genie
11. Modern Love

Notes

Mild hiss removal using iZotope RX2 denoiser
Tiny bit slow.  Speed correction with a factor of 102%.

Tape flip between Sorrow and Cat People - seamless.
Some volume reprofiling required at 3:16-3:18 in Life On Mars?
Cut between Scary Monsters and Rebel Rebel (presumably legacy tape flip) - fade-out/in.
Tiny blip on left channel @ 4 seconds in Station To Station - right channel copied.
Tape flip between Young Americans and Fame - seamless.
Cut between Fame and Star (again, presume legacy tape flip) - tidied with fades, very start of Star is clipped.
Gap and then immediately a loud pop at 5:36 in crowd noise after The Jean Genie - both removed, reasonably cleanly.
SBEs fixed using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 22 on 21st May 2014




HUG188CD  AIN'T THAT CLOSE TO LOVE

DAVID BOWIE - Landover 1987-09-28

Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USA (aka Washington DC)

Audience recording
Trade FLAC (stated as 2nd gen - presented as two tracks) > Goldwave > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 76:32; Disc 2: 52:49

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Purple Haze
2. Carlos's Guitar Intro
3. Up The Hill Backwards
4. Glass Spider
5. Up The Hill Backwards
6. Day In Day Out
7. Bang Bang
8. Absolute Beginners
9. Loving The Alien
10. China Girl
11. Rebel Rebel
12. Fashion
13. Scary Monsters
14. All The Madmen
15. Never Let Me Down
16. Big Brother
17. Chant Of The Ever- Circling Skeletal Family
18. 87 & Cry

Disc 2

1. Heroes
2. Sons Of The Silent Age
3. Time Will Crawl
4. band introductions
5. Young Americans
6. Beat Of Your Drum
7. The Jean Genie
8. Let's Dance
9. Fame
10. Time
11. Blue Jean
12. Modern Love

Notes

iZotope RX2 denoiser tool used to remove hiss.

Running slightly too fast, speed correction with a factor of 98%.

Fade during Carlos's Guitar intro is on the source.
Fade between Up The Hill Backwards and Day In Day Out is on the source.
Volume reshaping on disc 2, particularly left channel.
Gap in crowd noise between Heroes and Sons Of The Silent Age - removed with fade, reasonably clean.
Gap (encore break) between Fame and Time - removed with fades - tidy.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 22 on 21st May 2014




HUG189CD  NEVER HURT YOU

DAVID BOWIE - Rotterdam 1978-06-08

Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D90 tape > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser to remove hiss > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 44:10; Disc 2: 46:25

Tracks:

Disc One

1. Heroes
2. What In The World
3. Be My Wife
4. The Jean Genie
5. Blackout
6. Sense Of Doubt
7. Speed Of Life
8. Breaking Glass
9. Fame
10. Beauty And The Beast

Disc Two

1. band introductions
2. Five Years
3. Soul Love
4. Star
5. Hang On To Yourself
6. Ziggy Stardust
7. Suffragette City
8. Alabama Song
9. Station To Station
10. Stay
11. TVC 15
12. Rebel Rebel

Notes

iSotope RX2 denoiser for hiss removal.
A little fast.  Speed correction with a factor of 96%.

Abrupt join between Speed Of Life and Breaking Glass is on the source tape.
Art Decade is missing on source tape.
Gap/tape flip/join between Alabama Song and Station To Station.  Gap removed with fades.
Station To Station runs out at 6:48.  Fade-in to crowd noise afterwards.
Gap of around a second @ 18 seconds into Stay - Let's Dance repair from previous line of riff - clean.
Gap with fades between TVC 15 and Rebel Rebel.  Joined.
Rebel Rebel runs out @ 2:16.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 22 on 21st May 2014




HUG190CD  ANGIE

ANGIE BOWIE - Interviews October 1974-1975

Assorted TV and Radio

Radio and TV broadcasts
Lineage: TDK D90 and D60 (one side) (Noggin) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser > Goldwave > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1 (90-min)
Artwork: included
Total running time: 80:46

Tracks:

WMMR Philadelphia, October 1974

1. interview #1
2. interview #2
3. John I'm Only Dancing (Again)
4. interview #3
5. interview #4
6. interview #5
7. interview #6
8. Who Can I Be Now?
9. interview #7
10. It's Gonna Be Me
11. outro

Mike Douglas Show, October 1974

12. intro & interview #1
13. Ziggy in concert montage
14. interview #2
15. I've Got A Crush On You
16. interview #3 & outro

Russell Harty Show, 1975

17. Angie interview

Notes:

WMMR Philadelphia:
Fame and Suffragette City both removed on source tape.
Clip from David Live removed on source tape between segments 5 and 6.
Tape flip between segments 6 and 7 - tiny bit of chat lost.
iZotope RX2 declipper used in tracks 9-11 to address slight over-saturation.
The toy piano over It's Gonna Be Me (1:30-1:45) is on the source tape.

Mike Douglas and Russell Harty shows, no fixes required.


Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 22 on 21st May 2014


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