David Bowie The Hunky Geordie Tapes Volume 31(revised text)(corrected links)

HUG268CD  SKIN EXPOSURE

DAVID BOWIE - New York 1978-05-08

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK AD90 (Noggin) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > 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: 43:39; Disc 2: 42:53

Tracks:

Disc 1

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

Disc 2

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

Notes

Volume reprofiling required on Warszawa and Heroes.
Two tiny gaps @ 3.7 and 4.3 seconds in Warszawa removed cleanly.
Pauses between virtually all songs with applause removed - fade-out/in.
Tiny gap in crowd noise after Be My Wife (2:42) - removed, reasonably clean.
Inappropriate pause catches the false ending in The Jean Genie - removed with fades.
Two gaps in Blackout @ 52 seconds.  First removed with no impact, second leaves a tiny jump.
Two extra pauses at the end of Breaking Glass (one during the false finish) - both crowd noise, removed cleanly.
Tape flip catches the end of Fame - fade-out/in to join (and tiny gap immediately after join, removed cleanly).
Two little gaps in Five Years @ 2:32 - removed cleanly.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 31 on 4th February 2015




HUG269CD  PATIENT TO PATIENT

DAVID BOWIE - Hamburg 1976-04-11

Congress Centrum, Hamburg, West Germany

Audience recording
Maxell XLII C90 (Arcorman) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1 (90 minute)
Artwork: included
Total running time: 87:58

Tracks:

1. Station To Station
2. Suffragette City
3. Fame
4. Word On A Wing
5. Stay
6. Waiting For The Man
7. Queen Bitch
8. Life On Mars?
9. Five Years
10. Panic In Detroit
11. band introductions
12. Changes
13. TVC 15
13. Diamond Dogs
14. Rebel Rebel
15. The Jean Genie

Notes

Running fast - speed correction with a factor of 94%.
Tiny gap between crowd noise and start of Station To Station - simply removed.
Some volume reprofiling to right channel around 4 minutes in to Station To Station required.

Nasty gap and speed snatch two seconds into Panic In Detroit - Let's Dance repair, clean.
Another nasty speed snatch at 3:01 in Panic In Detroit - removed, odd beat missed, but hard to spot.
Nasty crackle @ 3:15 in Panic In Detroit excised.
Gap @ 45 seconds in Changes - removed with fades.
Repeated section in Changes (1:12) removed seamlessly.
Speed surge in Diamond Dogs @ 4:30.  Let's Dance repair with a five second sample from earlier chorus; and remainder of Diamond Dogs, Rebel Rebel and The Jean Genie then speed corrected (again) with a factor of 96%.
Small gap in The Jean Genie @ 1:15 - removed with fades.
Static mess and dodgy fade in The Jean Genie between 4:12 and 4:28 - removed with fades.
Tiny blip removed @ 4:54 in The Jean Genie.
Sector boundary errors tidied with TLH.


Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 31 on 4th February 2015




HUG270CD  EARTH KEEPS ON ROLLING

DAVID BOWIE - Tampa 1987-09-19

Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL, USA

Audience recording
TDK SA 90x2 > TEAC cassette deck > H2N Zoom digital recorder at 96/24 bit SDHD card > Computer > DVD Data disc > 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: 71:18; Disc 2: 50:12

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. Young Americans
5. Beat Of Your Drum
6. The Jean Genie
7. Let's Dance
8. Fame
9. Time
10. band introductions
11. Blue Jean
12. Modern Love

Notes

Gap between Rebel Rebel and Fashion - clips start of intro to Fashion.  Removed with fades.
Legacy tape join @ 4:50 in Heroes (crowd noise).  Join OK, but noticeable difference in quality after.
Gap between Let's Dance and Fame (crowd noise) - simply removed.
Pause bang between Fame (crowd noise) and Time (clips the start).  Removed with fades.
Pause blip @ 6 seconds during Time - removed with fades.
Another pause blip @ 11 seconds in the band intros - simply removed, reasonably clean.
Gap between Blue Jean and Modern Love - simply joined, but tone change after.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 31 on 4th February 2015




HUG271CD  DIZZY IN THE HEAD

DAVID BOWIE - Detroit 1983-07-30

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: Boots PSX200
           Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZtope RX2 Denoiser for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 54:13; Disc 2: 58:01

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. Breaking Glass
10. Life On Mars?
11. Sorrow
12. Cat People
13. China Girl
14. Scary Monsters
15. Rebel Rebel
16. 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. I Can't Explain
12. Modern Love

Notes

Running a little fast - speed correction with a factor of 98%.
Tape flip between Life On Mars? and Sorrow - seamless.
Tape flip between Young Americans and Fame - crowd noise only.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 31 on 4th February 2015




HUG272CD  SOMETIMES YOU GET SO LONELY

DAVID BOWIE - Calgary 1990-03-13

Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada

Audience Recording
TDK SA90 + SF90 (lo gen) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > iZtope RX2 Denoiser for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 66:15; Disc 2: 64:57

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Applause
2. Space Oddity
3. Changes
4. TVC 15
5. Rebel Rebel
6. Golden Years
7. Be My Wire
8. Ashes To Ashes
9. John I'm Only Dancing
10. Queen Bitch
11. Fashion
12. Life On Mars?
13. Blue Jean
14. Let's Dance
15. Stay
16. band introductions
17. China Girl

Disc 2

1. Ziggy Stardust
2. Sound + Vision
3. Station To Station
4. Alabama Song
5. Young Americans
6. Panic In Detroit
7. Suffragette City
8. Fame '90
9. Heroes
10. The Jean Genie
11. Pretty Pink Rose
12. Modern Love
13. Rock'n'Roll Suicide

Notes

Lacking in bass.  Goldwave Equalizer tool used, default bass boost.

Sudden drop in volume on right channel @ 3:28 in Ashes To Ashes.  Left channel copied for 32 seconds to address.
Tape flip between Life On Mars? and Blue Jean - seamless join.
Gap in crowd noise between Blue Jean (3:01) and Let's Dance - removed cleanly.
Volume reprofiling on right channel in Let's Dance and Stay.
Tape flip between Young Americans (end clipped) and Panic In Detroit - fade-out/in.
The wobble between 40 and 42 seconds in Panic In Detroit is on the source tape.
Gap (encore break) between Heroes and The Jean Genie - removed cleanly.
Sector Boundary Errors removed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 31 on 4th February 2015




HUG273CD  A HINT OF MAYHEM

DAVID BOWIE - Toronto 1974-06-16 (evening)

o'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D120 (Noggin) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > 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: 42:06; Disc 2: 53:59

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. introduction
2. 1984
3. Rebel Rebel
4. Moonage Daydream
5. Sweet Thing
6. Candidate
7. Sweet Thing (Reprise)
8. Changes
9. Suffragette City
10. Aladdin Sane
11. All The Young Dudes
12. Cracked Actor
13. Rock'n'Roll With Me

Disc 2

1. Watch That Man
2. Drive In Saturday
3. Space Oddity
4. Future Legend
5. Diamond Dogs
6. Panic In Detroit
7. Big Brother
8. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
9. Time
10. The Width Of A Circle
11. The Jean Genie
12. Rock'n'Roll Suicide

Notes

Running a tiny bit fast - speed correction with a factor of 98%.
Bass boosted using Goldwave Parametric EQ tool.
Some volume rebalancing throughout, and also some tweaks to panning between channels.
Pause noise @ 3½ seconds into intro removed.
Gap (legacy tape flip) between Rock'n'Roll With Me and Watch That Man - used for disc split.
First 1½ seconds of Watch That Man has muted right channel - copied from left.
First three songs on disc two have a tiny bit of residual, inaccessible hiss.
Tape flip between Space Oddity and Future Legend - seamless.
7 second chunk at 3:17 runs too fast - speed correction with a factor of 97%.
Interference in applause @ 4:56 in Panic In Detroit removed.
Small gap in applause between The Width Of A Circle and The Jean Genie - removed cleanly.
Join on tape @ 4a seconds in The Jean Genie which loses a chunk of the chorus.  Let's Dance repair from next chorus, adding in 11 seconds of music.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 31 on 4th February 2015




HUG275CD  HELIBO SEYOMAN

DAVID BOWIE - Essen 1978-05-18

Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany

Audience recording
Lineage:
        1) TDK SA90 x 1¼ (Arcorman) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
        2) Maxell UL120 (M_B_F) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > 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: 51:17; Disc 2: 52:43

Tracks:

Disc 1

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

Disc 2

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

Notes

Source 1 (all tracks up to Alabama Song)

Running a little fast - speed correction with a factor of 98%.
Tape flip between The Jean Genie and Blackout - fade-out/in, but Blackout starts a little muffled.
Gap in crowd noise after Speed Of Life (2:34) removed.
Lump[ missing from the middle of Fame.  Fade-out/in @ 1:45.
Tape flip between Fame and Beauty And The Beast - removed cleanly.
Tiny blip in crowd noise after Beauty And The Beast (5:00) removed.

Source 2 (Station To Station, Stay and TVC 15)

Fade-in for Station To Station
Pause noise removed in crowd noise between Station To Station and Stay @ 10:26.
Ugly gap @ 6 seconds in Stay - Let's Dance repair from next line.
Gap @ 7:39 in Stay - removed.

Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 31 on 4th February 2015


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