David Bowie 1987-09-01 Madison Square Garden New York, NY

 

 

David Bowie
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY
September 1, 1987
(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 72)
Recorder 2

Recording: unknown Sony Mics > Sony TC-D5

Transfer: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered/patched) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Carlos Alomar Guitar Solo
02 Up The Hill Backwards
03 Glass Spider > Up The Hill Backwards (Reprise)
04 Day In Day Out
05 Bang Bang
06 Absolute Beginners
07 Loving The Alien
08 China Girl
09 Rebel Rebel
10 Fashion
11 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
12 All The Madmen
13 Never Let Me Down
14 Big Brother >
15 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
16 ‘87 And Cry
17 “Heroes”
18 Sons Of The Silent Age
19 Time Will Crawl
20 Band Introduction
21 Young Americans
22 Beat Your Drum
23 The Jean Genie
24 Let’s Dance
25 Fame
26 Time
27 Blue Jean
28 Modern Love

Known Faults:
-Rebel Rebel: 27 seconds at start patched with uncirculated Two Of Us master
-Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family: 11 seconds at start of drums section patched     
 with uncirculated Two Of Us master
-Beat Of Your Drum: 2 seconds towards end patched with uncirculated Two Of Us master

Welcome to Volume 72 of our master series featuring the master recordings of dime member "tapetyrant". The series will predominately feature captures in the Northeast and Southern California areas. We will touch on multiple genres with a strong focus on Jazz Fusion, New Wave and Rock.

Tapetyrant was an active taper in the 1980's and much of the 1990's before, like many of us, hanging up the mics. What he captured during that time is uniformly excellent quality and his master tapes have been safely stored, the first batch are in pristine condition. Some shows may circulate from lower generation copies but most have remained uncirculated until now and have never circulated directly from the masters.

Prior to DAT, the heavy lifting was entirely done by a Sony D5 with mainly NAK 300's and taping was serious business, acquiring the best seats possible and working to keep neighbors in check.

Volume 72 of our series features an alternate capture of the first of two nights capturing  a stripped down show of David Bowie's stop at Madison Square Garden on his 1987 "Glass Spider" tour.

Quality is what we've come to expect from a TapeTyrant Master, excellent.  There are a couple of cuts that have been patched. The plan was to use patches from the circulating version that I remastered to match closely to this capture but the version I have appears borderline lossy. So I pivoted to an uncirculated Recorder 3 Two Of Us master for the patches. It's slightly further back but the sound stage after remastering is close enough it is not jolting when it switches.

Thanks to Goody for always being available for invaluable pitch guidance.

Continued thanks to "tapetyrant" for doing such a great job capturing these historic shows, for reaching out and entrusting me to present his excellent work for all to enjoy for decades to come. We are indebted to his generosity (tapers don't let those tapes and your hard work get lost to the ages, there are plenty of folks to get in touch with here to help get them out, we're all working to leave no tape behind).

Artwork included...

mjk5510 and tapetyrant

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