David Bowie 1972-11-17 Pirate's World, Daina, FL

DAVID BOWIE
lorida, USA
November - 17 - 1972

unknown gen tape received from Steveboy

cass transfer via Akai GX-75 tapedeck -> Magix Audio & Music Lab -> edit/remaster -> flac 16/44,1

Remaster measures:
- no hiss and noise reduction
- sound levels adjusted
- some minor gaps between songs removed
- bass lifted
- middle frequencies reduced
- treble lifted
- gap in Width Of A Circle with fade out (part 1) and fade in (part 2)


Other remarks:
- this version for me is by far the best sounding version of the concert I know of (I had 4 versions from Steveboy for comparison + my own one)
- There is some hiss present but I decided to leave it that way in order not to remove too much of high frequencies
- Some seconds in the middle of Width Of A Circle missing due to tape flip
- From all versions I know of this concert part 2 (starting with the 2nd part of Width Of A Circle) has an
  inferior sound, manifested by a lack of higher frequencies. But in this version this is much less present
- The second half of Space Oddity is getting inferior in sound and was EQ'ed separately (treble lifted). This is the same in all versions


For me this is now one of the best sounding audience recordings from 72. But make up your own mind (song samples attached). The only flaws are some cuts, mainly minor ones but a more mattering one in the middle of Width Of A Circle and the sound differences during the concert. But all in all this doesn't really matter when listening to the recording.



Setlist (85:55 min.):

01 Ode To Joy intro
02 Hang On To Yourself
03 Ziggy Stardust
04 Changes
05 The Supermen
06 Life On Mars
07 Five Years
08 Space Oddity
09 Andy Warhol
10 Drive In Saturday
11 Width Of A Circle Pt. 1
12 Width Of A Circle Pt. 2
13 John, I'm Only Dancing
14 Queen Bitch
15 Moonage Daydream
16 Waiting For The Man
17 Jean Genie
18 Suffragette City
19 encore call
20 Rock & Roll Suicide
21 Ode To Joy outro

The Band:
David Bowie – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals
Trevor Bolder – bass
Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums
Mike Garson – piano, mellotron, organ


Uploaded to BowieStation by Learm on January 5th 2020

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