Thursday, February 3, 2022

Roxy Music 1979-03-31 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA


Roxy Music 1979-03-31 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA

Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

CD1
01 Manifesto (bad sound first 45 seconds)
02 Trash
03 A Song for Europe
04 Still Falls the Rain
05 Mother Of Pearl
06 Out Of The Blue
07 Ain't That So
08 Stronger Thru the Years
09 Ladytron (spliced)
10 In Every Dream House a Heartache
11 Casanova
12 Love Is The Drug
13 Editions of You
14 Remake Remodel

CD2
01 E: Virginia Plain
02 Do the Strand

Brian Ferry     Vocals/Keys
Phil Manzanera  Guitar
Andy Mackay     Reeds/Synth
Paul Thompson   Drums
Gary Tipps      Bass
David Skinner   Keyboards

A soundboard recording of this show was broadcast by WBCN-FM.


Nakamichi 550 Tape Recorder
Two Nakamichi CM-300 Microphones
Maxell cassettes


Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt (dantalion8@yahoo.com)
   
Master Cassette ->
Nakamichi CR-3A cassette deck with azimuth correction ->
M-Audio Firewire Audiophile 2496 ->
CDWAV 24-bit/96-KHz wav files ->
Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) ->
CDWAV (track breaks) ->
dBpowerAMP Audio Converter (24-bit/96-KHz wav files converted to
  16-bit/44.1 KHz wav files) ->
FLAC Front End (FLAC 8 with sector boundary alignment)
FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger

No EQ'ing.

Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly between 1974 and 1978. His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great moments in rock history were captured for posterity. In late 1974 he bought a Sony TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell cassettes. He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings. In 1977, he switched over to a Nakamichi 550 tape recorder, two Nakamichi CM-300 microphones, and continued using Maxell cassettes.

He recorded many of the major 70's bands: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, ELP, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Who, Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Jean-Luc Ponty, Moody Blues, Neil Young, The Faces, Rush, Rick Wakeman, Kansas, as well as several "under the radar" acts.

Since Dan never traded copies of his recordings, they are all essentially uncirculated. Some copies were made for friends, but these releases are the first time most of these recordings have ever seen the light of day, and are direct from his master cassettes. No EQ'ing has been done to any of the transfers. Feel free to EQ, matrix, patch, etc and re-post if you like, just give Dan credit for the original recording.

Dan was very meticulous about taking good care of his tapes and is very pleased that these recordings will now circulate among the trading community. Please honour his kindness and generosity by sharing these recordings freely.


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2 comments:

  1. This is a terrific recording! I hope you share more Roxy shows in the future.

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