Led Zeppelin
Newport Jazz Festival
July 6, 1969
2-source audience recording matrix
Both audience sources from this performance suffered from a poor sound balance due to the proximity of each taper - source 1 had the vocals at the bottom of the mix while source 2 had the vocals all but blowing out the instruments. This presented a good opportunity to make a well-balanced version by mixing them together. Since the show's only a little over an hour, it seemed like a worthwhile endeavor.
I mixed the two sources in short segments at a time (usually 30-60 seconds) depending on where any pitch variations occurred. As mentioned above, source 1 is shorter than source 2 and therefore the minute or so leading up to Train Kept A-Rollin' comes from source 2 only, as do the last 20 seconds of Communication Breakdown and all of Long Tall Sally.
I was very pleased at how this turned out - hopefully you will be too.
Created with permission from the original seeders:
Source 1 from doinker: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=201173
Lineage: MR->R->??R??->Sound Forge ->16 cent slowdown (enough to be really noticeable)-> Resampling and Bit Depth Conversion ->FLAC via Flac Frontend level 6, sectors aligned and verified
Source 2 from pict05: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=475468
Lineage: Reel Master > 1st Gen Cassette (Chrome) > DAT(1) > CDR(1) > WAV > FLAC
Total time: 61:54
1. Train Kept A-Rollin' (source 1 joins source 2 at 1:05 mark and runs through most of Communication Breakdown (see below))
2. I Can't Quit You Baby
3. Dazed and Confused
4. You Shook Me
5. How Many More Times
6. Communication Breakdown (source 1 fades out at 4:37 mark; source 2 from this point forward)
7. Long Tall Sally
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