David Bowie Hunky Geordie Tapes Volume 12 (Rev A)

HUG090CD  THAT BOY...

DAVID BOWIE - Bristol 1972-08-27

Locarno Electric Village, Bristol, England

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D90 tape (Noggin) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 55:30

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Hang On To Yourself
3. Queen Bitch
4. John I'm Only Dancing
5. The Supermen
6. Ziggy Stardust
7. Moonage Daydream
8. Starman
9. This Boy
10. The Width Of A Circle
11. Waiting For The Man
12. White Light/White Heat
13. Suffragette City
14. Round And Round

Notes

iZotope RX2 denoiser tool used to remove hiss.
Width of a Circle massively louder than rest of side two.  Recorded at lower level and grafted back in at 7:24 (before editing).
Volume boost to the intro and start of Hang On To Yourself to bring it in line.
Little bit of hiss around start of Waiting For The Man - impossible to remove.
Tape flip between This Boy and Width Of A Circle - removed cleanly.
Lot of volume fluctuations on side two.  Tidied up.
Gap removed between Waiting For The Man and White Light/White Heat, but abrupt start to latter
Fade out/in between White Light/White Heat and Suffragette City on source tape.
Some small clicks were evident in Width of a Circle, Waiting For The Man and White Light/White Heat.  Removed using Goldwave Pop/Click tool on default setting.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Volume 12 on 14th August 2013.
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG091CD  IN MY OWN LIGHT

DAVID BOWIE - Rochester 1976-03-20

War Memorial, Rochester, NY, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 tape (arcorman) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1 (90 minute disc)
Artwork: included
Total running time: 87:24

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. Panic In Detroit
10. band introductions
11. Changes
12. TVC 15
13. Diamond Dogs
14. Rebel Rebel
15. The Jean Genie

Notes

Single pass of iZotope RX denoiser for hiss.
Sundry tweaks to volume, which was very variable throughout.
Running too fast.  Speed adjustment on all tracks to Rebel Rebel with factor of 96%; The Jean Genie speed adjustment at 92%.

Tape flip @ 3:32 in Five Years - fade-out/in, small amount of music lost
Gap (presumably encore break) between Diamond Dogs and Rebel Rebel - removed and smoothed out.
Gap (and virtual fade to zero) between Rebel Rebel and The Jean Genie.  Removed and tidied.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 (14th August 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG092CD  THINK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS

Tin Machine - Paris 1989-06-25

The World, New York

Audience recording
Lineage: Sony FN90 tape (Sixer) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC4
Number of discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 68:17

Track listing:

1. Heaven's In Here
2. Sacrifice Yourself
3. Working Class Hero
4. Prisoner Of Love
5. Tin Machine
6. Sorry
7. Country Bus Stop
8. Bus Stop
9. Run
10. Maggie's Farm
11. I Can't Read
12. Baby Can Dance
13. Pretty Thing
14. Crack City
15. Under The God

Fix Notes:

Hiss reduction with iZotope RX2 denoiser.

No Amazing, and Heaven's In Here is ending only.
Some distortion of Heaven's In Here (taper finding levels) and gap removed at 25 seconds.

Tape flip between Maggie's Farm and I Can't Read - crowd noise lost, tight to start of I Can't Read.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 (14th August 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG093CD  CONGRESS

DAVID BOWIE - Hamburg 1978-05-15

Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 tape (Arocrman) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1 (90 minute disc)
Artwork: included
Total running time: 89:29
Tracks:

Disc One

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. band introductions
12. Five Years
13. Soul Love
14. Star
15. Hang On To Yourself
16. Ziggy Stardust
17. Suffragette City
18. Art Decade
19. Alabama Song
20. Station To Station
21. Stay

Notes

iZotope RX2 denoiser tool used to remove hiss.

Cuts out during Beauty and the Beast (end of tape side 1) and Stay (end of tape side 2)
Fame is missing as are the remaining encores after Stay
Two small dropouts removed from chanting at beginning of Stay - no impact
Odd little repeated section right at the end of Stay, is on the source tape
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 (14th August 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG094CD  SWAY THROUGH THE CROWD

DAVID BOWIE - Offenbach 1983-06-24

Bieberer Berg Stadium, Offenbach, Germany

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 tapes x 1½ (Arcorman) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 52:46; Disc 2: 54:27

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Intro
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. TVC 15
8. Fame
9. Stay
10. The Jean Genie
11. Modern Love

Notes

Inexplicable gap in crowd noise between Star and Heroes - removed with no ill effect.
Some fluttering between the channels at the start of Sorrow.  Left alone, as couldn't really hear anything.
Couple of small gaps in crowd noise after Cat People.  Removed flawlessly.
Gap between China Girl and Scary Monsters.  Removed, but clips count-in to Scary Monsters.  Coincident with tape flip.

Two small gaps in crowd noise after Space Oddity.  Removed flawlessly.
Drop-out in crowd noise between Young Americans and TVC15.  Left alone, but clips the start of TVC15.
Two gaps in TVC 15 removed: one @ 1:49, the other @ 2:32.  First has minimal impact, second seems to lose a couple of seconds.

Tape flip between Fame and Stay (encore break).  Fade out is on the source.
Cut, with volume drop, in crowd noise between Stay and The Jean Genie is on the source and has been left alone.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 (14th August 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG095CD  21ST CENTURY LOSE

DAVID BOWIE - Auckland 1987-11-28

Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Audience recording
Lineage: Maxell XLII C90 x 1½ (Arcorman) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 58:43; Disc 2: 52:10

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. All The Madmen
14. Never Let Me Down
15. Big Brother
16. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family

Disc 2

1. 87 & Cry
2. Heroes
3. Sons Of The Silent Age
4. Time Will Crawl
5. band introductions
6. Young Americans
7. The Jean Genie
8. Let's Dance
9. Fame
10. Blue Jean
11. I Wanna Be Your Dog
12. White Light/White Heat

Notes

End of Purple Haze is cut on source tape.  Fade out/in to Guitar intro.
Gap removed @ 1:03 in Carlos's Guitar Intro - minimal impact
Gap removed @ 3:57 in Loving The Alien - couple of seconds missing
Another gap removed @ 3:07 in Fashion - couple of seconds missing

Tape flip after Fashion, of which the ending is cut.
No sign of Scary Monsters (if played) on the source tape and the lion's share of All The Madmen is also missing.
Cut between Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family and 87 & Cry.  Minimal loss of music, and used as the opportunity to split discs.

Cut at 3:30 in Young Americans.  Some music lost, fade-out/in
Tape split during Let's Dance - seamless, but required slight speed adjustment before the split.
End of Let's Dance, dancer intros.  Needed some editing, as taper was speaking into the mic to do level tests.
Interruptions continue into start of Fame, part of which had to be removed.

Sound quality deteriorates for the encores (distorted, static interferenced) on source tape
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 (14th August 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG096CD  DYING THEIR FACES

DAVID BOWIE - Stuttgart 1990-04-11

Schleyer-halle, Stuttgart, Germany

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D90 x 2 tapes (Andre F - believe 1st gen) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 54:43; Disc 2: 43:01

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Ode to Joy intro
2. Space Oddity
3. Changes
4. TVC 15
5. Rebel Rebel
6. Be My Wife
7. Ashes To Ashes
8. Queen Bitch
9. Fashion
10. Life On Mars?
11. Blue Jean
12. Let's Dance
13. Stay
14. band introductions
15. China Girl

Disc 2
1. Sound + Vision
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. Station To Station
4. Young Americans
5. Suffragette City
6. Fame '90
7. Heroes
8. Pretty Pink Rose
9. The Jean Genie

Notes

Tape flip between Life On Mars? and Blue Jean - crowd noise only
Tape flip between Heroes and Pretty Pink Rose.  Encore break, seamless.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 (14th August 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 12 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG097CD  THE MISSING LINK

DAVID BOWIE - The Missing Link

Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA  1974-10-28
Michigan Palace, Detroit, MI, USA  1974-10-16
Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA, USA (album outtake)

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D90 tape (Noggin, low gen) >  Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: disc 1: 43:03; disc 2: 44:43

Track listing:

Disc 1

101 Memory of a Free Festival (NY)
102 Space Oddity (D)
103 Rebel Rebel (NY)
104 John I'm Only Dancing (NY)
105 Sorrow (NY)
106 Changes (NY)
107 1984 (NY)
108 Moonage Daydream (NY)
109 Rock'n'Roll With Me (D)
110 Love Me Do/The Jean Genie (D)

Disc 2

201 Diamond Dogs (D)
202 Young Americans (D)
203 Can You Hear Me (D)
204 Footstompin' (NY)
205 It's Gonna Be Me (D)
206 Somebody Up There Likes Me (NY)
207 Suffragette City (NY)
208 Rock'n'Roll Suicide (NY)
209 John I'm Only Dancing (Again) (Studio outtake)

Fix notes:

iZotope RX2 denoiser tool used to remove hiss.
Volume reshaping throughout (particularly on Detroit tracks - some of which probably came from the "Chicago" tape)
Running too fast, speed adjustment @ 94%

Repair to start of Diamond Dogs, which had been appended to the end of The Jean Genie, in turn at the end of side 1 of the tape.
Break during Rock'n'Roll Suicide @ 2:47.  Fade-out/fade-in, but left rather than repaired.

Sundry fades for joins.
Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.


Although it could fit a 90-minute disc, deliberately kept as two discs to reflect the original format

Link

Pink Floyd 1977-06-27 Boston Garden Boston, MA

Pink Floyd
Boston Garden
Boston, MA
27 June 1977

Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

CD1/Set I
01 Sheep
02 Pigs on the Wing pt1
03 Dogs
04 Pigs on the Wing pt2
05 Pigs (3 Different Ones) (spliced)

CD2/Set II
01 Shine on You Crazy Diamond I-V
02 Welcome to the Machine
03 Have a Cigar
04 Wish You Were Here
05 Shine on You Crazy Diamond VI-IX (spliced)
06 E1: Money
07 E2: Us and Them

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.

Link

Bruce Springsteen 1974-10-04 New York City NY 'I Saw Rock and Roll Future' (Midnight Dreamer)

I Saw Rock And Roll Future, Midnight Dreamer, MD-632A/B
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, USA, October 04 1974

Original CD-rs --> EAC (Secure) --> Waw --> Flac Level 8 & Align
EAC Log Files, md5 Files (Flac & Waw), Complete Artwork Included 600 dpi


101 - Intro
102 - Incident On 57th Street
103 - Spirit In The Night
104 - Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
105 - The E Street Shuffle
106 - Cupid
107 - It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
108 - Lost In The Flood
109 - She's The One
110 - Jungleland

201 - A Love So Fine
202 - Kitty's Back
203 - New York City Serenade
204 - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
205 - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
206 - Quarter To Three

IVAN EDIT:
1) Tracks tagged
2) New .md5 & .ffp files created
3) Spectral/frequency graphs included
 

Link 

 

The Beatles - Sessions(MCCD214-215)

	"Sessions" - Newly Digital Remaster (1985 Mix)
1-1		Come And Get It
1-2		Leave My Kitten Alone
1-3		Not Guilty
1-4		I'm Looking Through You
1-5		What's The New Mary Jane
1-6		How Do You Do It?
1-7		Besame Mucho
1-8		One After 909
1-9		If You've Got Trouble
1-10		That Means A Lot
1-11		While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1-12		Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
1-13		Christmas Time Is Here Again
		"1, 2, 3, 4!" - Unreleased 1st Compilation (1984 Mix)
1-14		Christmas Time Is Here Again
1-15		Come And Get It
1-16		Leave My Kitten Alone
1-17		Not Guilty
1-18		I'm Looking Through You
1-19		What's The New Mary Jane
1-20		How Do You Do It?
1-21		Besame Mucho
1-22		One After 909
1-23		That Means A Lot
1-24		While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1-25		Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
1-26		Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Christmas Time Is Here Again
		"Boardroom Tapes" - 1976 Off Line Mix
2-1		Leave My Kitten Alone
2-2		One After 909
2-3		If You've Got Trouble
2-4		That Means A Lot
2-5		Christmas Time Is Here Again
2-6		Come And Get It
2-7		Rip It Up/Shake Rattle And Roll
2-8		Kansas City/Miss Ann/Lawdy Miss Clawdy
2-9		Cannonball/Not Fade Away/Hey Little Girl/Bo Diddley
2-10		Blue Suede Shoes
2-11		Dig A Pony
		Extra Tracks
2-12		Come And Get It (Take 5)
2-13		Come And Get It (True Stereo Version)
2-14		Leave My Kitten Alone (With False Start)
2-15		Not Guilty (True Stereo Version)
2-16		I'm Looking Through You (Take 1)
2-17		I'm Looking Through You (Take 4)
2-18		What's The New Mary Jane (1968 Alternate Stereo Mix)
2-19		If You've Got Trouble (True Stereo)
2-20		That Means A Lot (Dry Mix)
2-21		While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1982 Stereo Mix)
2-22		Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (1982 Stereo Mix - No Fade Version)
2-23		Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Muddy Stereo Mix)
2-24		Not Guilty (Acetate)

 

Link 

 

Crosby, Stills & Nash 1977-06-13 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Providence Civic Center
Providence, RI
13 June 1977

Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

CD1/Electric Set
01 Pre-Road Downs
02 Love The One You're With
03 The Lee Shore
04 Used To Be A King
05 Just A Song Before I Go
06 Shadow Captain
07 Turn Back The Pages
08 Long Time Gone

CD2/Acoustic Set
01 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
02 You Don't Have To Cry
03 Our House
04 4+20
05 Guinnevere
06 Crossroads
07 You Can't Catch Me (Chuck Berry)
08 Helplessly Hoping
09 Carry Me
10 Critical Mass > Wind on the Water (cut)

missing (probably):

Dark Star
Deja Vu
I Give You Give Blind
Military Madness
Carry On
Wooden Ships
Teach Your Children


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.


Link

David Bowie Hunky Geordie Tapes Volume 11 (Rev A)

HUG078CD  THE FOURTH GREATEST ROCK'N'ROLL BAND IN THE WORLD

TIN MACHINE - Utrecht 1991-10-28

Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D60 x 2 (Sixer - lo gen) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > Goldwave to capture and split tracks > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 61:30; Disc 2: 47:53

Track listing:

Disc 1

01 Introduction
02 Bus Stop
03 A Big Hurt
04 Goodbye Mr Ed
05 I Can't Read
06 If There Is Something
07 Go Now
08 Betty Wrong
09 Stateside
10 Amlapura
11 Baby Can Dance

Disc 2

01 You Belong In Rock And Roll
02 Under The God
03 Sorry
04 One Shot
05 Debaser
06 Baby Universal
07 Heaven's In Here
08 You Can't Talk
09 Sacrifice Yourself

Fix notes:

Lightweight hiss removal using iZotope RX2 denoiser.

Speed adjustment needed, running too fast.  Sides 1 & 3 adjusted with factor of 97.5%, but side 2 of tape running amazingly fast: factor of 90%.  After adjustments, still some indications that speed may be a little slippy.
At 4:04 in Baby Can Dance there's a sudden deceleration (and more so four seconds later).  Speed corrected whole section with factor of 106%, but could only do at single setting, as no accelerate/decelerate tool available.

Tape flip between Go Now and Betty Wrong - seamless.
Tape flip between Baby Can Dance and You Belong In Rock And Roll - seamless.
Tape flip between Baby Universal and Heaven's In Here - seamless.

Small gaps removed in encore breaks at ends of Heaven's In Here and You Can't Talk - crowd noise only.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 (18th July 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG084CD  MAGIC IN THE AIR

DAVID BOWIE - Maastricht 1990-08-19

MECC Stadium, Maastricht, Netherlands

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SF90 tape (Andre F - believe 1st gen) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 48:01; Disc 2: 47:13

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Ode to Joy intro
2. Space Oddity
3. Rebel Rebel
4. Ashes To Ashes
5. band introductions
6. Life On Mars?
7. Stay
8. Pretty Pink Rose
9. Blue Jean
10. Let's Dance
11. Sound + Vision
12. Ziggy Stardust

Disc 2
1. China Girl
2. Station To Station
3. Young Americans
4. Suffragette City
5. Fame '90
6. Peter Gunn Theme
7. Heroes
8. Panic In Detroit
9. The Jean Genie
10. Gloria

Notes

Tape flip - simple join between Heroes and Panic In Detroit - encore break, so audience noise only

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 (18th July 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG085CD  FABULOUS

DAVID BOWIE - Manchester 1972-12-28

Hard Rock, Manchester, England

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK AD60 tape (Noggin) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 55:55

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Let's Spend The Night Together
3. Hang On To Yourself
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. The Supermen
6. Changes
7. Life On Mars?
8. Five Years
9. The Width Of A Circle
10. John I'm Only Dancing
11. Moonage Daydream
12. band introductions
13. The Jean Genie
14. Suffragette City
15. Rock'n'Roll Suicide

Notes

Ticking noise on early songs on the source tape - removed using Goldwave Pop/Click tool on default setting (for whole recording).
Dehiss using iZotope RX2 denoiser tool, two passes @ 18.4 dB noise reduction, smoothing @ 8.0
iZotope RX2 dehum tool then used, 50Hz with harmonics
Goldwave parametric equaliser then used, with 150Hz and 400Hz both set to -3dB

Tape flip during The Width Of A Circle, at around 4:44.  May have lost a few seconds of jam, but can't hear it, if so.
Small drop-out in crowd noise at the very end of Rock'n'Roll Suicide - left as is.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Volume 11 on 18th July 2013.
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG086CD  GLASGOW 1

DAVID BOWIE - Glasgow 1978-06-19

Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90+60 tapes (Arocrman) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 50:38; Disc 2: 58:55

Tracks:

Disc One

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 Two

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. Rebel Rebel
12. Stay
13. TVC 15

Notes

Noise removal on respective sides, using iZotope RX2 denoiser, sampling from the gaps (listed below)

Running too slowly - speed correction with a factor of 107%.

Three short cut-outs during The Jean Genie at 6:24, 6:27 and 7:11 (crowd noise).  All removed with negligible impact.
Gap between Breaking Glass and Fame.  Removed, but start of Fame is clipped.  Coincides with tape flip.
Gap and restart during Soul Love @ 1:07.  Repaired, seamless.
Gap removed @ 3 seconds in Star - minimal impact.
Gap in crowd noise @ 3:05 in Art Decade.  Removed, seamless.

Tape flip between Alabama Song and Station To Station - start of latter clipped.
Tape flip between Stay and TVC 15 - end of Stay is missing.  Fade out/in.

Whoosh sound addressed in Goldwave using parametric equaliser:

5200 Hz ± 20 Hz -65%
6418 Hz ± 20 Hz - 75%

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 (18th July 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG087CD  TREMBLE LIKE A FLOWER

DAVID BOWIE - Vancouver 1983-09-11

PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 tapes x 1½ (Arcorman) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 59:11; Disc 2: 53:26

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Intro
2. Look Back In Anger
3. Heroes
4. What In The World
5. Golden Years
6. Fashion
7. Let's Dance
8. Red Sails
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. Star
9. Stay
10. The Jean Genie


Notes

Miles too fast.  Speed correction with factor of 92%

Cut in crowd noise between Golden Years and Fashion.  Tidied up.
Gap removed between Red Sails and Breaking Glass (probably former tape flip).  Crowd noise only.
Volume boost, Breaking Glass - China Girl: 25% to bring in line.
Couple of minor sound fluctuations in crowd noise between Cat People and China Girl - removed.
Gap in tape @ 4:07 in China Girl (perhaps an old tape flip).  Removed with fade-out/in, but some music missing.

Tape flip between China Girl and Scary Monsters - crowd noise.
Small gap in crowd noise on fade of White Light/White Heat removed.

After Cracked Actor, appears that a radio advert or something similar played over the PA.  Left alone.
Gap removed @ 4:41 in Fame.  Minor loss of music.

Have seen listing indicating that TVC15 was between Fame and Star, but absolutely no evidence here.


Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 (18th July 2013)
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 11 by steve23yh on 18th June 2015






HUG088CD  ROCK AM RING 1987

DAVID BOWIE - Rock Am Ring, Koblenz 1987-06-07 MASTER

Rock Am Ring, Nürburgring, Koblenz, Germany

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 tapes x 1½ (Arcorman master tape) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 71:05; Disc 2: 56:52

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. Fashion
12. Scary Monsters
13. All The Madmen
14. Never Let Me Down
15. Big Brother
16. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
17. 87 & Cry

Disc 2

1. Heroes
2. Time Will Crawl
3. band introductions
4. Beat Of Your Drum
5. Sons Of The Silent Age
6. New York's In Love
7. Dancing With The Big Boys
8. Zeroes
9. Let's Dance
10. Fame
11. Time
12. Blue Jean
13. Modern Love

Notes

Running too fast.  Speed correction with a factor of 94%.

Tape flip between Fashion and Scary Monsters - clips start of Scary Monsters
Gap towards end of Never Let Me Down - fade out/in to remove, small amount of music lost
Tape flip between Beat Of Your Drum and Sons Of The Silent Age - crowd noise only

Gap between Sons Of The Silent Age and New York's In Love - clips the start of the latter.
Another gap between Dancing With The Big Boys and Zeroes, that clips the start of the latter.
Same again between Zeroes and Let's Dance



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Bruce Springsteen 1974-09-22 Union, NJ (Master Tape Transfer from The Big A) (JEMS Archive)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Kean College
Union, NJ
September 22, 1974
JEMS Archive

Audience Recording (equipment unknown) by The Big A

JEMS 2012 transfer: master cassette (TDK D-180) > Nakamichi CR-7A >
Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 2.0 (24/96) capture > iZotope RX
click repair > Peak 6.0 with iZotope Ozone 5.0 (speed corrected) >
resample 16/44.1 via iZotope MBIT+ > FLAC

01 Spirit In The Night
02 Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
03 The E Street Shuffle > Having A Party
04 For You
05 Saint In The City
06 Cupid
07 Kitty's Back
08 Sandy
09 Rosalta
10 A Love So Fine (A Night Like This) > Shout

JEMS is very pleased to issue this previously uncirculated recording
of an historically important and otherwise unheard show.

The recording from Kean College in Union, NJ is now the earliest
document we have of the "new look" E Street Band featuring Max
Weinberg on drums and Roy Bittan on piano. According to the essential
Brucebase Wiki, this free, outdoor show (which took place behind the
student center) was the fourth date played by the new line-up,
predating by 12 days Avery Fisher Hall, October 4, which had been the
first circulating recording with Max and Roy.

It gives us a fascinating glimpse into a period of transition for
Springsteen. As such, some of the arrangements heard here are
distinctive as the reconfigured band sorts out how to play the "basic"
set. While Bruce had previously performed songs in early 1974 that
would later appear on Born to Run, the only new material essayed at
Kean is a unique version of the Born to Run outtake "A Love So Fine,"
still in such an embryonic state that the chorus sung isn't "a love so
fine" at all, but another title rumored to have been recorded for BTR:
"A Night Like This." He also tags the end of the song with several
lyrics from the Isley Brothers' "Shout." According to Brucebase, by
the time the song is played again at Avery Fisher, the chorus had
changed to "A Love So Fine" for keeps.

The Kean tape also captures the earliest known cover of Sam Cooke's
"Cupid" and a particularly punchy full-band version of "For You," a
song Springsteen performed solo throughout most of 1974-75. Nearly
every track here is a little different than you're used to given that
two of the band members are still learning their parts.

Our generous taper, The Big A, says he used a "standard-for-the-time,
no-frills, fat-paperback-sized Radio Shack-type tape recorder with a
built-in mike" to record the show. That description seems to match the
tape, which has hallmarks of ALC (automatic level control) where the
first note of a song starts out loud and a bit distorted before the
level adjusts. There are some distorted frequencies in the recording
and it is not as good as the very best we have of the era. But
considering the circumstances (it was the first Bruce show he ever
taped), the outdoor venue, the gear, the PA volume, etc. it is quite a
listenable document of the performance. We worked hard to improve the
sound, but most of what you hear is just what it is. Samples provided.

Very special thanks to The Big A for loaning JEMS the master tape and
to the ER Archive, who had a copy of the show that helped lead us to
the master.

BK for JEMS

 

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Paul McCartney 7 Wings - Over Belgium 1972(MCCD212-213)

1-1        Intro / Eat At Home
1-2        Smile Away
1-3        Bip Bop
1-4        Mumbo
1-5        Blue Moon Of Kentucky
1-6        1882
1-7        I Would Only Smile
1-8        The Mess
1-9        Best Friend
1-10        Soily
1-11        I Am Your Singer
1-12        Seaside Woman
1-13        Say You Don’t Mind
1-14        Henry’s Blues
1-15        Give Ireland Back To The Irish
1-16        Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
2-1        My Love
2-2        Mary Had A Little Lamb
2-3        Maybe I’m Amazed
2-4        Hi. Hi. Hi
2-5        Long Tall Sally
        Bonus Tracks    
2-6        Best Friend (Acoustic Guitar Overdubs)
2-7        Best Friend #2 (Backing Vocals / Guitar)
2-8        Best Friend #3 (Alternate Mix)
Disc 1, tracks 1 > 8 & Disc 2, tracks 2 > 5 are audience recordings.

 

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Bob Dylan 1997-08-23/24 Weekend At Wolftrap 1997(AcidProject 099)(SBD)

Bob Dylan - Weekend At Wolftrap 1997_AcidProject 099

23 & 24 August 1997 Vienna, Virginia
SOUNDBOARD

Hi Dylan fanatics,

i have done phase & level correction and new EQ
Also, i have patched drop out in "Roving Gambler", from the second show.
Enjoy

Remastered by Captain Acid, October 2024
Artwork by Mr. D

CD 01
101 Absolutely Sweet Marie 2:03
102 Man In The Long Black Coat 5:42
103 Tough Mama 3:04
104 Under The Red Sky 3:22
105 Silvio 3:00
106 Stone Walls And Steel Bars 3:46
107 Mr. Tambourine Man 4:57

CD 02
201 Tangled Up In Blue 4:06
202 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 6:50
203 Blind Willie McTell 5:09
204 Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat 3:02
205 Like A Rolling Stone 5:35
206 Don't Think Twice 5:41
207 Alabama Getaway 2:34

CD 03
301 Absolutely Sweet Marie 3:52
302 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 3:30
303 Tough Mama 3:37
304 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere 2:07
305 Silvio 1:27
306 Roving Gambler 4:21
307 Tangled Up In Blue 4:26

CD 04
401 Cocaine Blues 6:08
402 Watching The River Flow 4:51
403 Blind Willie McTell 4:46
404 Highway 61 Revisited 4:43
405 Like A Rolling Stone 1:40
406 Forever Young 2:00
407 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 2:42

Notes
Recorded at Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center, Vienna, Virginia, August 23 & 24, 1997. 

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Yes 1978-10-28 Wembley Arena London, England Evening Show(CaptAcid)

Yes - Live In London 1978_Captain Acid Remaster
"Silver Anniversary"
1978-10-28
Wembley Arena
London, England
Evening Show

Lineage: Pre-FM recording -> CDr trade -> FLAC (Xact) -> You

Hi Yes fans,

i have done phase & level correction and new EQ.
This one did not have any artwork, so i found some on the internet and added it here, enjoy.

Remastered by Captain Acid, December 2024

Disk 1:
101 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Intro)  1:26
102 Siberian Khatru 10:04
103 Heart of the Sunrise 10:30
104 a)Future Times b)Rejoice 6:48
105 Circus of Heaven
106 Anniversary Medley: Time and a Word > Long Distance Runaround > Survival > The Fish   (Schindleria Praematurus) > Perpetual Change > Soon 27:05
107 Don't Kill the Whale 4:17

Disk 2:
201 Clap 4:35
202 Starship Trooper 10:08
203 Madrigal 1:18
204 On the Silent Wings of Freedom 8:53
205 Rick Wakeman Keyboard Solo 7:09
206 Awaken
207 I've Seen All Good People
208 Roundabout 




ORIGINAL INFO:

I literally have no specific information on this show.  It was a CDr trade some years ago, but is awesomely clean. I've had several versions of this show and the 25th Anniversary recording has been my go to version for a while.  What made me revisit this plain 2CDr set was the name scribble on the discs - "Silver Anniversary." I thought that this may just be a play on words, but alas it appears not.  This recording is from the notes with the CDrs claim, to be a pre-fm recording from the KBFH.  There are three mentions the KBFH within the show itself - none being over the music. However, it clearly states "from the Los Angeles Forum," which I know is incorrect. Except this show contains Future Times/Rejoice which sounds exactly like the rest of the show.  There are several other differences - no BBC or Tommy Vance intros.  No BBC or Tommy Vance outros.  This show also contains Rick Wakeman's solo, the full version of Awaken and Madrigal which leads directly into On the Silent Wings of Freedom. All super clean recordings like the rest of the show.

Now I'm no audiophile, but I've compared (by listening) all other ROIO SBD/FM versions of Future Times/Rejoice that I have and NONE of them match what is on this recording. Maybe someone else can solve the mystery? The show is from Wembley, but the KBFH clearly states LA Forum.  Could Future Times/Rejoice and the other "extras" mentioned above actually be from the LA Forum and mixed into the rest of the Wembley show by the KBFH?  I don't know.  You be the judge.  Until then, enjoy this show for (what appears) to be the first time in its entirety.  
 

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John Lennon The Lost Lennon Tapes Episode 122-123

 

90-21 (May 21-27, 1990)
Beatles on the Beeb Covering Carl Encore
Matchbox - The Beatles ("PGTB," 30 Jul '63)
Honey Don't - The Beatles ("FUTY," 1 May '64)
Further Development of "Woman"
Woman - JL (ac. guit. demo Tk. 4; unrel.)
Woman - JL (ac. guit. demo Tk. 7; unrel.)
Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him - J&Y (duet mix)
McCartney Sights Elvis!!!
[Name And Address - Wings (partial)]
Just Because - Paul McCartney (Again in the U.S.S.R.)
That's All Right (Mama) - ditto
It's Now Or Never - P. McC. (Last Tempt. of Elvis vsn.)
I'm Losing You - The Next Step
Stranger's Room - JL (unrel. demo; XB-3 #1)
John Reacts to Paul's 10 Apr. '70 Press Release
Let It Be - The Beatles (45 vsn.)

90-22 (May 28-June 3, 1990)
Ringo's First Session After Rejoining Fabs
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (mono mix)
J&Y w/ Schecter, Cambridge, 3 Jun '73, Cont.
Meat City - JL (El. Guit. Demo #1; unrel.)
One Day At A Time - JL & P.U.F.O.B. (unrel. mix)
Hamburg Stage Smashing Incident
Matchbox - The Beatles (Star Club)
Roll Over Beethoven - ditto
[It's So Hard - JL (One To One Concert; partial)]
J&Y w/Schecter, Cont.
Rock & Roll People - JL (pno. demo; unrel.)
Intuition - JL (Demo Tk. 3)
[Six O'Clock - Ringo Starr (partial)]
John Reacts to Paul's 10 Apr. '70 Press Release [actually Beatles reunion rumors due to Ringo album, including J&Y w/Schecter, Cont.]
Let It Be - The Beatles (45 vsn.) [actually "I'm The Greatest" - Ringo Starr (unrel. rough mix)]

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John Lennon The Lost Lennon Tapes Episode 120-121

 

90-19: So, Who Did Break Up The Beatles?? (May 7-13, 1990)
I'm Stepping Out - First Steps
I'm Stepping Out - JL (Demo Tk. 1; unrel.)
I'm Stepping Out - JL (Demo Tk. 3; unrel.)
"Wasn't me - it was John."
You Always Hurt The One You Love - Ringo Starr (ptl.)
I've Got A Feeling - The Beatles
You Never Give Me Your Money - The Beatles (ptl.)
Cold Turkey - JL & P.O.B. (Toronto, 13 Sept. '69)
Cold Turkey - JL (Demo #1; unrel.; ptl.)
I'm Stepping Out - JL (Take 8, unrel.)
Come Together - The Beatles (ptl.)
Something - The Beatles

90-20: Ringo Bails From The Beatles (May 14-20, 1990)
Tight A$ - JL & P.U.F.O.B (Tk. 4, unrel. mix)
[Hey Jude - The Beatles (partial)]
Tension Mounts During White Album Sessions, '68
Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles
John & Yoko w/Danny Schecter, Cambridge, 3 Jun 73
Only People - JL w/P.U.F.O.B. (unrel. mix)
J&Y. w/Schecter, Cont.
I Know (I Know) - JL (Demo, Tk. 4; unrel.)
Nutopian National Anthem - JL
Imagine - JL & P.O.B (unrel. mix)
[I'm So Tired - The Beatles (partial)]
Ringo Bails During The White Album Sessions
[Act Naturally - The Beatles (partial)]
Back In The U.S.S.R - The Beatles
Dear Prudence - The Beatles (ptl.)
Revolution - The Beatles (45 vsn.) [actually stereo mix]

 

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Bruce Springsteen 1974-07-13 New York City, NY - Watch The World Explode (Kivak-Fanatic Records Edit)

 

 Bruce Springsteen
“Watch The World Explode”
The Bottom Line, New York, NY
July 13, 1974

Cassette>CD>Magix/CD Wav Editor/Roxio>flac

I just wanted to say that technically this is Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. But, for the sake of consistency, 
a lot of those early shows booked Bruce Springsteen as a solo act. Somewhere in the mid-seventies the ads for the venues 
began mentioning the E Street Band. At this particular time the MC introduces just Bruce Springsteen. 

This is 1974 Volume 4 of Joe Kivak’s master recordings. Here is a classic Bottom Line show and for the most part the sound 
is pretty damn good! Rosalita is the only song that kind of goes off the deep end into an explosion of distortion. The 
levels on the recorder must have been accidentally turned way up. The show kicks off with a great version of “Then She 
Kissed Me” According to BruceBase Jungleland is cut, but here is the complete jazzy version! Sandy however, stays true to 
being incomplete. Born To Run in it’s early stages has different lyrics. Listen for the line “And then watch the world 
explode.”  Having this early version of BTR is in itself worth having.  The classic “No Money Down” is another rare song 
that makes this show special. I would loved to have been at this show seeing Bruce Springsteen in such an intimate venue. 
Wow, just look at the ticket scan on the artwork, it reads $5. Can you imagine paying 5 dollars to see Bruce Springsteen? 
Wow, that was something!

Fanatic Records and Mr Anonymous presents another installment of the Kivak Master Series!

Enjoy!
Rob

Disc One
101 Introduction (2:00)
102 Then She Kissed Me (3:14)
103 Spirit In The Night (6:42)
104 Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street (4:34)
105 E Street Shuffle (10:40)
106 Saint In The City (4:54)
107 No Money Down (6:20)
108 Jungleland (12:48)
109 Born To Run (5:19)

Disc Two
201 Sandy (7:33)
202 Kittys Back (19:38)
203 New York City Serenade (19:11)
204 Rosalita (12:24)

 

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The Beatles - Les Beatles C’etait A Cause Du Soleil(MCCD210-211)

Following on from the must-have Paris Left Breathless (3CD+2DVD) featuring a 1965 Paris concert, the M. Claudel label releases a new release capturing the band's 1964 French tour. The Beatles' true global fame began with the news that "I Want to Hold Your Hand" reached number one in the US during this Paris performance, followed by the success of their first American tour. While large-scale concerts became the norm thereafter due to capacity constraints, until this French tour, the band's name was limited to the UK and a small part of Europe. This release captures the 1964 French tour, just before they made their international debut.

This French tour was a grueling one, spanning a short period from January 15th to February 4th, 1964, with two shows per day every night, except for two dates on January 21st and January 28th. The schedule felt like an extension of their time as local stars, before they achieved popularity. While the setlist for this French tour is still unclear, and audio and video recordings are limited, I hope that the materials included on this album will help shed light on this historic page. One theory suggests that this year's French tour not only featured different sets for each day, but also different setlists for day and night. This likely represented rehearsals for the band's upcoming first American performance. I hope that this album will inspire those who pick up this album to delve deeper into their own research and unravel the mystery. I believe this 1964 French tour is well worth the effort.

Only the first day of the tour took place in Versailles, with all subsequent performances taking place at the Olympia Theatre in Paris. Since Versailles was the first day, recordings and filming were reportedly conducted there, but the audio and video recordings have rarely been available until now. This album not only includes never-before-seen fragments, but also includes color footage from the Olympia Theatre in Paris and never-before-seen footage, providing a comprehensive look at the tour.

Let's start with the audio recordings. Opening the set is a performance in Versailles on January 15, 1964. This is, of course, a first-time recording. It features recordings of Torini Lopez and Silvie Vartan, who opened for The Beatles. Sylvie Vartan's "Love Shock" is a familiar song, even released as a single in Japan. The Beatles only performed one song on the first night in Versailles, "From Me To You." At the end, you can clearly hear him strumming his guitar and saying "Thank You." It's rare to see such an MC over the song.

Next is a recording from the Paris Olympia concert on January 16. This is the first recording unearthed in the last decade or so to be recorded with accurate pitch and closer to the master recording. Paul excels in "I Saw Her Standing There," pushing his voice to its limits and varying the vocal technique to create a rare, passionate performance. Both "Twist and Shout" and "Long Tall Sally" end with "From Me To You," played as the curtain falls at the end of the show. These two songs likely served as the endings for both the daytime and evening shows. The different endings suggest that various setlists were being experimented with during that year's France tour. Since "Long Tall Sally" begins with vocals, the intro features a guitar countdown similar to that featured on "AROUND THE BEATLES."

Next is the recording from the Paris Olympia concert on January 19th. This includes one opening song by TORINI LOPEZ, a different song from the Versailles concert. Finally, the Beatles include five songs plus the ending "From Me To You." While these tracks have been familiar since the vinyl era, the CD era has seen such a significant improvement in quality, making it astonishing considering how much they've improved since then. Also included is recordings from the Paris Olympia concert on January 22nd. These include "This Boy," which plays in the background while the narrator speaks, and "Long Tall Sally" and "Twist and Shout," which are recorded midway through the tour. While these are fragments, they are all previously unreleased.

While numerous recordings of the 1964 Paris concert have been released, many have had iffy dates or jumbled track listings. Of course, this is understandable, considering the tour's exact setlist and even the songs played are unknown. However, this release meticulously examines these recordings and presents the most accurate dates and track order possible. The latter half of the disc also features interviews.

Next is the video DVD. As always, the groundbreaking feature of the M. Claudel label's Live Chronicle series is its ability to unearth footage. Many fans look forward to never-before-seen and high-quality footage each time. This release, featuring footage from the 1964 France tour, does not disappoint. First up is footage from the January 15th Versailles concert. The curtain rises to begin the concert, and George's presence at the front reveals that the opening song was "Roll Over Beethoven." We also see John and Paul singing "I Saw Her Standing There" side by side, and the three of them standing at the microphone for "This Boy." The most surprising footage is the close-up footage, almost as if it were filmed onstage. It includes close-ups of Paul singing "From Me To You," Paul strumming his bass, Ringo smiling as he drums, and even a shot of John directly to the side onstage, from behind. The most striking feature is the perfect synchronization of the video and audio. Of course, the audio from the Paris Olympia concert is used where there's no audio, but the performance is nearly identical, making it seamless and, above all, almost like a silent film brought to life.

All of the footage from the Paris Olympia concert is from the January 16th show. The opening curtain opens to George's "Roll Over Beethoven," but it's in color. Vivid color footage from a 1964 concert in France! It's amazing that something like this even exists. It's like a moving photograph, like the Beatles in their suits from the black-and-white era. Considering that even color photographs of stage performances from this era are rare, this footage is truly priceless. Other footage, edited from previously black-and-white footage, recreates the Paris Olympia concert as closely as possible. There's also a scene at the end where Paul leaps back to his post, and a scene where he desperately delivers a MC in French. Also, while a scene from the Melbourne concert, John, impersonating a disabled person to rouse the audience, was featured in "Anthology," this footage from Paris also includes a similar scene. It's surprising to learn that John had been performing these tasteless jokes for so long. Again, the audio is perfectly synchronized with the video, allowing for seamless concert viewing. In addition to the performance scenes, the DVD also includes extensive footage from the time, including reels of footage of the Beatles strolling the streets of Paris and scenes inside and outside the venue. Shot as news footage from the time, the footage is shot from a journalistic perspective, showcasing not only the concert itself, but also the Beatles' personal lives, their fans, and their immense popularity in France. The tour documentary follows the tour chronologically, following the Beatles' departure from London's Heathrow Airport, their arrival at a French airport, their journey to their hotel, and their return to London after the tour.

This is the latest installment in M. Claudel's Live Chronicle series, a culmination of the 1964 French tour. This complete set includes never-before-seen audio and video. It also includes never-before-seen footage of Versailles and color footage of Paris. And what's more, it's of this quality. Be sure to get this along with "PARIS LEFT BREATHLESS" (3CD+2DVD), which features the 1965 Paris concert. This meticulous recording of the Beatles' early years before they ventured out into the world shows that their first tour of France that year must have been a special one for them. This is a beautifully pressed, permanently preserved edition with a beautiful picture disc.

CD DISC

Cinema Cyrano Versailles

January 15, 1964

TORINI LOPEZ

01. Green Green

SILVIE VARTAN

02. Si je chante

THE BEATLES

03. From Me To You

Olympia Theater Paris

January 16, 1964

THE BEATLES

04. From Me To You

05. I Saw Her Standing There

06. This Boy

07. Twist And Shout - From Me To You

08. Long Tall Sally - From Me To You

Olympia Theater Paris

January 19, 1964

TORINI LOPEZ

09. If I Had A Hammer

THE BEATLES

10. From Me To You

11. She Loves You

12. This Boy

13.I Want To Hold Your Hand

14. Twist And Shout - From Me To you

Olympia Theater Paris

January 22, 1964

15. This Boy

16. Long Tall Sally - From Me To You

17. Twist And Shout - From Me To You

January 14, 1964

18. The Beatles Interview Le Bourget Airport

January 24, 1964

19. The Beatles Interview by Michel Lemaire Olympia Theater Paris

20. Sylvie Vartan Interview by Michel Lemaire Olympia Theater Paris

21. The Beatles Interview “WEEKEND WORLD”

February 5, 1964

22. The Beatles Interview WINS Radio, NYC

23. The Beatles Interview London Airport

DVD DISC

CONCERT FILM

01. Cinema Cyrano Versailles Janua

 

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