Monday, March 14, 2022

David Bowie The Hunky Geordie Tapes Volume 26(revised text)

HUG219CD  SURE WHITE STAINS

DAVID BOWIE - Paris 1976-05-18

Paris Pavillon, Paris

Audience recording
Bush SF C90 (Mike Jewell) > Denon DRM-500 > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1 (90 minute)
Artwork: included
Total running time: 86:19

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. Five Years
10. Panic In Detroit
11. band introductions
12. Changes
13. TVC 15
14. Diamond Dogs
15. Rebel Rebel

Notes

iZotope RX2 denoiser tool to remove hiss
SoundForge Smooth/Enhance tool used on +3 enhance.

Tape flip between Life On Mars? and Five Years.  Clean join, slightly muffled for last note before join.
Gap between Changes and TVC 15, with a little blare at the start of TVC 15.  Removed with fade-in.
Similar gap with blare between Diamond Dogs and Rebel Rebel.  Removed with fade-in.
Sector boundary errors tidied with TLH.


Torrent History:
Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 on 10th September 2014
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015





HUG220CD  DON'T YOU KNOW MY NAME?

DAVID BOWIE - Montreal 1983-07-13

Wembley Arena, London

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 + ½ SA60 (Arcorman)
       Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 51:50; Disc 2: 67:34

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Look Back In Anger
2. Breaking Glass
3. Scary Monsters
4. Rebel Rebel
5. Heroes
6. What In The World
7. Life On Mars?
8. Sorrow
9. Golden Years
10. Fashion
11. Let's Dance
12. Red Sails
13. China Girl
14. 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. Cat People
8. TVC 15
9. Fame
10. Star
11. Stay
12. The Jean Genie
13. I Can't Explain
14. Modern Love

Notes

Lightweight iZotope RX2 denoiser for hiss removal.
Running too fast, speed correction with a factor of 96%.

Gap @ 1:31 in Sorrow.  Removed with fades.
Join with gap between Golden Years and Fashion.  Crowd only, clean join.
Join with gap between Station To Station and Cracked Actor.  Crowd only, clean join.
Volume reprofiling at start of Cracked Actor.
Join with gap between TVC 15 and Fame.  Crowd only, clean join.
Tape flip between Fame and Star.  Crowd noise, reasonably clean join.
Distorted section in Fame, between 3:38 and 3:45 is on source tape.  Volume reduced, but can't fix as such.
Gap in Stay @ 4:46 - simply removed, seems OK.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:
Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 on 10th September 2014
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015





HUG221CD  THAT PLANE TONIGHT

DAVID BOWIE - Stafford 1978-06-24

New Bingley Hall County Showground, Staffs, England

Audience recording
Lineage: 2 x Agfa LNX 60 (Mike Jewell - first gen) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 50:35; Disc 2: 41:21

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

Notes

Tape flip between The Jean Genie and Blackout - seamless.
Volume drop for ½ second, ½ second into Beauty And The Beast.  Let's Dance repair from second repetition.
Tape flip between Soul Love and Star - seamless.
Small gap in crowd noise between Star and Hang On To Yourself - removed.
Tape flip at the end of Station To Station - clean join.

TVC 15 and Stay beset with speed fluctuations (wildly so) - batteries running out - omitted as simply unlistenable.
TLH to address sector boundary errors.

Torrent History:
Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 on 10th September 2014
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015





HUG222CD  ANOTHER NIGHT OF MUSCLES AND PAIN

TIN MACHINE - Dublin 1991-08-19

Waterfront Rock Café, Dublin

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D90 > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 67:18
Track listing:

1. band introductions
2. Country Bus Stop
3. Bus Stop
4. You Can't Talk
5. A Big Hurt
6. Betty Wrong
7. Baby Universal
8. Stateside
9. If There Is Something
10. Amazing
11. Pretty Thing
12. Sorry
13. Sacrifice Yourself
14. I Can't Read
15. Under The God
16. Debaser
17. Heaven's In Here

Fix notes:

Gap in Sorry at 3:11 removed with fades, about half a second missing, also needing a minor section copying from left to right channel as part of the process.
Tiny gap in crowd noise in Sorry at 3:33 removed - seamless.
Tape flip between Sorry and Sacrifice Yourself - joined with fades.
SBEs resolved using TLH.


Torrent History:
Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 on 10th September 2014
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015





HUG223CD  THE CITY GREW WINGS

DAVID BOWIE - Berlin 1987-06-06

Platz der Republik, Berlin

Audience recording
TDK SA90 x 1½ (Arcorman)
           Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 72:26; Disc 2: 57:34

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. encore break
12. Time
13. Blue Jean
14. Modern Love

Notes

Running fast, speed corrected with factor of 96%.

Tape flip between Fashion and Scary Monsters - gap, joined with fades.
Gap @ 10 seconds in Big Brother - removed with little impact.
Tape flip at the end of Beat Of Your Drum - fades to join, but a few seconds lost.
Gap between Sons Of The Silent Age and New York's In Love - joined with fades.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:
Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 on 10th September 2014
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015






HUG224CD  HE'S GOT HIS EYE ON YOUR SOUL

DAVID BOWIE - New York 1974-10-28

Radio City Music Hall, New York

Audience recording (soundboard?)
Lineage: TDK D60 x 2
       Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 50:23; Disc 2: 42:01

Tracks:

Disc One

Mike Garson Band

1. Funky Music
2. Baby Baby
3. I'm In The Mood For Love
4. Stormy Monday
5. Deep In The Heart Of Me
6. Love Train
7. Memory Of A Free Festival

David's set

8. Rebel Rebel
9. John I'm Only Dancing (Again)
10. Sorrow
11. Changes
12. Young Americans

Disc Two

1. 1984
2. Footstompin'
3. Rock'n'Roll With Me
4. Love Me Do/The Jean Genie
5. Diamond Dogs
6. Moonage Daydream
7. Can You Hear Me?
8. Somebody Up There Likes Me
9. Suffragette City
10. Rock'n'Roll Suicide

Notes

Light hiss removal using iZotope RX2 denoiser tool.
Running too slow - speed correction with a factor of 106% (104% on side 4).

Tiny repeated section (1 second) in crowd noise after Stormy Monday (3:24) - removed cleanly.
Gap/tape flip between Love Train and Memory Of A Free Festival - removed with fades.
Tape wobble @ 1:00-1:20 in Footstompin' - fixed with Let's Dance repair from previous chorus.
The Jean Genie runs out after only 1:09.  Fade-out/in to Diamond Dogs.
Also a gap between Diamond Dogs and Moonage Daydream.  Mostly audience lost, but abrupt start/finish.  Fades applied.
Tape flip during Can You Hear Me - seamless.
Gap in Rock'n'Roll Suicide at 2:55.  Removed with fades.

Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.


Torrent History:
Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 on 10th September 2014
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015





HUG225CD  A GUN AND ME ALONE

DAVID BOWIE - Detroit 1973-03-01

Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK D90 (Noggin) > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser to remove hiss > Goldwave for track splits > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 69:08

Tracks:

1. Ode to Joy
2. Hang On To Yourself
3. Ziggy Stardust
4. Changes
5. Moonage Daydream
6. Panic In Detroit
7. Five Years
8. Watch That Man
9. Aladdin Sane
10. The Width Of A Circle
11. Space Oddity
12. Time
13. Suffragette City
14. The Jean Genie
15. Rock'n'Roll Suicide

Notes

iZotope RX2 to remove hiss (fairly light)

Gap @ 11 seconds into Ode To Joy removed (fade-out/in)
Bit of wavy sound during Panic In Detroit @ 1:30.  Left alone.
Another bit of wavy sound during Five Years @ 1:38.  Removed with fades.
Aladdin Sane cuts out right at the end, with The Width Of A Circle then missing tiny bit at the beginning (assume taper tape flip).  Fade-out/in.
The Width Of A Circle, flaw in sound on left channel @ 8:04-8:06 - replaced with right channel.
Tape flip during The Width Of A Circle @ 8:13 - fade-out/in on source tape.
Gap removed @ 10:16 in The Width Of A Circle - minimal loss of music.
Chunk of crowd noise between The Width Of A Circle and Space Oddity removed - residue from previous recording under the crowd noise.
Only 31 seconds of Time on source tape - faded out to tidy.
Gap @ 15 seconds in Suffragette City - removed with fades.
Gap in crowd noise after Suffragette City (4:12) simply removed - clean.
Wobble on left channel at 6:19 during The Jean Genie - replaced with right channel.
Gap @ 2:34 in Rock'n'Roll Suicide - removed with fades.

Sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Torrent History:
Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 on 10th September 2014
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015





HUG226CD  LET'S LAUNCH

DAVID BOWIE - Press Conference 1983-03-17; and Kid Jensen interview 1983-03-24

Audio Source: Audience (Press Conference)/FM (Kid Jensen) - Radio One
Lineage: TDK D60 (x2) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser > Goldwave > FLAC 4
Number of Discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 66:13

Tracks:

Press Conference

1. Tour Announcement
2-6. Q&A Session Segments

Kid Jensen Show, Radio One

7. introduction
8. Let's Dance
9. interview #1
10. The Jam (Bobby Gregg And His Friends)
11. interview #2
12. Ziggy Stardust
13. interview #3
14. I Can't Explain
15. interview #4
16. Baal's Hymn
17. interview #5
18. Criminal World (Metro)
19. interview #6
20. Rebel Rebel
21. outro
22. Right Now Right Now (Alan Freed's Rock And Roll Orchestra)

Notes:

Press Conference

Dehissed using iZotope RX2 denoiser.
Left channel almost non-existent - replaced with right channel with 0.002 second offset.
Very tinny sound, Goldwave Equalizer, default bass boost setting used to add some body.

Split into artitrary segments, approximately 5 minutes each.


Kid Jensen interview (broadcast 24th March 1983, probably recorded 17th March)

Dehissed using iZotope RX2 denoiser.
Running a little too fast, speed correction with a factor of 98%.

Whoever recorded it took the middles out of the Bowie songs - where abrupt, I've used fades.
Interview segment 1 loses sound to left channel from 42 seconds to 1:02.  Copied from right.
Gap in interview segment 5 at 5:30 - removed cleanly.  Also tiny gap in intro to Criminal World straight after, also removed.
Gap in interview segment 6 at 26 seconds, removed with loss of one syllable (it's).
SBEs addressed using TLH

Torrent History
Uploaded to MindWarp Pavilion by steve23yh on as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Volume 26 on 10th September 2014.
Uploaded to Bowie Station as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 26 by steve23yh on 4th July 2015

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