Badlands 1990-05-12 Concert Theater Ventura, CA

Badlands
1990-05-12 (Ray Gillen's Birthday)
Concert Theater
Ventura, CA, USA
Audience recording
Mikesline's master tape
Transfer #1 (best of 3 available transfers)
Fixed and remastered by Luladsilva
FLAC

Running time:
85:29 min

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CONTRAST CLAUSE:

A non-remastered version, combining disc 1 from transfer #3 with disc 2 from transfer #1 of the same master tape, is already here:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=611006

This version, in contrast, is Luladsilva's remaster, and it is entirely sourced from transfer #1, which is the best-sounding of the 3 transfers in our opinion. See below for a few more details.

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REQUESTS:

(1) Black Sabbath 1986-04-18 HemisFair Arena, San Antonio, TX, USA (Pre-FM "High Voltage" direct LP-transfer or pre-FM master tape transfer incl. the song "The Mob Rules". Circulating pre-FM LP-rips are great, but don't include "The Mob Rules" - that song is, by now, only available from FM broadcast > master or from pre-FM LP>tape>tape transfer. I have both, now looking for an upgrade from pre-FM master. I have been told that the "High Voltage" radioshow was aired on 1989-05-08. The Pre-FM LP is shortly mentioned here: <https://www.popsike.com/BLACK-SABBATH7TH-STAR-TOURLIVEHIGH-VOLTAGE1989/130521717677.html>. The pre-FM vinyl>tape>tape copy I have has the following setlist: 01. The Mob Rules, 02. War Pigs, 03. Black Sabbath (intro cut), 04. Danger Zone. Anyway, I don't care about the setlist as long as it is from pre-FM master and "The Mob Rules" is included.

(2) Badlands 1992-07-02 Astoria, London, England, UK (FM broadcast > master or pre-FM master. Several not-so great copies are circulating, incl. a 42:49 min FM version that sounds great but has the last two songs badly clipped, resulting in awful digital crackling, and a 44:04 min FM > master tape transfer which sounds excellent too but is too compressed - dynamic range being only DR6)

(3) Badlands 1992-07-02 Astoria, London, England, UK (~90 min or ~56 min SBD recording - different source than the ~44 min FM broadcast mentioned above.)

Any help is appreciated!

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Many thanks to Mikesline for taping and sharing his master tape transfer(s), and many thanks to Luladsilva for fixing and remastering transfer #1!

The first version of this show that I uploaded was a non-remastered version combining disc 1 from transfer #3 with disc 2 from transfer #1 of the same master tape. Transfer #1, the oldest transfer, is probably a more or less 'raw' transfer of the tape and sounds very good (though not perfect) to me, but regrettably had lots of clicks due to small spots of digital silence on disc 1, probably caused by a defective CDR. I didn't think all those clicks could be properly removed, hence my decision to use disc #1 from (the second-best-sounding) transfer #3 instead for the original upload. After that upload, my friend and fellow Dimer Luladsilva contacted me and told me he would be willing to try and remaster the show. His offer was very welcome, especially since a few people mentioned they didn't think the master transfer(s) sounded quite right, and one suggested it might be due to a lack of Azimuth adjustment. Thus, I sent all 3 transfers to Luladsilva. He agreed transfer #1 was best, and to my surprise and delight, he took the time and indeed managed to remove all the little clicks from disc 1, so he was able to use the transfer #1 completely as the source for his remaster. I don't know what he did for remastering, but the software he used was Izotope RX 6 Advanced, Izotope Ozone 8 Advanced and Adobe Audition. I checked both the original transfer and this remaster for dynamic range, and actually the dynamic range has increased rather than reduced by the remastering procedure (DR11 vs. DR10), which is nice of course.

Tracklist:

Disc 1
01 Intro (01:18 min)
02 Hard Driver (05:20 min)
03 Ball And Chain (04:38 min)
04 The Last Time (04:38 min)
05 Devil's Stomp (04:50 min)
06 Drums Solo (01:40 min)
07 Devil's Stomp reprise (02:28 min)
08 Rumblin' Train (09:06 min)
09 Shine On (05:23 min)
10 Streets Cry Freedom (12:49 min)

Disc 2
11 Dreams In The Dark (04:52 min)
12 Winter's Call (09:31 min)
13 Guitar Solo (01:46 min)
14 High Wire (07:14 min)
15 Whiskey Dust (04:55 min)
16 Purple Haze (05:02 min)

Line-up:
Ray Gillen (RIP) - vocals
Jake E. Lee - Guitar
Greg Chaisson - bass
Jeff Martin - drums

 

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