(Audience FLAC)
Great Western Forum
Exit Club master via JEMS
Taping Gear: Sony ECM-939 mic > Sony D6C
Transfer: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A (azimuth-adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 (24/96 Audacity 2.0 capture) > iZotope MBIT+
convert to 16/44.1 > Audio Cleaning Lab > FLAC
Disc one (77:38):
(1) Band entrance (0:59)
(2) Figure of Eight (5:01)
(3) Jet (4:08)
(4) Rough Ride (5:16)
(5) Got To Get You Into My Life (3:03)
(6) Band on the Run (5:33)
(7) Ebony and Ivory (4:32)
(8) We Got Married (6:25)
(9) Maybe I'm Amazed (5:23)
(10) The Long and Winding Road (4:34)
(11) The Fool on the Hill (4:50)
(12) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (6:26)
(13) Good Day Sunshine (3:14)
(14) Can't Buy Me Love (2:48)
(15) Put It There (2:48)
(16) Things We Said Today (3:28)
(17) Eleanor Rigby (4:11)
(18) This One (4:51)
Disc two (62:01):
(1) My Brave Face (3:20)
(2) Back in the U.S.S.R. (3:13)
(3) I Saw Her Standing There (3:17)
(4) Twenty Flight Rock (start cut) (3:47)
(5) Coming Up (6:43)
(6) Let It Be (4:48)
(7) Ain't That A Shame (3:34)
(8) Live and Let Die (4:49)
(9) Hey Jude (6:46)
(10) Encore break (1:06)
(11) Yesterday (2:25)
(12) Stevie Wonder intro (0:54)
(13) Ebony and Ivory (4:59) *
(14) Get Back (3:42)
(15) Band introductions (0:29)
(16) Golden Slumbers (8:02)
* w/Stevie Wonder
There are no fades between discs, so you may split wherever you wish (if you burn to CD at all). Md5 signature file is included. Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some)
Comments:
Given all the interest in Macca's current tour, it was fortuitous that JEMS' pal Exit Club dropped by the clubhouse recently carrying a box of his own cassette master tapes. EC audio and video taped a bunch of shows in the '80s and '90s but was never a trader. A few previous JEMS releases (notably a 2007 Springsteen LA DVD) feature his work.
EC said, "you should probably take these and see if there's anything worth transferring." The first tape that caught my eye was this late '89 McCartney show at the Forum. "I remember that being pretty good quality," he noted.
Turns out he was right. This is one of the clearer and closer '89 McCartney shows that I've heard, and while there are several board and line recordings from the tour, this should still prove a welcome addition. It is one of a handful of shows to feature special guest Stevie Wonder performing "Ebony and Ivory," a plus or a minus depending on how you look at it.
On the master cassette J-cards, Exit Club wrote his own notes about the show which merit reprinting:
"One of the best shows I have seen to date in my life. The performance was very high energy. Paul seemed in great spirits and very ready for this tour. I was sitting fourth row, stage left. State of the art sound and lights and just when I thought the sound system could take no more, a wall of power would come pouring in. A psychedelic painted piano that rose from the stage and spun was visual highlight. The set included a great mixture of hits from the early Beatles to his new work with Elvis Costello."
If you saw the '89 tour, that's about right.
The recording is steady with remarkably little audience annoyance and relatively up-close sound. The 939 Sony was always a bit on the thin side, but had fine stereo imaging. In the mastering, we've tried to beef things up a little bit. Samples provided.
Speaking of which, this release wouldn't have happened in a timely manner without the assistance of ademotte, who has graciously volunteered to help JEMS get more releases out of the hard drive and into your ears. Thanks A.
BK for JEMS
great cd
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