The Alarm - 1988-03-17 - San Jose, CA (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

The Cabaret

Source: FM 

Taper: markp

My CDs wavs -- Audio CD ripping with EAC -- Flac 8 and .ffp with Trader's Little Helper 

Frequency and Spectrogram analysis OK with EAC 

I have edited 2 of the original tracks for separate songs (Knifedge/Howling Wind & Declaration-Marching On/The Stand) 

CD1 [43:27]

01 - Intro 

02 - Newton Jericho 

03 - Knifedge 

04 - Howling Wind 

05 - Permanence In Change 

06 - Presence Of Love 

07 - Absolute Reality 

08 - Blaze Of Glory 

09 - Bound For Glory 

10 - One Step Closer To Home

CD2 [44:20]

01 - Strength 

02 - Rain In The Summertime 

03 - Rescue Me 

04 - Spirit Of 76 

05 - Declaration/Marching On 

06 - The Stand 

07 - 68 Guns

The Alarm - 1986-02-13 - Rotterdam, NL (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Lineage:

FM > tape (master or 1st gen copy) > wav (Audacity) > flac (xACT) > you

01 Intro

02 Deeside

03 Declaration / Marching on

04 Howling wind

05 Knife edge

06 Dawn chorus

07 The deceiver

08 One step closer

09 Absolute reality

10 Where were you hiding when the storm broke?

11 Walk forever by my side

12 - speech -

13 Spirit of '76 [fades out]

The Alarm - 1988-02-09 - London, UK (FM/FLAC)

(FM Broadcast FLAC)

The Alarm 
"Live In London 9.2.1988" 
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK 
9th of February, 1988 

Source: FM Broadcast (Westwood One KITS 105 + BBC Radio 1) 

Lineage 1: 
BBC Radio 1 "In Concert" Broadcast 5th March 1988 > Sony Tuner > Sony Cassette Deck > Master Cassette > Yamaha KX-330 > ACD > Optical > Dio2496 > Soundforge (edits) > FLAC 

Lineage 2: 
Westwood One KITS 105.3FM 1990-06-03 broadcast (FM) > Fisher CA 800 FM receiver > Fisher CA-800 amp > Fisher CR-124 cassette deck (Dolby B encoded) > Maxell UDII 90 cassette > Sony TC-WE425 playback (Dolby B on, azimuth adjustment) > Nero Wave Editor (levels) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (5) 

Remaster : Both torrents > Audacity / Nero Editor > Remaster > TLH > FLAC(8) 
remaster by Gagliem in July 2013 

01 - Strength 

02 - Knife Edge° 

03 - Howling Wind° 

04 - Newtown Jericho° 

05 - Presence Of Love 

06 - Absolute Reality 

07 - Blaze Of Glory° 

08 - Bound For Glory° 

09 - Shelter 

10 - Rain In The Summertime 

11 - Rescue Me 

12 - Sixty Eight Guns 

13 - Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?° 

14 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 

Running Time: 1:08:31 

All tracks from Lineage 2, except for ° from lineage 1 

** REMASTER NOTES ** 
After the first remaster using almost all the BBC source, this time I wanted to use all the songs from WestWood One and then the six missing songs from the BBC source, as the WW1's sound quality is superior to the BBC1. 

The BBC1 source (Lin 1) was EQed, pitch speeded up 0.58,5 cents to match the Lammah's source (which had the correct pitch/tempo), also lowered a little bit down the Mike feedback noise on its mic at 1.13 of "Knife Edge". 

The WW1 source had to be reworked a little: fixed some small gaps/distortions in "Strength" (3.11), "Absolute Reality" (1.03), "Shelter" (0.00), "Rain In The Summertime" (3.30, 3.41, 4.33), "Rescue Me" (3.33, 4.15) then fixed "68 Guns" (3.15) and put it before "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and smoothed some transitions inbetween tracks, removed also the announcer outro (useless). Then I reduced an annoying and evident volume raising at 35secs of "Strength" and lowered down 26% its volume, then 14% down for the other WW1 tracks to match BBC1 source. 

The Alarm - 1984-08-25 - St. Goarshausen, DE (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Open Air Festival Loreley

Lineage:
FM (low gen) > Audacity (wav, normalization, track splitting) > xACT (flac) > you

01 - intro -
02 For freedom
03 Marching on
04 Where were you hiding when the storm broke?
05 Third light
06 Across the border
07 Shout to the devil
08 Reason 41
09 What kind of hell
10 The deceiver
11 Blaze of glory
12 Unbreak the promise
13 One step closer
14 Howling wind
15 The stand
16 Sixty eight guns
17 Bound for glory
18 Knocking on heaven's door

Not my own recording, but a low generation copy bought at a record shop in The Hague not long after the show. Tape flip between track 11 and 12, and some minor cuts throughout but all songs are complete (no music lost). Cover scan included (as if that's any use to anyone - no idea if the pic was actually taken at Loreley).

Not the best mix ever (bass pretty upfront, guitars way in the back), but a great show. This was the first Alarm tape I had and I've always enjoyed playing this. Good to hear it again...

Acts on the bill that day (in order of appearance): Greg Kihn Band, Paul Brady, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, The Alarm, Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul.

The Alarm - 1984-08-25 - St. Goarshausen, DE (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

25.08.1984
Germany, St. Goarshausen, Loreley
The Alarm – Loreley 25. August 1984
PAL
PRO-SHOT
1 DVD
menu, track select

Source: TV Broadcast (WDR)
Lineage: VHS 1st Gen > DVD-Recorder > Nero > Master DVD
DVD created by Kristall, 9th January 2005

Besetzung:
Mike Peters - Gesang, Mundharmonika, Gitarre, Bass
Dave Sharp - Gesang, Gitarre
Eddie MacOnneld - Gesang, Bass, Gitarre
Nigel Twist - Gesang, Schlagzeug

Video Attribute :
Video compression mode : MPEG-2
TV system : 625/50 (PAL)
Aspect Ratio : 4:3
Display Mode : reserved
Source picture resolution : 720x576 (625/50)
Frame Rate : 25.00
Source picture letterboxed : Not letterboxed
Bitrate : 9.80Mbps

Audio Attribute :
Audio Coding mode : MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 without extension bitstream
Sampling Rate : 48kHz
Audio application mode : Not specified
Number of Audio channels : 2
Bitrate : 224 Kbps
Number of Audio streams : 1

01. (INTRO)
02. Marching On
03. Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke
04. Third Light
05. Across The Border
06. Shout To The Devil
07. Reason 41
08. What Kind Of Hell
09. The Deceiver
10. Blaze Of Glory
11. Unbreak The Promise
12. One Step Closer To Home
13. Howling Wind
14. The Stand
15. 68 Guns
16. Bond For Glory
17. Knocking On Heaven's Door

Total Running Time: [1:19:18]

Rock am Ring - 1985-05-25/26 - Nurburgring, DE (2xDVDfull pro-shot)

(2xDVDfull pro-shot)

SOURCE:
ZDF (German TV) > Nordmende VCR > Maxell VHS Master tape

LINEAGE:
Panasonic NV-FJ610 VCR stereo> PIONEER DVR-5100H (fine mode)> DVD (optimized mode)

Video Codec: MPG2
Frame Rate: 25 pics/sec
Bitrate: 7844
Frame: 720 x 576
Screen: 4:3 PAL

DVD 1
FOREIGNER Länge: ca. 20 min
01. I wanna know what Love is
02. Reaction to Action
03. Hot blooded
04. Juke Box Hero

REO SPEEDWAGON ca. 20 min.
01. Can't fight this Feeling
02. Live every Moment
03. 157 Riverside Avenue

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS ca. 20 min.
01. Trouble in Paradise
02. Power of Love
03. They say it's alright
04. I want a new Drug


DVD 2
NIGHT RANGER ca. 15 min.
01. Sentimental Street
02. Don't tell me you love me

RICK SPRINGFIELD ca. 20 min.
01. Celebrate Youth
02. Living in Oz
03. Jessie's Girl
04. Dance the World away
05. Love somebody

MARILLION ca. 20 min.
01. Pseudo Silk Kimono
02. Kayleigh
03. Lavender
04. Garden Party

THE ALARM ca. 10 min.
01. 68 Guns
02. Where were you hiding when the Storm broke

Notes by the uploader/trader:
Each bands set is about 20 min. Some a little shorter, some longer. Never find the time to write down the setlists. Maybe one of you could be so nice.

Here` one of my old VHS master tapes. The quality is as good as a master from 1985 could be. The tape was still in good shape after all these years.

The Alarm - 1988-05-11 - Toronto, ON (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

The Alarm

Massey Hall

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

May 11, 1988

Source: CFNY (102.1 FM) Broadcast > 2 x Maxell UR60 cassettes (using Casio Boombox)

Transfer: Yamaha KX-393 > Focusrite 2i2 (3rd Gen) > Reaper > Wav (24 bit / 96 kHz)

Editing: Soundforge (Edit tape flips) > iZotope RX 7 (Resampled and Dithered - 16 bit / 44.1 kHz) > CD Wave Editior > Traders Little Helper (Sector Boundary Aligned) > Flac level 6

Last show of the Eye Of The Hurricane Tour

Mike Peters : vocals, guitar, harmonica

Dave Sharp : guitar

Eddie Macdonald : bass

Nigel Twist : drums

01 - New Town Jericho

02 - Knife Edge

03 - Howling Wind

04 - Absolute Reality

05 - Permanence In Change

06 - Blaze Of Glory

07 - Strength

08 - Walk Forever By My Side

09 - One Step Closer To Home

10 - Sixty Eight Guns

11 - Rain In The Summertime

12 - Rescue Me

13 - Spirit Of '76

14 - This Train Is Bound For Glory

15 - The Stand

16 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

The Alarm - 1986-05-09 - New York City, NY (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Beacon Theater,

LINEAGE:
- Taper unknown
- 1 x TDK D90
- Sony MHCNX3AV Mini Hi-Fi
- Stand Alone Philips CDR-570 CD burner
- Audacity for tape speed/pitch correction
- Sound Studio for Mac for slight EQ'ing (to boost low end and mids)
- cut tracks
- Flac Level 8

Mike Peters - Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
Dave Sharp - Guitars, Vocals
Eddie MacDonald - Bass, Vocals, Guitar
Nigel Twist - Drums, Vocals
Mark Taylor - Keyboards

CD1
01 Marching On (fades in)
02 Howling Wind
03 Knife Edge
04 Dawn Chorus
05 One Step Closer To Home
06 Third Light
07 Deeside
08 Absolute Reality

CD2
01 Walk Forever By My Side
02 Spirit Of 76
03 Blaze Of Glory
04 Strength
05 Guitar Solo / Pinball Wizard
06 The Stand
07 Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? Bonus Track:
08 Interview: Mike Peters (WDHA 1986-05-01)

NOTES:
A very enthusiastic Mike at this gig!... Wasn't sure if this was a Soundboard or an FM broadcast at first. I've gone with Soundboard as the mix sounds a bit flat and the audience sounds a little distant, which is probably due to the mics on stage picking them up and not the audience mics being mixed low for radio... Or maybe it was a soundboard that has been broadcasted on radio? (like the Hamburg Docks 90 show). Anybody has any answers let us all know?