mercoledì 30 dicembre 2015

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Paul Butterfield Blues Band - 1969-01-18 - Amsterdam, NL (FM/FLAC)
The Band - 1969-10-26 - Philadelphia, PA (AUD/FLAC)
The Band - 1971-12-xx - Hempstead, NY (STU/FLAC) Rehearsal
The Cure - 1986-06-21 - Pilton, UK (SBD/AUD/FLAC)
The Smiths - 1985-06-18 - New York City, NY (AUD/FLAC)
Tom Petty - 2015-12-19 - West Hollywood, CA (AUD/FLAC) with Jeff Lynne
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Tom Waits - 1974-10-27 - Philadelphia, PA (FM/FLAC)
Yes - 2015-11-16 - Norwegian Pearl (AUD/FLAC)

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Boomtown Rats - 1980-05-01 - Tokyo, JP (FM/FLAC)
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Frank Zappa - 1973-05-xx - Unknown Venue (SBD/FLAC)
Hall and Oates - 1995-12-04 - Tokyo, JP (SBD/FLAC)
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Jaco Pastorius - 1985-01-30 - Toulouse, FR (FM/FLAC)
Level 42 - 1983-02-14 - Mainz, DE (FM/FLAC)
Martin Barre Band - 2015-12-15 - Rochester, NY (AUD/FLAC)
Meatloaf - 1978-06-06 - London, UK (FM/FLAC)

martedì 29 dicembre 2015

Sting - 2005-05-13 - Wantagh, NY (AUD/FLAC) by REQUEST



(Audience FLAC)

Jones Beach Theatre

Source: Core Sound Binurals>Sony PCM-M1 
Transfer: Fostex D5>Audiophile2496>SoundForge6.0>CDWave>FLAC 
Taped by: The Big Red Bag 
Location: Left of SBD 
Conversion by: Barbara Doughty (crypticalenvelop@hotmail.com) 

Sting - vocals, bass 
Dominic Miller - guitar, backing vocals 
Shane Fontayne - guitar, harmonica, backing vocals 
Josh Freese - drums 

Disc 1 
01. Message In A Bottle 
02. Demolition Man 
03. Spirits In The Material World 
04. Synchronicity II 
05. I Hung My Head 
06. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 
07. The End Of The Game 
08. Driven To Tears 
09. Heavy Cloud No Rain 
10. Invisible Sun 
11. Why Should I Cry For You 
12. The Fields Of Gold 

Disc 2 
01. A Day In The Life 
02. King Of Pain 
03. Voices Inside My Head> When The World Is Running Down 
04. Roxanne 
05. So Lonely> 
06. Roxanne 
07. Next To You 
08. Every Breath You Take 
07. Lithium Sunset

mercoledì 23 dicembre 2015

Sammy Hagar - 2015-08-14 - Springfield, IL (AUD/FLAC) by REQUEST

(Audience FLAC)

ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS GRANDSTAND, SPRINGFIELD, IL

Taper: cptncrash76
Equipment: SP-CMC-26 > Tascam DR-05
Location: Track, leaning on rail for VIP near left speakers

01 - There's Only One Way To Rock
02 - Rock Candy
03 - Good Times Bad Times
04 - Poundcake
05 - I Can't Drive 55
06 - Right Now
07 - Whole Lotta Love
08 - Guitar Jam / Little White Lies
09 - When The Levee Breaks
10 - Why Can't This Be Love
11 - Heavy Metal
12 - Mas Tequila
13 - Dreams
14 - Rock And Roll
15 - Cabo Wabo

martedì 22 dicembre 2015

Vieux Farka Toure - 2015-08-20 - Sacramento CA (AUD/FLAC) by REQUEST

(Audience FLAC)

Harlow's 

lineage
MK4 pair >> Nbob active cables >> Tinybox (w/OT) >> M-10 @ 24/48 

Reaper v5.01 >> Ozone 5 VST >> exciter, stereo image, compression >> dither to 16 bit (MBIT+ algorithm) >> WAV >> tracked in CD Wave >> FLAC conversion with TLH 

** 16 bit, 48 khz fileset ** 

domenica 20 dicembre 2015

The Cure - 1986-04-25 - London, UK (AUD/MKV/FLAC)

(Audience MKV + FLAC)

Source: audience
Quality: very good
Generation: AU 0
Lineage: Sony WM-d6 + Sony ECM-909
Recorded by: M.B.

Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Porl Thompson
Boris Williams
Laurence Tolhurst

01 shake dog shake
02 play for today
03 kyoto song
04 other voices
05 primary
06 a strange day
07 inbetween days
08 the walk
09 a night like this
10 push
11 one hundred years
12 a forest
13 sinking

Encore 1:
14 let's go to bed
15 close to me

Encore 2:
16 charlotte sometimes
17 boys don't cry

Encore 3:
18 faith
19 pornography

Time: 95m (audio) / 76m (video)

Personal note:
A great show in near perfect quality (audio). This was at the benefit festival for Greenpeace: "Soundwaves for Greenpeace". Some of the best classic Cure songs are played and the show is very energetic. 'Pornography' sends shivers down your spine. Robert's hair was at its best these days ;)

Quality:
AUDIO: Near perfect. One of the better audience recordings I have. Full show (besides the 'Relax'- intro)
VIDEO: Definitely a VHS rip. Quality is pretty good for an old VHS tape.
The audio is a bit distorted on the low notes, but good to listen to.
The vocals are very clear.
Sadly the last 2 songs (the best of the show) are missing.
Also 'Shake Dog Shake/Play for Today/A Strange Day/A Forest' are cut.
The perfect audio-version makes up for that. According to cure-concerts.de this was shot with a 'Ferguson' camera. All songs are chaptered.


lunedì 14 dicembre 2015

David Gilmour - 2015-12-11 - São Paulo, SP, Brazil [96 kHz - 24 bit FLAC]



David Gilmour
2015-Dec-11
Allianz Parque
São Paulo, SP
Brazil

Lineage: CA11 > CA9200 > Zoom H4n > Audacity (tracking, split) > WAV 96 kHz, 24 bit > TLH > FLAC

Program:

1st Set:
01 - 5 A.M.
02 - Rattle That Lock
03 - Faces Of Stone
04 - Wish You Were Here
05 - A Boat Lies Waiting
06 - The Blue
07 - Money (false stars 1 & 2, including a really short but sweet Gilmour improv)
08 - Money
09 - Us And Them
10 - In Any Tongue
11 - High Hopes

2nd Set:
12 - Astronomy Domine
13 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
14 - Fat Old Sun
15 - On An Island
16 - The Girl In The Yellow Dress
17 - Today
18 - Sorrow
19 - Run Like Hell

Encore:
20 - Time - Breathe (Reprise)
21 - Comfortably Numb

Approx.: 156 min.

Band :

David Gilmour - Guitars/Vocals
Phil Manzanera – Guitars/Vocals
Guy Pratt – Bass/Vocals
Jon Carin – Keyboards/Vocals
Steve Distanislao – Drums/Percussion/Vocals
Kevin McAlea – Keyboards
João Mello – Saxes/Clarinet/Ovation
Bryan Chambers - Vocals
Lucita Jules – Vocals


This recording registers David Gilmour's first ever presentation in Brazil.

Just to put this into context, one have to understand the idolatry level Pink Floyd achieved here in this country. Not necessarely true respectful and knowledgeable fans (they are aorund, en masse) but many for the more "fashionable" and cool aspects of "following" on something that is famous and popular. Also one should consider people's hunger and demand for a gig such as this. Bear in mind Brazilians are not particularly known for their quiet speech and introvert characters. I found out the crowd in São Paulo (which included people from all around the country) to be specially hostile and ungraceful. An average Paulista won't say "please, excuse me" he (sometimes she) will more likely say "get the f@#k out of the way".

This gig is an extra date they added to the South American tour schedule after the initial sales for the December 12 date sold out overnight. This date had chairs added to the front of the venue, at exorbitantly space high ticket prices. The crowd was very diverse, age wise, which was nice. As it is common in Brazilian culture, many people were drunk out of their minds, though... An estimated 40 thousand people attended this show, which pretty much stopped all the traffic in the vicinities of the Stadium, in the already complicated friday evening streets in this chaotic American megalopole. Many people entered late into the concert. Thus all the angry Paulistas shouting people to sit down...

Location: I was around 20 m way form the left stack in what I think was a favourable setting, although people transited in front of me during the whole concert.

It was indeed a lovingly (magic) evening and the sound in the stadium was pretty decent, even though it reverberated/echoed a bit and sometimes a bit boomy. During the intro for Sorrow, I could feel my body vibrating along the "stadium guitar sound". Money started with no bass and was aborted. While wating a bit too long, David offered a few improvised chords, before being interrupted by the bass. After a second try, it was still not ready to go. Only during take 3 the song launched.

There is an abrupt volume switch down during Fat old sun. In the middle of Run like hell all "hell" broke loose and the people started ignoring the rules (it was quiet ironic, since the staff were acting like worm soldiers yelling people to sit down) and the wealthy masses rushed to the front of the stage, prompting us all to stand up and "fighting" for individual space. About what I commented earlier on peolple being drunk out of their wits, this recording bears testimony to this, unfortunately, as you will notice during the encore, which was partially spoiled by a very inconvenient young individual.

I have to say this: If Waters is the master of ideas and concepts, Gilmour is the master of melody, mood and feeling. I have rarely been so moved by the music in a concert as that night. Pure magic.

For you, damned souls thinking of selling this over the internet or on local shops, here is what I say: DON'T!

Here is a list of potential boot titles, though:

What a lovely evening to be in São Paulo.

We were just trying to see if you were paying attention...

Where the f@#k is it?

Take 3, go!

Do whatever you like with it, as long as you don't sell it in any way. I won't be doing a CD-ready version of it, so feel free to dither, remaster or whatever you feel like doing. Use it exclusively for personal, archiving and educational purposes only.

sabato 12 dicembre 2015

New links on guitars101 on 12/12/2015


AC/DC - 2015-12-06 - Melbourne, AU (AUD/FLAC)
Buzzcocks - 1979-08-30 - Boston, MA (AUD/FLAC) by REQUEST
Dire Straits - 1978-01-29 - London, UK (AUD/FLAC) by REQUEST
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David Sylvian and Robert Fripp - 1992-06-24 - Genoa, IT (AUD/FLAC)



(Audience FLAC)

Teatro Margherita, Genoa, Italy 
June 24, 1992 

AUD > ?? > CDR > WAV > FLAC > WAV > CDR > EAC > FLAC (L8) 
Taped by: ?? 
Transfered by: Michael Whincup 

Bootleg Title: The First Day Italy 1992 
Playing Time: 1:11:26 
Edited with Adobe Audition 1.0 


David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboard) 
Robert Fripp (guitar, Frippertronics) 
Trey Gunn (stick) 

Tracks 11 + 12: 
Sylvian, Gunn + The California Guitar Trio: 
Hideyo Moriya (guitar) 
Paul Richards (guitar) 
Bert Lamas (guitar) 

01. Bringing Down The Light (Soundscape) [7:45] 
02. Firepower [2:14] 
03. Ascension / Under Ingrid's Wheels / Subterranean Burn [10:16] 
04. The First Day [7:53] 
05. Jean The Birdman [3:58] 
06. 20th Century Dreaming [2:26] 
07. The House In Which We Live [8:08] 
08. Chromatic Fantasy [2:34] 
09. Blinding Light Of Heaven [4:27] 
10. Urban Landscape [10:45] 
11. Blockhead [3:46] 
12. Asturias [3:11] 
13. Ghosts [4:05] 

Notes: 
Occasional artifacts (tracks 10, 13) most probably due to extracting from an older CDR. Tracks 7, 9, 10, and 13 were edited due to noise level dropouts. No editing has taken place besides a few slight cuts and amplification changes. 

Although circulating as a soundboard I believe this is in fact a great audience recording! 

Full setlist according to davidsylvian.net: 

9 songs by California Guitar Trio (opening act) 
Soundscape 
Firepower 
Ascension 
Under Ingrid's Wheels 
Subterranean Burn 
The First Day 
Jean the Birdman 
20th Century Dreaming 
The House in Which We Live 
Chromatic Fantasy 
Blinding Light of Heaven 
Urban Landscape 
Blockhead (CGT) 
Asturias (CGT) 
Ghosts (encore) 
Blinding Light Of Heaven (encore) 
Jean the Birdman (encore) 

Credits: 
Provider: Michael Whincup 
Distributor: Carl (erutan) 

lunedì 7 dicembre 2015

Your latest REQUESTS


Anathema - 2015-11-17 - Norwegian Pearl (AUD/FLAC)

New links on guitars101 on 6/12/2015


Bob Dylan - 1990-02-06 - London, UK (AUD/FLAC) Holy Grail Series
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Van Morrison - 1975-06-07 - Riverside, CA (AUD/FLAC) Uncirculated and Undocumented Show



(Audience FLAC)

Van Morrison 
Webber Hall 
University of California, Riverside 
Riverside, CA 
June 7, 1975, 11:00 PM Show 
Lost California Performances 
JF Archive Series No. 7 via JEMS 

Taper: JF 

Source: unknown recorder > unknown microphone (mono) 

JEMS 2015 Transfer: JF master TDK cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A (azimuth adjustment) > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 (24/96) capture > iZotope RX4 > iZotope Ozone 5 > iZotope RX MBIT+ resample 16/44.1 > Peak Pro XT (edit / index) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC 

01 Alright, Okay, You Win (Count Basie/Joe Williams) 
02 One Of These Days (Mose Allison) 
03 Blue Money 
04 Wild Night 
05 I Have Finally Come To Realize
06 Brown Eyed Girl 
07 I’ve Been Working 
08 St Dominic’s Preview > Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) > You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones) 
09 Gloria 

RIVERSIDE, LATE SET 
The 11 pm setlist at Webber Hall brings some welcome changes from the early set. The wonderful “St Dominic’s Preview” mixed with “Walk on the Wild Side” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” returns, and we also get the first ‘75 tour recording of “Blue Money.” Released on His Band And The Street Choir, “Blue Money,” is a relative rarity, with only 18 known performances prior to this one according to the authoritative set-list histories found at vanomatic.de. 

But even more exciting is the first known live version of “I Have Finally Come To Realize,” a song recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito within days or weeks of this show, but not released officially until 1998’s The Philosopher’s Stone. Van introduces it by saying he’d “like to do a recent song” and delivers a wonderful reading. There are only ten known performance of the track, all from 1998 and 2002, so JF’s recording is indeed a major find. 

Happily, the high quality of the early Riverside recording carries over to the late show which sounds every bit as good. Samples provided. 

Once again the band is: John Blakely on guitar; Mark T. Jordan on keyboards; David Hayes on Bass; and Tony Dey on drums. 

Here’s what JF recalls about the Riverside shows: 

“This was the fourth show in a mini-Van marathon – two shows the previous night in Irvine, the second of two this night in Riverside and one more on the afternoon of the following day in Santa Barbara. There were no seats here – people just gathered around the stage on the floor of the college basketball stadium and danced or just hung out and listened. I stood back by the sound booth in the center of the hall, warily eyeing Van’s sound people so they wouldn’t catch me recording and secretly wishing I could tap into their line feed from the stage.” 

Thanks to JF, who reached out on DIME (you could be next!) and offered us his archive, which had been sitting in boxes, 6000 miles away from where he lives today, for 20+ years. Like so many early tapers, he had great stories to tell and the memories flooded back as we sorted through tapes. We are pleased to be able to bring his work to all of you. Please let him know through your comments that you are, too. 

We also appreciate the unnamed Van collectors for helping to get JF’s masters back in his control. And finally, special thanks mjk5510, who continues serve as JEMS’ post-production and quality-control supervisor. He is essential to our process and we couldn’t do it without him. 

BK for JEMS

giovedì 3 dicembre 2015

Bruce Springsteen - 1981-04-07 - Hamburg, DE (AUD/FLAC)



(Audience FLAC)

We're Living Through Tonight in Hamburg
April 7th, 1981
Hamburg, GER
Congress Centre

CASSETTE TAPE CONVERSION-
TDK SA-X90 Cassette Tape(Normal Bias)--Teac W-860R Double Cassette deck--Xitel USB INPort-->.wav files--CD Wave Editor(track splits)--Flac FrontEnd 1.1.2(level 8, align on sector boundaries, verify)-->.flac files

Upload will include .md5 verification file, flac fingerprint, spectral/frequebncy analysis, artwork, and PAR2 recovery files.

DISC ONE
01-Prove It All Night(start cut)
02-Out in the Street
03-10th Avenue Freezeout
04-Who'll Stop the Rain
05-Two Hearts
06-The Promised Land
07-Badlands
08-Sherry Darling(volume fluctuation in middle)
09-Hungry Heart
10-Fire

DISC TWO
01-You Can Look
02-Backstreets
03-Ramrod
04-Rosalita(start very slight cut)
05-Born to Run
06-Detroit Medley
07-Rockin' All Over the World

Missing (according to the Killing Floor & Brucebase): Darkness on the Edge of Town, Independence Day, The River, Thunder Road, Cadillac Ranch, Wreck on the Highway, and Racing in the Street.

From Brucebase: Audience tape - but only about 90 minutes - First appearence of the band in Europe since 1975. Debut of Rockin' All Over The World. Released on CDR "We're Living Through Tonight In Hamburg".

The first show of the EU leg of the River Tour. This is another of those shows that has been hard to find in lossless form. As far as we know there is no recording of the complete show. Thanks to Glenn Jackson for the cassette. A few seconds of silence between tracks where songs are missing. Volume fluctuations on a few songs, I tried to minimize them. You may have to turn the volume up a nudge, I was going to raise it but decided against it.