sabato 9 marzo 2024

James Taylor - 1982-03-09 - Fort Lauderdale, FL (SBD/FLAC)





(Soundboard FLAC)

James Taylor 
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 
March 9, 1982 

Transfer: 
.wav file > Peak Pro 6 (pitch adjusted +60 cents) > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC 

01 You Can Close Your Eyes 
02 Riding On A Railroad 
03 Up On The Roof 
04 Love Has Brought Me Around 
05 Sunny Skies 
06 Carolina On My Mind 
07 Rock Me Baby 
08 Something’s Wrong 
09 Long Ago And Far Away 
10 Rock And Roll Is Music Now 
11 Mexico 
12 How Sweet It Is 
13 Fire And Rain 
14 You’re Just In Love 
15 Sweet Baby James 
16 Music 
17 Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 
18 Bartender’s Blues 
19 Brother Trucker 
20 Handy Man 
21 Shower The People 
22 Country Road 
23 You’re Smiling Face 
24 Steamroller 
25 You’ve Got A Friend 
26 Secret O’Life 

An excellent quality soundboard from the 1982 tour that appears to be under-circulated. This one ran extremely slow and took a major correction to get to the proper pitch. It was also just a touch flat and I've widened the stereo spectrum to give the highs a little more headroom and I think it really shines. 

A little context around the timing of the show, James mentions that he had been in Martha's Vineyard earlier in the day to bury his good friend John Belushi. Maybe it's my imagination but there seems to be just a little extra emotional edge to the songs on this night. 

Venue was not identified but may be the Sportatorium which appears to host most of the bigger shows at the time which James surely would have been considered a big show. 

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