Originally posted by BigGiRL:TODAY I have updated the 1985-04-16 Worcester MA Show page / audio tab with a remaster of the Jeff Roy tape.
...more info to follow soon (or just read my notes in the info file)
So what to say about this show?
During Wire a lighting rig on Adam's side comes loose. He notices and a 20-minute break is taken while technicians secure the rig.
Two Hearts Beat As One was not on the printed setlist (u2gigs).
There are two known recordings of this show. One very partial (6 songs) and of a rather poor quality too. The other source is much better,
but unfortunately a transfer of the master tape has never surfaced.
What is left are two transfers of an "unknown analogue generation." One made by dema75 and another one done by Jeff Roy.
To my ears the dema75 transfer runs too fast and it might be even a higher generation than the Jeff Roy tape. The transfer of the latter,
however, is notorious for almost having no volume.
And as written in my notes, especially the right channel was virtually silent. So I boosted this right channel with +53dB, while the left "only"
needed an additional +25 dB... And after the clean-up in iZotope (together with a "de-clap" and a slight noise treatment), I'm under the
impression that this is actually an upgrade over the dema75 transfer.
With this remaster I hope to have lifted this show from mere historical to something quite enjoyable - if only on the headphones.
PS: It took me not 20 minutes, but more like 20 hours to fix this,
upcoming North American e+i leg in 2018...
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