End of Another Live and Loud! Season

We're now done for a month or two. :-) I have to say thank you to those of you who have taken an interest in the shows and enjoy them as much as I do - especially those who take the time to get in touch and send me their thoughts or thanks. I don't suppose many of you enjoy every show (I do, oddly!) but its been great to get feedback from people who appreciate the work that goes into these.

The show is now taking a short break but Live and Loud! WILL return in 2015. There are still shows outstanding I've not had chance to do, as well as new ones of course that surface from time to time. I have to say that most recent gig recordings I've heard are decent quality already - so probably won't feature on here. The whole point of Live and Loud! was to resurrect and make listenable older recordings that might otherwise disappear.

As I say - loads still to do. So keep an eye on this site - I'll be updating it with the latest news as and when I know its returning, and which shows are being done.

Still on the lookout for good soundboard and FM radio recordings - so if you have any that might be of interest - please do GET IN TOUCH! Some of the shows I've done so far have been listeners who have sent in recordings from their own collections.

To all listeners - Merry Christmas. Have a peaceful holiday season and I wish you only good things for 2015.

See you soon :)

Show 57: Ultravox - Hammersmith Odeon, London - 7 June 1984

A bit of a special gig for me as the first time I saw Ultravox was by attending all 5 nights at the Hammersmith Odeon in June 1984. This is by far the best recording from that tour that exists - but sadly its not complete. Taken directly from the soundboard in stereo on the night, the recording stopped after One Small Day - just as they segued into Hymn. Also missing are The Voice, and the encore songs Lament, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes and All Stood Still.

That said, what IS here is superb and remastering has really paid dividends, sorting out the majority of noises, clicks, tape deterioration, with EQ to bring the best out of the sound.

UPDATE 2018
While preparing this old show as separate files for a donator to the site, I found I could now improve the sound quality further, over what I’d originally done to the recording several years ago. You can now download this new version (as of 2018) HERE as 1 new 320kbps MP3 file.

If you would like to have separate tagged MP3s, or even lossless files in FLAC format of the new version, head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs.

Playlist:
Man of Two Worlds
Passing Strangers
We Stand Alone
New Europeans
I Remember (Death in the Afternoon)
Visions in Blue
Heart of the Country
Western Promise
Vienna
Reap the Wild Wind
We Came To Dance
White China
One Small Day

Show 56: The Beach Boys - Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California - 1 August 1964

This was quite a show - The Beach Boys on their first national tour of the USA. 2 shows on 1 August were performed and recorded, the best bits were combined and overdubbed later to form the "Concert" album. This remaster is of the afternoon performance and is a great historical record of The Beach Boys live, in front of an audience of screaming teens! Perfect overdubbing is replaced by the odd missed cue and bum note here and there but it doesn't detract - you hear the raw excitement of the gig. Which is really what live performance is all about, isn't it?! :-)

As a bonus, part of the rehearsal for the shows was recorded as well and this is presented at the start of the show.

This is stored HERE as a 320kbps MP3 file. 

Or, if you would like to have separate tagged MP3s, or even lossless files in FLAC format, head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs.

Setlist:
Rehearsal
Louie Louie
Little Honda
Surfin' U.S.A.
Wendy
Wendy
Wendy
Don't Worry Baby 
Little Honda
Little Honda 
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena / Don't Back Down


Gig 
Introduction
Little Honda  
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow 
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Hushabye
Hawaii
Let's Go Trippin'
The Wanderer
Surfer Girl 
Monster Mash
Graduation Day
Be True To Your School
Surfin' U.S.A.
Don't Back Down
Don't Worry Baby
Wendy
I Get Around
Fun, Fun, Fun