The Show
Billed as a soundboard recording and released as a bootleg CD at some point - and I assume on vinyl too, as there was vinyl noise on the recording I had. Bizarrely the CD track listing was in the wrong order, after the first 5 tracks.
What Was Done
As always when I pick a show thinking "this won't take long..." it takes far longer! I researched the gig and found the actual setlist online in a couple of different places, which showed the song order on what I had was very wrong! So I took it all apart and put the songs back in the right order, blending in the audience noise between songs, which actually sounds less disjointed now than it did on the source material. There were some clicks and pops from vinyl to get rid of, and some vinyl crackle which I've been able to reduce a lot.
Once that was done, the recording was fairly flat (as boots so often are) but I knoew it would polish up well, so I got to work with EQ and the usual studio toys to bring some clarity and power to the sound mix, and then mastered. The result is really really clear and powerful - showcasing how good a live band they are and certainly were in 1983; I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Once you've downloaded or streamed this, head down to the bottom of the page - highlights of this gig were broadcast on TV back in 1983, and that's on YouTube, albeit in inferior sound quality.
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and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
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Setlist
Baby Blue Eyes
Double Talkin’ Baby
Rumble In Brighton
Drink That Bottle Down
Built For Speed
Rev It Up & Go
C’mon Everybody
Stray Cat Strut
Lonely Summer Nights
Fishnet Stockings
Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie
Rock This Town
Encore
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Runaway Boys
Oh Boy
Something Else
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As promised above, highlights of the gig were broadcast on TV back in 1983 so here's a link to that. Not all songs are included but you do get a few cut ins with the band members being interviewed. Worth a watch but as a rip from VHS don't expect quite the same sound quality. Still well worth a watch!
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