Show 231 - PIL - Live At Hammersmith Palais London - 4 Dec 1983

 

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The Show
An audience recording from the time. I think someone had put a limiter on this at some point to make everything LOUDER as the left channel was pretty loud. The right channel not so much - that was much quieter. Otherwise, generally in decent condition.

What Was Done
It's not a stereo recording so it was easy to raise up the volume of the right channel to balance the sound before I worked on it. There was a hum in the background - I removed that without affecting the rest of the recording much. There were some dropouts on the left or right channels (never both at the same time); I fixed those. Some clicks and pops were present in the crowd noise especially - fixed those. Once all that was done, I got to work with EQ and the usual studio toys to bring some clarity to the sound mix - bringing up the drums and bass in particular, and toning down the trebly guitar a bit, and then mastered to make it clearer and more powerful overall, and wider. The result is very clear, for an audience recording and really powerful; I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

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Setlist
Public Image
Low Life
Analisa
Religion
Memories
Solitaire
Flowers Of Romance
Chant
Anarchy In The UK
This Is Not A Love Song
Attack

 

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