The Show
Recorded originally by Australian radio station JJJ, it was clear someone had worked on this at some point - the volume was maxed out right across the recording, which is a common mistake. The last track, Room was from a totally different recording and added on the end, after everything had faded out. Every internet source I could find tells me it IS the performance of Room from that show, though, so it stayed. The band seemed to have sound issues especially early on during the first song, so you will still hear evidence of that.
An extra bit of background to this show from a listener: I was at this show. The Musicians Club isn't a very big venue and the crowd waiting to get in was massive!!!. Hundreds were turned away. There was a heat wave and the place was like an oven, but an amazing show. Simple Minds were really popular in Australia. They returned the following year and played in a place called Manly, in a much bigger venue. That show also went live to air on 2 JJJ.
What Was Done
It was rather hard on the ears and muddy and muffled. Still much better than many but definitely improvable. Several gaps and dropouts fixed. Once that was
done, I got to work with the usual studio toys to clean up the recording and make it clearer, then mastered to make it clearer and more
powerful overall. The last track had to be worked on separately and I blended that in with the crowd noise at the end of the main set, so it sounds less "added on". The gig sounds really good now I think; I'm sure
you'll enjoy it.
The All Important Download/Stream Link
As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Setlist
Theme For Great Cities - Intro Tape
Sons And Fascination
Changeling
Thirty Frames A Second
Premonition
Sweat In Bullet
I Travel
Celebrate
Love Song
The American
Room
Be sure to check out the other gigs from Simple Minds I've restored HERE - all similarly available for free.
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