A quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show
A soundboard recording put on YouTube recently by the sound engineer on the night who recorded it. I have linked to that at the bottom of the page, so you can hear the source, and compare against what I've done to improve the sound quality. This was originally requested by a client of mine I do audio repair for, and just a week or 2 later, by 1 of my regular listeners.
What Was Done
As you might expect, given the original source - this was in a pretty good state of repair. A few cuts between songs, and the volume levels of some songs were lower than others but nothing serious. Once I fixed those, I removed some noise and got to work on improving the clarity and presence, emphasised the bass end and drums a bit while were pretty quiet, and separated out the instruments. Once that was done, I mastered to widen the sound - this was a soundboard in mono - most live sound was in mono back then - and make it more powerful. Soundboards can also sound rather dry and "upfront" so I added a touch of reverb to make it sound a bit more natural.
Anyway, I think it sounds far more clear and powerful now. I hope you 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
Europa And The Pirate Twins
Windpower
One Of Our Submarines
Radio Silence
New Toy
Flying North
Urban Tribal
Commercial Breakup
Jungle Line
She Blinded Me With Science
Airwaves
Europa And The Pirate Twins
Don't forget to check out the other show from Thomas Dolby on the site (from the Flat Earth tour of 1984), HERE.
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restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
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appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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And finally - here's a link back to the original source for this gig (you may need to click on the link to actually listen to it on YouTube if remote viewing is disabled):
