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"SONY TC-D5 - pitch corrected & cleaned master"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: BigGiRL (Remasterer), Reed Hayward (Audio Taper), leche99 (Recording transferer)
Equipment: SONY TC-D5 (Audio recording device)
Lineage: [analogue master C90] > TEAC W-860r > [...] > iRiver H120 > [...] > CDwave > [...] > .wav > Nero WaveEditor > iZotope RX 05 > PristineSounds > Frontend FLAC > .flac [fre:ac > mp3]
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"RIVERBOAT PRESIDENT (NEW ORLEANS '82)"

- pitch corrected & cleaned up master

TAPER: Reed Hayward
Transfer: leche99 (2014)#
Mastering: BIGGIRL

SOURCE: Sony TC-D5 analog master tape (2014 transfer) >
Teac w-860r analog deck (azimuth adjusted) RCA outs >
iRiver H120 > USB > CEP > CDWave > TLH flac8
[2018 mastering]* > Nero WaveEditor (pitch correction) >
iZotope RX 05 (De-hum, De-click, De-noise, Spectral
Repair & EQmatch) > PristineSounds (edit & track split)
> .wav > Frontend FLAC (7) > .flac

#,*, see notes below

TRACK LIST:

01-Gloria
02-Another Time, Another Place
03-I Threw A Brick Through A Window
04-A Day Without Me
05-An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
06-Rejoice
07-Cry-The Electric Co.
08-I Fall Down
09-October
10-Stories For Boys
11-I Will Follow
12-Twilight
13-Out Of Control
[encore break]
14-Fire
15-11 O'Clock Tick Tock/The Ocean

*mastering NOTES:
Pitch correction based on hum: reference is the 60Hz current.
First & last part needed correction of + 1/5 semi-tone; middle
part (roughly between ADWM and October) needed + 4/25 semi-tone.
Then after served its puropose, hum was removed.
A light de-noise was used as well as a de-click run to remove
occasional spikes and some clapping (certainly not all!).
Some whistles and screams were removed with Spectral Repair,
but this still remains a very loud crowd!
EQmatch reference = Paradiso 1989 re-broadcast.

Gloria still has occasional drop-outs of channels, and there is
not much to do about this. I did, however, dubbed the left
channel for the first 20 seconds or so.
Tape flip is right after I Will Follow and I made a crossfade
to connect with the remainder of the tape. The "encore break"
had already been spliced, but again I made a crossfade for a
somewhat smoother transition (no fade-in/fade-out!).

BIGGIRL 2018

#ORIGINAL NOTES (2014): As promised, this is the 2nd U2 master tape from
the collection.

My previous notes from the first post: This restoration project has been
in the works for several months. The tape was rescued from a dusty box of
old masters sourced from a long-time taper from the New Orleans area who
has been inactive for many years and is one of 2 U2 masters found in the
collection. Included in the torrent is a photo of the actual master tape
itself.

Although this show been pressed to silver many times over the years this
is the master version direct from the original analog tapes. I'm not sure
what gen/version the bootleg CDs are from.

I am posting this for a former taper who found and hunted down this tape.
He is asking for uncirculated REM 87/89, New Order 93, and select Rush shows.
If you have anything to offer please get in touch.

Notes from him (the inactive taper who tracked down and borrowed this tape):
I have been a trader / taper / collector for 25 years and have access to
masters from my collection as well as others. Many masters have never been
circulated or now only exist as high gen. Over the next few months I am
planning on posting these gems but I need some motivation. In the past I
have had other people post some shows for me with the polite request to
post some shows in return. I have been disappointed and frankly
disenchanted in the response to some of my offerings. Here we have U2 in
probably one of the most legendary early shows directly from the analog
master transferred in 2014. Please show the love, post freely or PM me is
you have any shows from these bands and years. If I get a good reply some
big surprises will go up.

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"Riverboat President"

Origins: Audience microphone, CD Silver
Credits: Lords Of Archive (Silver Manufacturer)
Lineage: Original Pressing "Riverboat President" Silver cd -> EAC V0.9 beta 4 (secure & tested) -> Wav -> MP3
Quality based on reviews:
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"Reed Hayward Master Tape (2014 Transfer)"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Reed Hayward (Audio Taper), leche99 (Recording transferer)
Equipment: SONY TC-D5 (Audio recording device)
Lineage: [analog master tape] > Teac w-860r analog deck (azimuth adjusted) RCA outs > iRiver H120 > USB > CEP > CDWave > TLH flac8

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U2
1982-02-11
New Orleans, LA - SS President Riverboat (USA)
AUD0

SOURCE: Reed Hayward Sony TC-D5 analog master tape (2014 transfer) > Teac w-860r analog deck (azimuth adjusted) RCA outs > iRiver H120 > USB > CEP > CDWave > TLH flac8

01 Gloria
02 Another Time, Another Place
03 I Threw A Brick Through A Window
04 A Day Without Me
05 An Cat Dubh
06 Into The Heart
07 Rejoice
08 The Cry/Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet)
09 I Fall Down
10 October
11 Stories For Boys
12 I Will Follow
13 Twilight
14 Out Of Control

encore:
15 Fire
16 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
17 The Ocean

NOTES: As promised, this is the 2nd U2 master tape from the collection.

My previous notes from the first post: This restoration project has been in the works for several months. The tape was rescued from a dusty box of old masters sourced from a long-time taper from the New Orleans area who has been inactive for many years and is one of 2 U2 masters found in the collection. Included in the torrent is a photo of the actual master tape itself.

Although this show been pressed to silver many times over the years this is the master version direct from the original analog tapes. I'm not sure what gen/version the bootleg CDs are from.

I am posting this for a former taper who found and hunted down this tape. He is asking for uncirculated REM 87/89, New Order 93, and select Rush shows. If you have anything to offer please get in touch.

Notes from him (the inactive taper who tracked down and borrowed this tape):
I have been a trader / taper / collector for 25 years and have access to masters from my collection as well as others. Many masters have never been circulated or now only exist as high gen. Over the next few months I am planning on posting these gems but I need some motivation. In the past I have had other people post some shows for me with the polite request to post some shows in return. I have been disappointed and frankly disenchanted in the response to some of my offerings. Here we have U2 in probably one of the most legendary early shows directly from the analog master transferred in 2014. Please show the love, post freely or PM me is you have any shows from these bands and years. If I get a good reply some big surprises will go up.

In search of:

Rush (select shows from '84 - '94)
New Order ('89 - '93)
Bangles ('89)
10,000 Maniacs ('88 - '93)
REM ('87 - '89

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review by CMIPalaeo

9 years ago

Performance

The band are very lively. They play their material quite well. Bono talks to the audience at a few points, his voice sounds kind of rough. Larry is very clear on this bootleg, and Edge and Adam don't disappoint.

Sound

Loud and clear, with some crackles, static, flat spots, etc. Not perfect, but easily listenable. For an October Tour bootleg, it's one of the better sounding ones available.

I'd be interested to see if the new 2014 master tape transfer is better-sounding.
Recording: "Riverboat President" - 4.5 stars

Audience

They don't seem to be especially engaged. There's a lot of talking in the background. At some points they seem more excited than others, but the amount of conversation and lack of clapping along or singing along is a disappointment.

Overall

A good October concert. Despite an unimpressive audience, this is a nice boot to have because the band play well and the sound is good. Overall, one of the better shows available from this tour.

Highlights:
- Another Time, Another Place
- I Threw a Brick Through a Window/A Day Without Me
- Rejoice (altered lyric)
- I Fall Down (slightly altered lyric)
- The Ocean (really good with a cool, quite-extended outro, with a little musical snippet of 11 O'Clock Tick Tock in it)

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"SONY TC-D5 - pitch corrected & cleaned master"

Info file

Covers

Audio / MP3

Download via Mega.nz

Audio / FLAC

Download via Mega.nz

Audio samples

"Riverboat President"

Info file

Audio / MP3

Download via Mediafire.com

Audio samples

"Reed Hayward Master Tape (2014 Transfer)"

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photos by Anton Corbijn (4)

photos by unknown (4)

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did you know

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