Wednesday, March 16, 2022

David Bowie The Hunky Geordie Tapes Volume 27(revised text)


HUG231CD  STAGED

DAVID BOWIE - Philadelphia 1978-04-28

Spectrum Arena, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: Sony C90 HF (MBF) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 82:35

Tracks:

Disc One

1. Warszawa
2. Heroes
3. What In The World
4. Be My Wife
5. The Jean Genie
6. Blackout
7. Sense Of Doubt
8. Speed Of Life
9. Breaking Glass
10. band introductions
11. Five Years
12. Soul Love
13. Star
14. Hang On To Yourself
15. Ziggy Stardust
16. Suffragette City
17. Station To Station
18. Stay

Notes

Tiny bit fast - speed correction with a factor of 98%.
Fair bit of volume reprofiling to side 1 and to Ziggy songs on side 2.

Warszawa - 2½-5½ seconds - right channel lost, copied left channel.
Tape flip between Breaking Glass and the band intros - removed with fade.
Gap and very clumsy start between Star and Hang On To Yourself - gap removed and Hang On To Yourself faded-in.
As above between Hang On To Yourself and Ziggy Stardust, and again between Ziggy Stardust and Suffragette City.
Suffragette City incomplete, and gap before Station To Station.  Gap removed with fades.
Another clumsy gap between Station To Station (crowd noise) and Stay.  Gap removed and tidied with fades.
TLH to address sector boundary errors.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 27 on 8th October 2014




HUG232CD  MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE

DAVID BOWIE - Chicago 1976-03-03

International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA

Audience recording
Bush TDK AD90 > JVC PC-X95 tape deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 1
Artwork: included
Total running time: 76:42

Tracks:

1. Station To Station
2. Suffragette City
3. Fame
4. Word On A Wing
5. Stay
6. Waiting For The Man
7. Queen Bitch
8. Life On Mars?
9. Five Years
10. Panic In Detroit
11. Changes
12. Diamond Dogs
13. Rebel Rebel
14. The Jean Genie

Notes

iZotope RX2 denoiser tool to remove hiss
Running slowly - speed correction with a factor of 103%.
0:32-3:17 in Station To Station hugely distorted.  Removed with fades.
Tiny blip removed @ 4 seconds in Waiting For The Man.
Tape flip between Life On Mars? and Five Years, both clipped - joined with fades.
Start of Panic In Detroit is wrecked:
1. Two Let's Dance repairs done between 5 and 12 seconds - but source so ropey it's only a partial success.
2. Portion missing at 22 seconds - gap removed with fades.
3. Tiny gap at 24 seconds removed.
Drum solo missing from Panic In Detroit - gap closed with fades.
Two damages parts in Diamond Dogs (2:43 and 2:53) distorted bits removed and tidied with fades, with a further blip @ 2:41 simply removed.
Sector boundary errors tidied with TLH.


Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 27 on 8th October 2014




HUG233CD  YOU AND THE STARMAN AND GEORGE

DAVID BOWIE - Tacoma 1990-05-21

Tacoma Dome, Seattle, WA, USA

Soundboard/FM?
TDK D90+D60
           Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZtope RX2 Denoiser for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 57:27; Disc 2: 66:57

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Ode To Joy
2. Space Oddity
3. Changes
4. TVC 15
5. Rebel REbel
6. Be My Wife
7. Ashes To Ashes
8. Starman
9. Fashion
10. Life On Mars?
11. Blue Jean
12. Let's Dance
13. Stay
14. band introductions
15. China Girl

Disc 2

1. Sound + Vision
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. Station To Station
4. Young Americans
5. Suffragette City
6. Fame '90
7. Heroes
8. Pretty Pink Rose
9. The Jean Genie
10. band introductions
11. You And I And George
12. Panic In Detroit
13. Modern Love
14. Rock'n'Roll Suicide


Notes

Tape flip between Let's Dance and Stay - crowd noise only.
Small gap in crowd noise after Stay - removed.
Tape flip between Fame 90 and Heroes - seamless.
Encore break gap in crowd noise after Heroes - removed.
Tiny gap in crowd noise after Pretty Pink Rose (4:47) removed.
Tape flip between Modern Love and Rock'n'Roll Suicide - seamless.
Sector Boundary Errors removed with TLH. 

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 27 on 8th October 2014




HUG234CD  COLDER THAN THE MOON

DAVID BOWIE - Bad Segeberg 1983-06-17

Freilichtbühne, Bad Segeberg, West Germany

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 + ½ SA60 (Arcorman)
       Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 51:59; Disc 2: 53:32

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Introduction
2. The Jean Genie
3. Star
4. Heroes
5. What In The World
6. Golden Years
7. Fashion
8. Let's Dance
9. Breaking Glass
10. Life On Mars?
11. Sorrow
12. Cat People
13. China Girl
14. Scary Monsters
15. Rebel Rebel
16. White Light/White Heat

Disc 2

1. Station To Station
2. Cracked Actor
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Space Oddity
5. band introductions
6. Young Americans
7. TVC 15
8. Fame
9. Stay
10. The Jean Genie
11. Modern Love

Notes

Lightweight iZotope RX2 denoiser for hiss removal - but only side 3 (The Jean Genie and Modern Love) dehissed.
Running a little fast - speed correction with a factor of 98%.
Legacy tape flip between Life On Mars? and Sorrow - crowd noise only, removed cleanly.
Duplicated beat immediately before the start of Rebel Rebel removed.
Volume rebalancing to right channel in Rebel Rebel.
Tape flip between Rebel Rebel and White Light/White Heat - clean join.
Tiny fluke between the two channels at 1.9 seconds in White Light White Heat resolved by copying.
Legacy tape flip between TVC 15 and Fame - crowd noise, removed cleanly.
Old tape join (removing encore break) just before Stay, tidied.
Tape flip between Stay and The Jean Genie - seamless.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 27 on 8th October 2014




HUG235CD  YOU MAKE IT HOT

DAVID BOWIE - Miami 1987-09-18

Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA

Audience recording
TDK SA 90x2 > TEAC cassette deck > H2N Zoom digital recorder at 96/24 bit SDHD card > Computer > DVD Data disc > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 75:11; Disc 2: 51:14

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Purple Haze
2. Carlos's Guitar Intro
3. Up The Hill Backwards
4. Glass Spider
5. Up The Hill Backwards
6. Day In Day Out
7. Bang Bang
8. Absolute Beginners
9. Loving The Alien
10. China Girl
11. Rebel Rebel
12. Fashion
13. Scary Monsters
14. All The Madmen
15. Never Let Me Down
16. Big Brother
17. Chant Of The Ever- Circling Skeletal Family
18. 87 & Cry

Disc 2

1. Heroes
2. Sons Of The Silent Age
3. Time Will Crawl
4. band introductions
5. Young Americans
6. Beat Of Your Drum
7. The Jean Genie
8. Let's Dance
9. Fame
10. Time
11. Blue Jean
12. Modern Love

Notes

Running fast, speed corrected with factor of 96%.

Legacy join in crowd noise between Rebel Rebel and Fashion reduced in intensity.
Tape flip between All The Madmen and Never Let Me Down - seamless.
Some volume reprofiling from Sons Of The Silent Age to Fame.
Tape flip in encore break between Fame and Time - simple join.
Volue reprofiling to first half of Time.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 27 on 8th October 2014




HUG236CD  SEAN ODDITY

DAVID BOWIE - New York 1983-27-27

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: TDK SA90 x 1½ (Arcorman)
       Transfer (100PCB): Nakamichi CR7 > Benchmark ADC1 > Marantz digital recorder to SD card > FLAC
           Processing (steve23yh): iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 52:06; Disc 2: 55:08

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Introduction
2. The Jean Genie
3. Star
4. Heroes
5. What In The World
6. Golden Years
7. Fashion
8. Let's Dance
9. Breaking Glass
10. Life On Mars?
11. Sorrow
12. Cat People
13. China Girl
14. Scary Monsters
15. Rebel Rebel
16. White Light/White Heat

Disc 2

1. Station To Station
2. Cracked Actor
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Space Oddity
5. band introductions
6. Young Americans
7. Fame
8. TVC 15
9. Stay
10. The Jean Genie
11. Modern Love

Notes

Lightweight iZotope RX2 denoiser for hiss removal - but only side 3 (The Jean Genie and Modern Love) dehissed.
Running fast - speed correction with a factor of 96%.

Gap in crowd noise (3:26) after What In The World - simply removed.
Legacy tape join between Life On Mars? and Sorrow - cleaner join made.
Gap between China Girl and Scary Monsters - removed cleanly.
Tape flip between Rebel Rebel and White Light/White heat - seamless.
Volume dip/gap immediately before band introductions start - simply removed.
Gap between Young Americans and Fame (crowd noise) - simply removed.
Encore break gap between TVC 15 (3:45) and Stay - removed with fade-in.
Tape flip between Stay and The Jean Genie - seamless.
Gap in encore break between The Jean Genie (5:35) and Modern Love- removed cleanly.
Ending of Stay missing on source tape.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 27 on 8th October 2014




HUG237CD  DADDY CAN I TELL?

DAVID BOWIE - Burgettstown 1995-09-23

Star Lake Amphitheater, Burgettstown, PA, USA

Audience recording
Lineage: TDS SA90 (lo gen) > Denon DRM-500 deck > direct wire > iZotope RX2 denoiser tool for light hiss removal > Goldwave for track splits etc > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 42:36; Disc 2: 45:22

Tracks:

Disc One

1. Subterraneans
2. Scary Monsters
3. Reptile
4. Hallo Spaceboy
5. Hurt
6. The Heart's Filthy Lesson
7. I'm Deranged
8. I Have Not Been To Oxford Town

Disc Two

1. We Prick You
2. The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)
3. A Small Plot Of Land
4. Breaking Glass
5. Andy Warhol
6. The Man Who Sold The World
7. Outside
8. Jump They Say
9. Niteflights
10. band introductions
11. Joe The Lion

Notes

Light hiss removal using iZotope RX2 denoiser tool.
Volume boost to Subterraneans.
TLH to address sector boundary errors.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to MWP by steve23yh as part of The Hunky Geordie Tapes, Vol 27 on 8th October 2014


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3 comments:

  1. all links are just empty, can you please upload.
    Is there also a volume-26 ?

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  2. Thanks for sharing, but invalid link. Please repost!

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  3. Thanks a lot for the fixed links!!!

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