Thursday, December 30, 2010

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Dr. Forrester said...

Source 1 info -

PRRPSAE04- GENESIS
GENESIS - A Classic Broadcast Revisited
April 21, 1974 (University Sports Centre - Montreal, Canada)

1-1. Watcher Of The Skies 8:54
1-2. Story Of Britannia 1:45
1-3. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 8:51
1-4. Story Of Romeo and Juliet 1:59
1-5. The Cinema Show 11:18
1-6. I Know What I Like 6:29
1-7. Story Of Five Rivers 1:25
1-8. Firth Of Fifth 10:01
1-9. The Story Of Henry and Cynthia 1:52
1-10. The Musical Box 11:03
1-11. Horizons 2:13
2-1. The Battle Of Epping Forest 12:47
2-2. The Story Old Michael 3:02
2-3. Supper's Ready 24:37
2-4. CHOM-FM Radio Intro/Station

PRRP Special Anniversary 04
Well, here it is, our PRRPSAE 04 Anniversary show. Genesis Montreal 4/21/74. Some of you might be wondering why we chose to remaster this recording for
PRRP when so many other recordings of this show exist. Many of you likely have the FADE remaster group version of this show and probably agree that it is
the best available recording of the event. The PRRP staff was involved in the final remastering of that recording, which we believe; at the time was an
important addition to the recording archive.
But, after a recent review of that work, we discovered a number of problems with the remaster that could be address now, some years later.
Below is a list of the problems with the current FADE remaster that we did not address well (or at all) when we did that work. With this new remaster for
PRRP, the same source recording was used and all the issues have been addressed. We hope that you agree that this makes the recording more accurate
as a representation of the event and a more enjoyable listening experience. 

Notes from the Re-Master 
1. More advanced noise reduction techniques used so noise reduction is not so harsh.
The FADE version was over noise reduced and likely lost some of the detail as a result. Different techniques were used for this remaster resulting in a
much more natural sound. Side to side comparison of the FADE and PRRP versions will emphasize how poorly we noise reduced the former version.

2. Speed correction. The show needed variable correction in the range of 0 - 3%.
With the FADE remaster, we never checked the speed of the recording. This time, we used the Genesis Archive live material and Genesis Live
commercial release as standards. This new PRRP version is now speed corrected to those standards. The pattern of speed error was quite consistent with
reel-to-reel or cassette tape movement. It made sense and was easily corrected.

3. Eliminate audible radio host during quite sections.
A careful listen to the FADE version of this show will disclose the sound of a radio talk show announcer speaking. This was either “bleed through” from
another radio station or was present on the tape used to record this show, prior to the recording process. This announcer’s voice is most obvious at the
beginning, before Watcher of the Skies begins and during the song Horizons. During the FADE remaster sessions, there was no way -at the time- to deal
with this vocal interference without corrupting the sound quality of the show. Here, in the PRRP remaster we have been able to eliminate this extra
material. This is particularly important for Horizons where the announcer was actually louder than the guitar and ruined the song in the FADE version.
Not so in this version.

4. Adjust dynamics to maximize dramatic effect of music.
This was not done during the FADE remaster. Many radio broadcasts will compress music so the quiet sections are too loud and the music looses much
of its dramatic feel. By adjusting the show dynamics, we hope to return to the recording some of the natural variation inherent in this early Genesis music.

December 30, 2010 at 7:47 AM
Dr. Forrester said...

Source 2 info -

GENESIS
April 21, 1974
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
University Sports Complex
CHOM-FM Broadcast


DISC ONE:
01 - Watcher Of The Skies
02 - Dancing Out With The Moonlit Knight
03 - The Cinema Show
04 - I Know What I Like
05 - Firth Of Fifth
06 - The Musical Box
07 - Horizons

DISC TWO:
01 - Battle Of Epping Forest
02 - Supper's Ready
03 - RADIO ANNOUNCER


LINEAGE:
Fm > CDR > EAC > FLAC

December 30, 2010 at 7:48 AM
Martin said...

Recordings exist of the opening act for both nights,Peter Hammill.

January 27, 2011 at 3:26 PM

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