tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615308573789950822.post4424129585475191439..comments2023-09-22T00:48:56.392-07:00Comments on Just Add Cones: Marillion - 1987-07-05 - LocarnoDr. Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06274253625619443854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615308573789950822.post-39092659310083582732011-02-24T11:20:42.004-08:002011-02-24T11:20:42.004-08:00LDB Master Series #135
Hello, this is a collectio...LDB Master Series #135<br /><br />Hello, this is a collection of masters I would like to seed here. I've been taping shows for more than 20 years and have an<br />awful lot of masters. Most of them are in the old cassette format, some others are on MiniDisc and others are on CD. I've<br />taped many shows of many artists over the years, so don't be surprised if you will find many different artists taped! Some<br />shows are already circulating, some others have not circulated through collectors yet. But most of all, enjoy!<br />They all come from my masters! <br /><br />MARILLION<br />Locarno, Piazza Grande<br />July 5, 1987<br /><br />01.Intro: La Gazza Ladra<br />02.Incommunicado<br />03.Assassing<br />04.Script For A Jester's Tear<br />05.White Russian<br />06.Incubus<br />07.Sugar Mice<br />08.Fugazi<br />09.I Want a Brandy / Hotel Hobbies / Warm Wet Circles / That Time of the Night<br />10.Kayleigh / Lavender / Bitter Suite / Heart of Lothian<br />11.The Last Straw<br />12.Garden Party<br />13.Market Square Heroes (incl. Let's Twist Again...)<br /><br />Lineage: Philips stereo micro > Sony Professional analogue recorder > Master Tape > Aiwa Tape Deck AD-WX828 > <br />Audigy Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6) <br /><br />Fish - vocals<br />Steve Rothery - guitars<br />Pete Trewawas - bass, backing vocals<br />Ian Mosley - drums<br />Mark Kelly - keyboards<br />Corinne Josias - backing vocals<br /><br />Summer 1987 was a busy period for me. I was still a high school student but preferred to spend the (few) money to go on tour<br />instaed of having fun with friends and girlfriends. Travelling was hard, by train or bus (no low cost airlines back then!)<br />and McDonalds the most frequent place for lunches. But I had a great time and met so many friends. Some of them are still<br />among my best friends after 21 years! Anyway, in May I saw two Genesis shows in Italy, June was spent to follow Peter <br />Gabriel's tour over 20+ dates, ending with three shows at Birmingham's NEC arena. The day after I came back to London to see<br />Genesis at wembley stadium on the 3rd and the day after I had the privilege to take the only flight of the season to come <br />back home and then join some friends who were driving 50 miles north, in the swiss town of Locarno to see Marillion...crazy<br />schedule!<br /><br />Locarno 1987 is one of my fond memory from that tour. Many friends told me that Locarno was the best show of the whole <br />Clutching at Straws tour. Having listened to about one hundred shows from that tour, I can only agree. The show was in the<br />beautiful Piazza Grande, close to the lake and completely outdoor. Lots of fans mixed to casual tourists made the atmosphere<br />somehow magic and the band simply delivered one of their best performance ever. When I saw them again the year after in <br />Milano, the magic was gone. I remember Fish dressed as an harlequin, his vocal chords in great shape and very happy. This was<br />one of the first dates of the tour that had started a week or so before in Poland and the band used to change the setlist <br />quite often. This is the only show with Incommunicado as opener! The new material sounded to me an improvement from Misplaced<br />Childhood, loving the suite starting with Hotel Hobbies. And the Last Straw...what a great moment.<br /><br />I am sure I am making lots of friends happy by making this show available. Actually I have two versions of this show in my<br />collection. Probably the one sourced from my master is slightly better. Soundwise it is ok, but of course it suffers from<br />limitations of the technology 21 years ago. I have reduced the speed by approx 3% because the tape was running a bit too fast. <br />Now it sounds exactly as I remember in Locarno. But the atmosphere and the excitement of that evening can be clearly be <br />heard here. This is another leap in my past, and hope you will enjoy it!<br /><br />This one is dedicated to Bytor and Rummenigge, I will see you soon here in Paris!<br /><br />ldbDr. Forresterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06274253625619443854noreply@blogger.com