The Moody Blues Live At Jones Beach 1987-07-08 master AUD - The hardest Moody Blues concert you will *ever* hear, AND a live "Dear Diary!" (mp3 samples included)
I'm sorry I can't give you a sample long enough to convey the sheer panic of the opening of this show, you'll just have to listen to the whole thing. From the first beats, the audience, who was expecting another pastoral evening with the Moodies... got their asses blown off and pasted to the theatre walls. It was that exciting. You can hear it in the audience on the tape (part of it is the first sample).
This tape had been transferred once in the early days of cdrs on older equipment. I didn't even think the recording was worthy of a second look. Then, when doing the last batch of MB restorations for other people (one more of those is to come), the subject of a 1987 show came up. "Did you know, it's the only time they did "Dear Diary?" No... "Did you know there are no good recordings of that era?" No...
So it was dug up, and retransferred with the new technology. Wow... great show. Look at the setlist:
CD1
Gemini Dream The Voice Rock 'N' Roll Over You Tuesday Afternoon Your Wildest Dreams Isn't Life Strange? Story In Your Eyes It May Be A Fire Voices In The Sky
CD2
Dear Diary Reflective Smile Veteran Cosmic Rocker New Horizons Talking Out Of Turn The Other Side Of Life I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) Nights In White Satin Legend Of A Mind Applause Question Ride My Seesaw
Lineage: German Fisher Autoreverse-record cassette deck ->SA90's ->Tascam 112mkII cassette deck ->Echo Audio (no soundcard was used) ->Sound Forge 6.0 at 24 bit 48Khz -> Light dampening at 400hz both channels, bass boost shelf at 250hz ->Light "dead space sampling" NR -> Bit depth conversion and resampling to 16 bit 44.1K -FLAC via Flac Frontend, level 6, sectors aligned and verified.
The Moody Blues Live At Jones Beach 1987-07-08 master AUD - The hardest Moody Blues concert you will *ever* hear, AND a live "Dear Diary!" (mp3 samples included)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I can't give you a sample long enough to convey the sheer panic of the opening of this show, you'll just have to listen to the whole thing. From the first beats, the audience, who was expecting another pastoral evening with the Moodies... got their asses blown off and pasted to the theatre walls. It was that exciting. You can hear it in the audience on the tape (part of it is the first sample).
This tape had been transferred once in the early days of cdrs on older equipment. I didn't even think the recording was worthy of a second look. Then, when doing the last batch of MB restorations for other people (one more of those is to come), the subject of a 1987 show came up. "Did you know, it's the only time they did "Dear Diary?" No... "Did you know there are no good recordings of that era?" No...
So it was dug up, and retransferred with the new technology. Wow... great show. Look at the setlist:
CD1
Gemini Dream
The Voice
Rock 'N' Roll Over You
Tuesday Afternoon
Your Wildest Dreams
Isn't Life Strange?
Story In Your Eyes
It May Be A Fire
Voices In The Sky
CD2
Dear Diary
Reflective Smile
Veteran Cosmic Rocker
New Horizons
Talking Out Of Turn
The Other Side Of Life
I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
Nights In White Satin
Legend Of A Mind
Applause
Question
Ride My Seesaw
Lineage: German Fisher Autoreverse-record cassette deck ->SA90's ->Tascam 112mkII cassette deck ->Echo Audio (no soundcard was used) ->Sound Forge 6.0 at 24 bit 48Khz -> Light dampening at 400hz both channels, bass boost shelf at 250hz ->Light "dead space sampling" NR -> Bit depth conversion and resampling to 16 bit 44.1K -FLAC via Flac Frontend, level 6, sectors aligned and verified.
Enjoy!
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