Monday, May 30, 2011

PG - 1980-09-24 - Bordeaux

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  1. Peter GABRIEL
    Patinoire Meriadec
    Bordeaux, France
    September24th, 1980

    Source : EX+ quality audience MASTER.

    Lineage : JVC stereo mic -> JVC stereo 1635 cassette recorder -> master tape played on Nakamichi Dragon-> Sony MDS JE-520 MD recorder (for track splitting, edits) -> Optical cable -> Pioneer PDR 609 stand alone CD burner -> wav -> EAC -> FLAC Frontend level 8 align on sector boundaries -> FLAC

    Disc one (0:44:25)
    101.Intruder
    102.Start/ I Don't Remember
    103.Solsbury Hill
    104.Family Snapshot
    105.Millgram's 37
    106.Modern Love
    107.Not one of us

    Disc two (0:44:00)
    201.Lead A Normal Life
    202.Moribund The Burgermeister
    203.Mother Of Violence
    204.Humdrum
    205.Games Without Frontiers
    206.I Go Swimming
    207.Biko 7:59
    208.On the Air 5:59
    209.Here Comes The Flood 2:35

    Total time : 1:28:25


    The context

    In Bordeaux, as everywhere else, it was very difficult to get inside the concert hall
    (an ice-skating rink!) with a tape recorder of this size and of this weight (look
    at the picture : http://www.saturn-sound.com/images/jvc%20cd1635%20mk2.jpg). Hard work
    to be honest...
    At this time, I thought the "baba-cool" way was the strategy to use for this kind
    of concert. So a hudge red mountain backpack, which everybody from the staff could see,
    was used: the bigger it was, the easier it was to get inside! This was effective.
    Small bags were searched thoroughly, but not mine.
    In event of being searched, I remember, I put some smelly socks (specially prepared
    for this event...) at the top of the bag.
    For every concert of this kind, I used this strategy and nobody tried to open
    the backpack, luckily for everybody... as the result is : this super performance.
    Thanks Peter. During the show, Peter spoke french (well done and very good French).
    I remember when he gave us his point of vue about the French movie "i comme Icare".
    He tried to share the lack of conscience each of us has. Definitely, I love this man.


    http://www.saturn-sound.com/images/jvc%20cd1635%20mk2.jpg

    Recorded by CBk

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