BIGGIRL's 'i+e' bootleg corner

Originally posted by BigGiRL:NEW RELEASE:

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Recorded by chuckyalden
Remastered by BIGGIRL
(details under "spoiler" header)

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LINEAGE: TASCAM DR-40 (40Hz Low Cut)* > WAV >
NCH Audio Software > TLH > FLAC (8) >
> [REMASTER] WAV > Pristine Sounds > EZcomp
(1:1.3) > EQ (16-22500Hz) > vol. + bal. adj. >
Generic Noise Reduction ("Little") > edit &
alternate track split > fre:ac > mp3@256 >
foobar [tags] >

Track list

01-The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
02-Out Of Control
03-Vertigo
04-I Will Follow
05-[dedication]
06-Iris (Hold Me Close)
07-Cedarwood Road
08-Song For Someone
09-Sunday Bloody Sunday
10-Raised By Wolves
11-Until The End Of The World
12-[intermission: The Wanderer]
13-Invisible
14-Even Better Than The Real Thing
15-Mysterious Ways
16-[meerkat-thing]
17-Angel Of Harlem
18-When Love Comes To Town
19-Every Breaking Wave
20-Bullet The Blue Sky
21-The Hands That Built America [excerpt]
22-Pride (In The Name Of Love)
23-Beautiful Day
24-With Or Without You
[fades]
25-[Stephen Hawking]
26-Miracle Drug
27-[acknowledgements]
28-Mother And Child Reunion [excerpt]
29-Where The Streets Have No Name
30-One

*Recording location: Sec 208, (UPPER DECK, LAST ROW)

*ORIGINAL Notes:
"the show is a phenomenon. the recording? Ehhhh. It is a fair
categorization of the event but not a fantastic recording.
the sound was pretty bass-y but the upper registers were kinda....
the word that comes to mind is 'brittle'. It sounded clear but
from where we were, kinda thin- ish and, well, 'brittle'.
I taped 5/22 from the lower bowl but that recording was overdriven
by bass and at the apex of the stage, we had lots of reverb.
So this show was a 'lessons learned' of sorts, and I had a 40hz
LowCut filter. And on that note, "Joey Ramone" experiences an
auto-filter bump at 01:09. "The Wanderer" is clipped at 4:26 - 4:29
due to me bumping the recorder against the seat. I hope you dig the
show and hope you get to see the show!"

Download here (scroll to bottom & check 1 or 2 boxes)

REMASTER notes:
Why remaster a "not fantastic recording"? Why remaster an excellent recording!
But to answer the first question truthfully, I remastered this one because I saw
potential in it. Or, to put it differently, in my opinion this recording wasn't fairly
represented as it would already benefit from some easy volume adjustments
and balancing.
The "brittle-ness" the taper mentioned was countered to some extent by applying
a generic broadband equalization from my (old-skool) PristineSounds.
Additional equalization was used to further smoothen this listen.

The result is a "bootleg" with a good to excellent sound - especially
when played over speakers or on car stereo! - with an enjoyable audience.
Screamers are absent and only now and then clappers get close, but (almost)
never too intrusive.

This second Phoenix show includes the rare Miracle Drug +
When Love Comes To Town on the e-stage.

NB: the mp3's on the showpage are pending for approval.
For now this downloads from 1fischier.

Enjoy

PS: check also the updated "first" page of this topic (all BG i+e bootlegs are gathered here).

Originally posted by blueeyedboy:Are we back on this again?

Originally posted by BigGiRL:Thanks Cesar!

[..]

No, not really. My opinion, motives & reply are elsewhere in this topic.

Cheers

Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
Thank God... I thought we had put this to bed awhile back.



Where have you been? I'm guessing you've been hard at work on a new BigGiRL gem you are about to drop on us?

Originally posted by BigGiRL:[..]
Been listning in last two nights - and with night I mean 2-5 am kinda nights - and collecting some back-up material from the nyc shows (you know what I mean!).
But I've also placed some (hifi) remasters "on the shelf", to be shared later (privately or here on start).
Actually - and ironically - I am away right now, spending a few days with my mum

Originally posted by BigGiRL:This release was absolutely prompted by danknapp76's youtube compilation of the nyc#4 show.
And although having a fair sound on some tracks, in general I thought this compilation suffered
most from fluctuations in sound and rough edits.
In dept of a promise I tried to improve danknapp76's compilation but I had to conclude that the
mysteriousdays mixlr-broadcast was in fact a better source to work with. I was actually under the
impression though that this wasn't a complete recording but fortunately there were only some 20
seconds missing from SBS, which I could patch quite easily with the material submitted to me by
danknapp76.

The mysteriousdays recording itself is steady and above average soundwise. Definitely compared
to other mixlr-broadcasts, but also compared to previous recordings of mysteriousdays.
Less favourable, perhaps, is the noise and screamy surrounding of MD's recording position.
Anyway, at this point I think it is the most consistent recording of NYC#4 that has been made widely
available. A show with in fact quite many goodies, including a very long snippet of Led Zeppelin's
Good Times, Bad Times.

BIG THANKS to MYSTERIOUSDAYS for the live broadcast from the venue and her recent consent in
making the (re-)mastered recording available for U2START.

SPECIAL THANKS to danknapp76 for inspiring me to work at the U2 NYC#4 recordings - credits for the
patch in SBS should definitely go to him!

ENJOY
(the recording should be availlable from the nyc#4 showpage shortly!)

Originally posted by BigGiRL:This release was absolutely prompted by danknapp76's youtube compilation of the nyc#4 show.
And although having a fair sound on some tracks, in general I thought this compilation suffered
most from fluctuations in sound and rough edits.
In dept of a promise I tried to improve danknapp76's compilation but I had to conclude that the
mysteriousdays mixlr-broadcast was in fact a better source to work with. I was actually under the
impression though that this wasn't a complete recording but fortunately there were only some 20
seconds missing from SBS, which I could patch quite easily with the material submitted to me by
danknapp76.

The mysteriousdays recording itself is steady and above average soundwise. Definitely compared
to other mixlr-broadcasts, but also compared to previous recordings of mysteriousdays.
Less favourable, perhaps, is the noise and screamy surrounding of MD's recording position.
Anyway, at this point I think it is the most consistent recording of NYC#4 that has been made widely
available. A show with in fact quite many goodies, including a very long snippet of Led Zeppelin's
Good Times, Bad Times.

BIG THANKS to MYSTERIOUSDAYS for the live broadcast from the venue and her recent consent in
making the (re-)mastered recording available for U2START.

SPECIAL THANKS to danknapp76 for inspiring me to work at the U2 NYC#4 recordings - credits for the
patch in SBS should definitely go to him!

ENJOY
(the recording should be availlable from the nyc#4 showpage shortly!)

Originally posted by PageU2:[..]


I love you, Mysterious Days and danknapp76 forever!