2 Sennheiser MKH 404 > Sony TC-D5M (SEC 8, Row 2, Seat 4)

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Opening night of the tour and the premier live performance of "The Wall"


From the master cassettes and an upgrade to any previous versions of this recording.

This is a 16-44 version for CD burning


A Hi-Resolution 24-96 transfer is also available



Recorded by Mark (the B-Man) with John and Mike holding the microphones.

Source:
2 Sennheiser MKH 404 tu microphones > Sony D5 (w/ Dolby) using 3 TDK SA C60 cassettes

Transfer (May 2014):
Nakamichi CR 7-A (azimuth aligned, Bias @ 70us, Dolby B) > Korg mr-2000s @ 1 Bit 5.6 MHZ DSDIFF

Mastering:
AudioGate (24-96) > Adobe Audition 3.0 (repairs and track splits) > AudioGate (16-44) > TLH (Flac Level 8-sector boundaries aligned) > Stamp ID3 tag editor


Special thanks go out to Sue for sneaking the deck in, without her help this recording would not have been possible
and additional thanks to Mark for sending me the master cassettes to make this upgrade

After 34 years this recording finally sounds like it should!


First Set

01. Pre Show
02. Cynthia Fox - KMET-FM
03. In The Flesh ?
04. The Thin Ice
05. Another Brick In The Wall - Part I
06. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
07. Another Brick In The Wall - Part II
08. Mother
09. Goodbye Blue Sky
10. Empty Spaces
11. A Break to put the Fire out (shortened)
12. Empty Spaces (continued)
13. Young Lust
14. One Of My Turns
15. Don't Leave Me Now
16. Another Brick In The Wall - Part III
17. Goodbye Cruel World
[68:51]

Second Set

18. Hey You
19. Is There Anybody Out There ?
20. Nobody Home
21. Vera
22. Bring The Boys Back Home
23. Comfortably Numb
24. The Show Must Go On
25. Cynthia Fox - KMET-FM
26. In The Flesh
27. Run Like Hell
28. Waiting For The Worms
29. Stop
30. The Trial
31. Outside The Wall
32. Thanks Alot !
[53:55]


Additional Touring Personal

Musicians:
Bass Guitar ñ Andy Brown
Guitars ñ Snowy White
Keyboards ñ Peter Woods
Drums ñ Willie Wilson

Backing Vocals:
Joe Chemey
Jim Farber
Jim Haas
John Joyce



Roger's comment for tonight:
This next song is a little song for all the paranoiacs in the audience
I am sure there's a lot of you out there
It's called Run Like Hell...Piggy




notes:
the official name ñ The Last Few Bricks ñ was not used at the shows in 1980ñ1982, and instead was suggested to Roger Waters by producer James Guthrie during the mixing of the live album.
The longest performance of this medley was on 7 February 1980 at Los Angeles Sports Arena when "Another Brick in the Wall (Part III)" was stretched to over 13 minutes - Wikipedia

Well not quite, but 12 minutes and 39 seconds anyhow!

The Dolby was not switched back and forth, that on again off again hiss comes from the special effects tapes played over the PA

About the fire.
Someone shot off a good sized sky-rocket and the incredible burst of colors had more than the intended effect.
It took a while but it was soon obvious that the smoke effects were coming from the ceiling.
That was where the Sports Arena stored the rolled up curtains which were smoldering pretty good by then.
Finally there were embers like orange leaves slowly floating down to the stage and Roger announced that the show would have to stop for the fire.

The swoooshing noises heard during "Mother" are the fire extinguishers putting out those embers.

Once the curtains were rolled down from up high the air got into them and whoosh, flames and then lots of ooohing and awwwwing by the crowd.
Kind of stinky and that could be why Mark's response was "No" when Dave asked "wasn't that exciting".


Repairs:
Due to an intermittent microphone connection tracks 8,9,10 and 16 include significant portions in mono (dual right channel)
The tape flips were patched with added applause or music as required to reduce abrupt changes

tr07, Mother (tape flip at end of song-missing material) (31 seconds patched from the 1980-02-13 recording by Ken G-thanks for the filler!)
tr14, Don't Leave Me Now (tape flip after song-spliced-no music lost)
tr20, Nobody Home (tape flip after song-spliced-no music lost)
tr27, Run Like Hell (tape flip after song-spliced-no music lost)

Where possible the loudest claps were reduced along with the majority of the transport noises that plagued this recording.
You may hear it now and then but it is no longer a constant distraction.

Equalization to add a little more bottom end (6 dB increase at 44 Hz and a 3 dB increase at 88 Hz).
This helps to restore some of the low end lost due to taping location.
We were in the loge towards the right side of the center section (pointing the mics at monitors in front and above us)

A scan of my ticket stub is included.
The ticket shown on the CD version jewel case artwork was not ours but looked nicer for use as cover art.

For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.
enjoy

-M- (August 2014)
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