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fa4c7e46867972f919c33e990f7f5992 *B52_1982-11-26_d1t01 Party Out of Bounds.flac
c4ce19985e2af8a9f527e5b0a6fb4fbc *B52_1982-11-26_d1t02 Give Me Back My Man.flac
00f23e8d61a922b4f1d2c4ad29eb30a7 *B52_1982-11-26_d1t03 Planet Claire.flac
61df4e0ad3592bce40991983b4decce9 *B52_1982-11-26_d1t04 Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can.flac
722aa1ed382a7ff740ae251911e0ed66 *B52_1982-11-26_d1t05. Lava.flac
60c5b8c021e6370f3990adc58bcb6ec3 *B52_1982-11-26_d1t06 Messopotamia.flac
8ac955e53600d61236c5bef43672a31c *B52_1982-11-26_d1t07 6060842.flac
dba41558d263db9ef8b6d1920819ba55 *B52_1982-11-26_d1t08 52 Girls.flac
ccd2be239c56c82c1ae388e6451473f7 *B52_1982-11-26_d1t09 Dance This Mess Around.flac
a6e21ea1fa176267b9a1d5a75310c0ee *B52_1982-11-26_d1t10 Rock Lobster.flac
9fd602c10733fd2449da4be3c645ecce *B52s_1982-11-26_SSSB.txt

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World Music Festival

SBD > Festival Master Cassette > D > D > SSSB > SHN > Flac level 6

encore missing; any/all editing, fades, NR, hiss elimination, phase shifting/"time smear" correction, jitter elimination, EQ were performed using 100% digital processing (24-bit/96 kHz) at Serafin Station Studio B

Aw hell, just get up and dance! This is what the B-52s are all about! The engineers who made this master were using multiple professional studio cassette decks running at twice the usual speed (7.5 i.p.s.), so the initial hiss was minimal to begin with. Just a very slight "tweak" with the editing software, and the result: the hiss is almost inaudible (-62 dB), and the music was not affected by the noise reduction.

It's great to hear artists and groups who really like to have the "REAL" sound to their equipment. Between songs, you hear the typical Fender "buzz" coming from the amps, which disappears once the music starts. The energy level has in the ozone, the vocals were on the money (although I have to admit I HATE the "screech" during Rock Lobster... reminds me of Donna Jean on a REAL bad day! Dont flame me...), the mix is a little on the mono side, but nonetheless, it's great from start to finish. My master didn't have the final song on it at all, and the first song, "Party", was edited out, due to diginoise. I haven't been able to find another copy of this show as clean as the copy I has, and it would be unfair to try to "match" two different versions. And rather than cut the song altogether, I chose to leave the clean part intact, and work from there.

If you love "Dance Music" in the strict sense, the B-52s knew how to do it right. Even on their "slower" songs, they had the ability to make people want to get out of their seats and onto the dance floor. If you're ever in a doldrum mood, give this show a listen to. I think it will snap you out of it.

Most of the "smaller" acts had less stage time, with Peter Tosh, Weir, and the Dead having the bulk of the stage time. The Fest went on much longer than planned, ending up somewhere around 3 AM rather than the planned midnight end. But because the crowd was very cool overall, there wasn't any real hassles from the authorities about shutting the show down on time. It just went on and on.

Pass this show around to others. Even though it's a single disc show, it's still a very nice non-Dead show that everyone should enjoy.

Serafin Station Studio B

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