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DVD 3330; lineage: **remastered by hushypushy** Soundboard --- Analog Soundboard > Cassette-3> CDR. Courtesy of: onebear

Well, what can I say. This is a very historical recording, and I originally felt a little bad molesting this with my as-yet-undeveloped skills. But hey, everyone has to start somewhere, and this was a source begging for some love, so I dove right in.

The original source was very thin, with extremely loud drums, very loud vocals, quiet guitar and nearly non-existant bass. It had a lot of tape hiss and a very annoying noise at 16k. I put it through Waves Q8 EQ to even out the spectrum, Waves C4 for some slight multiband compression flavor, Waves L3 for more multiband compression and some limiting to smooth out the very loud drums, and lastly, through Waves X-noise and Z-noise to remove some of the noise. For some reason, Sweat and Swamp Song were on the same track, and all the other tracks had transitions at weird places, like right in the middle of a note (as Adam is tuning his guitar), so I retracked the entire thing.

Now, the guitar and bass are more up front so the sound is a bit more balanced, and it sounds better all around. Everything has been retracked. It's not perfect, and not everyone will agree with the changes, but I think it's much more appropriate for casual listening.

Notes - Date:
There appears to be asmall disagreement between dates; one person feels strongly that this is from Sept 15, 1991. However, this commonly goes along as 09/05/1991 so until *valid* proof is presented, this date will remain.

NOTES - Show (the following notes are from http://www.collectiveunconscious.org/91jello0905.html; an Easter Egg so to speak from the site) - although this probably spoils part of the fun:
This is the earliest known recording of Tool sans the demo tape. Time listed on site is the most common of the cassette>cd transfers out there. Anyway, certain people do have this recording and I have a good suspicion that this may make it out in some capacity as some people have given this to their friends, which is a cool thing to do. Although, some of these same people claim to be altruistic and saints - think we all know that people that proclaim to be something are most likely the opposite. Agreed? The vocals are very high in this mix, the bass is low, the guitar is low and the drums are present but not overpowering. Not like MJK's voice is. Whew. Even while living in an apartment in California working at a "Hell's Pizza" place (am I kidding? No.) you can hear, with this indisputable proof, the power of his voice. It will blow you away. This is the earliest known recording of Tool - ever. Although I am sure that somewhere there are even older shows ;o) As it is, this SBD recording has a little bit of high-frequency tape hiss that coats the show and due to the couple generations (and years) it took to get this on CD in some capacity, there is some tape hiss. This is hardly an issue though is it? As a note, I have encountered at least two other tape>CD transfers other than my transfer. That said, if you run across a CD copy of this show your CD time may vary from someone else's slightly. However, all transfers are incomplete and have the exact same setlist and flaws. Enjoy them.

Maynardism:: "There's a celebrity here tonight, one of the banditos d'amour from the Rollins stage presentation is here, one Ken Butler, who will be signing autographs by the concession stand so line up please, one at a time. We're still not very professional so don't expect all that much. So, how did the MTV Awards go? Losers."
Maynardism: "Last beer for you, Buddy."

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