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lineage: "Version 2" source: MarcSounds > Sony TCD-D8 > 3rd Gen DAT > Cassette > 1st Gen CDR > EAC > FLAC, taper: unknown

"The Hagar ReMaster - 2008": In the frozen tundra of Alaska there is an OGT taper named
Steve Hagar. Perhaps you would recognize the style from a F-ed up story, a picture on the Net
or, better yet, through your own Tool collection as he has recorded numerous Tool performances
since 1993 including a couple of my favorites (i.e.: 06/23/1993 + 12/17/1996). Well, back in
the day he was actually kicked out of this performance as he was caught taping ñ actually,
taking pictures from one of the first rows in @ the performance. Apparently a security guard hit
him & took his film + tape before kicking him out ñ bad stuff, great story. So, apparently a
friend of Hagarís attained a 1G DAT clone of this show & put it to cassette for him. In early
2008 he sent cu.org a CD version that had been dramatically EQíd from the cassette source. This
remastered version is considerably smoother & definitely an upgrade. You can tell it was done
with love & a bit of passion ñ perhaps for the loss of his source? There is a definitive layer
of hiss just like in the other sources but I do not have any idea how to effectively eliminate
it without altering the overall sound. I am not sure it is even possible to be honest with you.
So, other than this issue we cannot change, the capture (which was clearly recorded rather low
on the original DAT Master) is excellent ñ much, much better than the other transfers floating
around collections. The technical beauty of this recording is there, you have to train your ears
to hear it though. So, this is definitely a wonderful performance, an upgrade (remaster) of
sound & captures a very good performance by Tool. Highly recommended.

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