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Re: Anybody know...




>This in fact is a excellent audience recording.  There are things to 
>look for in distinguishing raw (ie not mixed) board tapes from good 
>audience tapes.  The main thing is to listen to the crowd noise.  This 
>show was at the sold out (17,600) Kemper Arena, therefore you should 
>not hear "individuals" talking, clapping, screaming, etc. if it is a 
>soundboard tape. On this tape you can hear individual people talking, 
>after Baba O' Riley, you can hear a man say "Whoa" in a normal spoken 
>voice.  On a board tape you should not hear this, exspecially in an 
>arena with 17,600 people.  

Bruce:

You may be right about this, but the Widespread Panic show I mentioned
earlier has all of the things you mention, and sounds as if it is an
audience show, except that the DJs keep breaking in.
So, assuming that the show wasn't quite as professionally recorded (like a
KBFH), it could still be a radio show...if KC is an audience, it's the best
freaking sounding audience I've ever heard. The stereo balance is good, the
music has depth, the drums are easily heard. That is most unusual on an
audience, especially back then. DAT-recorded shows don't sound this good.

>Of course the tape in question is a complete concert with no 
>commercials and no DJ's.

Mine is 90 minutes and cuts between some songs (which could cut out the DJ;
I do the same when recording KBFH or Westwood One). Unless they did a much
shorter show here than three days before (and since KC has more of TOMMY,
I'm inclined to doubt this) I don't have the entire show. How long is yours?
I'd be very interested in getting the rest.




                   Cheers                   ML

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."  L. Long