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Patti Smith
1 August 1996
Musikhalle, Hamburg

German fm radio broadcast

Repair to original torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=161540 (deceased)

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This is a great show which has appeared several times in various formats (audience and FM). I initially wanted to tone down the DJ comments, which were a bit loud but otherwise not too intrusive, and realigned the two CDs, so that the announcements come at the end of each disc. Since then, however, I have discovered the joys of audiofile.exe, and put anything too long for a single CD onto single DVD-Audio. So I removed the DJ comments entirely. Then I found that the last track broadcast, "Crystal Ship", was in fact played after "About a Boy". So I edited it back into its original place. Fortunately, the applause is suspiciously similar after each song (ie mixed in by the radio station people), so it was all fairly straightforward. Except Track 3...

"Dancing barefoot" had a drop in volume at around 0:20 for 30 seconds - a piece may have been edited in, as the EQ changes to a drop in bass and a loss of echo. I raised the volume and applied some EQ to match the rest of the track. I've tried my hand at this several times, and I don't feel as though I've got it right. It's ok, just not "right"! I've segued the end of the quiet portion nicely, but the start of it jars my ears slightly - but I now always have an ear out for the fault there! I've left in this track without these edits if you prefer to have it with the noticeable volume drop (or you may like to fix it yourself and share it with the rest of us!!!).

There was a small gap between "Gloria" and "Farewell Reel", which I've removed.

"Beneath the Southern Cross" had a pop at 0:21 which has been removed. A couple of others in other tracks have also been removed ("Wing" at 0:55, "About a Boy" at 1:20, among others).

I combined the band intro with "Because the Night".

I split the "People have the Power" / "Gone Again" medley into two tracks.

Before "Because the Night", the brief "Please be my guy" (?) is sung off-key at the end as a joke - I made this a separate track.

I didn't split the "When Doves Cry" / "Ain’t it Strange" medley (ok, I did, then realised my mistake!), as it goes back to the lyrics of the first song towards the end. This song starts abruptly, with some hesitation between the channels, which I couldn't do anything with.

As the show heats up, the volume increases, but a bit of distortion creeps in, either at source or from the taper, and there is tape hiss throughout. Having said that, it's a tremendous build up to the last tracks (though the encores are quieter).

There are a couple of tracks played missing from this version, which are bracketed below.

01. Wing <4:53>
02. People Have the Power <4:04>
03. Dancing Barefoot <5:23>
04. Summer Cannibals <4:00>
(Smoke on the Water)
05. Wicked Messenger <4:28>
06. Ghost Dance <5:02>
07. Beneath the Southern Cross <5:36>
(Hands of Faith - Lenny)
08. Redondo Beach <4:32>
09. Free Money <4:23>
10. About a Boy <10:02>
11. The Crystal Ship <3:13>
12. When Doves Cry / Ain’t it Strange <10:10>
13. Wild Leaves <5:39>
14. People Have the Power <2:14> >
15. Gone Again <4:40>
16. Please Be my guy <0:26>
17. Because the Night <4:00> > Band Intro
18. Land/Gloria <9:52>
19. Farewell Reel <3:46>
96:23

If you want to split it into two discs, 1-10 and 11-20 would be the way to go. As it stands, it's ready to go onto one disc seamlessly.

Many thanks to Arnowi for the original torrent!

Original notes -

Ok , tis is it , my first upload here.
I picked out this performance from Patti Smith from 1996.
I could not find it on dime and because this is my own recording
i hope it is not looked at as a re-seed.
I picked this one for the fantastic performance from
Patti Smith and Band and i think the sound quality is very good.
Outstanding for me is the performance of "When Doves Cry ".
I could not create checksums , although i tried it very hard.

I hope somebody out there has a need for this.
Please enjoy and thanks to all you uploaders !!!

German fm radio broadcast

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