Talking heads
The Stardust Ballroom, Los Angeles, Nevada
29 September 1979
Re-worked soundboard recording.
01 Intro
02 Artists Only
03 Stay hungry
04 Cities
05 Paper
06 Mind
07 Heaven
08 Electric Guitar
09 Air
10 New Feeling
11 Building On Fire
12 Found A Job
13 Psycho Killer
14 Life during Wartime
15 Take Me To The River
The original seeder noted David Byrne "sings like never before" here...it's true about the vocals...David is in C-R-A-Z-Y
form this night! :)
The re-work here will seen by some as a dilution : I am aware that ultimately any attempt to improve a recording without
working from mastertapes is.
However there's a much better feel of ambience, in my opinion, on this version. I feel the positives outweigh any negatives
and for me, in headphones this is now a more enjoyable listen.
The original recording was very left channel biased...I've done my best to deal with that, while widening the sound image too
(listen in headphones and you will hear what I mean). If you are not sure about this just download a track, just like I do with many a torrent I'm not 100% sure about.
It should be noted only the start of Love Goes to Building on Fire is present, the ending of Found A Job and the
start of Psycho Killer are missing. Also the latter tracks are lesser quality.
It is however a great show, excellent quality overall, and a showcase for the extraordinary vocal talents (with emphasis
on extraordinary) vocal talents of Mr Byrne.
Enjoy.
Technical details :
The process I use in Audacity to widen the sound, usually consists of the following -
-9db decrease (as the mixing and combining needs space)
double up the tracks, add .01 sec delay to one of the channels, split channels and mix either side (balance achieved through trial and error)
Combine above doubled up track with untouched track with the latter at a higher level. The above mixing while giving a nice widening effect I am more than aware can sometimes sound artificial to some, and I have found combining it with the untouched file means a balance is achieved between the raw sound of the original and the mixed version. Studios used - and I'm sure still do - used to resort to all sorts of double tracking and compression effects and the bottom line is this method I found by trial and error sounds good to me and others. Those who do not approve or find it does not sound good to them - no-one is forcing you to download this.
Voila...I listen to live recordings in headphones for the most part, and many people listen in headphones / earphones these days.
This may sound better to many like that, and I am aware that through conventional speakers this sort of mix / re-work may or may not sound as good as an untouched version. It's very subjective, and very much down to individual preference.
Where I don't provide samples the downloader who is unsure about this can simply pick one or two tracks to ascertain how good this is, just as I do.
Re balancing and tuning of the sound carried out with mda_image and high and low pass filters in Audacity.
Original torrent info below.
Talking heads-79-09-29-all (sbd)
stardust ballroom ,las vegas,nv.
source:datsbd>tascamda20mkII>rme96/8>
cdwav>mkw>shn.
transfer and seeded by mikey.k: aka unidecker@mediaone.net
:aka t34mbtp on irc.etree.org
(1-15)all.
1)intr0
2)Artists Only
3)stay hungry
4)cities
5)paper
6)Mind
7)heaven
8)electric guitar
9)Air
10)New Feelin
11)Building On Fire
12)Found A Job
13)psycho killer
14)life during wartime
(e)
15) Take Me To The River
p34s and enjoy......mk;)
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I got this one from the hub, so thanks to this special person !!!
One of 3 concerts which I know that were in circulation ( Boston 24-08-79 + LA 1979, from the vinyl
bootleg " During Wartime " and Hamburg, Star Club 1979 )
Itīs an amazing gig, with a David Byrne who sings like never before & a band who plays different
like never before ( take a special ear to the intro
of " New Feeling " !!!
SHARE + ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I posted this one some months ago at easytree.
The correct date is : Los Angeles, Stardust Ballroom 29.09.79