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David Bowie - Earl's Court, London 07-01-78 (Remastered)

Track listing:
  1. Warszawa 6:03
  2. Heroes 6:56
  3. What In The World 3:46
  4. Be My Wife 2:40
  5. The Jean Genie 6:18
  6. Blackout 3:37
  7. Sense Of Doubt 3:20
  8. Speed Of Life 2:33
  9. Sound And Vision 3:03
  10. Breaking Glass 3:14
  11. Fame 3:11
  12. Beauty And The Beast 5:12
  13. Band Intro 2:06
  14. Five Years 4:05
  15. Soul Love 2:44
  16. Star 2:29
  17. Hang On To Yourself 2:44
  18. Ziggy Stardust 3:21
  19. Suffragette City 3:45
  20. Art Decade 3:01
  21. Alabama Song 3:50
  22. Station To Station 11:47
  23. Tvc 15 4:15
  24. Stay 6:57
  25. Rebel Rebel 3:37

Notes


Blackout Source: Tape --> MD --> CDR digital dump using Technics stand alone CD Recorder --> EAC --> Wav --> Audacity --> Speed Correct --> Pitch Correct
It's actually not too bad considering it's a 1978 show, but it does have flaws in it, including some pops and static in a couple of places. Each individual track was speed corrected to 8.117% for most, 6% for others, and pitched it by 1% to brighten the sound. The speed correct alone is a nice change and improved what was a dreadfully slow recording. So, again not perfect, but it is an enjoyable listen, and does contain Sound and Vision of course, being the last night of the European '78 Tour.

HJ Source: Cassette tape --> WAV --> Soundforge --> MWP
Not really a remaster or a refresh but more of a crude bastard mix, this is a combination of Blackout's recent upload and original 30 year old cassettes, tracks 1-9 are from Blackout's source and apart from a bit of tidying is pretty much untouched, from track 10-20 this source was really very muddy (especially the Ziggy numbers) and these songs have been spliced in. The remainder of the show is from Blackout's source once again, this section although better, was recorded very hot so it was put through a series of filters to remove as much of the distortion as possible. Still only a collector grade recording .

One final point, if you compare the two uploads you will notice that they are actually different recordings and not different gen copies of the same recording.