Joy Division, Band on The Wall, Manchester, Date Unknown
I guess there's even some doubt over the venue for this one.
Lineage:
Denon DX3 c60 (M?) > Nak Dr3 > Adcom GCA-510 > Audiophile 24/96 (at 24/44.1) > Peak 4LE > dithering to 16/44.1 > minor EQ to damp down hiss > Flac 6
Sam recently seeded a 2009 re-transfer of his copy of this recording, It was provided to Sam as a tape and he'd had a go at tweaking his original seed back in 2004. His 2009 seed was presented exactly as it rolled off the tape.
To my ears it sounded quite processed at some point in it's lineage. I dug out my old tape copy and, while it's still the distorted mess we've all grown accustomed to, it sounded cleaner - more acoustically natural. This is especially so if you listen to the talking and clapping between songs with headphones on. There's some clear stereo separation with individual noises occurring around the taper/ listener. All in all, and while it's still a poor recording, you do at least feel you are in the hall listening to the band. By comparison, I thought Sam's 2009 seed sounded very 'flat' and distant?
I think that EW was the source of my tape as the inlay card is in his typical typing style and it's on a Denon cassette which he favoured at some point. There's a fade in at the start of 'Walked" and side a cut's out in the middle of 'Insight". Side 2 gives the full version of "Insight". There's a fade out on the end of 'Sister Ray".
My tape has some hiss which I have very selectively pulled out at the 7.16 khz mark. Other than that I have done no more to this. For comparison purposes I've included a track 11 with the hiss exactly as it features on my tape. It's the end of Shadowplay and start of New Dawn Fades, with the much discussed audience (taper?) chatter in between songs. Again, I think this sounds very natural and unprocessed.
Josef
Anyway, both Sam and i would love to know your verdict on this one!