Richard & Linda Thompson Band
1982-05-19 Boston, Massachusetts The Paradise (M-AUD)
-*- Debut digital outing from analog master - remastered without EQ -*-
01. Man In Need
02. Walking On A Wire
03. Lonely Hearts
04. Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel
05. Honky Tonk Blues
06. You're Gonna Need Somebody
07. Pavanne
08. I'll Keep It With Mine
09. Don't Renege On Our Love
10. Back Street Slide
11. Just The Motion
12. Shoot Out The Lights
13. Sloth
14. For Shame Of Doing Wrong
Encore :::
15. Dimming Of The Day
16. Danny Boy
Total Time ::: 1:34:06
::: VERY fine up close stereo AUD. Check samples for personalised specification requirement assessment, beautiful bright flashes of audio illumination or drool ignition.
::: Warts: Taper (yrs truly) shut off recorder betwixt most songs to conserve ltd. battery stash. Missed bits o' stage banter & 1/2 second start on cut 9, sorry. Some bumps from mike motion (most smoothed out).
::: MUCH finer listening experience after remastering. Many issues entirely gone, particularly between songs. You ain't never heard it as good as this.
::: Setlist complete & order correct. Some lists have it wrong.
::: Analog cassettes traded dozens of times, but this is the digital debut outing of the master cassettes.
Recording Information ::: Sony WM-D6 stereo cassette recorder with a Sony ECM-929LT stereo microphone (~16' back from stage, almost center table on first raised "platform") -> master audience Maxell UD90 cassettes, Dolby off.
Playback 2011-06-09 ::: stereo master audience Maxell UD90 stereo cassettes on Nakamichi BX300 cassette deck, Dolby off, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL professional CD recorder -> Verbatim CD-RWs -> computer -> EAC (wav's in secure mode) -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-06-22.
Line-up ::: Richard Thompson - guitars, vocals // Linda Thompson - vocals, tambourine // Simon Nicol - guitars, backing vocals // Pete Zorn - electric bass, flute, backing vocals // Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 257 ::: Thanks to the original taper, that intrepid weirdo, kneesfudd. ::: Corrections welcome ::: WARNING: The following notes contain excessive spew, dribble, ooze, slobber, ranting, bombast, claptrap, fatuity, hogwash, balderdash, prattle, baloney, hooey, jive, mumbo jumbo, palaver, bull, poppycock, bunk, prattle, rot & tripe - Read at your own risk.
What a fine musician. An absolutely exceptional night of musical entertainment, captured by meself twiddlin' dials, pushing buttons & bumping the microphone. I rate this in the top ten most memorable of some 3,000 musical performances I have seen in my life & my favourite Richard evening of about 80 so far. Incredible performance. Listen to "Sloth" (clocking in at more than 15 minutes), "For Shame Of Doing Wrong", and the shredding, edgy guitar solo in "Shoot Out The Lights. RT is playing with a vengeance! Of course my enjoyment had a lot to do with my personal tastes at the time as well. I started listening to Richard & Linda Thompson in my last year of high school in '76 after purchasing "Pour Down Like Silver". In the USA it landed in the cutout bins almost immediately upon release & set me back about 69 cents at Woolworth's. After dropping out of college 2 years in & going to work in a record store (High Fidelity?) (and thanks in great part to the influences of the renowned Wylie S), in the early 80s I got edged out of some of my rock & American folk/folkrock fixations into MUCH more of a Britfolk, Britfolkrock thing. In the midst of that shakeup in my listening habits, along came Richard to tour the USA for the first time since his Fairport years. And so it went.
There was a period not too long ago where RT seemed to be frowning on the taping scene. While the first 2 times I recorded Richard in '82 were stealth recordings, in the mid-80s most of the times we recorded Richard, he had given his permission. He was only ever mildly intrigued when the taping topic was raised. The only time I saw him genuinely interested was when I once asked him if there might be a tape somewhere of him jamming with Hendrix in London in 1967. If someone is sitting on that one, cough it up before we all leave this mortal coil & help Richard fill in his tape collection... He is definitely interested.
Before "Pavanne", you can hear the taper yell out, "Playing anywhere else in New England?" Reminds one of how difficult it was to get the info back in those golden days... Really loved the work the soundman did on this tour. Great instrument balance & excellent overall sound (especially considering the mix of venues) & a lovely sense of reverb on the vocals. Baltimore is really the best, but his work shines here as well - the man had a great touch. These tapes were in remarkably good shape. Most of my taping problems were due to hands on the mike. As there nowhere to set it in a stationary position, it needed to be held up in a rather uncomfortable fashion & I was sitting at a table with folks a drinkin'. But fortunately, after a lotta work, most of those issues have left the listening experience for good. Great show. Enjoy!
Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
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