R.E.M.
Huff Gym, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
24 September 1982
Lineage:
Low-generation cassette (source unknown) -> Audacity -> CD-R -> AIFF -> FLAC
Contrast clause:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=495492
(above posted originally in 2009, reposted 16 June 2014)
- presumably lower-generation source (based on age of source cassette)
- wider dynamic range, fewer digital artifacts
- more balanced volume levels (L/R), no clipping
- no tape-flip gaps, including during "Radio Free Europe"
- about a minute of crowd noise between encore tracks 18 & 19 deleted
- separation of final two tracks into distinct files
Tracklist:
01 Gardening At Night
02 9-9
03 Pilgrimage
04 We Walk
05 Wolves, Lower
06 Laughing
07 Romance
08 Sitting Still
09 1,000,000
10 Pretty Persuasion
11 Catapult
12 West of the Fields
13 Moral Kiosk
14 Radio Free Europe
15 Perfect Circle
16 White Tornado
17 Ages of You
18 Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)
19 That Beat
20 Skank
History:
Cassette received originally via trade about 25 years ago - and beloved! Same recording source recently made available, digitized and cleaned-up (via Audacity), version on CD-R. A/B comparison with above contrast indicates better sound, though limited by original recording. Most significantly, no tape-flip gaps remain and peak levels (overall, and cross-channel) are more consistent. Comparisons subjective, but you be the judge! As always, this recording still is beloved. Ort!