Cheap Trick
Stanley Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA USA
1977/11/14
FM broadcast
Setlist & Fingerprints:
Track 01 - Hello There.flac:66801a6f09d4a6a20fce6433365bda23
Track 02 - Come On, Come On.flac:dee9664b38c08c462c426955e2c43ed7
Track 03 - Elo Kiddies.flac:e062f5b74ceb16736959695fd3564306
Track 04 - Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace.flac:41d9005522695d0c4a81be9b72117e74
Track 05 - Big Eyes.flac:d34439537db8663b7f7b60dca278ee07
Track 06 - Southern Girls.flac:9892ba63ef511dd99d695d146dccfdb0
Track 07 - Downed.flac:2c610d78272bd0da935682fab62d470d
Track 08 - You're A Loser.flac:356e794f836d5bf568a2e91c8f4c050c
Track 09 - Ain't That A Shame.flac:98727593b4bfac390c5c8d9b592ceab1
Track 10 - He's A Whore.flac:1944a14f9d23a94cd7bb035f33497a4d
Track 11 - Please, Mrs. Henry.flac:a3715c6e9980f533b86bdce48952dab4
Track 12 - Goodnight.flac:b81fca5ee247f39a1d31b4db60b48055
Track 13 - Clock Strikes Ten.flac:8ca0c4a25487f33b7a5841a39b7cabc5
Track 14 - Auf Wiedersehen.flac:c9839021cde40e6f013e3eb0bd05e1aa
Quality: 8.5-9.0/10 IMHO,as always.
Pretty fine quality for a 30-year-old
locally produced FM broadcast. Ex-,
rarely vg+. Turn down the bass on some
of the tracks or you'll blow out your
speakers !
1 CD, 14 tracks, 61:27
This is the COMPLETE concert,
to the best of my knowledge.
Lineage:
FM broadcast > unknown recording equipment >
unknown master tape > TDK D90 normal bias
cassette tape, 2nd gen > JVC TD-W505 stereo
double cassette deck > AIWA XC-RW700 CD/CD recorder >
Memorex Black CD-R 80 min. music CD (tracked files here) >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (retracked & edited files here) >
Trader's Little Helper (wav files to flac, encode
level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)
I got this from a good friend of mine over 20 years ago. It's a
2nd gen copy of the FM broadcast. Even though I was living outside
of Pittsburgh in 1977, I was not present at this show so I can't
tell you anything about it. This will not be one of my typically
long-winded concert descriptions, so I'll get on with it.
There's not a lot that's bad with this recording. There's virtually
NO hiss, obviously only faint audience noise and NO distortion. All
vocals and instruments are almost always clearly heard. At times, the
bass is WAY too high and rarely the vocals will be a little faint. There
are volume fluctuations occasionally but whether this is due to the
original taper or the concert soundman is difficult to discern. I
reduced the volume level on part of Track 11 because it was way too
loud but everything else is as I got it in trade: raw. There is a small
cut in Track 11 which I fused together hopefully seamlessly. Its cause
is unknown.
This recording is from early in the band's history when they were hungry
and out to prove themselves ; they attack most of the songs and play at
times ferociously. Contrast this document with what they sound like today.
What's that you said ? You think that they're middle-aged has-been assclowns
that only play at county fairs and suburban festivals ? Boy, I'm glad that I'm
not nasty and negative like you are......well, that about sums it up for me
so let's wrap this up.
As always, if you have a better-sounding version of this concert,
by all means PLEASE UPLOAD IT!!! No buy, no sell, no mp3. Please
seed this as long as you can. This 2nd generation tape has
probably NOT been circulated widely so JUMP ON IT !! I will post
a sample shortly for those of you still undecided, but I think you'll
find that this is a excellent-sounding tape and a welcome addition
to any Cheap Trick fan's collection. Well, thanks for reading this
and Mr. Natural would like to add these few comments: have fun, don't
freak out and by all means, enjoy the show!!!