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Recorded by Tom on a Sony mono cassette recorder with built-in mic
(Yours Is No Disgrace was played as a second encore at this show,
but was not recorded by Tom) Tape transfer by Joey 11/2006
Mastered for CD by TheTooleMan 12/2006
I was excited and honored when Fred contacted me with news that
his friend Tom had an uncirculated recording of a Yes concert
which was thought to have never been recorded. Would I like
to have a shot at mastering it and presenting it to the world? YES!
Fred sent me a copy of the recording that was made on a stand-alone
CD recorder. While the audio quality was good, I was disappointed
to find that the original tapes have considerable speed irregularities,
probably resulting from low batteries.
The original tapes were transferred again by Joey, who created a
24-bit 48 kHz digital version. I applied speed correction, EQ,
and dynamics with Sound Forge and Vegas.
Considerable work went into correcting the random speed changes,
and I could probably spend the rest of my life correcting every
minor speed fluctuation in this recording. While I was able to
fix most of the major problems, some wow and flutter remains.
Roundabout suffers the most, and was very difficult to correct.
I added an effect to the end of the song to characterize the
exhausted batteries dying on the final note.
Now for the even more exciting news: Fred also recorded the same
show. It will be seeing the light of day soon, after 30 years of
storage. I am hopeful it will be of better quality overall,
although this recording is quite listenable as it is now.
TheTooleMan
December 2, 2006 |