Elvis Costello 12/09/1977

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Date: 12/09/77
Year: 1977
Venue: Paradise Theatre
City: Boston
State: MA

Set I

Pump It Up
The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes
Waitin' For the End of the World >
There's No Action
Less Than Zero
The Beat
Where's That Rockin' Rollin' Bitch? (Ian Dury)
Big Tears (Mean Nothing When You're Lying In Your Coffin)
Radio Radio
You Belong To Me
Lipstick Vogue >
Watching the Detectives

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Set III

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User (active/rating)	Media / #	Sound	Details	User Source
Slick2007 (5/5)	FLAC / 1	A	View
stephen (5/4.8)	FLAC / 1	FM	View
BobCarpenter (4/0)	FLAC / 0		View
John Cook (4/5)	FLAC / 1		View	WBCN FM FM> Sony R2R @ 7.5 ips no Dolby > Akai 6X4000-D> HHB CDR830> EAC> Audacity(slight signal...
Notes:	234 MB, 42:56. There's some distortion for the first minute, then it sounds fine.
Mike Langen (2/4.9)	cdr / 1	A	View	sbrd > fm
Notes:	ARTIST: Elvis Costello & The Attractions TITLE: N/A DATE: December 9th, 1977 VENUE: Paradise Theatre LOCATION: Boston, MA SOURCE: FM Reel QUALITY: A ARTWORK: Included TRACKLISTING: 01. Pump It Up 02. The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes 03. Waitin' For the End of the World 04. There's No Action 05. Less Than Zero 06. The Beat 07. Where's That Rockin' Rollin' Bitch? 08. Big Tears (Mean Nothing When You're Lying In Your Coffin) 09. Radio Radio 10. You Belong To Me 11. Lipstick Vogue 12. Watching the Detectives TOTAL RUNTIME: LINEAGE: PREFM Master Source>?>Matrix FM>Sony R2R @ 7.5 ips no Dolby MR>Akai 6X4000-D>HHB CDR830>CD Wave EAC>Audacity(slight signal amp.) >TLH(L.6, verify, create checksum)>flac>WAV>Cool Edit Pro v2.1>FLAC 8 TRANSFER/EDITING NOTES: This fabulous FM recording was recently unearthed and to my knowledge circulated for the first time, at least in this sound quality, by a very kind gentlemen, shacklyn75, on DIME torrents. The recording was originally made off FM radio but unlike many FM recordings of the time, lacks a lot of distortion and noise evident in many of these typical post-broadcast tapes. This is because the FM signal was recorded on a 7.5 ips reel which allowed for a more true replication of the compressed shortwave source. Obviously, the frequency range has been compressed for FM broadcast, but you can thank the original taper that this compression was added upon as little as possible by making the original transmission recording on a fine format such as a 7.5 ips reel. As is stated in the original torrent info, there is obvious mixing flaws during the first track due to the show mixer, be it the front of house guy, or the radio recording mixer adjusting mix settings to obtain the sound he will maintain for the remainder of the performance. Thankfully, most of these obtuse flucuations are relegated to the first track, after which, the sound adjustments are relatively few and small in nature. Although the original recording from the reel source is very nice, it had some problems, such as distortion and boominess in the low-mid register, which I have attempted to remedy as carefully as possible. There is also a slight variation in overall amplitude of the recording in the transition between some tracks. This inbalance has been corrected as I saw fit. What remains is, in my opinion, a much more balanced and overall cleaner and clearer recording which is superior to the original transfer and upload. All credit, however, should be given to the original taper and transferrer of this source, allsoundz, and shacklyn75, for his original work and upload which brought this great document of an artist in his prime to the light of day. Thank you very much to those involved and I hope this remaster will be enjoyed throughout the Elvis Costello fan community. I have also included artwork made by Colinb9 uploaded by him on the original torrent page as well as alternate artwork that I found for this show. It matches the tracklisting and date & venue, hence its inclusion. I do not know who created it or if it came from a commercial bootleg but whoever you are, thank you! Enjoy Elvis C at his best! upped by: theface07 [email protected]
slugline (2/0)	/ 0		View	FM
Notes:	my copy labeled "early show"
Craig S (1/0)	CDR / 1		View
zingapoor (0/0)	/ 0		View

User (active/rating)

Media / #

Show

Sound

Details

DB Source

User Source

Slick2007 (5/5)

FLAC / 1

View

stephen (5/4.8)

FLAC / 1

View

BobCarpenter (4/0)

FLAC / 0

View

John Cook (4/5)

FLAC / 1

View

WBCN FM FM> Sony R2R @ 7.5 ips no Dolby > Akai 6X4000-D> HHB CDR830> EAC> Audacity(slight signal...

Notes:

234 MB, 42:56.
There's some distortion for the first minute, then it sounds fine.

Mike Langen (2/4.9)

cdr / 1

View

sbrd > fm

Notes:

ARTIST: Elvis Costello & The Attractions TITLE: N/A DATE: December 9th, 1977 VENUE: Paradise Theatre LOCATION: Boston, MA SOURCE: FM Reel QUALITY: A ARTWORK: Included TRACKLISTING: 01. Pump It Up 02. The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes 03. Waitin' For the End of the World 04. There's No Action 05. Less Than Zero 06. The Beat 07. Where's That Rockin' Rollin' Bitch? 08. Big Tears (Mean Nothing When You're Lying In Your Coffin) 09. Radio Radio 10. You Belong To Me 11. Lipstick Vogue 12. Watching the Detectives TOTAL RUNTIME: LINEAGE: PREFM Master Source>?>Matrix FM>Sony R2R @ 7.5 ips no Dolby MR>Akai 6X4000-D>HHB CDR830>CD Wave EAC>Audacity(slight signal amp.) >TLH(L.6, verify, create checksum)>flac>WAV>Cool Edit Pro v2.1>FLAC 8 TRANSFER/EDITING NOTES: This fabulous FM recording was recently unearthed and to my knowledge circulated for the first time, at least in this sound quality, by a very kind gentlemen, shacklyn75, on DIME torrents. The recording was originally made off FM radio but unlike many FM recordings of the time, lacks a lot of distortion and noise evident in many of these typical post-broadcast tapes. This is because the FM signal was recorded on a 7.5 ips reel which allowed for a more true replication of the compressed shortwave source. Obviously, the frequency range has been compressed for FM broadcast, but you can thank the original taper that this compression was added upon as little as possible by making the original transmission recording on a fine format such as a 7.5 ips reel. As is stated in the original torrent info, there is obvious mixing flaws during the first track due to the show mixer, be it the front of house guy, or the radio recording mixer adjusting mix settings to obtain the sound he will maintain for the remainder of the performance. Thankfully, most of these obtuse flucuations are relegated to the first track, after which, the sound adjustments are relatively few and small in nature. Although the original recording from the reel source is very nice, it had some problems, such as distortion and boominess in the low-mid register, which I have attempted to remedy as carefully as possible. There is also a slight variation in overall amplitude of the recording in the transition between some tracks. This inbalance has been corrected as I saw fit. What remains is, in my opinion, a much more balanced and overall cleaner and clearer recording which is superior to the original transfer and upload. All credit, however, should be given to the original taper and transferrer of this source, allsoundz, and shacklyn75, for his original work and upload which brought this great document of an artist in his prime to the light of day. Thank you very much to those involved and I hope this remaster will be enjoyed throughout the Elvis Costello fan community. I have also included artwork made by Colinb9 uploaded by him on the original torrent page as well as alternate artwork that I found for this show. It matches the tracklisting and date & venue, hence its inclusion. I do not know who created it or if it came from a commercial bootleg but whoever you are, thank you! Enjoy Elvis C at his best! upped by: theface07 [email protected]

slugline (2/0)

/ 0

View

Notes:

my copy labeled "early show"

Craig S (1/0)

CDR / 1

View

zingapoor (0/0)

/ 0

View


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