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== Notes ==
== Notes ==


Absolutely excellent quality audio. This is reportedly sourced from France Inter's master reel. There is no DJ chatter whatsoever, which is stupendous because the FM broadcast has the DJ blabbering all over it. Both a 24-bit, 48kHz version of the audio and a 16-bit, 44.1kHz downsample are available to download.
An excellent soundboard recording, reportedly sourced from the master reel-to-reel tape used by France-Inter. Unlike previous versions, this one is free from the DJ chatter that plagued earlier FM broadcast variants, particularly from DJ Bernard Lenoir.


The mixing can be a little weird throughout this recording. Dave's vocals are often rather low in the mix, and in fact Dave comments after [[Photographic]] to "turn the voice up". The only minor flaws are some slight dropouts during the very beginning of [[New Life]].
Throughout the recording, the mixing can sound somewhat weird. Dave's vocals are often low in the mix, which he even addresses before performing [[Nodisco]] by asking to "turn the voice up then, can't hear me." Minor imperfections include slight dropouts at the beginning of [[New Life]] and slightly distorted bass during [[Television Set]], likely due to tape oversaturation.


Between some songs, you can hear an audience member shouting; this was previously covered up on the FM broadcast by the DJ chatter. For example, after [[Big Muff]], he seems to complain that the song is an instrumental. At the start of [[Just Can't Get Enough]], Dave says the song is "... for the heckler down there". It seems that perhaps Dave was quite irritated at this individual, because toward the end of the concert, he begins [[What's Your Name?]] by saying "tonight we're gonna end on "Pretty Boy" ... for a change", which makes it sound like the encore wasn't going to be performed. Nonetheless, DM performed the encore of [[Television Set]].
Between some songs, an audience member's shouts can be heard, previously masked by DJ chatter in the FM broadcasts. For instance, after [[Big Muff]], the individual seems to complain about the song being an instrumental. At the start of [[Just Can't Get Enough]], Dave dedicates the song "...for the heckler down there."  


[[Boys Say Go!]] was not present on the audio provided to DM Live. The song has been seamlessly patched in using the FM broadcast master reel recording originally shared by "letsgo" on DIME, and which can still be found as [[1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 2|Source 2]]. Very fortunately, there is no DJ chatter around this track, so the recording remains pristine and free of DJ interruption. Quality of this track is still extremely good and free of dropouts; it's only a little hissy and has slightly diminished frequency response compared to the pre-FM source, but this is barely noticeable. Furthermore, a mono FM broadcast 1st gen cassette recording can be found at [[1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 3|Source 3]] as it is more musically complete than Source 2.
Dave's irritation with this person is apparent when he introduces [[What's Your Name?]], when he says that "tonight we're gonna end on [[What's Your Name?|"Pretty Boy"]] ... for a change," implying the encore might be skipped. However, they did proceed with the encore performance of [[Television Set]].  


A million thanks go to J.T. for supplying this brilliant recording, and to "letsgo" for sharing his FM broadcast master reel recording that was used to add in the missing song.
[[Boys Say Go!]] was strangely absent from the audio initially provided to the DMLiveWiki. This track has been seamlessly patched using the FM broadcast master reel recording originally shared by "letsgo" on DIME. This source is available as [[1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 2|Source 2]].
 
Fortunately, there is no DJ chatter on this track, preserving the pristine quality of the recording. Despite having nore hiss and a slightly reduced frequency response compared to the main pre-FM source, these differences are barely noticeable.
 
Although superceded, a mono recording of the FM broadcast, sourced from a first-generation cassette recording, remains available at [[1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 3|Source 3]], which is more musically-complete compared to Source 2.
 
A million thanks go to '''J.T.''' for supplying this superb recording, and to '''letsgo''' for sharing his master reel of the FM broadcast recording, which was used to integrate the missing audio.


== Listen ==
== Listen ==
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You can listen to this entire recording below.
You can listen to this entire recording below.


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== Track list ==
== Track list ==


#[3:14] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/01.m4a</sm2> [[Any Second Now]]
#[3:14] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/01.m4a</sm2> [[Any Second Now]]
#[3:34] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/02.m4a</sm2> [[Photographic]]
#[3:34] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/02.m4a</sm2> [[Photographic]]
#[3:03] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/03.m4a</sm2> [[Nodisco]]
#[3:03] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> [[Nodisco]]
#[4:14] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/04.m4a</sm2> [[New Life]]
#[4:14] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/04.m4a</sm2> [[New Life]]
#[3:27] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/05.m4a</sm2> [[Puppets]]
#[3:27] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/05.m4a</sm2> [[Puppets]]
#[4:01] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/06.m4a</sm2> [[Ice Machine]]
#[4:01] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> [[Ice Machine]]
#[4:16] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/07.m4a</sm2> [[Big Muff]]
#[4:16] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/07.m4a</sm2> [[Big Muff]]
#[2:19] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/08.m4a</sm2> [[I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead]]
#[2:19] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/08.m4a</sm2> [[I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead]]
#[3:15] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/09.m4a</sm2> [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]
#[3:15] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]
#[3:47] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/10.m4a</sm2> [[Just Can't Get Enough]]
#[3:47] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/10.m4a</sm2> [[Just Can't Get Enough]]
#[2:36] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/11.m4a</sm2> [[Boys Say Go!]]
#[2:36] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/11.m4a</sm2> [[Boys Say Go!]]
#[4:40] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/12.m4a</sm2> [[What's Your Name?]]
#[4:40] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/12.m4a</sm2> [[What's Your Name?]]
#[3:31] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac2448/13.m4a</sm2> [[Television Set]]
#[3:31] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644/13.m4a</sm2> [[Television Set]]
*Total time: 45:54
*Total time: 45:54


== Lineage ==
== Lineage ==


*France Inter master pre-FM reel -> unknown transfer -> WAV (32/48) -> in Audacity 3.0.2: [[Boys Say Go!]] from master FM broadcast reel ([[1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 2|Source 2]]) patched in with stereo channels swapped to match pre-FM, normalized to -0.1dB and any DC offset removed -> WAV (32/48) -> FLAC level 8 (24/48), no dithering
*France Inter master pre-FM reel -> unknown transfer -> WAV 48khz -> in Audacity 3.0.2: [[Boys Say Go!]] from master FM broadcast reel ([[1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 2|Source 2]]) patched in with stereo channels swapped to match pre-FM, normalized to -0.1dB and any DC offset removed -> WAV -> FLAC level 8 (16/44), dithering enabled and using foobar2000's "Resampler (dbPoweramp/SSRC)" component
**For the 16/44 version, the final step of the lineage is: FLAC level 8 (16/44), dithering enabled and using foobar2000's "Resampler (dbPoweramp/SSRC)" component
*Generation: master
*Generation: master


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*[https://media.dmlive.wiki/downloads/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644.zip Download ZIP] - FLAC 16-bit 44.1KHz - 278MB
*[https://media.dmlive.wiki/downloads/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644.zip Download ZIP] - FLAC 16-bit 44.1KHz - 278MB
*[https://media.dmlive.wiki/downloads/dm1981-09-29.preFM-FM.FranceInter.0.flac1644.zip Download ZIP] - FLAC 24-bit 48KHz - 540MB


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[[Category:Soundboard recordings]]
[[Category:Master recordings]]
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[[Category:Reel sourced recordings]]
[[Category:Reel sourced recordings]]
[[Category:Source]]
[[Category:Source]]
[[Category:Streamable]]
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[[Category:Recommended recordings]]

Latest revision as of 12:02, 11 July 2024

Notes

An excellent soundboard recording, reportedly sourced from the master reel-to-reel tape used by France-Inter. Unlike previous versions, this one is free from the DJ chatter that plagued earlier FM broadcast variants, particularly from DJ Bernard Lenoir.

Throughout the recording, the mixing can sound somewhat weird. Dave's vocals are often low in the mix, which he even addresses before performing Nodisco by asking to "turn the voice up then, can't hear me." Minor imperfections include slight dropouts at the beginning of New Life and slightly distorted bass during Television Set, likely due to tape oversaturation.

Between some songs, an audience member's shouts can be heard, previously masked by DJ chatter in the FM broadcasts. For instance, after Big Muff, the individual seems to complain about the song being an instrumental. At the start of Just Can't Get Enough, Dave dedicates the song "...for the heckler down there."

Dave's irritation with this person is apparent when he introduces What's Your Name?, when he says that "tonight we're gonna end on "Pretty Boy" ... for a change," implying the encore might be skipped. However, they did proceed with the encore performance of Television Set.

Boys Say Go! was strangely absent from the audio initially provided to the DMLiveWiki. This track has been seamlessly patched using the FM broadcast master reel recording originally shared by "letsgo" on DIME. This source is available as Source 2.

Fortunately, there is no DJ chatter on this track, preserving the pristine quality of the recording. Despite having nore hiss and a slightly reduced frequency response compared to the main pre-FM source, these differences are barely noticeable.

Although superceded, a mono recording of the FM broadcast, sourced from a first-generation cassette recording, remains available at Source 3, which is more musically-complete compared to Source 2.

A million thanks go to J.T. for supplying this superb recording, and to letsgo for sharing his master reel of the FM broadcast recording, which was used to integrate the missing audio.

Listen

You can listen to this entire recording below.

Track list

  1. [3:14] Play Any Second Now
  2. [3:34] Play Photographic
  3. [3:03] Play Nodisco
  4. [4:14] Play New Life
  5. [3:27] Play Puppets
  6. [4:01] Play Ice Machine
  7. [4:16] Play Big Muff
  8. [2:19] Play I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
  9. [3:15] Play Tora! Tora! Tora!
  10. [3:47] Play Just Can't Get Enough
  11. [2:36] Play Boys Say Go!
  12. [4:40] Play What's Your Name?
  13. [3:31] Play Television Set
  • Total time: 45:54

Lineage

  • France Inter master pre-FM reel -> unknown transfer -> WAV 48khz -> in Audacity 3.0.2: Boys Say Go! from master FM broadcast reel (Source 2) patched in with stereo channels swapped to match pre-FM, normalized to -0.1dB and any DC offset removed -> WAV -> FLAC level 8 (16/44), dithering enabled and using foobar2000's "Resampler (dbPoweramp/SSRC)" component
  • Generation: master

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