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1982-12-14 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands/Source 1

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Notes

A very good soundboard-quality recording created from a stereo FM broadcast master DAT clone of an analog source and a VHS master tape with mono audio. This version is higher-fidelity and more consistent sounding than the prior rework of the available audio. There are a few transitions between stereo FM audio and mono VHS audio which are a little bit jarring, and there is a short glitch about halfway through The Meaning Of Love when Dave sings "never", but otherwise there aren't any noteworthy flaws.

FM master stereo audio was used for tracks 1, 3, 4, and 5. VHS mono audio was used for track 2, small portions of tracks 4 and 5, and for tracks 6, 7, and 8 in their entirety. 10 seconds of an unknown generation cassette copy of the FM broadcast was used at the beginning of track 1 to complete about 10 seconds missing from the FM master source.

The FM master stereo audio is sourced from an LP mode DAT clone, which is recorded at 32khz and was ripped from the DAT as such to avoid resampling during capture. However, this is sufficient for an FM broadcast recording and particularly for this audio as it does not extend much past 13khz anyway. The DAT audio was resampled to 48khz to match the sample rate of the VHS master audio. This new source of the FM broadcast is very consistent and balanced sounding and is superior quality to the unknown generation cassette recording used in the previous rework. Speed-corrected and normalized, but otherwise unmodified DAT audio can be found in the original 16-bit 32khz format at Source 4.

A VHS master recording of 5 songs plus an interview from the "Countdown" program is available courtesy of TravisBickle1963. The audio is mono, but quite good sounding and consistent quality. The video from the VHS is available as Source 2, and its audio alone as Source 3, respectively.

Many thanks to "subwave collection CH" for acquiring this DAT long ago, to Vince for his assistance with securing the tape, "TravisBickle1963" for the excellent VHS master, and to Fonzie for the unknown generation cassette source.

Listen

You can listen to this entire recording below.

Track list

  1. [7:18] Play My Secret Garden
  2. [4:08] Play See You
  3. [4:02] Play New Life
  4. [2:42] Play Boys Say Go!
  5. [4:23] Play Leave In Silence
  6. [3:13] Play The Meaning Of Love
  7. [3:41] Play Just Can't Get Enough
  8. [2:39] Play Interview
  • Total time: 32:06

Lineage

The source DAT.
  • Lineage (rework): DAT (16/48) resampled audio combined with VHS (16/48) audio in Audacity 3.3.3: merged See You, ending of Boys Say Go! through the beginning of Leave In Silence, The Meaning Of Love through Just Can't Get Enough, added the interview at end, plus 10 seconds at the beginning of My Secret Garden patched using unknown generation FM broadcast cassette source (lineage detailed below); further normalization -> WAV (16/48) -> FLAC level 8 (16/44) using foobar2000 v2.0, FLAC 1.4.2 64-bit
  • Lineage (DAT - Source 4): FM radio broadcast -> unknown taper and equipment -> master analog source (probably a cassette) -> unknown playback and recording decks -> clone in LP mode to Sony DT-90 DAT -> Sony SDT-9000 SCSI tape drive -> WaveDAT software -> WAV 16/32 -> in Audacity 3.3.3: sped up 3.5%, phase corrected, normalized to -0.1dB and any DC offset removed -> WAV (16/32) -> resampled to 48khz using foobar2000 v2.0 and foobar2000's Resampler (RetroArch) component at "Highest" quality, no dithering -> WAV (16/48)
  • Lineage (VHS - Source 3): television broadcast of "Countdown" program (unknown taper and equipment) -> PAL VHS (master) -> playback on Panasonic NV-HS1000 SVHS VCR (S-Video out) -> DataVideo TBC-3000 frame time base corrector -> VirtualDub (Ut lossless video codec / PCM 16/48 audio) -> in Audacity 3.1.2: spectral edit multi-tool to eliminate 15khz ringing noise, normalized to -0.1dB and any DC offset removed -> FLAC (16/48) tracks
  • Lineage (cassette - used for 10 sec. patch at beginning): FM radio broadcast -> unknown taper and equipment -> unknown generation -> Maxell XLI-S 60 high position cassette -> Nakamichi Cassette Deck One with fresh belts & upgraded capstan motor, azimuth optimized, tape wound & rewound before transferring, deck cleaned before transferring this tape -> Monoprice heavy-duty RCA to 3.5mm cable -> ASUS Xonar DX sound card -> Adobe Audition CC 2014.1 (32-bit / 96 khz); speed correction, automatic phase correction -> FLAC 16-bit 44.1khz using FLAC 1.3.0 64-bit (level 8 compression) and foobar2000 v1.3.6 with its Resampler (SoX) component v0.8.3 (best quality)
  • DAT photo and inlay scan, cassette photos, and auCDtectTaskManager log included

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