Berlin 76 (16-Bit Matrix Learm) (BOWSTAT008-16RM)

Date: 1976-04-10
Venue: Deutschlandhalle
City: Berlin
Country: Germany


Matrix of 2 different audience recordings from the same show.

Source 1: length 62:41 min., in 14 flac files (96 kHz/24 bit), vg- quality by our private collector(BOWSTAT008-24RAW)
Source 2: length 78:06 min., in 15 flac files (48 kHz/16 bit), vg+/Ex- quality, Mit einem M�dchen vom Bahnhof Zoo-Bootleg
History: Uploaded to Mind-Warp PaVilion by XAVeRY on 21 September 2008. Uploaded to HungerCity by jallaweb on March 13th 2012

Processing:
Flac files of 2 recordings > Foobar2000 (source 1) convert to 48/24 > Magix Music Cleaning Lab (Matrix/Remaster 44,1/16 - 48/24) > Foobar 2000 convert to 44/16 > Fixed SBEs with TLH > BowieStation

Comments:

Source 1:

The recording is missing the last track (Rebel Rebel) and Panic In Detroit, TVC 15 and Diamod Dogs are cut before the end.
Also Changes has a cut in the middle.
Compared to source 2 the speed was approx. 4 % slower. I decided to adjust the speed to source 2 as this tape seems to be a lower gen.
The sound of the tape is quite inferior (middle frequencies dominating) to the well balanced sound of source 2.


Source 2:

The original recording is missing the first 3 songs and the first half of Word On A wing. This first part of the concert on the bootleg is obviously taken from the source 1 tape and then continued with the second half of Word On A Wing. There are 2 cuts in Panic In Detroit which could not be patched completely by source 1. So this track is stil incomplete (missing approx. 2 minutes of drum solo). There are some small cuts between tracks. The recording has some hiss at lower sound levels which I tried to remove as much as possible.
The sound of this is much better than that of source 1, especially a nice bass is present.


The last track of the concert, Jean Genie, is missing on both sources.


To achieve a better sound matching of both sources the first tracks only consisting of source 1 were lifted in bass substantially. The parts only consisting of source 2 were lifted in treble a bit. Otherwise no EQ was done.
Some level adjustments were made at the separate sources.


Total time: 78:22 min.

Setlist:

01 Station To Station
02 Suffragette City
03 Fame
04 Word On A Wing
05 Stay
06 Waiting For The Man
07 Queen Bitch
08 Life On Mars
09 Five Years
10 Panic In Detroit (cut in the middle)
11 Band Introductions
12 Changes
13 TVC 15
14 Diamond Dogs
15 Rebel Rebel

Tour band Isolar 1976:

David Bowie - vocals, saxophone
Stacey Heydon - lead guitar
Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar
George Murray - bass guitar
Dennis Davis - drums
Tony Kaye - keyboards, synthesizers

This tape was donated to BowieStation by a private collector.
A lot of thanks to him for offering his tapes.

The following editions are available:

BOWSTAT008-16RM - 16-bit Matrix (CD-version)
BOWSTAT008-24RM - 24-bit Matrix (24-48)
BOWSTAT008-24RAW - 24-bit Raw (24-96)

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Matrix and Artwork by Learm.

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