David Bowie - Elephant Man, Chicago 1980-08-12

Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA

Audio source: audience
Lineage: First gen tape > Denon DRM-500 tape deck > Goldwave for track splits > iZotope RX2 denoiser for hiss removal > Goldwave > FLAC 4
Number of discs: 2
Artwork: included
Total running time: Disc 1: 44:49: Disc 2: 45:51

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:

1. Introduction Music
2. Scene1: He Will Have 100 Guineas Before He�s Forty
3. Scene 2: Art Is As Nothing To Nature
4. Scene 3: Who Has Seen The Like Of This?
5. Scene 4: This Indecency May Not Continue
6. Scene 5: Police Side With Imbecile Against The Crowd
7. Scene 6: Even On The Niger And Ceylon, Not This
8. Scene 7: The English Public Will Pay For Him To Be Like This
9. Scene 8: Mercy And Justice Elude Our Actions
10. Scene 9: Most Important Are Women
11. Scene 10: When The Illusion Ends He Must Kill Himself (part1)

Disc 2:

1. Scene 10: When The Illusion Ends He Must Kill Himself (Part 2)
2. Scene 11: He Does It With Just One Hand
3. Scene 12: Who Does He Remind You Of?
4. Scene 13: Anxieties Of The Swamp
5. Scene 15: Ingratitude
6. Scene 14: Art Is Permitted But Nature Forbidden
7. Scene 16: No Reliable General Anesthetic Has Appeared Yet
8. Scene 17: Cruelty Is As Nothing To Kindness
9. Scene 18: We Are Dealing With An Epidemic
10. Scene 19: They Cannot Make Out What He Is Saying (fragment)

Bonus MP3 tracks (BBC version, not Bowie) ***Not Included on Dimeadozen Upload***

22. Scene 19: They Cannot Make Out What He Is Saying
23. Scene 20: The Weight Of Dream
24. Scene 21: Final Report To The Investors

Notes:

Note that all tracks were first identified, then the denoising was done on a track-by-track basis, in some cases, the tracks being split into parts to remove the background noise as sensitively as possible.

A variety of noises were on the tape, and addressed thus:
Disc One:
Track 1 - first nineteen seconds removed, then 8-14 seconds also removed
Track 5 - 2:26-2:53 removed
Pause noise between tracks 6 and 7, which loses the start of scene 6. Noise removed with fades.
Track 7 - 3:00 volume suppressed
Pause noise between tracks 8 and 9, which loses a chunk at the start of scene 8. Noise removed with fades.
Track 9 - half second @ 7:44 removed (camera shutter or lighter)
Pause noise between tracks 10 and 11, which loses the first sentence of scene 10. Noise removed with fades.

Disc Two
Noise of mic being hit removed @ 3 seconds in track 1 - no impact.
Track 1 - Three blips at 2:54 removed. 0.2 second at 4:50 removed. Final 16 seconds of track dehissed separately and also provided with significant volume boost.
Pause noise between tracks 1 and 2, removed with no real impact.
Track 2 - some volume reduction during first four seconds. Two bangs removed at 31 seconds, another at 1:02. Sundry volume reductions in between.
Track 3 - 2:41-2:46 removed with mix
Track 4 - � second removed at 1:51 (clearing throat)
Track 5 - two half second bits removed at 5:22 and 5:23 and three smaller bits removed 5:32-34 and � second at 6:29; 1� seconds removed at 6:44 and at 6:50 and �another second at 6:59
Track 6 - throat clear @ 4 seconds; four lighter noises between 1:47 and 1:50; more around 2:43-44, 3:31, 4:00, 1 second of racket @ 4:30
Track 7 - noises around 36 seconds, 2:30, 3:05-07, 3:57, 4:20, 4:47, 5:54, 6:32 all removed
Track 9 - 2:16-2:22 removed
Pause noise between tracks 9 and 10, clips the start of scene 1. Removed with fades.

Torrent History:

Originally seeded to Mind-Warp PaVilion by steve23yh on 31st December 2014 as HUG259CD.
Seeded at Dimeadozen by hothcanada on 11th January 2016. RIP David!!!

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