Freddie Hubbard Quintet
Unknown Venue
Boston, MA, USA
May 1, 1973
WBCN-FM Broadcast

A Goody Speed/Pitch-adjusted Remaster via mgoldey

Source: SBD: FM Broadcast WBCN > MR by Neil Cronin (courtesy of Pat Lee)
Transfer: MR > Akai GX636 direct tape head output > Bottlehead tube tape pre w/a pair of Telefunken tubes circa 1960 > Apogee Mini Me 24/96 > Apogee Mini DAC > WAV by Matt Smith
Master: Wavelab 10 (tracking, error correction, Izotope Spectral De-noise, levels +6 dB, MBit+ Dither, resample) > FLAC 16 >

Goody's additional lineage:
TLH (WAV) > Audition (Pitch Bender, various amounts; clicks repaired and static repaired or reduced) >
TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (Tags)

Thanks to Matt Smith for the audio

01. WBCN Intro 0:58
02. Skydive 19:35
03. Betcha By Golly Wow 9:45
04. The Intrepid Fox 23:46
05. WBCN Outro 0:38
Runtime: 54:41


mgoldey's original notes:
Performed shortly after the release of Skydive, this was broadcast as part of WBCN's Jazz Week, which ran through Sunday, May 6, 1973. More info here, if you care to visit MIT in person: https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/resources/885. This is just an hour of the performance, the part that was broadcast. There was more, but it's not clear how much more.

The recording suffered from occasional FM static, which came and went as if the tuner was drifting from the signal. Removing that static with the Ozone RX 7 Spectral De-Noise plugin also eliminated the analog tape hiss, and isn't my favorite thing to do. But the result is very clean and clear, and really didn't lose anything. Other snits and warts removed and repaired. The occasional "pop" may be a drum beat. Sometimes, I couldn't tell. It ain't perfect, but it's pretty darn good.

Goody's notes:
Additional static removal/reduction and click/pop removal in this updated edition in tracks 2 and 3. All tracks were slow/flat, now brought up to the correct speed/pitch.

The Quintet is introduced as:

Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Junior Cook - Tenor Sax
George Cables - Fender Rhodes
Kent Brinkley - Bass
Michael Carvin - Drums

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2020-11-15

--goody :: 2021-01-09


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