As it turns out, it was pointed out to me by eeklair that the original torrent (#211041) for this show was 180 degrees out-of-phase (or, in other words, suffered from "phase inversion").
Per "http://ac3filter.net/guides/mixing_matrix_2_phase_inversion":
"A negative effect of phase inversion is signal cancellation. When two signals with opposite phase meet they cancel each other," as well as, "Simply, this happens because two waves push air molecules in opposite direction, thus producing no sound at all. This effect is most remarkable at low frequencies and almost unnoticeable at high frequencies, thus total effect is like turning basses off."
This new torrent corrects the phase inversion so that the recording is now "in-phase", which means IMPROVED SOUND QUALITY as compared to the original torrent!
If any of you who downloaded the original torrent has Cool Edit Pro, here is how you can "fix" those files (instructions courtesy of eeklair): (1) open each file (converted back to wav) in CEP, (2) go to effects/amplitude/channel mixer and select "no mixing", (3) On the left side under each channel there is an 'invert' checkbox. Tick only one of these and the phase inversion will be corrected.
I realize many of you don't have Cool Edit Pro or don't want to bother fixing the show on your own, so this phase-corrected version of the show is for you. (I followed eeklair's instructions in order to produce this fixed version. My thanks to him for not only pointing out the problem, but for also being kind enough to provide step-by-step instructions for how to fix it.)
**mp3 samples provided (as always) in the Comments section**
(Out-of-phase and fixed, in-phase samples are provided so that you can compare.)
Here are the original torrent's notes:
Huey Lewis and The News
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Clearwater, FL (USA)
Jan. 9, 2003
ALD-Soundboard recording (a Jim Fiesler recording)
** mp3 samples provided (as always) in the Comments section **
A few months back, Jim (that's "undiscokidd" on DIME) had mentioned he had a bunch of near-perfect ALD-Soundboard recordings to share but needed someone to upload them on his behalf. That's where I come in. Hopefully this will be the first of several of Jim's fine recordings that I upload here for everyone to enjoy.
Setlist:
101. We're Not Here For A Long Time (We're Here For A Good Time)
102. When I Write The Book
103. The Heart Of Rock & Roll
104. Trouble In Paradise
105. The Power Of Love
106. Huey speaks to the audience
107. Plan B >
108. Drum solo >
109. The Rhythm Ranch
110. Perfect World
111. Huey speaks to the audience (includes band intros)
112. Sixty Minute Man (a capella)
201. Bad Is Bad
202. If This Is It
203. Buzz Buzz Buzz
204. Jacob's Ladder
205. Heart And Soul
206. But It's Alright
207. I Want A New Drug > encore break (2:07 of crowd applause)
208. Do You Believe In Love
209. Workin' For A Livin' > encore break (1:40 of crowd applause)
210. Huey thanks the audience
211. Doing It All For My Baby
212. Back In Time
Note: Tracks 208-209 were encore #1, tracks 210-212 were encore #2
Interesting trivial facts from this show:
1) When Huey speaks to the audience in track 111, he mentions that the bandmembers all come from the San Francisco Bay area--and he gets chided by the Tampa Bay Bucs football fans in attendance for being a San Francisco 49ers fan. (The Bucs would host the 49ers in a NFL playoff game three dasys after this show, so emotions were high, appparently.)
2) Huey says he's a 49ers fan because was "born and raised" in San Francisco. Well, that's not exactly true. According to both Wikipedia and The All-Music Guide, Huey was born Huey Anthony Cregg III in NEW YORK, NY on July 5, 1950. He may have been raised in Marin County (California), but he most definitely was not BORN in San Francisco!
3) As it turned out--three days after this show--the Tampa Bay Buccaneers eliminated Huey's beloved San Francisco 49ers from the NFL playoffs by a score of 31-6, as you can see here:
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20030112_SF@TB
Lineage: ALD/SBD > D8 (listen box) DAT > CDR
Additional notes:
* Deleted 25 seconds of pre-recorded music before start of 1st song (with Nero)
* Deleted 20 seconds of audience applause at end of show (again with Nero)
* Re-tracked show by combining in Nero, splitting with CD Wave
ALD (assisted listening device) soundboard recordings are usually knocked for their "thin" sound quality (high amount of treble, not enough bass), but I don't think that's a real issue here at all. As such, Jim's files have been unaltered for sound quality (i.e., no EQ performed)--if some of you prefer to have more bass in your ALD recordings, I'll let you do your own EQ work since it then becomes a matter of personal taste. As for me, I think the show sounds great, as-is.
Jim Fiesler notes:
(regarding his ALD-SBD shows): "ALDs (fm-sbd) perfect captures in most or all cases..however somewhat lacking bass..more than regular fm..The best place to rec these shows was from the park lot..! the signal was the best there..!"
If you decide to download this show, won't you please consider posting a comment on the show's board? It only takes a moment, and believe me, it takes A LOT longer to prepare/upload a show for others to enjoy than it does to download and run.
And won't you please consider thanking Jim for this mighty fine show?
Generously donated by Jim Fiesler (undiscokidd),
and uploaded on DIME by TheCommish
September 2008