Lou Reed
Venue: Eilendreder Halle, Hannover, West Germany
Date: 3 April 1977

Source: Sony UX-S Chrome Class IEC II/Type II High Bias cassette

Lineage: AUD -> ? -> cassette (low gen.) -> Denon DRM-540 -> iMic (16-bit) -> .aif -> Peak4 (track splits & correct DC offset) -> .flac (level 8)

01 mic setup
02 sweet jane
03 im waiting for my man
04 r'n'r heart
05 heroin
06 r&r
07 wild side
08 vicious
09 coney island baby
10 how do you think it feels?
11 berlin
12 white light/white heat
13 kicks (cut)

This transfer goes out to Christian! I hope everything is ok and you are doing well! I ask that everyone downloading this say a goodwill prayer for him.

The sound isn't all that bad. An AUD recording with some tape hiss and a bit heavy on the lower end. I'd rate it a "B." You can hear all the instruments, make out all the words, and there is little to no distortion. To the best of my knowledge, this show has never circulated on CD-R. This is a direct digital transfer with no filters used. The sound of this recording is exactly what you get on the cassette.

I now run all of my analog-to-digital recordings through Peak4's "Remove DC Offset" tool. From the Peak4 manual: "Peak4 will scan the left and right channels of a stereo file independently. DC Offset is usually caused by problems in the analog to digital conversion process. The result is that the waveform is not centered on the base line – it is offset either higher or lower than the center line."


Cover-art is included, but it could use some updating!

UPLOAD by MG196

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