Artist: Mott The Hoople
Location: Olympia Theatre, Paris, France
Date: 1974-11-02
Source: Audience recording
Lineage: tape > WAV [44.1/32] > WAV [44.1/16] > FLAC (level 8)
Transfer: Sony TCK-730ES deck > Terratec DMX 6Fire sound card > CoolEdit 2000 > TLH
Transferred by: HappyDude
Lineup:
Ian Hunter - vocals, guitar
Mick Ronson - guitar (lead vocal on Angel No 9)
Overend Watts - bass (lead vocal on Born Late 58)
Morgan Fisher - piano
Blue Weaver - organ
Dale Griffin - drums
Tracks:
01 - Roll Away The Stone/Sweet Jane
02 - Lounge Lizzard
03 - Rest In Peace
04 - Angel No 9
05 - Born Late 58
06 - One Of The Boys (false start)
07 - One Of The Boys
08 - All The Way From Memphis
09 - Rose
10 - Angeline
11 - Drivin' Sister/Crash Street Kidds
Length: 54m41s
Notes:
I received this tape in a trade many years ago with Sven Gusevik in Norway. I believe he received his copy from Dale Griffin (Mott's drummer), so this is a low-generation source (possibly as low as third generation).
It is only part of the show, but it is the best-sounding Ronson-era Mott recording.
Sound quality is quite good for a 1974 audience recording. The sound is well balanced, and audience noise rarely intrudes. It was bootlegged in the late 90's as "European Ending", but the quality here is much better.
Capture was using a Terratec DMX 6Fire sound card, CoolEdit 2000 at 44.1/32 bits prior to normalisation and 44.1/16 bits. No other EQ or denoising has been attempted.