Patti Smith Group
"I Never Talked To Bob Dylan"
The Concerthouse, Stockholm, Sweden 1976-10-03
Liberated Bootleg LP Stoned 2

Side One:
We're Going To Have A Real Good Time Together
Redondo Beach
Free Money
Pale Blue Eyes (Louie Louie)
Ask The Angels
Ain't It Strange

Side Two:
Time Is On My Side
Radio Ethiopia - Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
Land: Horses - Land Of 1000 Dances

Patti Smith - Vocals & Guitar
Lenny Kaye - Guitar & Vocal
Ivan Kral - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard & Vocal
Jay Dee Daugherty - Drums
Andrew Paley - Keyboard & Bass

Lineage: Vinyl > Zoom > WAV > Audacity > TLH > FLAC

(There are apparently different color vinyl versions around. Mine is black, purchased new in the late 70's or maybe very early 80's.)

I don't have an automated tick and pop removal utility that will reduce unwanted transients more than it screws up the sound of the music, so I spent considerable time manually removing the larger clicks from some of the quieter bits. Careful listening will still provide plentiful reminders of the music's 33-1/3 provenance. (On the positive side, it seems to be a European pressing, not the typical product of an American manufacturer of the seventies.) It's a very good recording, a decent pressing, and the vinyl is in excellent rarely played condition. Still, there is surface noise aplenty, as the sample will attest. Probably a lower volume level than average on the vinyl, considering the length of the sides, thus reduced S/N ratio.

(That sandpaper sound is why some of us music lovers from the pre-digital era don't buy into this bullshit about how intrinsically superior analog is.)

With relatively long LP sides (over 27 minutes each!), I guessed that some EQ to compensate for reduced low frequencies might be called for, but it turns out not to be the case. The sound is well balanced, what I'd take for a a soundboard or FM radio capture, but apparently recorded by a Swedish television crew (see below). So, apart from click removal, the only signal processing undertaken was a high pass filter at 25 Hz and normalizing the volume, limiting just a few peaks by 1 or 2 dB. I did not bother to crossfade the end of side one applause into the beginning of side two applause.

For those who care, my analog sound system involves a Shure hyperelliptical stylus p-mount cartridge (V15HR-P) in a second hand Technics linear-tracking turntable (SL-DL5), with preamplification and RIAA compensation provided by a 21st century vintage Pioneer receiver from Best Buy. Digitization at 44,100 stereo 16-bit samples per second via Zoom R16.

The sample gives a decent overview of the noise underneath some of the quiet bits, as well as indication of how good it sounds when Patti and the boys are rocking out.

I found no evidence that this was previously on DIME. There may be a CD version floating around, and bootleg DVD's of a portion of this, along with an in-studio interview, appear to be available for purchase. A seemingly complete version of the concert (corresponding to the length of this LP) preceded by the interview can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MdofKtYLiU ...

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