Rain Parade
1985-11-06 ::: Stockholm, Sweden ::: Ghetto (club)
Götgatan 51 :: Medborgarplatsen, Södermalm
M?-AUD (48kHz/24bit files)

~*~ Carefully remastered fixing various issues, without EQ or NR ~*~

01. ...No Easy Way Down
02. This Can't Be Today
03. Ain't That Nothin'
04. ==applause//talk==
05. Invisible People
06. ==applause//talk==
07. Don't Feel Bad
08. ==applause//talk==
09. You Are My Friend
10. ==applause//talk==
11. Broken Horse

Total Time ::: 27:24

::: VG++ stereo AUD. Check samples to hit eject button, satisfy curiosity, or start dosin'.
::: Warts: Repaired dullspots & dropouts but surely missed a few. Occasional stereo shifts from people or mike motion. #01 fades in 1st 2secs missing. #09 tapeflip in middle, only second missing, now almost seamless splice. #11 couple of split second distortion spots.
::: Seems likely this is the first 1/2 of the set. Anyone have a longer version or upgrade they could share?
::: 56-show tour in support of their then-new album, "Crashing Dream", their first on a major label.
::: "Crashing Dream" tour apparently begain in London on 1985-10-14.
::: Now a cocktail club at at this address, seemingly inside a hotel, not sure that was the case in '85.
::: We need more pre-1984 live RP while David Roback (†R.I.P. 2020†) was still cavorting with the group.
::: Found a short (partial set) Viva Saturn tape that'll get up'd soon, but would VERY much like more. CAN YOU HELP?

Recording Information ::: unknown stereo recording equipment -> master tape (almost certainly cassette) -> unknown analog-only cassette generations -> unknown (low) generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2021-02-xx ::: unknown (low) generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth adjusted for individual tape, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (48kHz/24bit wav file) -> computer -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, clap, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, '01-04 +4.15 & 05-end +4.75 averaged pitch (speed) fixes with single pass per segment after frequency analysis & albums, NO equalisation or noise reduction] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> 48kHz/24bit flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. Freed 2021-04-xx.

Line-up ::: Matt Piucci - electric guitar, vocals // John Thoman electric guitar, backing vocals // Steven Roback - electric bass, vocals // Will Glenn - keyboards // drums, percussion – Mark Marcum - drums, percussion // guest artist: Mike Scott (from The Waterboys) - acoustic guitar.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

DimeTravel 737 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! Thanks to DIMER tolvis for likely club name confirmation, it was misspelled on my cassette. Sincere thanks to whomever uploads this for me. ::: Corrections welcome ::: Too bad this set is likely incomplete. ::: Band seems somewhat rushed (not their "usual" between song breaks), so maybe running late or only an opener. Nearing the end of the 3rd week of their 56 gig (2&1/2 month?) tour, playing in the winter in Stockholm in a small club, maybe wondering how the major label deal is going to work out in the long run as they announce the album is "out somewhere" so sounds like it is NOT out in parts of Europe yet (like Sweden!) (I'm projecting, of course, no idea really! Having said that, wonder when they split up in 1986, as this tour certainly carried them thru the end of Jan.'86...) Nice recording overall from a class act, just a bit short. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees

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