Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
1984-09-29 _ Islington, London, England _ Hope & Anchor _ (M2-AUD ~ UPGRADE)
First-ever live Egyptians* gig. Robyn's 1st live concert in over 2 years!

~*~ Meticulously remastered removing blemishes, without EQ ~*~
! Believe this upgrades most commonly circulating versions !

01. Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl
02. Where Are The Prawns?
03. Acid Bird
04. Brenda's Iron Sledge
05. I'm Only You
06. -- talking & tuning --
07. Flavour Of Night
08. -- talking --
09. I Often Dream Of Trains
10. -- talking --
11. The Cars She Used To Drive
12. America
13. Egyptian Cream
14. -- band intros --
15. Only The Stones Remain
16. Face Of Death
First Encore :::
17. -- talking --
18. Yodelling Hoover
19. Love Poisoning
Second Encore :::
20. Listening To The Higsons
21. Goodnight I Say

Total Time ::: 1:11:28

::: REAL fine up close stereo AUD. Check samples to decide if you need to join the fray.
::: Warts: Bit of AUD talk/noise here & there but it ain't a problem. Few mike bumps, mostly repaired. Surely missed a dropout or dullspot but healed most. Bit of clapping in #13.
::: * Show billed as 'Robyn Hitchcock & Chums', but was the first live gig with The Egyptians.
::: Robyn's first public gig in more than 2 years & the first post-Soft Boys one.
::: Sometimes circulates as 1984-09-19, but the gig was on a Saturday night & the 29th is confirmed.
::: CONTRAST CLAUSE: This is a known generation, quality upgrade, & 4+ minute longer version of http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=502942
::: Robyn mentions the gig was a benefit, but not sure what the occasion was.

Recording Information ::: unknown stereo cassette recorder -> master cassette -> 1st generation cassette -> 2nd generation Maxell UDS-II 90 cassette, Dolby B.

Playback 2014-05-30 ::: 2nd generation Maxell UDS-II 90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, -.7 pitch (speed) fix with single pass after spectral analysis & with pitchpipe verification, NO equalisation] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2015-08-08.

Line-up ::: Robyn Hitchcock - electric guitar, vocals // Roger Jackson - keyboards // Andy Metcalfe - electric bass, keyboards, vocals // Morris Windsor - drums, vocals // Guest on some songs: James Fletcher - saxophone.

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

DimeTravel 149 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: SIMPLY SWELL, unique, early Egyptians tape with QUITE different arrangements of many songs, especially due to the Roger Jackson keyboard parts. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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