Ramones
BBC session 1985
Recorded for Andy Kershaw show
Broadcast date : 1987-07-20

Garners "In Session Tonight" documents the recording studio as
Y2 in Stockport (Manchester), but no other details - including
the actual date of recording - are known.
The Ramones were in Europe (touring) in June & July 1985. This
is probably as close as we can guess for the recording date.

SB > (recorded, not live) > BBC Radio 1 FM broadcast >
unknown tuner > Tensai cassette deck > cassette master >
Cassette playback on Pioneer CT-S550S with azimuth correction >
Sony JE530 A/D (44.1k) > Nomad JB3 > .wav > Adobe Audition > .wav >
CDWAV > FLAC frontend > .flac files

Note: The Sony JE530 is a minidisc recorder, however
a pure digital output is available when using it as a
"passthrough" device. Therefore, despite the presence
of a minidisc device in this lineage there is no MD/
ATRAC compression.


1. Go Home Anne (mono) 2:50
2. Too Tough To Die 2:35
3. Chasing The Night 3:50
Total Time : [9:15]

Editing:
From 0:00 - 1:35 :
Left channel samples x 173% (+4.76db)
Right channel samples x 180% (+5.11db)
From 1:35 - 1:46 :
Faded down to ...
From 1:46 - End :
Left channel samples x 140% (+2.92db)
Right channel samples x 145% (+3.23db)

Slight fades at beginning/end of each track to eliminate DJ chatter.

t01 is *probably* in mono because I had FM reception issues. Presumably,
by the time t02 and t03 were broadcast those issues had disappeared,
since the recording quality of t02 and t03 is just fine.

shntool output:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename
2:49.40 29905724 --- -- --xx ramones1985-07-20t01.flac
2:35.26 27403196 --- -- --xx ramones1985-07-20t02.flac
3:49.59 40534412 --- -- --xx ramones1985-07-20t03.flac
9:14.50 97843332 B (totals for 3 files, 0.6962 overall compression ratio)


flac fingerprints:
ramones1985-07-20t01.flac:9639d68de6d3b1f9f349b50c1eb5ca4a
ramones1985-07-20t02.flac:0e04c4c560c57cccbf8b709c6f95c885
ramones1985-07-20t03.flac:92f0e983aaa05718887cd71867b61c6e