Love + Rockets
Minneapolis, MN USA
First Avenue
24 November 1986
stereo audience recording
(01:08:58)
(01:04:54 without officially released content)
cassette side A (37:19.54)
A01. Angels and Devils [pre-recorded track (7 seconds only)] >
Lucifer Sam [Pink Floyd (Barrett)] (03:44.24)
A02. It Could Be Sunshine (04:53.00)
A03. The Dog-End of a Day Gone By (07:04.29) >
A04. No New Tale To Tell (04:02.24)
A05. Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (07:46.60)
A06. Kundalini Express (04:49.48)
A07. Love Me (04:59.19)
cassette side B (31:38.39)
(27:34 without officially released content):
B01. All In My Mind [acoustic version] (05:48.45)
B02. An American Dream (04:52.65)
B03. Yin and Yang and the Flower Pot Man (06:06.51)
B04. Mirror People (04:16.47)
B05. Ball Of Confusion [The Temptations (Whitfield / Strong)] (06:29.64)
B06. The Bubblemen Are Coming [pre-recorded track] (04:03.67)
[***REMOVED - OFFICIALLY RELEASED TRACK***]
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Digitizing notes [J-dot; 2016]:
source [1986]:
1st-gen. copy of master cassettes [Sony UCX-90 (High Bias)]
lineage [1986]:
Sony [?] portable stereo recording cassette deck / unknown mic > master cassette(s) > 1st-gen. copies of master cassette [fade-in/out applied during transfer; *possibly* some minor EQ (?); level adjustment (applause; stereo imaging / balance)] >
lineage [2016]:
Nakamichi LX-3 cassette deck #3 [Azimuth adjustment applied to playback head] > Edirol R-04 [RCA/analog in; 24-bit/24kHz transfer (.wav)] > PC [via USB] > CD Wave Editor [Version 1.98; Windows Build Number: 0000.23F0] (sector boundary tracking) > Trader's Little Helper [Version 2.7.0; Build 172] (Level 8 .wav > .flac conversion)
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[additional notes from J. : 2016]:
The source for this version was made from my own re-compiled 1st-gen master tapes, shortly after the concert. As with so many live tapes I made back then, I would often consolidate segments from multiple cassettes onto one tape, applying fade-ins, fade-outs, and occasionally, some equalization in the process. If only I still had those original tapes!
As with a few other recordings I’ve transferred recently, after finishing the “Mr. Smith” recording of this performance, it seemed like it might be a good idea to share my own recording as well; each has their own unique sonic spectrum, and it might be interesting to see if some of these tracks might be worth blending together (what some people have taken to calling a “matrix”), although I’m afraid I don’t have the time for those kinds of projects.
This recording is pretty decent, considering that it sounds like the taper(s) were simply letting the deck run while they enjoyed the show. I say, “sounds like”, because it occurred to me that although my deck was in attendance, I was not. It seems that I had done a bit too much pre-show partying, and slept it off in the car - outside the venue - while my friends took the deck inside and captured it as represented here. Hm. Note to self: don’t do *that* again. Thus, I never got to actually see “The Bubblemen”; thankfully though, I’ve had a few opportunities to record Love & Rockets. Also, this was yet another show at which I *might* have been able to meet the mysterious “Mr. Smith” - whose bit-torrent moniker was nicked from a Love & Rockets lyric, mind you - if I had actually been *inside* the venue.
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additional notes [01001010; 2016]:
J. was pretty sure that he had digitized this before and that it had been on the DIME tracker, but we couldn’t find any notes in the physical archives, and there doesn’t seem to be any mention of it in the DIME-bot-list. If anyone can confirm that it *was* shared digitally, please let us know! In any case, this sounds pretty good - enjoy!
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The “Sonic Archives” Tapes.
Made available to the world through the collaborative resources of these people:
Recorded [1986] by TWFM/SS.
Digitized [2016]; technical notes [2016] by J. Free [sonicarchives.com]
Uploaded; additional comments: 01001010
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Dedicated to tapesfor2, who had this to say about my efforts to preserve the Sonic Archives tape collection:
"You shouldn't have. His recordings were at 'best' personal souvenirs. They were not quality recordings. They should not be shared. Those tapes belong on a waste dump."
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Audio sample:
Approx. 30 seconds each of:
No New Tale To Tell
Ball Of Confusion
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