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Rush - 1978-01-12 - Providence, RI, Civic Center (Dan L 24-96) TWEAK-ninjadave

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Rush

Providence Civic Center

Providence, RI

12 January 1978

Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

Total Show [46:14]

01 Introduction [:53]

02 Bastille Day [5:23]

03 By-Tor And The Snow Dog [4:44]

04 Xanadu [12:29]

05 A Farewell To Kings [5:48]

06 2112 (end cut) [16:57]

opening for Blue Öyster Cult

1st RI show by Rush

Nakamichi 550 Tape Recorder

Two Nakamichi CM-300 Microphones

Maxell cassettes

************TWEAK by ninjadave****************************************************************

I thought the recording, although extrememly good, suffered from low volume and

based upon review of the wave file, that was the case. The left and right channels

were out of balance as well. And when I say out of balance, it is an understatement

of the highest degree. I have never seen a show this out of balance where within EACH

song, the volume fluctuates between the left and the right nearly every 30 sec/minute.

Based upon some of the chatter during the show, it sounds like he had the mics hanging or

exposed or maybe the recorder out since someone says something like "what is that?"

and a dude says "leave that alone".

I initially did a balancing of each track and then I bumped the overall volume for each

track about +3.5-4.0dbs. At this level, there was still plenty of headroom. After doing this

and listening back to it however, it still sounded off so I went and checked the wavs closer

and I noticed that within the tracks, the levels where still off between the channels. I

repaired the glaring ones and the show is better for it and more consistent. Bastille Day

is a hot mess reguardless as he was clearly setting up and the phasing and level flucuations

are pretty noticiable. These are not a result of my tinkering and frankly some of those got

fixed.

Along with that, there were a couple really loud parts (but not very long) that I adjusted

down slightly before the intial overall bump. This brings out the claps (some of the bigger

ones I knocked down) and "apparent" noise/phasing but I think this was a good trade off for

a show that initially sounded a bit distant -> which is now, more in your face. No EQ

applied anywhere - the volume bump was all it needed and its a tiny bit brighter now but

very well balanced IMO.

The seat altercation at the end of Xanadu and the constant "SIT THE FUCK DOWN!" are

hilarous by the way. :) You can tell Dan had the mics exposed/out at times (so maybe they

were blocked at times?) where it sounds better than other parts. It appears he either gave up

due to the distractions or just went with the 45min tape side (even though this show is slightly

over that). The speed seems good to me. This is both odd and depressing - as I would have loved

to know what else they played this night. The performance is pretty good and Geds voice sounds

great. My guess is since they did open the show, they probably played the WM>FbN>ItM>Drums

encore after 2112, which puts the show near 1 hr but its possible they ended it with 2112.

I guess we will never know as I don't think any other truncated shows like this exist for

the AFTK tour.

This show sounds incredible!! Thanks to Dan for taping it! His 79' gig sounds better but it

suffers similar issues (for sure the volume) but I've not listened to it all yet.

Original Flac -> Wave -> Edits -> Flac 8 (Audition 3.01/Traders Little Helper)

**********************************************************************************************

****************

*Original Notes*

****************

Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt ([email protected])

Master Cassette ->

Nakamichi CR-3A cassette deck with azimuth correction ->

M-Audio Firewire Audiophile 2496 ->

CDWAV 24-bit/96-KHz wav files ->

Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) ->

CDWAV (track breaks) ->

FLAC Front End (FLAC 8)

FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger

No EQ'ing. This is the 24bit-96khz version.

Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly

between 1974 and 1978. His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone

deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great

moments in rock history were captured for posterity. In late 1974 he bought a Sony

TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell

cassettes. He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent

taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings. In 1977, he

switched over to a Nakamichi 550 tape recorder, two Nakamichi CM-300 microphones,

and continued using Maxell cassettes.

He recorded many of the major 70's bands: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Blue

Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, ELP, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Who, Al Stewart,

Alice Cooper, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Jean-Luc Ponty, Moody Blues,

Neil Young, The Faces, Rush, Rick Wakeman, Kansas, as well as several "under the radar" acts.

Since Dan never traded copies of his recordings, they are all essentially uncirculated.

Some copies were made for friends, but these releases are the first time most of these

recordings have ever seen the light of day, and are direct from his master cassettes.

No EQ'ing has been done to any of the transfers. Feel free to EQ, matrix, patch, etc

and re-post if you like, just give Dan credit for the original recording.

Dan was very meticulous about taking good care of his tapes and is very pleased that

these recordings will now circulate among the trading community. Please honour his

kindness and generosity by sharing these recordings freely.

The transfers are available as 16bit/44.1KHz flac files suitable for CD burning, and

also as 24bit/96KHz flac files for those who prefer the higher resolution.

Always remember - the more generous you are with your music, the more it comes back to you.

Kev & Carl

June 2009

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FILE LIST

Filename		Size
	01 Introduction.flac	21.5 MB
	02 Bastille Day.flac	129.7 MB
	03 Bytor and the SnowDog.flac	114.8 MB
	04 Xanadu.flac	301 MB
	05 A Farewell to Kings.flac	138.6 MB
	06 2112 (end cut).flac	406.4 MB
	1978-01-12 - Civic Center, Providence, RI (D Lampinski) (24-96)-TWEAK.ffp	342 B
	Rush 1978-01-12 Providence, RI flac24-TWEAK.txt	5.9 KB
	Rush 1978-01-12 Providence, RI.jpg	3.1 MB
	Rush 1978-01-12-bk.tif	572.7 KB
	Rush 1978-01-12-fr.jpg	497.2 KB
	Rush 1978-01-12-fr.tif	2.2 MB
	Rush 1978-01-12-ins-fr.tif	3 MB
	Rush_LiveInProvidence_Cover.jpg	845 KB

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