Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Al Stewart Boston 1976 (Dan Lampinski Aud Master) FLAC

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Orpheum Theatre
Boston, MA
14 November 1976
Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

01 Apple Cider Reconstitution
02 The Dark And The Rolling Sea
03 One Stage Before
04 Soho (Needless To Say)
05 On the Border
06 Broadway Hotel
07 Roads to Moscow
08 Sirens Of Titan
09 Year of the Cat
10 Carol

Opening for Robert Palmer
Sony TC-152SD Tape Recorder
Sony ECM-99 Stereo Microphone
Maxell cassettes
Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt (dantalion8@yahoo.com)
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) -> dBpowerAMP Audio Converter (24-bit/96-KHz wav files converted to 16-bit/44.1 KHz wav files) -> FLAC Front End (FLAC 8 with sector boundary alignment)
FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger
No EQ'ing.

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

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Comments welcome.

2 comments:

Innocent Bystander said...

Now this is something to improve my morning, not only an Al Stewart concert, but one recorded by Dan Lapinski. Now seeing as how I haven't had any coffee & am busy trying to shoo the kids out the door to school it isn't THAT hard to improve my morning :-).

However even later in the day this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing, Dave!