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Smashing Pumpkins   06/29/1997

Open Air Program '97, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Source FM > ANAM > CDR
Media FLAC   10 discs
Notes I decided to go ahead and fix this up a bit, mostly to complete the triolgy (Glastonbury & Roskilde) of the FM broadcasted summer festival shows the Pumpkins did in June '97. The brief stint with Matt Walker as the beat-master climaxed in these sets, as each included a slightly altered opening of the just released "The End Is The Beginning Is The End", the lead-off track from the Batman soundtrack. Unfortunately this broadcast left off two other live rarities, "The Aeroplane Flies High" from the same-titled boxset released the previous November and "Eye" from the spacey/foggy Lynch flick "Lost Highway".

This show had some serious issues. It being a mirrored mono program it was completely out of phase, and was nearly unlistenable. I fixed the phase issue and then did the fake stereo thing to it, then tweaked the EQ and maximized.

I'll post some samples to give an idea of the A, B and even C.


EDITS-

My version had an interview with James and D'arcy right smack in the middle of the show. I can't imagine a better way to drag down a live experience than to spend 5 minutes in the middle listening to blabber. So it's gone. Maybe it's just me, maybe I'm showing my age, maybe it's because I know it's out there as-is anyway, but I'm just not that interested in hearing the talking. I remember a time when I did want to hear it, but I've never wanted my show to be interrupted by it, nor do I remember ever feeling the need to hear it twice. I've still got a pretty good memory, and I like to excercise it by retaining trivial data. I can still recite a certain David Lee Roth interview from 1980, how's that for trivial?!

Plus there was some DJ talk and some station ID's, also gone.

Then there was a 2+ minute "Jam" track at the end, which made absolutely no sense whatsoever, it was clearly the end of XYU. The actual point of edit was quite confusing, as the "jam" had already gone on for about 2 minutes before the track ID was then set as the "jam". XYU is now properly edited as one long version, and btw, an awesome extended version at that.

Thanks to guy in Switzerland for sending me his master. I apologize for taking to long to get it back to you.
Tech Notes Converter: Cabbage
Conversion: Aiwa Stereo > Line-In on PC
Resampling: none
Editor: Cabbage
Editing: SoundForge to normalize, CD Wave to split tracks
SHN: SoundForge > MKWact
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Tulum · Last Updated Feb 11, 2025