Xavier Birtwich's Collection
The Cure 09/20/1985
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK
| Source | justinmsmith17@hotmail.com - outlook one drive - BBC One source - FM |
| Media | FLAC 1 disc |
| Tech Notes | The Cure 1985-09-20 NEC Arena, Birmingham, England, UK The Head Tour Lineage: BBC Radio 1 FM broadcast -> unknown FM tuner and cassette recorder -> Maxell UD120 normal position cassette, 1982-1984 stock -> Nakamichi MR-1 professional discrete head cassette deck (pitch adjusted and playback azimuth optimized) -> "Worlds Best Cables" 6-foot Mogami 2534 cables with Neutrik XLR and TRS plugs -> Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen USB audio interface -> recorded at 32-bit 88.2kHz in Audacity 3.5.1 using WASAPI input -> in Audacity 3.5.1: trims, normalization and level adjustments, track splits -> WAV (24/88.2) tracks -> FLAC level 8 (16/44) using foobar2000 v2.1.5, FLAC 1.4.3 64-bit, and foobar2000's Resampler (SoX) component at "Best" quality, dithering enabled Taper: malcolmb Generation: master Transfer: DMLiveWiki (https://dmlive.wiki) on June 2, 2024 Cassette photo included Notes: An excellent sounding FM radio broadcast recording. This transfer was azimuth adjusted for optimal high frequency response, and the 19khz FM pilot tone was used as a reference to adjust the deck's pitch control for correct playback speed. Many thanks to Malcolm for originally recording this broadcast, keeping the tape in such good condition over those years, and generously mailing it out for optimal preservation. Here is the corresponding entry for this concert on the excellent cure-concerts.de resource: https://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1985-09-20.php This is the high-resolution 24-bit, 48KHz fileset. A 16/44 version is also available on DIME. Track list: 01. [0:14] Radio Intro 02. [3:40] The Baby Screams 03. [3:59] Play For Today 04. [4:49] A Night Like This 05. [3:34] Primary 06. [5:04] Kyoto Song 07. [3:51] The Blood 08. [4:29] The Hanging Garden 09. [4:32] Cold 10. [2:59] In Between Days 11. [3:29] Let's Go To Bed 12. [3:18] The Walk 13. [4:19] Push 14. [2:28] Screw 15. [4:55] Sinking 16. [3:48] Charlotte Sometimes 17. [0:42] Radio Outro Total time: 1:00:10 |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Sound: FM |
| Reference / Generation | justinmsmith17@hotma |
Owned by Xavier Birtwich
· Last Updated Aug 27, 2025
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