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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