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Daniel's Collection

Return to Forever   12/30/1973

Omega Studios, Chicago, IL
Source FM broadcast
Speed corrected revision

FM broadcast > unknown reciever >
Tandberg reel to reel recorder >
master tape (TDK audua 7" reel @ 3.3/4ips) >
played on Sony tapecorder TC-645 reel deck into soundforge (wav) >
flac (sb's aligned) > matlab > tlh (sb's aligned) > flac

Checksums 01 Radio Intro.flac:a3db9f6fa3db502b416a2e1c9aca062b
02 Chick Talks.flac:7bcb559e339ead00f93b61f8e166bc81
03 Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy.flac:68dd99d573eb5742ac9c11af39c88a84
04 Drum Solo.flac:9d3dfd653a1ed1c2b7a62c28a59a6b2a
05 Theme To The Mothership.flac:1bb63fa614f3a5bfc149e37fdfb57095
06 After The Cosmic Rain.flac:80f3d5c154ae09cacd762226bf7638a7
07 Children's Song #1.flac:b7659c31c4140edfa56e29166cff6e00
08 Piano Song.flac:ebc7d7f758d67a939c914c051f77996d
09 Tuning.flac:805e68965423af7c31b398863db64c22
10 Senor Mouse.flac:9ab7c823460dff8817af026f18778bb1
11 The Game Maker.flac:c854471c0667f90b9efe91d1673fb956
12 Radio Outro.flac:0350efe32e60cbd223f9175670e81adf
Media
Notes notes (glasnostrd19):
this was recorded on Philly (Pa.) area FM radio.
the broadcast was probably originally on WXRT-FM (Chicago)
"the unconcert" series, which is credited
after this broadcast in the radio credits,
or maybe on another station that got it from them.
in either case, this source appears to be an FM master reel recording
that's been sitting in someone's basement for over 30 years
who is nursing a sick Tandberg reel deck that no longer works.
thankfully the tape still plays. a fine live in studio set from the
latter days of the "Hymm of the 7th Galaxy" band (with Bill Connors)
and featuring the songs of that great album along with a few others.
thanks to AK for recording this fine early RTF set
and sharing it with me so I can share it.
it sounds like the full set is included here.

revision notes (ledwhofloyd):
-the original version of this recording was running fast, partially phase
inverted, and had a phase error
-Goody and TomP did a revision in 2015 to fix these issues
-I agree with Goody's speed adjustment, but not TomP's phase adjustment so
I made this new revision
-phase inverted: Tracks 2 to the first part of 8 (01:52.63) with the
exception of a few seconds at the end of track 5 during the applause and for
the radio announcer talk at the end of track 6, so I fixed this by inverting
the right channel
-phase adjustment: right channel was leading the left
-automatic phase adjustment between 10 and 14 samples to compensate
-in contrast, Goody/TomP shifted the left channel by 20 samples in the wrong
direction by my assessment
-speed adjustment: original audio was running 3.0% fast and this was corrected
-edits done in matlab
-no EQing, level adjustments, or channel cross-mixing
-ledwhofloyd (Ross), Feb. 2023
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