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keith martin's Collection

B-52's   11/25/1982

Bob Marley Performing Centre, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Source SBD > Festival Master Cassette > D > D > SSSB
Media CD-R   1 disc
Notes other artist(s): Bobby And The Midnites, Jimmy Cliff, Grateful Dead, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Ronnie Milsap, Peter Tosh; encore missing.
Tech Notes Any/all editing, fades, NR, hiss elimination, phase shifting/"time smear" correction, jitter elimination, EQ were performed using 100% digital processing (24-bit/96 kHz) at Serafin Station Studio B [this show was released 07/00]

This is what the B-52's are all about! The engineers who made this master were using multiple professional studio cassette decks running at twice the usual speed (7.5 i.p.s.), so the initial hiss was minimal to begin with. Just a very slight "tweak" with the editing software, and the result: the hiss is almost inaudible (-62 dB), and the music was not affected by the noise reduction. It's great to hear artists and groups who really like to have the "REAL" sound to their equipment. Between songs, you hear the typical Fender "buzz" coming from the amps, which disappears once the music starts. The energy level has in the ozone, the vocals were on the money (although I have to admit I HATE the "screech" during Rock Lobster... reminds me of Donna Jean on a REAL bad day! Dont flame me...), the mix is a little on the mono side, but nonetheless, it's great from start to finish. My master didn't have the final song on it at all, and the first song, "Party", was edited out, due to diginoise. I haven't been able to find another copy of this show as clean as the copy I has, and it would be unfair to try to "match" two different versions. And rather than cut the song altogether, I chose to leave the clean part intact, and work from there.
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Owned by keith martin · Last Updated May 23, 2023