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Stuart Ferguson's Collection

The Clash   05/10/1981

Jaap Ede Hal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Source Audience
Media CDR   2 discs
Notes DVD 334; lineage: audience recording on a Sony D-5 (or it might have been a Marantz pro cassette deck, don't know the model) & Sennheiser MKH404 mics (I think . . . I could be wrong here): master cassette > reel @ 3.75 ips > reel @ 3.75 ips > HD > wav. Encoding: CDWave > flac frontend > flac. Recorded by: a friend of a friend. Transfer by: Pantagruel
J-Card Comment An audience recording of this show was seeded on Dime about six months ago. Judging from the samples of that torrent, it appeared to be a higher generation version of this recording. Way back then, I promised to transfer and seed this cleaner sounding version. Took a little longer than expected, sorry.

The taper, who I only knew vaguely, was a Deadhead who flew from LA over to England for the Dead's mini-tour of Europe in March of '81. He stayed on in Europe for a couple of months and recorded some other shows, including this one. I think he did a creditable job. (Footnote: this guy claimed to have made an audience recording of the big Who/Dead Rockpalast show in March, and he further claimed that it "blew away" the radio broadcast. He said Townshend's guitar was really loud in the hall when he sat in with the Dead, and that it was amazing. Unfortunately, I never got to hear it, and it appears to be lost in the mists of time).

Couple comments: There are volume fluctuations in the first 10 minutes or so. There's a tape flip/cut right in the middle of "Magnificent Seven," at about 02:37. Finally, it sounds like the taper stopped the tape after "Armagideon Time," and re-started after the beginning of "London's Burning," not sure how much is missing, but probably not much. However, the quality changes noticeably, and it also sounds like he's moved to the back of the hall.

Please check out the samples before downloading. And then turn it up!
Trades Allowed Yes
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