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Kate Bush   12/28/1979

BBC TV Christmas Special, Birmingham, England
Source Pre-broadcast master D3 tape > DV tape > iMac (via Sony DV cam) > DVD
Media DVD   1 disc
Notes Credits:
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Source: ? (wished to remain anonymous)
DVD authoring: Willem Beens
Audio restoration, mastering and cover design: TM Productions

Notes on the audio remastering by Tom Morgenstern:
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First of all, I had to realise that the video soundtrack was actually a mono
recording, so I dropped one channel for the further processing. Then I
treated it with the Cedar Cambridge suite (mainly NR4 noise reduction and
de-buzzing - there was a slight hum audible at low volumes).
Then I borrowed the first three Kate Bush Studio CDs and compared it to the
video soundtrack. I found out that the recordings were sometimes almost
identical, obviously remixes, some other were completely re-recorded or had
new vocal parts at least. For instance I wondered why there were no violins
to hear during "Violin" - the studio version had it, why not the BBC version
which was otherwise a remix of the CD version? - I couldn't imagine a reason
until I saw the video... so I used the CDs only as the sound reference for
the EQing stage.
There were many small bumps and microphone pops here and there, mainly on
the re-recorded vocal tracks. Obviously the Beeb engineers didn't care about
it - I found it too annoying, so I removed it. At the last stage I added a
sort of fake stereo effect, I had to use it carefully not to change the
sound balance.

Tom.
Microphones BBC Recording
Trades Allowed Yes
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