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blackangus's Collection

Boston   09/27/1976

Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
Source Original, silver CD bootleg on the SuperSonic Lable (99003 SS) ---> EAC ---> WAV ---> FLAC (Level 8)
Media CD-R   1 disc
Notes a thir13en (point.one) remaster of:
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Ripped from the original silver CD pressing.
The SuperSonic bootleg label put out a gem of a product with this show.
Not only is the sound quality out of this world, but the artwork is stunning as well.
There were not many made, but if you ever come across it...snatch it up!
I paid a nice amount of money for mine and I frankly can't believe I'm sharing it here on DIME, but that's what I'm doing.
This show was allegedly taken from the WMMS radio station vaults by a disgruntled employee and sold to the bootleg label.
To that criminal, I have this to say - THANK YOU! That is the alleged story, whether it's true or not I don't know, but it made it's way out of WMMS somehow.
The performance itself is truly remarkable. It was recorded only a few weeks into the tour for the debut album and shows a band giving their absolute all.
Brad Delp sounds great! Sholtz and Goudreau trade leads frequently and the fireworks they create are spectacular.
Bass player Sheehan and drummer Hashian, hold down the grooves well throughout and contribute serviceable background vocals as well.
Considering Sholtz played almost everything on the studio record himself and Delp did lead and background vocals, the parts are covered very well by the live band.
Though, the background vocals can't match 4 or 5 overdubbed Delps.
Highlights include a very early version of "A Man I'll Never Be", (which would later appear on the Don't Look Back album) and a blistering version of "Foreplay/Long Time" as well as a few gems that never made it on their studio albums.
All in all, a hell of a show and one that no Boston fan should be without!

- Ryan "Lil King"







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POST 13 comments:

This was a request after the other 13'd show was seeded last week. Considering the hoopla over missing tracks, differing dates, etc. I thought I'd just go ahead and do this request.

I found the source to be messy on both the low and high ends, and the midrange a bit lacking. The right side revealed some deterioration in the 4k range. I tightened the low end, controlled the highs, gave the mids some life. Very slight compression was applied and then maximized, with a nice and natural "bounce" in the dynamics.

And lastly, I forgot about the pitch situation on my first go 'round, so here's 13.1 with the pitch corrected. As I listened to the show the first time through, gotta say, the pitch didn't really hit me as "sludgy". This time, as I shifted the speed percentages I could hear it wasn't quite right. I don't recall the hard facts, I believe it was bumped up about 43 cents towards the next semitone step. Sounds right, at least much closer to real.

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Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: FM
Owned by blackangus · Last Updated May 23, 2023