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Canyon 's Collection

Talking Heads   10/01/1983

Patrick Hall - University Of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Source AUD: Master cassette => cassette => cassette => Stand-alone Pioneer CD burner => EAC => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC Front-end (level 8)
Media audio/flac   2 discs
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Tech Notes Comments: I was very surprised to find these cassettes in my collection. This is one of the best-sounding audience recordings I've heard from their 1983 tour, and to my knowledge it's not very widely circulated. The fidelity of the recording is superb; the taper was obviously very close to the stage and PA because you can hear Byrne's off-mike talking periodically, countdowns to begin songs, etc. . . . and yet the mix (for a 1983 recording) is extremely good. This is one that even casual Heads fans will enjoy.

The performance itself is as good as any from the tour -- I haven't heard much of a difference from show to show; I think they put a pretty consistent (great) show every night that I've heard. I think this was one of the best tours ever, by any artist, and the setlist was a perfect showcase for their diverse range of material.

The only drawback (and it's a small one) is that the sound is different on my "B"-side of tape one -- sounds like Dolby was used on just that side of the cassette (running roughly from D1T9 to D2T3. I used Audix to reduce the higher frequencies a shade and the difference is pretty minor now; I am including mp3 samples from each cassette side to give a cross-section of the show.

If you're a Heads fan at all and haven't heard anything from this tour (except perhaps the movie/live album), you'll want this one.
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Owned by Canyon · Last Updated May 23, 2023