Mike Langen's Collection
Lou Reed 12/01/1976
The Roxy Theater, Los Angeles, CA
| Source | sbrd |
| Media | cdr 1 disc |
| Notes | *********mike's notes - despite what it says at the beginning of the text below, my disc seems to have 11 tracks , ending with WOTWS, as the text describes at the end.****************** ARTIST: Lou Reed TITLE: N/A DATE: December 1st, 1976 VENUE: Roxy Theatre LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA SOURCE: SBD (Taken from "Claim 2 Fame" commercial bootleg except where noted *) QUALITY: A/A+ ARTWORK: Included (Taken from source recording commercial bootleg, "Claim 2 Fame". I have included the original back cover as well as an edited version with Coney Island Baby.) TRACKLISTING: 01. Jam 02. Sweet Jane 03. I Believe In Love 04. Lisa Says 05. Kicks 06. She´s My Best Friend 07. I'm Waiting For The Man 08. Sheltered life 09. You Wear It So Well 10.Claim To Fame 11. Walk On The Wild Side 12. Coney Island Baby * TOTAL RUNTIME: 1hr 23mins 57secs * As to make the recording more complete, I have included the Coney Island Baby track from another version of this show that was uploaded to DIME recently. The track is taken from an inferior FM source and is noticeably lower in sound quality. It's certainly worth including though as it's not included on the primary source used ("Claim 2 Fame"). LINEAGE: MASTER SBD>?>"Claim 2 Fame" Silver Disc>Nero-Wave>FLAC 8>WAV> Cool Edit Pro v1.2>FLAC 6 TRANSFER/EDITING NOTES: Once again, I get surprised by another amazing Lou Reed recording! Both the performance & sound quality on this recording are excellent. This show finds Lou in a particularly lively and honest mood. I say honest because he doesn't refrain from using any type of language and conduct he wants! Plus, this is a great set list and the audience seems very enthusiastic. I like how the audience is audible in the mix, even so much so during the music. It's not a distraction at all either. It gives the recording a live club atmosphere effect. That combined with the clarity of the music itself makes for a great recording. Since this is such a great show and and I'm such a big fan of Lou Reed, I thought I'd try to make this recording sound a little better. This is for personal enjoyment only of course. I share my work so other fans of Lou Reed can possibly benefit from the result. Take it or leave it. I do provide sample comparisons to help you decide. Anyways, on to the editing... Like many soundboard sourced recordings from the sixties & seventies, the frequency response is a little unbalanced, most likely from tape transfer. This can be easily remedied with a few adjustments. A fair amount of equalization has been utilized here. This is a painstaking process and requires great attention to detail to get the right sound. I think the recording is clearer and crisper sounding now. Plus, a few harsh overtones are now gone. I have also adjusted the channel mix a little bit, attempting to take advantage of a good stereo mix. A few times during the show, there are a few imbalances for a second or so. I have adjusted some very small sections of the recording, as to not distort the signal when channel mixing. This adjustment will not be heard by most, and is less of a jump than it was before editing. The sound quality takes a bit of a dive from track 6 on. It's still a solid A, but obviously inferior to the first part of the show. I hope you enjoy this remaster and consider it an improvement over the original source(s). Enjoy! ***** HUGE THANKS TO WERDER FOR THE SOURCE OF THIS RECORDING! ***** upped by: theface07 http://www50.brinkster.com/theface07/ theface07@hotmail.com **** ORIGINAL TORRENT INFO **** Lou Reed Live at the Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, California December 1th 1976 --Claim 2 Fame Bootleg-- SBD (?)(!) Silver Disc--Nero-Wave--flac frontend level 8--you The Artwork incl. is from http://www.badreputation.de/reed.html (thank you very much!) I hope some of you searching for this boot...it´s not the rarest thing but it is pure dynamite, from the audio (9.75/10) & the performance one of my favourite Lou shows in the mid 70´s. Very Jazzy/Funky stuff. Don Cherry pushed up the Line up. He´s not listed on the Cover but he´s definitly on Stage,listen in the middle of waiting for my man and you know what i mean. The Same in the middle of "kicks" and sheltered life and and and... CD 01-Jam -----------------(exciting!) 02-Sweet Jane 03-I believe in love 04-Lisa says 05-Kicks----------------(Best kicking ass,pure dynamite,fucked up Version i´ve ever heard) 06-She´s my best friend 07-Waiting for the man--(amazing!!! The Band & Lou high on top.GREAT GREAT GREAT) 08-Sheltered life 09-You wear it so well 10-Claim to fame 11-Walk on the wild side---(Don Cherry pulls the tears out of your eye´s,believe me!) Marty Fogel-Sax Michael Fonfara-Keyboards Michael Sikorsky-Drums Bruce Yaw-Bass Don Cherry-Trumpet Lou Reed-Gitar,Vocals & Foul Language enjoy it & seed it for a long time! cheers werder .......more exciting music comming soon! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seeded some time in 2006. No checksum had been included. |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Sound: A |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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