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Miles Davis   07/17/1984

Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Source 1st generation cassette > speed-correction & master audience cassette > cdr > flac > audio restoration > flac(lvl8)
Media Flac CDR   2 discs
Tech Notes I have both the early and late sets from this date. The differences are noted below:

Early:

"Miles Davis
1984-07-17 First Concert
Royal Festival Hall
London, England
1cdr, aud, cas1>cdr, 73:01, B+

plaz transferred from 1st generation cassette
Source: Side A [41:55], Side B [31:13]

- flambay speed corrected (-150 to -175cts, with minor fluctuations)

Miles Davis (tp, synth); Bob Berg (ss, ts); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth); Darryl Jones (el-b); Al Foster (d); Steve Thornton (perc)

1 Speak / That's What Happend 10:40
2 New Blues (Star People) 8:31
3 What It Is 9:27
4 It Gets Better 13:02
5 Something on Your Mind 8:33
6 Time after Time 9:42
7 Hopscotch 6:30
8 Jean-Pierre 7:30
9 Code M.D. 5:56

Total time (Aud version, after speed correction) 79:55 min

Revision A (plaz)
- merged to 1cd, gain normalized and retracked
- phase correction: +0.20 ms

speed correction (flambay, Soundforge 9)

References:
---Lohmann: TT: ?
Speak (1) 09:58
Star People ** 08:04
What It Is (1) ** 09:02
It Gets Better ** 11:58
Something on Your Mind 08:08
Time After Time ** 09:51
Hopscotch ** 06:07
Jean Pierre ** 07:03
Encore:
Code M.D. (1) 04:45

** = broadcast titles, It Gets Better broadcast in an incomplete version

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ffp:
MD-840717E(Aud) - 01 Speak.flac:2462195205802cb6dfe60b6e1839f9ab
MD-840717E(Aud) - 02 New Blues.flac:5b28cf7877990aec27ecf4e9704ae675
MD-840717E(Aud) - 03 What It Is.flac:dab1c729c4fcf89e4ab681e442808161
MD-840717E(Aud) - 04 Gets Better.flac:51205540a1de2cda767c82613e0004d8
MD-840717E(Aud) - 05 Something On Your Mind.flac:2696bb3c27e2940503b047937711e87b
MD-840717E(Aud) - 06 Time After Time.flac:5df3dc0e976f56d10980924922e9d846
MD-840717E(Aud) - 07 Hopscotch.flac:fa29c5df60c77f191986148273ea0840
MD-840717E(Aud) - 08 Jean Pierre.flac:a1c4ec093e94885b94e2a6486c6a1a17
MD-840717E(Aud) - 09 Code M.D..flac:3caf3dd06a306e1e0db19608e670a0e1

md5-checksum:
828756d02804f5369774081d9f73e7ac *MD 84-07-17 London AUD flac.ffp
20eaa53fa64b4124693689cec63fb61d *MD-840717E(Aud) - 01 Speak.flac
6d20cbd66563f00250420901fe5d2e50 *MD-840717E(Aud) - 02 New Blues.flac
ee9226a9e8e780c03e8d5e28c4a632f5 *MD-840717E(Aud) - 03 What It Is.flac
c705bd0a1876a3ac783f2a85eabe3fbe *MD-840717E(Aud) - 04 Gets Better.flac
90077f4fa1300b249c1c34399ce426c6 *MD-840717E(Aud) - 05 Something On Your Mind.flac
a97776a3cee05297448660f02ecff174 *MD-840717E(Aud) - 06 Time After Time.flac
fe09e0a142369441c67bae1cdbaaeea8 *MD-840717E(Aud) - 07 Hopscotch.flac
5fe263b81e652d26fcc1b05d4acd2ca7 *MD-840717E(Aud) - 08 Jean Pierre.flac
ad5d53f329eb5888c9e18671cff45e31 *MD-840717E(Aud) - 09 Code M.D..flac"

Late:

"Miles Davis Septet
July 17, 1984 Late (Second) Concert
Royal Festival Hall
London, England
Audience recording, Mcas>cdr, 82:32, B+

Lineage: master audience cassette > cdr > flac > audio restoration > flac(lvl8)

Speak / That's What Happened [missing]*
01 New Blues (Star People) 3:20^ [nc, start cut]*
02 What It Is 10:12^
03 It Gets Better 12:10 [nc, tf at 8:28]
04 Something on Your Mind 11:11
05 Time After Time 9:00
06 Hopscotch 3:34
07 Star on Cicely 6:30 [nc, end cut at tf]
08 Jean Pierre 9:41 (with applause)
Encore
09 Code M.D. 7:38 (with applause)
10 Something on Your Mind 8:11

Miles Davis (tpt, synth)
Bob Berg (ss, ts)
John Scofield (g)
Robert Irving III (synth)
Darryl Jones (el-b)
Al Foster (dr)
Steve Thornton (perc)

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Audio Restoration (plaz):
- repaired clicks and pops
- clipped and/or attenuated applause
- eliminated or attenuated microphone impact noises
- edited tape flip transitions
- repaired drop outs^
- balanced: R-channel +0.5dB, except mono segments (both channels +1.5dB); tracks 8+9, R-channel +0.8dB
- applied variable phase correction to correct for microphone placement and movement
- gain normalized and retracked

Speed Correction (flambay):
- applied variable speed corrections with fine-tuning for tracks 1 to 5
01 New Blues (Star People) -130cts plus fine-tuning
02 What It Is -130cts to -70cts
03 It Gets Better -70cts to -80cts
04 Something on Your Mind -85cts to -70cts; -80cts
05 Time After Time -80cts; -40cts
- applied and pitch shift corrections for the rest
06 Hopscotch -50cts
07 Star on Cicely -45cts
08 Jean Pierre -50cts
09 Code M.D. -50cts
10 Something on Your Mind -50cts

Notes:

* The first 15-17 minutes of this concert were not recorded due to technical difficulties (but the tape was rolling as judged from the placement of the tape flips)

^ The first 3:15 of this recording was left-channel only, so I made it monaural. There were also 25 relatively large single-channel drop outs throughout the recording (mostly track 2 and 3) that, due to their length, have been repaired by using the music from the other channel, so these segments are also now monaural. In addition, there were several hundred small (20-30ms) partial, drop outs of one channel or the other, but such gain drops were corrected by asymmetrically increasing (bumping up) the gain of the affected channel, These small drop outs have been rendered inaudible, but the mono segments are easily discerned.

Despite the occasional movement of "Daddy's" left-channel microphone, it has much to recommend it, including very good stereo separation and a warm analog sound.


Credits
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Many thanks to Jan Lohmann for providing the source recording.

Thanks to flambay for the speed corrections.

Hats off to taper Dad -- Imagine, going to a Miles concert, a young child in tow, and recording the concert with a pair of handheld mics.


Seeded via dimeadozen.org, September 2010.


fingerprints:ffp
01 New Blues.flac:7d5b821adcb3071c9b53d90040b248c6
02 What It Is.flac:8378fbcc7e09cd7818256c26f972c005
03 It Gets Better.flac:910d449c86051415fa68ea657948364e
04 Something on Your Mind.flac:5d4f7f0d338b744c9ba60e678952f119
05 Time After Time.flac:2cf83d98d68943e057e43e63fb1f4a60
06 Hopscotch.flac:f5763b4ac9bf3afb599c1da17af12317
07 Star on Cicely.flac:b0cdaa3ef773b5c2610e3124af7f1ea1
08 Jean Pierre.flac:e40a79a684d3f61ae9cc9bd22eb2b765
09 Code M.D..flac:084457dd398a73e005d78c3a270ddeda
10 Something on Your Mind.flac:b239ed884658f490f05a5114fdd1ff43"
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Show: A    Sound: B++
Owned by Andrew · Last Updated May 23, 2023