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Stuart Ferguson's Collection

The Clash   11/17/1978

Town Hall, Middlesborough, England
Source Audience
Media CDR   1 disc
Notes DVD 897; lineage: Audience recording. CDr Trade (from the guy who runs BMC site) > EAC > CDWave 1.91 > FLAC
J-Card Comment New master
However, the master recording recently received is a major upgrade, with greater clarity, range and detail as would be expected from the master source. It does still suffer though from distance from the stage and a buried ill defined bass. However what was certainly unexpected is that from Guns On The Roof onwards the sound is in ëstereoí.
The reason for this ëstereoí second half is unclear. It certainly does not appear to be from the soundboard as the vocals do not have the ìin your faceî quality as would be expected, and the problems of distance and poor bass definition remain from the mono first half. The sound generally though is a notch higher, the guitar sound particularly good.
The ëstereoí separation is on the guitars but most noticeably on drums. The latter giving it a very unusual sound indeed! Whether from an actual source or it has been ëdoctoredí from the mono source is unclear but the ëstereoí sound does certainly add to the enjoyment of what is now a very enjoyable bootleg and one of the best recordings from the Sort It Out Tour.
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 897
Owned by Stuart Ferguson · Last Updated May 23, 2023