Stuart Ferguson's Collection
Cream 09/??/1967
Brandeis University/Psychedelic Supermarket, Waltham/Boston, MA
| Source | Audience |
| Media | CDR 1 disc |
| Notes | lineage: Audience recording. ~*~ DimeTravel VERSION MkI - Remastered without EQ ~*~ Recording Information ::: unknown mono reel to reel recorder & mike -> master mono audience reel -> 1st generation reel (1970s transfer). Playback circa 2007(?) ::: 1st generation reel on unknown equipment -> unknown digital transfers (presumably 2) -> wavs -> flags. Remaster 2014-01-xx ::: 1st generation reel flacs -> TLH -> wavs -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, single averaged digital speed correction +1.9%, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2014-02-08. |
| J-Card Comment | ::: This is the correct song order as on BostonGold's reel - one of the main sources for many circulating copies thru the years. ::: On another torrent DIMER isotope says this might be Sept. 16 & says the tape is short as the taper was, "a blues fanatic who went to check out this new English band 'cause he'd heard the guitarist was a hotshot blues player" but thought the band were, "horseshit: not blues at all" so he, "only taped a few minutes here&there". Further remastering notes ::: Knowing BostonGold I reckon this was one of his personal faves as well as heavy trade fodder for many years. The tape had some wear on it! I fixed 100s dullspots & worked on dropouts but you may well hear more. Some fixes were compromises but they are mostly masked by the overall sound. The last 25% of the tape was in the worst condition by far. There was some electrical popping in 1 spot, basically fixed. The tapedeck shutoffs created tapedrag, which I lowered in impact by fading the already rather brief applause a bit. There is some inherent distortion thruout the recording from overload. I assume the show was loud but certainly the mike had issues or the levels were too loud on the recorder - not to mention the venue had a reputation for terrible sound. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" has an odd guitar chord note at the start, presumably tuning, then the taper shot off the deck then there's an immediate start to the song. The 'remaster series' deleted it, but I decided to leave it in, though it is a bit distracting. |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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