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Xavier Birtwich's Collection

Genesis   10/16/1981

Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany
Source AUD 1st gen
Media FLAC   2 discs
Tech Notes 1981-10-16
K�ln, Germany
1st Gen Cassettes (mastered, rather, 1st gen-ed by Eeklair)
High Resolution rip (96/32 rip in Audacity, Izotoped to Redbook for CD, and FLAC-ed to level 5)

01 Behind the Lines/
02 Duchess
03 Lamb
04 Dodo/Lurker
05 Abacab
06 Carpet Crawlers
07 Me and Sarah Jane
08 Misunderstanding
09 No Reply
10 Firth of Fifth
11 Man on the Corner
12 Whodunnit?
13 In the Cage/Cinema Show/Slippermen/ (small repaired cut in 'Cage')
14 Afterglow
15 Turn It On Again
16 Dance on a Volcano/
17 Drum duet/
18 Los Endos
19 I Know What I Like

Notes from the EEK:

Pretty simple, really...

Azimuth Correction: yes
Crossfades at the cuts: I tried...
EQ: bottom end lifted, higs tamed, mids slightly punched up, like a +2db hump between 1 to 5khZ
Hiss Reduction: Yes, only slightly to trim off the absolute TOP layer of hiss. Ambience and instruments are still intact.
Normalized: for the most part...

There are some imbedded anomalies in the right channel towards the end of the show. I left this alone as this is a stereo (2.0) recording, making the 'good' channel match the bad channel - resulting in a mono result - just sounded worse and quickly became a 'non-option.'
I think it kicks ass, personally. Crank it up and fly to K�ln, Germany for a remarkable, somewhat problematic, Genesis ABACAB gig.

I'll leave the grading to those inclined to do so..

Cheers
Eeklair
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: AUD
Reference / Generation Justinmccoysmith@gma
Owned by Xavier Birtwich · Last Updated May 23, 2023