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Asia 04/29/1982

SHOWID 145117

Set I

Time Again
One Step Closer
Without You
Excerpts from Tales from Topographic Oceans *
The Clap *
Midnight Sun
Only Time Will Tell
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
Cutting it Fine
Untitled Instrumental **
Wildest Dreams
Here Comes That Feeling ***
Sole Survivor
Heat of the Moment

Set II

 

Set III

 

Comment

* Howe Acoustic Guitar Solo
** Downes Keyboard Solo
*** includes Palmer Drum Solo

Collectors With This Show

User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
wes meyette (5/0) / View  
Slick2007 (5/5) FLAC / 2 A+ View  
David O'Rorey (5/3) PC & Data DVD+R / 1 A+ A+ View   Losless Flac & Mp3
Notes: Perfect audience capture A+ or 10/10. (download)
rockcdr (5/5) CD / 2 View  
Notes: AUD
sean hite (5/0) / 0 View  
Notes: Taper : Barry Rogoff Lineage: master tapes>Playback on Nakamichi BX-300>digitized on a Digigram VXpocket V2>CDR>EAC(secure mode, logs included, no errors)>Shn with MkwAct 0.97 BETA 1(by me Zerosun666) Unremastered, Eq'ed, or anything, just Raw wav's, 3 tape sides, untracked Equipment: Nakamichi 550 & CM100 mic's Position: Balcony, somewhat off-center Notes: Band had lot's of PA trouble that night
Vinny (5/4.9) CDR / 2 View   Nakamichi 550 & CM100 mic's
brad stevens (5/3.7) cdr / 2 A- A- View  
Notes: audience
Connieconcert (5/3.3) CDR / 2 View  
Jeff Hagen (4/5) CDrs / 2 View  
Tim Devine (4/5) cdr / 2 a A- View  
Notes: AUD
Tim Devine (4/5) / 0 View  
Notes: Asia 1982-04-29 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, USA Balrog Source, Lestat Remaster, Recording Notes: The recording was made from front-row balcony, somewhat off-center. Three microphones were used as an experiment and the mix changes somewhat during the show. The band had PA trouble that night but it's difficult to identify when it occurred from the recording. Lestat Notes: I think we all agree this is Asia at their best. Anyhow, we have a Balrog AR of it and can be eternally grateful for that. As he notes below however there are some issues stemming from Asia's PA output and mix, which became more and more evident as more detail uncovered in the remastering process. Not the least among them is some very noticeable and quite frustrating distortion in all guitars and vocals. Vocals also have an unpleasant 'early PA' aspect evoking the tinny, 'boxy' sound of amplified ballpark announcers and speeches from the 1930s. The PA mix is also rather less balanced than we'd expect from a band like Asia, with Wetton's bass especially high and Palmer surprisingly low. Bass guitar is so strong in fact it makes natural realism in things like toms and kick drums impossible to reveal fully without the former becoming too much. Being the very beginning of the first tour I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Bugs do happen even to the best at such times. Another bug in the PA output was uneven amplitude, which will be noticeable between left and right channels in some tracks and in both channels of other tracks otherwise even. Some balancing has been done, but only in the narrow parameters the recording will permit without itself becoming "mixed," to wit, artificial sounding and not what the audience heard. Efforts to mitigate SQ issues overall were successful to varying degrees, and the resulting audio while not the best of "BLG" by any means does qualify for the label. The detail, depth and definition we set as our goal are in place, along with the "you are there" sound we strive for. Between the new transfer and remaster we're confident it now sounds better and more realistic than any version previously circulated, Asia sound system flaws and all. Remaster Summary: EQ and other work to reveal - not mix - extant AR detail, to every extent possible as the audience heard and felt it. No need for or attempts to alter band-crowd-venue sound balance as audience volume was well below that of band, locally and at a distance. No compression or noise reduction applied. Tape hiss is noticeable, especially during the quieter musical sections, but even there the signal to noise ratio remains favorable enough to avoid risky NR.
Martin McNally (4/0) shn / 1 5 View  
Notes: AlcheringA, Highland HL515/516
Musicjunkie's Tunes (3/4.9) CD / 2 B- View  
Notes: AUD
NorthernKnight (3/0) cdr / 2 B- View  
Notes: Sound isn't great but serves as a record of an '82 show.
Greg P (2/5) cd/flac / 2 View   1982: Nakamichi CM-100/CP-1 > Nakamichi 550 (Dolby B in) > Maxell UD XL II 2011: Maxell UD XL...
zosa (2/4.9) CDR / 1 B C+ View   Audio Cassette->CDR
Notes: I was there! This was my first attempt at being a taper...and it shows!
Shawn (2/5) CDr / 1 A- A- View   Master Tapes
Notes: Asia
Hugh Macpherson (2/0) CD / 2 View   AUD
buc2220 (1/5) CDR / 2 A- View   AUD
Stuart Ferguson (1/4.7) CDR / 2 View   Audience
John Clexton (1/0) CD / 2 View  
bluibootleg (1/0) FLAC / 2 View   Audience
Radoslav Stoyanov (0/0) cd / 1 3.5 View   Audience
Andy Bessinger (0/5) CDR / 2 A- View   AUD
Mike Summers (0/5) CDR / 2 B- View  
Notes: Muddy sound doesn't make this band any more exciting.
DudeMan (0/5) CD-R / 1 B- View   aud
Notes: Note: I have 14 tracks. Track 11, the keyboard solo, is on another disc as filler (I did this to get this show on one disc)