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TORRENT DETAILS
Rush - 1997-05-16 - G M Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Analog WM-D3 cassette master 24/96 hi-res transfer and remaster
Downsampled and dithered to CD ready 16 bit 44.1 khz FLAC8
Alternate source "B", different than the circulating DAT master clone
First set:
A00 Rush May 16 1997 pre show check (0:19)
A01 intro set 1 nut & bolt 2001 (1:43)
A02 Dreamline (5:05)
A03 Limelight (4:29)
A04 Stick It Out (5:10)
A05 Driven (5:15)
A06 Half The World (3:55)
A07 Red Barchetta (6:52)
A08 Animate (6:49)
A09 Limbo (5:25)
A10 The Trees (5:34)
A11 Virtuality (6:14)
A12 Nobody's Hero (5:00)
A13 Closer To The Heart (5:22)
A14 2112 (21:45)
A15 intermission A let's all go to the lobby (0:48)
Second set:
B00 intermission B free grass (1:34)
B01 intro set 2 R U Receiving us (1:20)
B02 Test For Echo (6:00)
B03 Freewill (5:37)
B04 Red Sector A (5:17)
B05 Roll The Bones (6:27)
B06 Resist (4:23)
B07 Leave That Thing Alone (4:45)
B08 The Rhythm Method (8:14)
B09 Natural Science (8:19)
B10 Force Ten (4:43)
B11 The Spirit of Radio (4:57)
B12 Tom Sawyer (6:37)
B13 YYZ (4:25)
B14 Cygnus X-1 (0:48)
Location:
Floor seats Gate 3 Row 21 Seat 13
Slightly right (Alex) side halfway back
Source:
Sony PC-62 Stereo mic (hat mounted) > Radio Shack 6 foot gold end 3.5mm stereo extension cord > Sony WM D3 Professional Cassette Recording Walkman (Dolby B on, CrO2 bias) > Maxell XL-II S 90 master cassettes
Transfer:
Maxell XL-II S 90 master cassettes > Tascam 202mkII playback deck (Dolby off, normal bias PB, azimuth adjusted for each tape side) > Radio Shack gold end 3.5mm to stereo rca cord > Radio Shack 6 foot gold end 3.5mm stereo extension cord > Soundblaster Audigy @ 24 bit 96 khz > Wavelab 5.01b (recording, tracking, and mastering)
Processing:
24 bit 96 khz master > Wavelab toolsone (balance) > Waves Q10 Paragraphic EQ (bass ramp and mid-high tweaks) > Wavelab peak master (limiter @ -0.03db) > 24 bit 96 khz batch rendered Remaster files split > SoX resampler via Foobar2000 to 44.1 khz (very high quality setting, 95.2% passband, 25% phase response no aliasing) > iZotope RX Advanced MBit+ dither to 16 bit (Ultra noise shaping, high dither) > FLAC8 + torrent via TLH > uTorrent > YOU!!!
Quality:
Pretty good! A bit of head turning / balance shifting of the stereo picture once in a while, but nothing too bad. A little more distant / ambient than the other recording that circulates from a DAT master clone copy. My analog sourced recording is more atmospheric, and maybe has some of that oldschool analog charm to it. I can't say my new source here now is better than what everyone already might have for this show, but I can say it is totally different and isn't much worse if it is not to your liking. They're just different, not better or worse, right? 8.5 outta ten, maybe? 9???
Notes:
I tracked this show partly around the structure of the master tapes. I've left in the blank tape gaps that represent the missing segments of recording where a tape flip occurred. I also included a taste of the intermission audio to round out the full concert experience for you. I equalized in a fair bit of lower and mid bass frequencies to compensate for the poor bass response of the mic used. I have not fixed the fluctuations in balance due to microphone shifting positions as my head moves around. I did repair a major master tape recording volume change that I originally did on the fly at the beginning of the second set. There may be another minor record volume change elsewhere, but it is not as noticeable as the one I fixed.
I don't want to write a book of personal stories for this one right now like I usually do. I taped this show and the next night at The Gorge. These were difficult shows on me to record, as I had a freshly broken big toe for the journey. Ouch. It was a hard road trip with a group of us in a small car. It was a great pair of shows, but a painful time. It hurt to see Rush this time. My recordings of this show have not really been put out there before now. So many shows on tape - so little time to transfer them! The other show from The Gorge will come some other day. I have plenty of tapes to work on these days, even shows from 3 taper buddies finally opening their collections for transfer and torrent. I hope to have some golden gems from some major tapers' vaults released this summer, but more about that another time...
I was ready with a third blank tape to switch to at what turned out to be the end of the show. That's why the end of the concert stops so suddenly. Other than needlessly flipping to a third tape to capture the crowd leaving the building (which I have since erased), my other tape flip breaks all were timed well, not really missing anything. I didn't have such good luck the next night at The Gorge, but I was glad I still had that third blank tape! That's a story for another torrent...
I did not put a big push to transfer this for several years because there is a DAT clone source of this show that circulates under two packages that are EQ'd and mastered a bit differently to each other but are from the same master source. It sounds good and has been around for years, so I wasn't so worried that nobody had heard this show. I recently got the inspiration to compare it to my masters again so I transferred it, and I think they're both pretty good recordings. I think the DAT is a little bassy and is a little lacking in punch in the vocals, but does sound very close without a lot of audience noise. Mine isn't as overloaded with lows, but does have a little more ambient noise both good and bad. Mine sounds more like the concert really sounded to my ears, more natural and "organic" than the DAT. Then again, I might like mine more because the mic was mounted right between my ears, so it captured almost exactly the sound that I heard that night.
Please do not share lossy copies of this show. Pervert the files to eMPty3 or other loser codecs for your own personal use only, and destroy them when finished. Don't EnCrap them to 128kbps to post them on you blog for your online buddies. Feel free to freely share pure lossless copies of the show anywhere you want to! Friends don't let friends listen lossy. Burn audio CDR's for your buddies and spread them around, sure! If you might share with someone that will want to trade this show in the future, please provide them with the full FLAC fileset as it was originally shared. Don't re-rip an audio CDR of this show to re-torrent it - use the original fileset! Don't buy, don't sell. If you re-post this show elsewhere, please share all files as you got them. If you need to make your corrections or additions to my notes, add a new (different) text file to the fileset - don't delete, edit, or remove any of the original files (hey - two of those mean the same thing!) but go ahead and include additional files such as artwork for future sharing.
Do not bother trying to Re-Re-Re-ReMaster this show from this fileset. The files have already been processed once, as well as them being "only" CD quality files. One day I plan to post the hi-res raw master clone files at 24 96 both for the audiophile bootleg purists and the other wannabe rebastardizers out there! hahaha. You can re-work the sound all you want from the master files.
I've included scans of my cassettes and the J-card covers for the tapes with ticket stubs from the show and receipts for the tapes, batteries, parking, and the ferry trip home. It's not quite a cover for a CD, but it's something. If you're a budding graphic designer, please go ahead and make some cool photoshop-ey coverart for this show. Please share it attached to comments in the thread at as large and high resolution as you can, and please if you could email me copies I would really appreciate it.
Thanks for listening - hope you enjoy this new source of an old show.
...and as usual, Trader's Little Helper did this gobbledegook......
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A02 Dreamline.wav: successfully encoded to 'A02 Dreamline.flac' (ratio = 0.677; no need for sector alignment).
A03 Limelight.wav: successfully encoded to 'A03 Limelight.flac' (ratio = 0.692; no need for sector alignment).
A04 Stick It Out.wav: successfully encoded to 'A04 Stick It Out.flac' (ratio = 0.680; no need for sector alignment).
A05 Driven.wav: successfully encoded to 'A05 Driven.flac' (ratio = 0.671; no need for sector alignment).
A06 Half The World.wav: successfully encoded to 'A06 Half The World.flac' (ratio = 0.671; no need for sector alignment).
A07 Red Barchetta.wav: successfully encoded to 'A07 Red Barchetta.flac' (ratio = 0.688; no need for sector alignment).
A08 Animate.wav: successfully encoded to 'A08 Animate.flac' (ratio = 0.684; no need for sector alignment).
A09 Limbo.wav: successfully encoded to 'A09 Limbo.flac' (ratio = 0.686; no need for sector alignment).
A10 The Trees.wav: successfully encoded to 'A10 The Trees.flac' (ratio = 0.670; no need for sector alignment).
A11 Virtuality.wav: successfully encoded to 'A11 Virtuality.flac' (ratio = 0.655; no need for sector alignment).
A12 Nobody's Hero.wav: successfully encoded to 'A12 Nobody's Hero.flac' (ratio = 0.678; no need for sector alignment).
A13 Closer To The Heart.wav: successfully encoded to 'A13 Closer To The Heart.flac' (ratio = 0.671; no need for sector alignment).
A14 2112.wav: successfully encoded to 'A14 2112.flac' (ratio = 0.672; no need for sector alignment).
A15 intermission A let's all go to the lobby.wav: successfully encoded to 'A15 intermission A let's all go to the lobby.flac' (ratio = 0.649; no need for sector alignment).
B00 intermission B free grass.wav: successfully encoded to 'B00 intermission B free grass.flac' (ratio = 0.580; no need for sector alignment).
B01 intro set 2 R U receiving us.wav: successfully encoded to 'B01 intro set 2 R U receiving us.flac' (ratio = 0.600; no need for sector alignment).
B02 Test For Echo.wav: successfully encoded to 'B02 Test For Echo.flac' (ratio = 0.627; no need for sector alignment).
B03 Freewill.wav: successfully encoded to 'B03 Freewill.flac' (ratio = 0.700; no need for sector alignment).
B04 Red Sector A.wav: successfully encoded to 'B04 Red Sector A.flac' (ratio = 0.700; no need for sector alignment).
B05 Roll The Bones.wav: successfully encoded to 'B05 Roll The Bones.flac' (ratio = 0.695; no need for sector alignment).
B06 Resist.wav: successfully encoded to 'B06 Resist.flac' (ratio = 0.680; no need for sector alignment).
B07 Leave That Thing Alone.wav: successfully encoded to 'B07 Leave That Thing Alone.flac' (ratio = 0.685; no need for sector alignment).
B08 The Rhythm Method.wav: successfully encoded to 'B08 The Rhythm Method.flac' (ratio = 0.675; no need for sector alignment).
B09 Natural Science.wav: successfully encoded to 'B09 Natural Science.flac' (ratio = 0.685; no need for sector alignment).
B10 Force Ten.wav: successfully encoded to 'B10 Force Ten.flac' (ratio = 0.650; no need for sector alignment).
B11 The Spirit of Radio.wav: successfully encoded to 'B11 The Spirit of Radio.flac' (ratio = 0.649; no need for sector alignment).
B12 Tom Sawyer.wav: successfully encoded to 'B12 Tom Sawyer.flac' (ratio = 0.675; no need for sector alignment).
B13 YYZ.wav: successfully encoded to 'B13 YYZ.flac' (ratio = 0.681; no need for sector alignment).
B14 Cygnus X-1.wav: successfully encoded to 'B14 Cygnus X-1.flac' (ratio = 0.654; no need for sector alignment).
No errors occured.
A00 Rush May 16 1997 pre show check.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A01 intro set 1 nut & bolt 2001.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A02 Dreamline.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A03 Limelight.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A04 Stick It Out.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A05 Driven.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A06 Half The World.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A07 Red Barchetta.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A08 Animate.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A09 Limbo.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A10 The Trees.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A11 Virtuality.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A12 Nobody's Hero.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A13 Closer To The Heart.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A14 2112.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
A15 intermission A let's all go to the lobby.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B00 intermission B free grass.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B01 intro set 2 R U receiving us.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B02 Test For Echo.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B03 Freewill.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B04 Red Sector A.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B05 Roll The Bones.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B06 Resist.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B07 Leave That Thing Alone.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B08 The Rhythm Method.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B09 Natural Science.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B10 Force Ten.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B11 The Spirit of Radio.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B12 Tom Sawyer.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B13 YYZ.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
B14 Cygnus X-1.flac: tested ok (file is decodable without error).
No errors occured.
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A01 intro set 1 nut & bolt 2001.flac:067385c719eec7f8d970020f3a209de5
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E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8A08 Animate.wav: successfully deleted.
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E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8B07 Leave That Thing Alone.wav: successfully deleted.
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E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8B09 Natural Science.wav: successfully deleted.
E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8B10 Force Ten.wav: successfully deleted.
E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8B11 The Spirit of Radio.wav: successfully deleted.
E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8B12 Tom Sawyer.wav: successfully deleted.
E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8B13 YYZ.wav: successfully deleted.
E:RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8B14 Cygnus X-1.wav: successfully deleted.
No errors occured.
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FILE LIST
Filename
Size
A00 Rush May 16 1997 pre show check.flac
1.9 MB
A01 intro set 1 nut & bolt 2001.flac
11.2 MB
A02 Dreamline.flac
34.7 MB
A03 Limelight.flac
31.3 MB
A04 Stick It Out.flac
35.5 MB
A05 Driven.flac
35.6 MB
A06 Half The World.flac
27.2 MB
A07 Red Barchetta.flac
47.4 MB
A08 Animate.flac
47.2 MB
A09 Limbo.flac
36.6 MB
A10 The Trees.flac
36.8 MB
A11 Virtuality.flac
42.7 MB
A12 Nobody's Hero.flac
34.8 MB
A13 Closer To The Heart.flac
36.4 MB
A14 2112.flac
142.4 MB
A15 intermission A let's all go to the lobby.flac
4.7 MB
B00 intermission B free grass.flac
9.5 MB
B01 intro set 2 R U receiving us.flac
8.4 MB
B02 Test For Echo.flac
42.4 MB
B03 Freewill.flac
39.4 MB
B04 Red Sector A.flac
36.3 MB
B05 Roll The Bones.flac
44.6 MB
B06 Resist.flac
29.9 MB
B07 Leave That Thing Alone.flac
32.8 MB
B08 The Rhythm Method.flac
53.9 MB
B09 Natural Science.flac
56.6 MB
B10 Force Ten.flac
32.4 MB
B11 The Spirit of Radio.flac
34.4 MB
B12 Tom Sawyer.flac
45.5 MB
B13 YYZ.flac
30.5 MB
B14 Cygnus X-1.flac
5.3 MB
Back.jpg
1.5 MB
Disc 1.jpg
120.6 KB
Disc 2.jpg
155.6 KB
Disc 3.jpg
140.7 KB
Front.jpg
1.1 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8.ffp
1.8 KB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC analog master CD ready 16 44.1 FLAC8.txt
19.6 KB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape J-card pt1 inside.jpg
6.1 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape J-card pt1 outside.jpg
7.2 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape J-card pt2 inside.jpg
6.1 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape J-card pt2 outside.jpg
7.5 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape scan pt1.jpg
2.4 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape scan pt2.jpg
2.8 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape scan pt3.jpg
2.8 MB
RUSH May 16, 1997 G.M. Place Vancouver BC tape scan pt4.jpg
