| stark 25.03.2011 10:47 |
Queen - Bootleg Race Budokan Hall, Tokyo April 14th 1979 Lineage: Bootleg Race (Tarantura silver cd) --> Flac > WAV > Har-bal 1.5 > Wavelab 5.01b > Flac (level 8) **As always, I have restored/remastered this FOR MY OWN USE. I hope the community sees it as enough of an upgrade to want it, but if you don't like it, please don't download it.** Firstly, this recording has been crushed by compression, and it's impossible to undo. However, by correcting the equalisation I have minimised the effect and significantly increased the peak-to-average ratio (dynamic range). Secondly, each track has been individually normalised by Tarantura, resulting in, for example, Love Of My Life being the same volume as Sheer Heart Attack. This normalisation also causes the raising of background noise (i.e. tape hiss and crowd noise) on quieter tracks, so I have manually matched the transitions between tracks so the volume no longer jumps when a new song starts. As for the sound, the bulk of the equalisation was done with Har-Bal. I then applied high- and low-pass filters (essentially sophisticated bass and treble controls) with a Waves VEQ4 equaliser and brought it back up to level (-0.2dB) with a Waves L3 limiter in Wavelab. I have re-tracked the songs so there now less tracks, corrected the balance between left and right channels and applied new smoother fades to disc beginnings and ends. All tracks were converted to 24 bits prior to processing (increased dynamic range/lower noise floor versus 16 bit). NO new compression was applied. And...no denoisers! Please note that if you are directly comparing this version with the original, it will sound quieter. If anyone wants more info on the remastering, or what I mean by 'dynamic range'/'compression'/'16 or 24 bit' etc, please post and I'd be delighted to bore you with it. If anyone missed the recent remaster of The Miracle Game, it's here: link Disc 1 01 - We Will Rock You 02 - Let Me Entertain You 03 - Somebody To Love 04 - If You Can't Beat Them 05 - Death On Two Legs 06 - Killer Queen 07 - Bicycle Race 08 - I'm In Love With My Car 09 - Get Down, Make Love 10 - You're My Best Friend 11 - Now I'm Here 12 - Don't Stop Me Now 13 - Spread Your Wings 14 - Dreamer's Ball 15 - Love Of My Life 16 - '39 Disc 2 01 - It's Late 02 - Brighton Rock 03 - Keep Yourself Alive 04 - Bohemian Rhapsody 05 - Tie Your Mother Down 06 - Sheer Heart Attack 07 - We Will Rock You 08 - We Are The Champions 09 - God Save The Queen 10 - Announcement |
| stark 25.03.2011 10:59 |
I know at least one person found these comparisons helpful, and it’s always good to hear the before and after at the same volume, so here are four samples, always starting with the original source then switching into the remaster. The first is We Will Rock You. link Switches are at 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 22, 27 and 32 seconds. Excuse the clumsy edits, but listen to those drums!! Tie Your Mother Down link Switches are at 8, 15, 27, 34 and 53 seconds. It’s Late link Switches are at 10, 20, 28, 38 and 47 seconds. Don’t Stop Me Now link Switches are at 9, 18, 26, 32 and 38 seconds. Enjoy! |
| bokkepoot 25.03.2011 11:02 |
Hello Stark, Thanks for your hard work !! I will listen to this with pleasure :) |
| GuitarMay 25.03.2011 12:38 |
Thanks a lot, 'stark !!! Your remasters are always welcome :) |
| pogor1 25.03.2011 13:37 |
Thank You! |
| The Real Wizard 25.03.2011 15:12 |
Stark, this is simply fantastic work ! There is no comparison to the original in terms of dynamic range. Here we now have the best recording of a complete concert from 1979. Every Queen fan should be enjoying a copy of this. |
| vivaqueen 25.03.2011 17:01 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP FOR YOUR WORK |
| tjleone 25.03.2011 17:54 |
Thank you Stark!! |
| Rami 26.03.2011 03:13 |
Thank you very much for your hard work!! |
| 1bgsky 26.03.2011 03:25 |
Very much appreciated, thank you! |
| rschoorl 26.03.2011 05:57 |
Excellent!!! Thank you so much. |
| eYe 26.03.2011 06:52 |
Thank you very very much! |
| on my way up 26.03.2011 07:06 |
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! Awesome remaster...! Your brilliant work gives us an essential Queen-recording. That means a lot to me. cheers |
| Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 26.03.2011 08:05 |
Thank you very much for your great work!! |
| Harry_queenrecordings 26.03.2011 11:05 |
Many thanks for all your work, Stark! |
| onedunpark 26.03.2011 11:52 |
Fantastic, an essential download. Thanks for all your efforts with this one, stark and also to BootLuca for the original. |
| stark 26.03.2011 14:48 |
onedunpark wrote: Fantastic, an essential download. Thanks for all your efforts with this one, stark and also to BootLuca for the original. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A really good point, and my apologies for not mentioning it in my post. Credit where credit is due, and without BootLuca we wouldn't be listening to this at all. So, many thanks for the original. |
| sithmaster34 26.03.2011 15:35 |
Thanks for this, the quality is awesome! |
| Tim June 26.03.2011 19:15 |
Thank you very much for this remaster!!! |
| Gaabiizz 26.03.2011 19:57 |
Exelente , muchas gracias!! |
| tassilo 27.03.2011 03:49 |
Thanks for your work! |
| bootLuca 27.03.2011 07:25 |
Hi stark, I can't read your message, could you write me at bootluca (at) libero.it thank you! |
| TimBHM 27.03.2011 15:04 |
Oh splendid, I know how I'll be spending the rest of the evening. Thanks! |
| Robbieboy 28.03.2011 06:19 |
Big thanks to stark and bootLuca. Just a little comment here and I hope that it does not appear ungrateful to the above-mentioned who did such great work. I have only listened to a couple of snippets, and so maybe I am being premature, but... why, oh why, did Japanese audiences insist on clapping constantly through every song!! Don't think I have ever heard a Queen show recorded in Japan where the performance was not to some extent marred by this. (And yes, I do know my Queen history well enough to know that the band enjoyed a very special relationship with their Japanese fans, Freddie in particular falling in love with Japan and Japanese culture). |
| stark 28.03.2011 06:50 |
Robbieboy wrote: why, oh why, did Japanese audiences insist on clapping constantly through every song!! Don't think I have ever heard a Queen show recorded in Japan where the performance was not to some extent marred by this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, no offence taken on my part. I know what you mean, but I think it's kinda fun. Obviously it'd be nice to hear the music instead, but seeing as we've got no choice, hey, whatchagonnado? May as well make the most of it. Having said that, one benefit of the remaster is that the clapping doesn't sound quite so bad as it does on Tarantura's original. It should now sound more natural, and so sit a little better in the mix. At least that's the theory... |
| The Real Wizard 28.03.2011 11:54 |
It's just one of those cultural things... the Japanese love to clap along at concerts.. |
| Aleks 29.03.2011 08:10 |
Thank you very much! Japanese emotionalism does not interfere with perception! |
| Farrokh The Great 29.03.2011 13:27 |
Thanks A LOT for your efforts !!! |
| moonie 29.03.2011 21:50 |
This sounds much better..Thank you for taking the time to do it mate. Hope whatever they release next isnt as noisy & saturated...Thanks again for making this listenable. |
| moonie 29.03.2011 21:59 |
What a shame Queen didn't tour Japan in 77/78....Cant blame Mr Peach for that... |
| tonyyy 05.07.2011 16:24 |
Thanks a lot for this share! Tony My webpage: link |
| Grupo Sombras 19.07.2012 00:48 |
thanks for sharing this show!! and thanks for the people who are still seeding!! :-) |
| PrincesOfTheUniverse77 19.07.2012 17:32 |
Thank you very much for this. Lots of hard work, but much appreciated. |
| The Real Wizard 02.09.2013 12:52 |
Attention audiophiles with a lot of time on their hands: link |