Queen
Tokyo, Japan
Nippon Budokan
April 13, 1979
This is my attempt to clean up the Tarantura bootleg of the first night in Japan 1979. The first half of the show wasn't taped, but what we have remaining is 53 minutes of tape, excellent both in performance and sound quality. But Tarantura tends to apply a ton of compression to their recordings, crushing it into a brick wall like a Katy Perry song.
I opened up the waveforms, and noticed that every few tracks it becomes more and more compressed. I needed to lower the volume (I guess the term is "normalize") as the show went along to level the entirely thing out, and then applied some EQ to minimize the effects of the compression and mid range that this recording was drowned in. I am pretty pleased with the results, and I hope you will be too.
However - in headphones it still sounds a bit "harsh", like there's some phase cancellation or something. Maybe someone can further improve this !? But I'm pretty sure I'm on the right track.
There were also hundreds of little clicks in the recording, and luckily GoldWave's pop/click filter removed them all with ease in one shot (which usually isn't the case).
"The Bootleg Failure" (Tarantura) > WAV (GoldWave volume adjustments, EQ, pop/click filter) > FLAC level 8
1. '39
2. It's Late
3. Brighton Rock
4. Keep Yourself Alive
5. Bohemian Rhapsody
6. Tie Your Mother Down
7. Sheer Heart Attack
8. We Will Rock You
9. We Are The Champions
10. God Save The Queen link
Enjoy, and convert to lossy only for your own (ab)use !
Waaaoo! A tarantura recording without the feeling the band was trapped in a can to play. How wonderful! This is great! Thank you!
But how sad it is to think about how tarantura ruined what could be great recordings. Is it pure dream to imagine that one day, the original tapes (or at least a transfer) without compression might be available? (or maybe they are? )
At least, Tarantura does not add crackling sounds like Gipsy eye...
pittrek wrote:
Thanks a lot. Are the longer sources "public"? For the case that "somebody" would want to merge them
Here’s a merge I did a while ago, this was before this remaster though :) link
Timestamps:
0:00 - Thunderbolts Intro *
0:21 - We Will Rock You (Fast) *
3:43 - Let Me Entertain You *
6:43 - Somebody To Love *
13:31 - Fat Bottomed Girls *
18:17 - Death On Two Legs *
21:20 - Killer Queen *
23:18 - Bicycle Race *
24:44 - I'm In Love With My Car *
26:48 - Get Down Make Love *
31:42 - You're My Best Friend *
34:15 - Now I'm Here *
37:54 - Vocal Improv *
41:41 - Now I'm Here (Reprise) *
42:51 - Don't Stop Me Now *
47:40 - Spread Your Wings *
53:45 - Dreamers Ball *
57:55 - Love Of My Life *
1:01:31 - '39 */**
1:05:20 - It's Late **
1:13:01 - Brighton Rock **
1:15:05 - Instrumental Improv **
1:24:20 - Brighton Rock (Reprise) **/*
1:25:05 - Keep Yourself Alive **
1:27:48 - Drum Solo **
1:28:18 - Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) **
1:29:33 - Bohemian Rhapsody **
1:34:51 - Tie Your Mother Down **
1:38:21 - Encore Wait #1 **
1:41:02 - Sheer Heart Attack **
1:44:10 - Encore Wait #2 **
1:47:15 - We Will Rock You **
1:49:34 - We Are The Champions **
1:53:93 - God Save The Queen **
-Chin