| stark 19.01.2007 12:33 |
This is my remaster/restoration of the Portland ’74 gig that was shared here last year. I’ve done it for my own use but thought some people might be interested; so, as always, if you don’t like it, please don’t download it. The Mediafire links are before and after samples of ‘See What A Fool I’ve Been’. link The original was an mp3 encoded at 96 kbps and a sample rate of 22050 (i.e. half the ‘frames per second’ rate of what a cd needs to be), though I remember at the time someone (Sir GH?) wrote that it was the best version available. Sad state of affairs if that is the case, but nevertheless it’s better now than it was. The restoration involved encoding to wav, upsampling to 44.1, equalisation, denoising to remove some of the annoying ‘whine’ at the top, removing silences between tracks, balancing levels between L&R channels, limiting to bring the level back up (no dynamic range was lost), then final encoding to FLAC. This is an awful lot of processing (I won’t encode back to mp3 for obvious reasons), but don’t let that put you off – it still sounds better. I’d really like to hear everyone’s constructive comments, and I hope you like it – it really is a great early performance. And I got the venue and date from Mr. Brooks so if it’s wrong, shoot him not me. :) Cheers, Stark |
| stark 19.01.2007 12:53 |
And again. The date is 28 April 1974, venue is Exposition Hall, Portland, Maine, USA. |
| GuitarMay 19.01.2007 12:53 |
No are seeders ! ??? Why ? |
| Hippolyte 19.01.2007 13:40 |
Thank you for sharing. :) |
| Vali 19.01.2007 13:49 |
many thanks again ! I´m sure it is a great job from your side, once again :) Will post my comments when I finish downloading and listen the show. cheers mate |
| stark 19.01.2007 14:01 |
Cheers for the comments guys. :) But I've just had a thought - please make sure to mark (on CDRs etc) that these are mp3 sourced. |
| GuitarMay 19.01.2007 14:27 |
Thanks for post this show Stark !! and now are seeders, thanks to all :) |
| Maruga 19.01.2007 14:28 |
Do you have it in flac? |
| Bobby_brown 19.01.2007 16:18 |
Downloading now. I was very impressed with your previous remasters. I believe this one is going to be as good as well. I´ll let you know when i hear it. Thanks for sharing. Take care |
| forgotendeadsoul 19.01.2007 20:23 |
thanks for sharing i cant wiat to listen to it |
| Queen T 19.01.2007 22:09 |
Thank you!!! |
| s.m. 19.01.2007 23:45 |
thanks for this great job |
| gaspar 20.01.2007 03:02 |
Thank you! Improvements always are welcome. Any nice artwork of this show? |
| Sithmarauder 20.01.2007 07:50 |
stark wrote: Cheers for the comments guys. :) But I've just had a thought - please make sure to mark (on CDRs etc) that these are mp3 sourced.Good thing you pointed this out because this is eactly what the traders have been complaining about,people compressing to MP3 then recoding to FLAC. I see your files say FLAC. I'm downloading this anyway for my MP3 player and will post a comment sometime later. Thanks for the share and your efforts. |
| Tim June 20.01.2007 08:18 |
Thank you very much. For uploading, sharing and the time you spend on the "remastering" prozess. |
| dogwithabone 20.01.2007 08:31 |
Thankyou!! |
| such_a_jollification 20.01.2007 09:57 |
Thank-you for your hard work! :o) |
| Sithmarauder 20.01.2007 10:32 |
I had a chance to listen to a couple of songs. The only negative I have from what I heard so far is that it sounded a little like I was listening to music through speakers that were about to blow out. I don't know the techical term for it but this is what my ears heard (but slightly). Otherwise this sounds a lot better than some FLAC shows that I have. Unfortunately I don't have the MP3 version to comment on whatever improvements you made. But its sounds good to me. Thank you again for this share and your effort. I will enjoy this show during my commute to work! |
| frank39 20.01.2007 13:29 |
I understood this right? mp3 to flac??? |
| pow wow 20.01.2007 13:36 |
Yeah I've got a version of this in MP3 - 192kbps and I must say that this is an overall improvement, well done Stark and cheers. |
| tassilo 21.01.2007 04:40 |
Thank you very much! |
| im_on_the_wembley_dvd 23.01.2007 11:18 |
Thank you so much, i am listening to it now. ? why no track listing or artist name |
| Diane24 12.02.2007 13:36 |
Is there any seeder left? This is a really nice remastered piece! Thanks!!! |
| miraclexpress 13.02.2007 22:32 |
Seed please, the work of Stark is great (e: Live At The Golders Green 73), help me, seeding this show ... Thank |
| pittrek 14.02.2007 06:14 |
Is there any chance for us who don't have torrent access to own it ? Some file sharing servers... Thanks for the share anyway |
| Hippolyte 14.02.2007 08:58 |
Thank you. |
| pittrek 14.02.2007 09:03 |
You're welcome :-) |
| gaspar 14.02.2007 11:49 |
Nice work, Stark! Thank you. |
| miraclexpress 15.02.2007 10:33 |
seeding please!!! |
| Nummer2 16.02.2007 03:44 |
Yes, please keep on seeding. Please don't hit and run! |
| stark 17.02.2007 06:33 |
I'm afraid I don't have this as FLACs anymore, but if you have no luck with seeds I'll rip my CD copy and start a new seed from that. Cheers! |
| Ginger01 17.02.2007 06:47 |
I'm seeding this, and it seems there are others as well. Good download! :) |
| unclepoggy 21.06.2007 12:37 |
Please Re seed |
| unclepoggy 21.06.2007 13:08 |
Wow that was fast, thank you. |
| bau 22.06.2007 03:33 |
Thank you very much! |
| Fireplace_BHM 22.06.2007 12:29 |
Thanks very much, looking forward to listening to this. Is there any artwork? |
| Ginger01 22.06.2007 13:17 |
There is some artwork (plus a label) in link. Here's an alternative - back follows in next message. |
| Ginger01 22.06.2007 13:19 |
... and here's the back! |
| on my way up 11.08.2007 09:20 |
do not have this one yet.if somebody feels like seeding:thanks! |
| The Admiral 05.09.2007 23:49 |
I only have this show in an inferior mp3 version. Could somebody please reseed this? |
| PROGTROL 11.09.2007 12:47 |
Could somebody please help me finish this show ?! (i'm stuck @ 94,8%) Thanks in advance |
| Ginger01 11.09.2007 15:37 |
Seeding - you should be finished in a few minutes! :) |
| bohemianmoomin 11.09.2007 16:15 |
Ginger you are a true hero |
| bohemianmoomin 11.09.2007 18:47 |
Excellent concert and excellent vocal performance by Freddie, I will seed for aaaages! |
| PROGTROL 12.09.2007 00:34 |
Thank you Ginger01 ! Much appreciated :-) |
| flashalive 15.09.2007 16:30 |
many thanks for this Stark ! downloading now :) |
| flashalive 17.09.2007 06:25 |
Hey people- i am 40% complete- would be grateful for any seeders as no one on right now- thanks in advance.. |
| flashalive 18.09.2007 02:47 |
pls help.....no seeders at the moment.... thanks |
| mogiggymo 21.10.2007 16:18 |
Hi this is a nice concert, even in MP3, I know this is an upgrade. Could someone please seed? Thanks in advance. |
| pittrek 23.10.2007 05:18 |
I have uploaded it to mediafire, if you want. The thread is here link |
| fabaf 16.11.2007 15:00 |
pittrek wrote: I have uploaded it to mediafire, if you want. The thread is here linkAre you sure is portland? |
| madprofessorus 21.12.2007 06:57 |
Hello,any seeders for this one please? |
| pittrek 21.12.2007 08:31 |
fabaf wrote:Grrrr. Wrong link, sorry :-) But yes, I did upload it to mediafire, just search this forum :-)pittrek wrote: I have uploaded it to mediafire, if you want. The thread is here linkAre you sure is portland? |
| xaxaxx 21.12.2007 08:44 |
Oh, I remember that you did post it... it's here: link But, there's also Stark's reply (towards the end of that thread) about not wanting this "mpFLAC" to live on. I think it is difficult... I certainly understand why he regrets having posted it, since it is not a good idea to let mp3s masquerading as FLACs spread. On the other hand there is, as far as I have understood, no better source available? |
| pittrek 21.12.2007 09:01 |
Exactly. As far as I know, there is one lossless version coming from a different taper, but the quality of the recording is much worse than this one, but I don't have it. |
| The Real Wizard 21.12.2007 10:35 |
They're definitely both from the same source, just different tape generation. |
| rg9l 21.12.2007 11:21 |
Can I request someone to seed it? I'm at 27%, 5 leechers but no seeders! :-( |
| rg9l 24.12.2007 14:46 |
rg9l wrote: Can I request someone to seed it? I'm at 27%, 5 leechers but no seeders! :-( |
| Ginger01 25.12.2007 03:59 |
Seeding now! Merry Christmas :) |
| rg9l 25.12.2007 04:58 |
Ginger01 wrote: Seeding now! Merry Christmas :)Thank you! I hope to get it as soon as possible! Merry Christmas to you, too! |
| lalaalalaa 07.12.2008 14:44 |
seeders please |
| lalaalalaa 07.12.2008 21:16 |
nevermind |
| Ginger01 08.12.2008 13:58 |
I'm seeding this for anyone looking for it :) |
| lalaalalaa 08.12.2008 16:05 |
Well I need you to seed it now, since I have no other options :P |
| Raffy 21.01.2009 07:10 |
Any chance to re-seed this? Thank you... |
| The Real Wizard 21.01.2009 10:52 |
Here's a transfer of the master tape, done by the taper himself... can't beat this: link |
| pittrek 21.01.2009 14:11 |
BTW if I remember correctly "stark" asked for letting this remaster die [img=/images/smiley/msn/teeth_smile.gif][/img] |