As requested, here is the 14 April 1979 in FLAC. I got this from Wiley in the Hub (hope you don't mind me sharing it here!) and unfortunately it is not complete - God save the Queen is missing and We are the Champions fades out after about 20 seconds. Sound is really very good.
Lineage : Master > DAT (x) > CDR (x) > WAV > FLAC
Total size is 648 MB. No artwork, unfortunately.
Disc 1:
1. Intro / We Will Rock You (fast)
2. Let Me Enteartain You
3. Somebody To Love
4. If You Can't Beat Them
5. Death On Two Legs
6. Killer Queen
7. Bicycle Race
8. I'm In Love With My Car
9. Get Down, Make love
10. You're My Best Friend
11. Now I'm Here
Disc 2:
1. Don't Stop Me Now
2. Spread Your Wings
3. Dreamer's Ball
4. Love Of My Life
5. '39
6. It's Late
7. Brighton Rock / Guitar Solo
8. Keep Yourself Alive
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Tie Your Mother Down
11. Sheer Heart Attack
12. We Will Rock You
13. We Are The Champions (cut)
Good download and enjoy!
Could someone send me a short sample of it? Or upload it to mediafire, or wherever? I can compare it to my copy, which is: Master > DAT (1) > CDR
Thanks!
Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: Could someone send me a short sample of it? Or upload it to mediafire, or wherever? I can compare it to my copy, which is: Master > DAT (1) > CDR
Thanks!
Here is Track 7 from Disc 1 (Bicycle Race) in Mediafire as a sample: link
Bob, yours is probably better. It is no doubt also complete. Please tell me what you think.
Thanks for the sample, Ginger!
It is exactly the same tape generation as mine, but there seem to be some digital clicks here and there (there's a big one right at the beginning). It's probably been burned and ripped a few times... but it's still lossless. The pitch is also a half-semitone too slow, so the lineage of my copy should actually be this:
Master > DAT (1) > CDR (x) > WAV > GoldWave pitch correction > CDR (0)
Yours is cut at the end for some reason... strange!
It starts with wind and thunder (covered by audience noise) and at 30 seconds WWRY fast starts.
So the assumed lineage of my version would be
Master > DAT (1) > CDR (x) > WAV > FLAC?
Please confirm and I'll add it to the first post. Thanks for all your info!
Ginger01 wrote: It starts with wind and thunder (covered by audience noise) and at 30 seconds WWRY fast starts.
So the assumed lineage of my version would be
Master > DAT (1) > CDR (x) > WAV > FLAC?
Please confirm and I'll add it to the first post. Thanks for all your info!
I'd rather say Master > DAT(x) > CDR(x)
You cannot be really sure that the DAT gens of both versions are identical. The less complete version may be from a different generation of the original Master > DAT transfer. Since DAT > DAT is (when done properly) a bit-perfect digital, and therefore lossless way of copying, you cannot tell if something is higher or lower gen by ear. DAT(0) may sound identical to DAT(10).
Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: Well, I was just going by what I was told when I first got the recording. I was told:
Master > DAT > DAT > CDR
Ehm, I wasn't questioning that lineage, Bob. Obviously both versions are derived from the same original Analog Master > DAT transfer, but the less complete version may have been transfered to CDR from a differently gen'ed DAT than your copy.
Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: Well, I was just going by what I was told when I first got the recording. I was told:
Master > DAT > DAT > CDR
Ehm, I wasn't questioning that lineage, Bob. Obviously both versions are derived from the same original Analog Master > DAT transfer, but the less complete version may have been transfered to CDR from a differently gen'ed DAT than your copy.
Aha... indeed a possibility.
Dammit, why do you always have to make sense!??? ;)