Live and Loud! began as a fortnightly internet radio show in 2012 taking old unreleased live concert recordings I could find and working to repair and improve them - fixing tape hiss, noise, tape drop out, clicks, speed variations, defects - before improving the sound quality by EQing the sound to bring out the instruments as clearly as possible. These are now made directly available to download for free to reach as many fans of the music as possible.
Depending on the quality of the original recording, these can often be made to sound almost like commercial recordings - but of course I can't guarantee that for every show. What I can guarantee is it will sound far better than the original files available which have been floating around the internet and on bootleg recordings for many years. Almost all are either "soundboard" recordings (taken directly from the mixing desk used at the gig on the night) or old FM radio recordings. A few gigs, if they are of special historical importance, make an appearance even if they were recorded from the audience - these can also be made to sound better than ever.
Do your ears a favour and listen on headphones or good speakers to get most benefit - laptop speakers will always sound pretty poor by comparison.
All shows still available are listed, including a link to download the remastered show for free. If you want to support the site with a small donation, you can receive the shows as either separate MP3s or FLACs (your choice) - head over to the Rewards for Donations page and see how you can get a lot for very little!
If you want to email me, an email link is in my profile in a link in the side panel.
And finally... These are great fun to listen to but DO NOT replace original releases - support these artists and buy their music. There is nothing you can go and buy in a regular record store here. If a gig is made available as a regular release, then it will be removed (as a couple have been already).
For years now, all my links have been shortened with the bit.ly url shortening service. However, it seems they have introduced popups which are causing some users issues when clicking on my links, especially if they (quite sensibly!) have a pop up blocker installed.
So all new links starting in 2026 will not be using bit.ly anymore. And all old links will be amended - but with over 200 shows to do, this will take some time. But I do try and focus on all the shows here always being available and pay for that to happen, so this kind of thing just gets in the way.
If anyone has any issues in the meantime, please contact me.
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Hi all.
It's just been brought to my attention that some of the links are not working. It seems something has happened with the bit.ly link shortening URLs. I'll get to the bottom of it asap and if necessary create new links. It's rather annoying as the files are all available on the cloud servers...
In the meantime, if a link to a gig you're after isn't working, do please let me know. Cheers!
Edited to add... It seems the bit.ly SOMETIMES seem to generate their own pop up message window asking you to accept or refuse permissions, while also showing the stream or download link. So you should be able to ignore it and just download or stream as normal! HOWEVER, if you have a pop up blocker it may stop the link working, so you will have to add an exception or disable it temporarily. Users of the Brave browser (which inherently blocks pop ups) may have to use another browser, perhaps.
A
quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show A live event performed under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, to celebrate the 50 anniversary of the United Nations. Some time ago I was sent a slightly edited recording of this gig but it was on MP3. Recently I found the audio ripped from the original Laserdisc release of this, way back when. Still in relatively good condition but fairly flat. Drums and bass were low in the mix, and synths lacked any power at all really; very little low end existed. But this is the full released recording, long deleted of course, including JMJ's short speech before the last track.
What Was Done For once, very little repair work. Only crossfading side one and side 2 to form 1 complete recording really. So an easy job then?! Well... No. I worked on the sound to improve the bottom end, bring back the bass and kick drum, make the synth pads (on Industrial Revolution, for example) powerful, so you could feel them, cleared the mix a bit to make it clearerbut elements more powerful, then mastered.
And the next day listened to it, didn't like it, so then mastered it again...
And then a couple of days later came back to it and AGAIN didn't like it, so mastered it a 3rd time!
This one I'm happy with. It's clearer, more powerful and sounds now more like a live concert. So turn it up, slap on a pair of decent headphones or play it through good speakers, and enjoy.
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As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show An
audience recording from the time, sent to me by a listener to the site. Vangelis live recordings are not very common but this wasn't very good quality and while I always intended to try and restore it for the website, I tried once or twice before and put it away again for another day. Until last week when I pulled it out again and finally found a way to make it sound much better.
What Was Done The original was very toppy - everything sounded thin with lots of harsh treble and no lower end. It was also, of course, mono. And being a transfer from an old tape there were various dropouts. And when anyone in the crowd nearby spoke or cheered, well that was very loud indeed.
So - dropouts fixed, a limiter used on several areas where the audience were a little excited, and I even removed a cough or audience speech here and there. Volume was a bit up and down in places - fixed
that too. Once that was done, noise reduction and some mains hum was removed - and then out came the EQ and the usual studio toys to bring back some low end, stop the "tinny" sounds, make everything sound clearer, and then mastered to make it clearer still, and more
powerful overall, and a lot wider, without making it sound "weird". The result is far far better and I think now you can sit down with this on headphones and enjoy it.
The All Important Download/Stream Link
As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Setlist There is no real setlist for this one, but the set is broadly split into half a dozen pieces, where Vangelis explores and jams through some familiar and less works.
Be sure to check out the other gig from Vangelis I've restored HERE - also available for free.
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If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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A
quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show An
audience recording from the time but a very clear one. This show was the last of 4 shows Kraftwerk did in the USA in April 2008 - the first shows they performed without founder member Florian Schneider, who's departure wouldn't be confirmed until the following year.
What Was Done The recording was mostly in good condition, although the volume was a bit up and down and there's a short section of TEE which sounds quite different to the rest - I guess someone put their jacket over the mic or something. I tried to compensate for that but you can still probably hear it. There was also some audible low rumble noticeable between songs - I removed that. Otherwise, once all that was fixed it was EQ and the usual studio toys to beef up the sound, clean up the mix, and then mastered to make it clearer and more
powerful overall, and wider. The result is quite a big difference from the original and sounds really good - it's an interesting set..
The All Important Download/Stream Link
As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Setlist Man Machine Planet Of Visions Numbers Computerworld Tour De France Vitamin Autobahn Computer Love Showroom Dummies Radioactivity Trans Europe Express / Metal On Metal The Robots Musique Non Stop
Be sure to check out the other Kraftwerk gigs I've restored HERE - all similarly available for free.
Supporting The Site
If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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like this recording, please spread the news and share the page link to
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shows by them in the future. So please tell ya mates about the site and
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A
quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show Billed as a soundboard recording and released as a bootleg CD at some point - and I assume on vinyl too, as there was vinyl noise on the recording I had. Bizarrely the CD track listing was in the wrong order, after the first 5 tracks.
What Was Done As always when I pick a show thinking "this won't take long..." it takes far longer! I researched the gig and found the actual setlist online in a couple of different places, which showed the song order on what I had was very wrong! So I took it all apart and put the songs back in the right order, blending in the audience noise between songs, which actually sounds less disjointed now than it did on the source material. There were some clicks and pops from vinyl to get rid of, and some vinyl crackle which I've been able to reduce a lot.
Once that was
done, the recording was fairly flat (as boots so often are) but I knoew it would polish up well, so I got to work with EQ and the usual studio toys to bring some
clarity and power to the sound mix, and then mastered. The result is really really clear and powerful - showcasing how good a live band they are and certainly were in 1983; I'm sure
you'll enjoy it.
Once you've downloaded or streamed this, head down to the bottom of the page - highlights of this gig were broadcast on TV back in 1983, and that's on YouTube, albeit in inferior sound quality.
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As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Setlist Baby Blue Eyes Double Talkin’ Baby Rumble In Brighton Drink That Bottle Down Built For Speed Rev It Up & Go C’mon Everybody Stray Cat Strut Lonely Summer Nights Fishnet Stockings Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie Rock This Town
Encore
Foggy Mountain Breakdown Runaway Boys Oh Boy Something Else
Supporting The Site
If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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And if you
like this recording, please spread the news and share the page link to
anyone you think might be interested - Facebook fan groups, web forums,
Bluesky, Mastodon, X, Threads, Instagram are a great way of spreading the word -
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shows by them in the future. So please tell ya mates about the site and
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As promised above, highlights of the gig were broadcast on TV back in 1983 so here's a link to that. Not all songs are included but you do get a few cut ins with the band members being interviewed. Worth a watch but as a rip from VHS don't expect quite the same sound quality. Still well worth a watch!
A
quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show A recording of The Birthday Party during their first tour of Australia under that name. This recording was originally a digital copy of a recording from 2JJ FM radio from the time and was passed to me by a listener to the website.
What Was Done There
were a few dropouts and spots where the audience noise calling for an encore were cut and spliced - I fixed all those and got to work on the sound. It was a mono FM recording and sounded pretty muddy but with not too much damage. I got to work with EQ and the usual things I use to bring a lot more clarity to the sound mix, and then mastered to make it clearer and more
powerful overall, and a bit wider. The result is much clearer, powerful and more listenable.
The All Important Download/Stream Link
As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Setlist King Ink Happy Birthday Guilt Parade Yard Mr Clarinet Figure Of Fun The Friend Catcher Waving My Arms Nick The Stripper Safe House Cat Man Cry The Hair Shirt
Encore: Riddle House
Supporting The Site
If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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And if you
like this recording, please spread the news and share the page link to
anyone you think might be interested - Facebook fan groups, web forums,
Bluesky, Mastodon, X, Threads, Instagram are a great way of spreading the word -
that way, I always find out which bands are popular and can do more
shows by them in the future. So please tell ya mates about the site and
this page! Many thanks.
A
quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show An FM broadcast from Radio Clyde. This one was from a cassette I bought in the 80s - probably on Camden Market in London - I used to get loads from there at that time. I transferred it to digital, then cleaned it up and got to work. As often with radio broadcasts from the time, it was a rather dry and thin mix but at least the tape was in decent condition still.
What Was Done A few tape dropouts and glitches were fixed, tape noise reduced and the gig was in 2 halves either side of a radio announcer and adverts, so I edited as much of that out as possible and merged in the rest. Once that was
done, I got to work with EQ etc and the usual studio toys to bring some
clarity and live muscle to the sound mix, and then mastered. The result is really clear; I'm sure
you'll enjoy it. There's another Warriors tour FM recording on the site featuring quite a few different tracks, so don't miss that one.
The All Important Download/Stream Link
As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Setlist Sister Surprise Warriors Remind Me To Smile She's Got Claws Love Needs No Disguise I Die You Die We Take Mystery To Bed Cars Are Friends Electric Tracks We Are Glass
Be sure to check out all the other Gary Numan gigs I've restored HERE - all similarly available for free.
Supporting The Site
If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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And if you
like this recording, please spread the news and share the page link to
anyone you think might be interested - Facebook fan groups, web forums,
Bluesky, Mastodon, X, Threads, Instagram are a great way of spreading the word -
that way, I always find out which bands are popular and can do more
shows by them in the future. So please tell ya mates about the site and
this page! Many thanks.
A
quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show An
audience recording from the time. It sounded very much like someone had "remastered" it into fake stereo with most of the bass taken away (which often happens when people do this). Other than that, it was in pretty good condition.
What Was Done As with all audience recordings, I removed some of the venue reverb "ambience" from the recording to leave more of the band's sound for me to work on. There was a brief cut at the end of 1 song which I smoothed over. Once that was
done, I got to work with EQ and the usual studio toys to bring back some of the lost low end, tame the high end so it wasn't as harsh and "tinny", bring back some
clarity to the guitars, bass and drums so they're a bit more audible and powerful, made the vocals a little bit louder, then mastered to make it clearer and more
powerful overall, and not so artificially wide. Once the master was complete, that process had inevitably increased some of the recorded mains hum from the PA, so where it's most audible (in between songs) I finished off by going into those parts of the gig, 1 by 1 and reducing that with a notch filter.
It's a great set, they were a great, tight band - totally not what you'd expect from a "punk band" - The Ruts were clearly more than that. I hope this restored set does them some justice!
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As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free - as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Setlist Savage Circle Something That I Said I Ain't Sofisticated S.U.S. Demolition Dancing Backbiter Out Of Order Jah War Criminal Mind Babylon's Burning Dope For Guns Staring At The Rude Boys H Eyes You're Just A... It Was Cold In A Rut Society
Encore: Love Song Human Punk
Supporting The Site
If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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like this recording, please spread the news and share the page link to
anyone you think might be interested - Facebook fan groups, web forums,
Bluesky, Mastodon, X, Threads, Instagram are a great way of spreading the word -
that way, I always find out which bands are popular and can do more
shows by them in the future. So please tell ya mates about the site and
this page! Many thanks.
And finally...
As many fans of music from this period will know, singer Malcolm Owen died just a few months after this gig, and in 2007 Paul Fox - the incredible guitarist you can hear on this recording - also passed away from lung cancer. Just 3 months before he died, The Ruts reformed for a short set, with Henry Rollins on vocal duties. It's a great set, not to mention very moving, given they all knew what was going to happen by then - a hell of a way to bow out. Inevitably that's now on YouTube so I thought I'd link to it here:
A
quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your
YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to
this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be
really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie
more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out
the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.
The Show According to the notes with the source files, this was a soundboard recording but does sound more like a radio broadcast to me. This came to me as MP3s of a show that someone had worked on (it was all VERY LOUD, which tends to be a giveaway). This at least is in stereo - this show was also broadcast on TV in Germany - a video of that s on YouTube with a mono soundtrack and is well worth a watch (a link to that at the bottom of this page).
What Was Done As always, to start with everything got saved in 1 large lossless .wav file for me to start work on. I think the recording I had access to had originally been a vinyl bootleg - there was a fair bit of surface noise and crackle which I tried to remove first. Most of it is gone now - there's still a little on the first track. I got to work with EQ and the usual studio toys to bring more clarity and punch to the sound mix. I also had to deal with a fair amount of sibilance and tamed most of that, and then mastered to make it clearer and more
powerful overall, and a bit wider. The result is a really really good record of the band at that time; I'm sure
you'll enjoy it. There is a very brief skip in Watch Me Bleed which you might notice - there wasn't much I could do about that.
The All Important Download/Stream Link
As always, the restored
and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a
single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:
Memories Fade
The Way You Are
Suffer the Children
Pale Shelter
The Prisoner
Ideas as Opiates
The Hurting
Mad World
Watch Me Bleed
Change
Start Of The Breakdown
Encores : Mad World Pale Shelter
Be sure to check out the rather shorter recording from the UK leg of this tour by Tears For Fears I restored a few years ago HERE - available to download for free.
Supporting The Site
If
you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this
restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, or lossless
FLACs - or even a lossless copy on CDR - head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab
to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the
site. There is NO OBLIGATION to do so of course - you can take the
file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation is
appreciated and helps me do more shows and update some of the
software I use as time goes by. Either way, enjoy the show.
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Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER
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And your email address won't be sold on by me as a result.
And if you
like this recording, please spread the news and share the page link to
anyone you think might be interested - Facebook fan groups, web forums,
Bluesky, Mastodon, X, Threads, Instagram are a great way of spreading the word -
that way, I always find out which bands are popular and can do more
shows by them in the future. So please tell ya mates about the site and
this page! Many thanks.
Ok, before I go...
Here's that video of the TV broadcast version with mono sound - it says remastered in the title but that's nothing to do with me or this site.
