Welcome - About Live and Loud!

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).

Friday, 19 September 2014

Show 44: Ultravox - Hot Club, Philadelphia, USA - 23 February 1979


Another show from Ultravox now - from their very last tour of the USA just before singer John Foxx and guitarist Robin Simon decided to leave and Ultravox were effectively put on hold until Midge Ure joined later on that year and they reinvented themselves.

A clear soundboard recording, this has responded brilliantly to some EQ and mastering and sounds crystal clear. Enjoy!

2018 Update
While preparing this old show as separate files for a donator to the site, I found I could now improve the sound quality further, over what I’d originally done to the recording several years ago. You can now download this new version (as of 2018) HERE as 1 new 320kbps MP3 file.

If you would like to have separate tagged MP3s, or even lossless files in FLAC format of the new version, head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs.

Setlist
The Man Who Dies Everyday
Slipaway
Slow Motion
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Artificial Life
Just for a Moment
He's a Liquid
Quiet Men
I Can't Stay Long
Someone Else's Clothes
Blue Light
My Sex
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5 comments:

  1. shelleyanorphan23 October 2014 at 13:59

    Great sound! Terrific effort, much appreciated.

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  2. Unknown23 August 2015 at 18:42

    Sadly the link doesn't seem to work.

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    1. Flip Martian24 August 2015 at 05:26

      That's right - links were taken down just before you tried, as it happens - see my post at the top of the page. Links WILL be back up over the next week or so - files are moving to new servers. Cheers.

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  3. dogbreath9 September 2015 at 04:01

    The Ultravox my cool friends were into before me - I was still pining for Kate Bush - and it was after the changes you mention that I got into the band. Cheers for a fine job you're doing with all these remasters.

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