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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.

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Thursday, 16 January 2020

Show 141 - Culture Club - Live At The Lyceum Theatre London - 2 Nov 1982


The first upload for 2020 features Culture Club in a relatively rare early gig just as they'd hit #1 in the UK charts with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?".

Originally an FM recording this might have been already tweaked by someone else in the past as the bass was quite overloaded and distorting in places. So I mainly attacked it with EQ this time to remove that and it sounds great - a lovely clear stereo recording of a surprisingly powerful and lively set.

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Either way - enjoy the show!

Setlist
I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Take Control
Love Twist
I'm Afraid Of Me
Time (Clock Of The Heart)
You Know I'm Not Crazy
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
White Boy
Church Of The Poison Mind
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  1. Anonymous16 January 2020 at 10:50

    Hello Flip

    So all good that you are back with again a So very Superb Concert..

    But that would be Just Fantastic if you can Get Hold over A early Duran Duran
    Like following Duran Duran Live at Glasgow, Apollo Sunday 31 th October 1982 (This was a Radio Concert with some fantastic early Versions ) So if you can Hold over this = Then Superduper!!

    Or Any More Human League from Dare tour Period 1981 1982...

    Many thanks in Advance Flip

    / Tomas

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    1. Flip Martian16 January 2020 at 14:34

      Thanks Tomas. There is an early Duran Duran concert on this site from that tour - just a few days after Glasgow. Have a look under "Duran Duran" and you will find it - it's a great gig.

      And yes, I do have a Human League gig 81/82 and that will be coming this year, for sure! Thanks again.

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  2. Anonymous1 September 2022 at 05:37

    Thank you so very much for sharing this! I can't wait to hear it and appreciate all the work you do! ~ Queertone

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