A rare but energetic and powerful set from Ultravox this time - at least, excerpts from one. I think this must have been a radio broadcast as the source was in stereo. I thought with it being only 6 tracks, it would be quick and simple! I never learn - it rarely works out that way... :-)
The recording was too fast to start with, so needed slowing down a bit.
There was also a lot of hum and noise - took quite a while to remove as much of that as possible without damaging the sound quality.
Then a few tape dropouts and the usual 30 band EQ to bring the sound up to scratch and make it clearer.
For one track on the source, the intro was slightly incomplete so I fixed it (I challenge you to spot which song that was).
For All Stood Still there had already been done some editing to fade in the song, missing off the beginning altogether But quite by chance I found a Dutch TV broadcast online with 4 songs from this set in it (albeit in the wrong order), including a complete version of the song in question (a link to the video is below, it's really good)! The only problem was that the video was in mono...so I grabbed the video soundtrack and messed about with it a lot to make it more closely match the other songs, then put it all together with the other 5 songs I'd already done. When you listen now, or watch the video, you will notice Chris Cross's bass synth intro is in the wrong key! Midge Ure goes over to him and tells him what the correct key is...I guess for radio, they decided to cut that out and fade it in from where it was ok...Me, I like the mistakes - makes it all sound far more human and imperfect.
This recording, therefore, is unique to Live and Loud! Shows - until other bootleg sites take it, change the artwork and call it theirs, anyway.
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Either way - enjoy the show!
Setlist
Passing Strangers
Mr X
Western Promise
Vienna
New Europeans
All Stood Still
Oh yes, that video link! It contains a short interview with the band and then 4 songs (not in the right order). You can view that right HERE.
