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, 27 November 2020

Show 158 - Nirvana - Live At The Palladium, Hollywood - 17 August 1990

 

 A debut on Live and Loud! for Nirvana, in a restored recording from their tour of the west coast of America with Sonic Youth in August 1990.

The recording was generally in good shape - I removed a couple of clicks, sorted out the sound balance and repaired a gap in 1 of the songs - anyone not familiar with the original bootleg won't be able to tell where that was now! Once that was done, using the 30 band EQ brought back the kick drum, created some space and lifted Kurt's voice, creating a much clearer recording. This is a great record of how Nirvana sounded after losing Chad Channing on drums and before they met Dave Grohl and went on to record Nevermind the following year.

The restored recording is now available for free HERE. You can safely download this restored, unique recording as one 320 kbps MP3 file with no nasty pop ups or ads getting in the way.

All the shows on the site including this one are also available as separate, properly tagged MP3s or lossless files in FLAC format; head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can support the site and donate towards storage and web costs for less than the price of a coffee - and get something back in return.

Absolutely no obligation to do so though; the free files will always remain free. Enjoy the show!

Setlist
Love Buzz
Floyd The Barber
Scoff
Dive
About A Girl
Spank Thru
Breed
In Bloom
School
Been A Son
Negative Creep
Blew

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Friday, 13 November 2020

Show 157 - Billy Idol - Live At The Cow Palace, Daly City - 11 May 1987

 

A debut on Live and Loud! for Billy Idol in a restored FM radio recording from his Whiplash Smile tour of 1987.

The basic recording was sound enough but had some noise, odd bass rumbles, FM noise and tape dropouts to fix before I could get to the 30 band EQ part... the fairly thin radio recording now sounds far better with improved separation between the instruments and a much fuller live sound.

The restored recording is now available for free HERE. You can safely download this restored, unique recording as one 320 kbps MP3 file with no nasty pop ups or ads getting in the way.

All the shows on the site including this one are also available as separate, properly tagged MP3s or lossless files in FLAC format; head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can support the site and donate towards storage and web costs for less than the price of a coffee - and get something back in return.

Absolutely no obligation to do so though; the free files will always remain free. Enjoy the show!

Setlist
Dancing With Myself
Blue Highway
Flesh For Fantasy
World's Forgotten Boy
Sweet Sixteen
Eyes Without A Face
Don't Need A Gun
Baby Talk
Mony Mony
Kiss Me Deadly
Rebel Yell
White Wedding

Encore
To Be A Lover
Shakin' All Over

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