Show 197 - Kraftwerk - Live At The Ritz New York - August 1981

 

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 either the 3 or 4 August. The original bootleg has appeared credited to both dates - Kraftwerk played both nights at this venue. There are performances here that you can imagine the likes of Afrika Bambaataa standing watching and taking on board as influences - the likes of It's More Fun To Compute especially.

What Was Done
The sound quality and volume varied widely from bright to muffled, so I did what I could to even that out. There are a few small cuts where the sound jumps - I smoothed those out as best I could but missing are a few seconds of Metal on Metal/Abzug, the beginning of Pocket Calculator brief parts between Pocket Calculator and The Robots, and early on in It's More Fun To Compute. There are a couple of points during the gig where the bass synths were so loud they literally rattled the PA and overloaded the recording a bit (brief bits of distortion, in other words). I've done what I could to reduce the effect of that.

Once that was done, I got to work with EQ and the usual studio toys to bring some clarity to the sound mix - this took a long time this time, given how varied the sound quality was throughout. I then mastered to make it clearer and more powerful overall, and wider. The result is far far better and a really good listen; I'm sure you'll enjoy it. 

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Setlist
Numbers
Computer World
Computer Love
Home Computer
The Model
Neon Lights
Autobahn
Geiger Counter
Radioactivity
The Voice of Energy
Uranium
Die Sonne, Der Monde, Die Sterne
Ohm Sweet Ohm
The Hall of Mirrors
Mitternacht
Showroom Dummies
Trans-Europe Express
Metal on Metal/Abzug
Pocket Calculator
The Robots
It's More Fun to Compute

Be sure to check out the other gigs from Kraftwerk I've restored HERE - all similarly downloadable for free.


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