Show 209 - Jean Michel Jarre - Live In Houston Texas - 5 April 1986

 

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
I spent months (actually years, on and off) looking for a recording of this broadcast and only came across very low bit rate MP3s, or a recording that sounded like the FM Tuner wasn’t 100% tuned in correctly when the recording was made. Recently however, I swapped some files with a collector and finally had a half way decent recording of the broadcast.

What Was Done
It was in stereo, which was a good start. But the sound quality was variable; I am sure someone at some point had tried to work on this - it may well be more than 1 recording that’s been used to make the source I received as the sound varied a few times throughout. Several days of work then ensued - the usual tape dropouts and odd clicks, really loud tape noise in places, gaps, random volume drops on just the left or right channel and the quality of the sound also changing several times… All eventually sorted, as best I can. There were also a few seconds missing during Rendez-Vous 2 - I ended up fading that out and back in, so it was less jarring.

Once all the repair work was done, I worked on the sound quality and then mastered it (to cut a long story short!). And then after mastering I still tweaked it a little more. Normally I remove radio voiceovers where I can but this time I left in the original intro, just for a bit of "history". Anyone local to Houston around that time may well recognise the voice.

This one has taken quite a while - but I think it was worth it. Unless someone has a great quality recording they're keeping to themselves, I think this will be the best available anywhere. I hope you enjoy it!

The All Important Download/Stream Link

As always, the restored and remastered show is available to download or stream for free as a single 320kbps MP3. Just hit the link:

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Setlist
Ethnicolor Part 1
Oxygène Part 1
Oxygène Part 2
Oxygène Part 4
Equinoxe Part 7
Souvenir of China
Equinoxe Part 4
Equinoxe Part 2
Equinoxe Part 5
Rendez-Vous 3
Rendez-Vous 2
Oxygène Part 5
Last Rendez-Vous (Ron’s Piece)
Rendez-Vous 4

Be sure to check out the other recordings from Jean Michel Jarre I've restored HERE - all similarly downloadable for free.

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