Rebooted...
Originally posted August 19, 2018
Aretha Franklin - Montreux Jazz Festival
Casino Montreux, Switzerland
June 12, 1971
Remastered soundboard @flac
June 12, 1971
Remastered soundboard @flac
updated lineage:
original FLACs from 2006 reseed detailed above > WAV via DB Power Amp > Sound Forge 11 remasterizzations > FLAC level 8 via DB Power Amp > DIME > you
original FLACs from 2006 reseed detailed above > WAV via DB Power Amp > Sound Forge 11 remasterizzations > FLAC level 8 via DB Power Amp > DIME > you
Setlist
01 Soul Serenade (King Curtis)
02 Respect
03 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
04 I Say a Little Prayer
05 Call Me
06 Brand New Me
07 Share Your Love with Me
08 Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
09 Bridge Over Troubled Water
10 Dr. Feelgood
11 Spirit In the Dark
Total time: 53:42
Aretha Franklin - vocals and piano
King Curtis - saxophones
Cornell Dupree - guitar
Jerry Jemmott - bass
Truman Thomas - organ
Bernard Purdie - drums
Pancho Morales - percussion
Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch & Pat Smith - vocals & percussion
with The Memphis Horns:
Jack Hale - trombone
Roger Hopps - trumpet
Wayne Jackson - trumpet
Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Mitchell - baritone saxophone
EN remaster of what could be a master or 1st gen reel -- possibly from a film? -- of an original broadcast
Notes on the Remaster
August 2018
Obviously there has been a great loss that leaves an irreparable void in the musical firmament of our world, but as we know the only way to memorialize the giants is to play the music, so here we are. This tape's been around for a while and I always loved the performance, but felt it was imbalanced and that Aretha's voice was a bit buried in the orchestral maelstrom of brass and horns. So I sat down when she passed this morning and spent the day excavating it from the soup so it'd be more prominent and audible. I used Sound Forge 11's Graphic EQ and Graphics Dynamics tools, and increased the left channel volume to create a better balance with more lead vocal in the mix. I repaired the dropout in the transition between Dr. Feelgood and Spirit In the Dark to be less egregiously disturbing, chopped off the filler track at the end of the original files, which seemed to have nothing at all to do with this performance (I think it was Traffic, and I have no idea how it got there, but no matter), and tracked the medleys into separate files. I created a new cover, made new fingerprints, and got everything titled and tagged properly as well. I also clarified who is playing on it and amended this text file.
This is a stunner of a set from the Aretha & King Curtis "Live at the Fillmore" era, taped as they both were just a few months before Curtis was so tragically murdered. We are all devastated that The Queen has left us, but hopefully this reworking of this magical tape will turn a little of that grief into the necessary celebration of a life lived as well as a human life can be lived. Farewell to Aretha Franklin -- an artist whose music will never, ever die -- and enjoy.--EN
Thanks to DIME and the people who share!!!
02 Respect
03 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
04 I Say a Little Prayer
05 Call Me
06 Brand New Me
07 Share Your Love with Me
08 Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
09 Bridge Over Troubled Water
10 Dr. Feelgood
11 Spirit In the Dark
Total time: 53:42
Aretha Franklin - vocals and piano
King Curtis - saxophones
Cornell Dupree - guitar
Jerry Jemmott - bass
Truman Thomas - organ
Bernard Purdie - drums
Pancho Morales - percussion
Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch & Pat Smith - vocals & percussion
with The Memphis Horns:
Jack Hale - trombone
Roger Hopps - trumpet
Wayne Jackson - trumpet
Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Mitchell - baritone saxophone
EN remaster of what could be a master or 1st gen reel -- possibly from a film? -- of an original broadcast
Notes on the Remaster
August 2018
Obviously there has been a great loss that leaves an irreparable void in the musical firmament of our world, but as we know the only way to memorialize the giants is to play the music, so here we are. This tape's been around for a while and I always loved the performance, but felt it was imbalanced and that Aretha's voice was a bit buried in the orchestral maelstrom of brass and horns. So I sat down when she passed this morning and spent the day excavating it from the soup so it'd be more prominent and audible. I used Sound Forge 11's Graphic EQ and Graphics Dynamics tools, and increased the left channel volume to create a better balance with more lead vocal in the mix. I repaired the dropout in the transition between Dr. Feelgood and Spirit In the Dark to be less egregiously disturbing, chopped off the filler track at the end of the original files, which seemed to have nothing at all to do with this performance (I think it was Traffic, and I have no idea how it got there, but no matter), and tracked the medleys into separate files. I created a new cover, made new fingerprints, and got everything titled and tagged properly as well. I also clarified who is playing on it and amended this text file.
This is a stunner of a set from the Aretha & King Curtis "Live at the Fillmore" era, taped as they both were just a few months before Curtis was so tragically murdered. We are all devastated that The Queen has left us, but hopefully this reworking of this magical tape will turn a little of that grief into the necessary celebration of a life lived as well as a human life can be lived. Farewell to Aretha Franklin -- an artist whose music will never, ever die -- and enjoy.--EN
Thanks to DIME and the people who share!!!