LDB Special Series #331 (RLR collection)
Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.
DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.
I think I have something really special to share with all Dimers, but first a bit of background. RLR has been a very active
trader back in the early 80´s with very wide musical tastes: he could go from Kiss to Joni Mitchell; from Genesis to Deep
Purple, Queen, Simple Minds, The Who, Springsteen and many more. In the past I could access his enormous collection to get
many U2 tapes some of which I have been sharing with you folks.
RLR had all sorts of tapes in his collection, traded not long after the show happened so most of them are low generation, in
particular tons of shows recorded in Italy which to me are some of the most interesting. Some of them, I had never seen
circulating in the trading circuit. Unfortunately he did not care about generation so this info, except for the shows he
has as masters, is not available.
RLR has kindly given me access once again to his collection. It was like a "kid in a toy shop" situation: it was hard to
select tapes and at the end I came home with some 250 tapes to listen and eventually to transfer in the digital domain. Some
of them will be shared here, possibly the most interesting ones.
ULTRAVOX
Milano, Teatro Tenda Lampugnano
September 10, 1984
01 Man Of Two Worlds
02 Passing Strangers
03 We Stand Alone
04 New Europeans
05 I Remember
06 Visions In Blue
07 Heart Of The Country
08 Western Promise
09 Vienna
10 Reap The Wild Wind
11 We Came To Dance
12 White China
13 One Small Day
14 Hymn
15 The Voice
16 Lament
17 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
18 All Stood Still
TT 89:08
Lineage: Unknown recording device > low generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD >
SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)
Midge Ure – Lead vocals, guitars, synthesisers
Chris Cross – Bass, synthesisers
Billy Currie – Synthesisers, piano
Warren Cann – Drums
Ultravox is another underrated band from the 70´s that really set the scene of the underground music. Unfortunately, as many
bands from the same environment (Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, Siouxsie...) they kept going in the 2000´s which for me it is
a kind of nonsense because new wave really had a sense in the time it was born. Nowadays they seem to me a bit out of place
that they perform in these days but after all a musician plays music to make a living...
But back then they were incredible, both with the John Foxx or Midge Ure line-up.
Possibly a first generation copy from RLR collection, it sounds excellent.
ldb
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Ultravox 1984-09-10 Teatro Tenda Lampugnano Milan, Italy
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Ultravox 1984-05-16 Apollo Glasgow, Scotland
Ultravox
16 May 1984
Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland
Lineage: Sony CHF90 cassette (unknown gen) > Audacity > FLAC > Adobe Audition 3.0.1 (tracking, normalization) > WAV > TLH > FLAC
Setlist:
01 Pre-Show
02 Man Of Two Worlds
03 Passing Strangers
04 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
05 We Stand Alone
06 New Europeans
07 I Remember
08 Visions In Blue
09 Heart of the Country
10 Western Promise
11 Vienna
12 Reap The Wild Wind
13 We Came To Dance
14 White China
15 One Small Day
16 Hymn
17 The Voice
18 Lament
19 All Stood Still
Friday, July 15, 2022
Ultravox 1980-10-04 Ole Man Rivers New Orleans, LA
ULTRAVOX
04 October 1980
Ole Man Rivers, New Orleans, Louisiana
Audience Master by RH with Sony TCFX 520 + 7.0 > Sony TCD5 playback >
M-Audio MicrotrackII > WAV(44.1 sample rate/16bit) > CD Wave Editor tracksplit
> FLAC level 8
01 intro/ Astradyine
02 New Europeans
03 Passing Strangers
04 Quiet Men
05 Face To Face
06 Mr. X
07 Western Promise
08 Vienna
09 Slow Motion
10 Hiroshima Mon Amour
11 All Stood Still
12 Sleepwalk
13 Private Lives
14 King's Lead Hat (Brian Eno cover)
Total Time 81:07
This will fit on one CD if you're using Nero to burn and can override the default of 80 minute maximum.
Outstanding quality master tapes loaned to me by RH and not shared here before.
Even though Midge Ure is singing and not John Foxx the band sounds fantastic. Includes live versions of entire Vienna LP, B-Side to Passing Strangers single (Face To Face), two tracks from John Foxx era Systems Of Romance (Quiet Men, Slow Motion) and one track from Ha!-Ha!-Ha! (Hiroshima Mon Amour). Total surprise is encore cover of King's Lead Hat by Brian Eno.
Enjoy!
Monday, July 11, 2022
Ultravox 1984-09-06 Palasport Bologna, Italy
Ultravox
Palasport, Bologna - Italy
Set Movements 1984 World Tour
6th September 1984
Fairly rare, complete show.
The recording suffers a bit for the conditions of capture,
unsuitable and overcrowded place and a very involved audience
that singing out loud swallowing and overwhelming, sometimes,
certain sound frequencies.
In spite of this the audio still remains listenable.
Enjoy it!
Known lineage:
c90 Sony HF 2nd audience generation tape cassette by trade > TEAC W-865R -
2 x RCA to mini jack stereo cable - PCI Sound Card Manhattan 6-Channel (CMI8738/C3DX) > HDD
.wav audio file aquisition and tracks splitting by Audacity v2.1.3 > flac files encoding (level=5), fft
fingerprints by FLAC Frontend v2.1 > .md5 whole-set signature file by mkwACT v1.0 > dime > you.
Setlist:
01. Man of Two Worlds (03:54)
02. Passing Strangers (05:15)
03. We Stand Alone (05:47)
04. New Europeans (04:09)
05. I Remember (Death in the Afternoon) (04:45)
06. Visions in Blue (04:22)
07. Heart of the Country (04:36)
08. Western Promise (06:08)
09. Vienna (04:35)
10. Reap the Wild Wind (03:30)
11. We Came to Dance (02:15)
12. White China (03:26)
13. One Small Day (04:14)
14. Hymn (04:28)
15. The Voice (06:52)
16. Lament (04:16)
17. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (05:07)
18. All Stood Still (04:15)
Total Playing Time: 01:22:01
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Buy their official releases and merchandising.
Saturday, July 2, 2022
Ultravox 1993-12-19 Tenax Firenze, Italy
Ultravox
Tenax
Firenze, Italy
December 19, 1993
Transfer: .wav file > Peak Pro 6 > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC
01 Systems Of Love
02 All Stood Still (Technical Problem)
03 All Stood Still
04 Slow Motion
05 There Goes A Beautiful World
06 Distance
07 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
08 Perfecting The Art Of Common Ground
09 Who Will Save You
10 Ideals
11 Vienna
12 Give It All Back
13 One Small Day
14 The Silent Cries
15 Hymn
Known Faults:
-None
Ultravox was not on my radar when they were at their height, I of course new the hit "Vienna" which was all over MTV and though I thought the vocal performance was compelling, the song itself didn't really move the needle for me. I lumped them in with the synth movement of the 1980's and really didn't give them much of a chance.
I fell into this show and working through it I may have been a bit hasty to write them off, simply put, this is a damn good show from a tight band playing extremely catchy hook laden songs.
This is a solid capture, maybe midway back from the stage. It is extremely stable throughout with little to no audience noise. An excellent document of their 1993 return and tour.
Samples provided...
mjk5510
Friday, June 24, 2022
Ultravox 1984-09-09 Teatro Tenda, Brescia, Italy
Ultravox
Set Movements 1984 Tour
Teatro Tenda, Brescia - Italy
9 September 1984
From a tape received by trade long time ago here's what I presume rare Ultravox recording.
The concert is almost complete (the last song 'All Stood Still' was not on the tape but was probably performed)
and in spite of its almost 35 years of age this audio is still fairly decent. Enjoy it.
Known lineage:
c90 Sony FX I audience unknown generation tape cassette by trade > TEAC W-865R - 2 x RCA to mini jack stereo cable
- PCI CMI8738/C3DX Sound Card > HDD .wav audio file aquisition, minor audio editing and tracks splitting by Audacity
v2.1.3 > flac files encoding (level=5), fft fingerprints by FLAC Frontend v2.1 > .md5 whole-set signature file by
mkwACT v1.0 > dime > you.
Setlist:
01. Man of Two Worlds (04:15)
02. Passing Strangers (04:55)
03. We Stand Alone (05:51)
04. New Europeans (04:11)
05. I Remember (Death in the Afternoon) (04:53)
06. Visions in Blue (04:22)
07. Heart of the Country (04:36)
08. Western Promise (06:07)
09. Vienna (04:35)
10. Reap the Wild Wind (03:33)
11. We Came to Dance (02:15)
12. White China (03:31)
13. One Small Day (04:21)
14. Hymn (04:33)
15. The Voice (06:39)
16. Audience Noise (Encore Break) (00:42)
17. Lament (04:15)
18. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (04:58)
Total Playing Time: 01:18:40
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Buy their official releases and merchandising.
Ultravox 1979-11-00 Oregon
Ultravox Oregon November, 1979 mix desk (speed corrected). Amsterdam 16th June, 1981 stereo FM?.
Oragon USA
November 1979
Source: Unknown recorder & mics Sounds like mixing desk source due to low crowd noise
Bought by me in 1981 from USA, recorded onto TDK SA-X C 90 cassette. V low gen. This is my copy
which I have encoded from tape. Quite rightly pointed out speed 43 cents too fast. Did timing by comparing with Milwaukee
and adjusted accordingly. Also put new artwork in folder.
Setlist:
01. Astradyne
02. New Europeans
03. Quiet Men
04. Sound On Sound
05. All Stood Still
06. Western Promise
07. Mr X
08. Slow Motion
09. Hiroshima Mmon Amour (cut)
10. I Can't Stay Long
11. King's Lead Hat
Bonus tracks Amsterdam 16th June,1981. Stereo radio broadcast?
12. Passing Strangers
13. Mr X
14. Western Promise
15. Vienna
16. New Europeans
17. All Stood Still (last few seconds cut)
Lineup
Warren Cann- Drums Drum Programming, Vocals
Chris Cross- Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Billy Currie- Keyboards, Viola
Midge Ure- Guitar Keyboards, Vocals
Artwork by me included.
Please seed more Ultravox!
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