1970-07-01 First Rays in Maui [FD Compilation]

01 - Hey Baby / In From the Storm [Edit]
02 - Dolly Dagger [Edit]
03 - Villanova Junction [Edit]
04 - Ezy Rider [Edit]
05 - Lover Man [Edit]
06 - Message to Love [Edit]
07 - Beginnings [Edit]
08 - Midnight Lightning [Edit]
09 - Straight Ahead [Edit]
10 - Freedom [Edit]
11 - Hear My Train A Comin'[Edit]


Lineage: Bob Terry tape Maui Wowee FLAC > Audition (NR, EQ, Comp, Edits) > FLAC

I decided to put together a special compilation of First Rays related Maui live tracks, there have been some edits for continuity or other purposes. For example the Hey Baby intro of the 2nd Set was used to replace the AUD intro for a full SBD experience. Also made some little edits - the bum note early in Hear My Train...such a great performance I cheated a bit for the purposes of the compilation. That is why I am separating from a straight cleanup of Maui - coming soon...


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1969-01-10 Jimi Hendrix - Copenhagen 1st and 2nd Show [FD Cleanup]

First Show - Cleanup/Merge

01 - Intro
02 - Fire
03 - Foxy Lady
04 - Tax Free
05 - Spanish Castle Magic
06 - Red House
07 - Sunshine of Your Love
08 - I Don't Live Today
09 - Purple Haze

Lineage: Merge Near and Far Source (ATM 027) FLAC > Adobe Audition 3 > FLAC

Second Show - Cleanup

01 - Fire
02 - Voodoo Child
03 - Foxy Lady
04 - Spanish Castle Magic
05 - Hear My Train A Comin (Fragment ATM 46/47 Bonus)

Lineage: Jimi In Denmark CD & ATM 046/047 FLAC > Adobe Audition 3 > FLAC

Have updated the source for the second show. 

Link - Updated Version (2nd Show)

1969-01-17 Jimi Hendrix - Frankfurt [FD Cleanup]

01 - Intro (merged a tiny bit of other tape missing off boot)
02 - Come On (Part One) * - zip file has wrong version make sure to substitute. Sorry!
03 - Fire
04 - Red House
05 - I Don't Live Today
06 - Little Wing
07 - Foxy Lady
08 - Sunshine Of Your Love
09 - Hey Joe
10 - Purple Haze
11 - Voodoo Child


Bonus:

12 - Come On Part 1 [2 Source Merge]
13 - Red House [2 Source Merge]
14 - I Don't Live Today [2 Source Merge]
15 - Little Wing [2 Source Merge]

Lineage (1st Source only) Burning in Frankfurt CD > FLAC> Adobe Audition (NR, EQ, Comp) >FLAC

Merges (1st source? Don't know but FLAC) (2nd Source - MP3 sourced FLAC distributed) > Adobe Audition (NR, EQ, Comp, Edit, Merge) > FLAC

Notes:

The second source of this show only runs to Foxy Lady - is a mic dub, and is only available as a compressed file. Given Frankfurt sounded a bit flat I thought I'd merge what was available - but had some issues - one, the version of the 1st Source I was using was not the same as the Burning in Frankfurt one, and I didn't know where I got it from? It was also fake stereo - so I went back to the old bootleg and cleaned that up and just added some of the merge experiments as a bonus. Voodoo Child came from this mystery tape...as it is not on the boot.

The merges didn't sound quite like I wanted them to anyway. Unlike panning direct L/R which leaves some room to move, mixing the tracks together - to fill the numerous dropouts - means that they have to be dead on, or it sounds pretty crap. Because the 2nd source mic dub had extraneous noise throughout I chopped all of the creaks and cracks and bangs out and then remixed...wasn't perhaps as accurate as I would have liked, so I didn't bother any further...

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Link - Direct substitute file for 02 - Come On Pt 1 - Please replace with this one...I accidentally put the wrong uncleaned version in zip file!  

1968-11-16 Jimi Hendrix Boston [FD Cleanup]

1 Fire
2 Spanish Castle Magic
3 Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
4 Red House
5 Foxy Lady
6 Purple Haze

Lineage ATM 139 FLAC > Adobe Audition (NR, EQ, Comp) > FLAC

All of the tracks have the start cut, I have removed the audience noise loops which were added to the end of each track... 

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1969-01-23 Jimi Hendrix Berlin [FD Cleanup]

1. Intro
2. Fire
3. Hey Joe
4. Spanish Castle Magic
5. Foxy Lady
6. Red House
7. Come On (Pt 1) - end patched with ATM 150
8. Sunshine Of Your Love
9. Purple Haze

Lineage (Torrent Tony Brown Tape) FLAC > Adobe Audition 3 (NR, EQ, Comp, Speed Correction) > FLAC


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1968-03-26 Jimi Hendrix Cleveland (2nd show) [FD Cleanup]

1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2 Fire
3 I Don't Live Today
4 Red House
5 Foxy Lady
6 Spanish Castle Magic
7 Manic Depression
8 Purple Haze
9 Wild Thing

Lineage: ATM 074 FLAC> Adobe Audition (NR, EQ, Comp) > FLAC

The vocals are a little buried at times, and there wasn't too much to be done about that.

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1968-02-28 Milwaukee 1st and 2nd Show [FD Cleanup]

1st Show

1 Intro
2 Tax Free
3 Fire
4 Red House
5 Foxy Lady
6 The Wind Cries Mary
7 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
8 Purple Haze


2nd Show

1 Intro
2 Bold as Love
3 Sgt Pepper
4 Spanish Castle Magic
5 Stone Free
6 I Don't Live Today
7 Burning of the Midnight Lamp
8 Foxy Lady
9 Manic Depression
10 Hoochie Coochie Man (end cut)


Lineage: ATM 004 FLAC > Adobe Audition (NR, EQ, Comp, Speed adjustment) > FLAC


The Scene club tapes are 1 1/2 steps below standard tuning and like everyone else I have gotten used to the sound of the tape, but it surely can't be running at the correct speed - Jimi often played a whole step down, but not 1 1/2...it seems a bit too much to me and the tape seems to be running slow. I have adjusted the speed/pitch up a semitone to make it a step below standard (rather than 1/2 step as usual of the time...because retuning/speed adjustment of the tape up a whole tone makes it seem to run a bit too fast - so I suspect the shows were at least a step down)...

I have seen the quality of these tapes rated as "good" - but I believe that to be quite generous and I'd say it falls within fair to reasonable range at best.

Still lot of problems with these tapes - including inherent distortion throughout which I have tried to minimise...

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