Lou Reed - En Concert a St Cyprien, France 6 August 1977

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Lou Reed - En Concert a St Cyprien, France 6 August 1977

Lou Reed
En Concert a St Cyprien, France
6 August 77

very good quality audience recording - re-worked + speed corrected

Download > Audacity + mda_image > TLH > FLAC

01 Sweet Jane
02 Rock and Roll Heart
03 Waiting for My Man
04 Rock and Roll
05 Walk on the Wild Side
06 Satellite of Love
07 How do you think it feels?
08 Lisa Says
09 Berlin
10 Leave me Alone

This ran way too slow, so I sped it up by 6% which seems about right. It didn't sound too great either, but there's a good atmosphere and it responded well to a little tinkering, I feel.

I've re-worked it a little, samples provided - I listen in headphones a lot hence attempting to widen the sound. For me it works well, check the sample to see if this is for you.

There are some tape mangling moments in Walk on the Wild Side.


The re-work was roughly as follows

-9db decrease (as the mixing and combining needs space)
+6% speed increase
double up the tracks, add .01 sec delay to one of the channels, split channels and mix either side (balance achieved through trial and error)
Combine above doubled up track with untouched track with the latter at a higher level. The above mixing while giving a nice widening effect I am more than aware can sometimes sound artificial to some, and I have found combining it with the untouched file means a balance is achieved between the raw sound of the original and the mixed version. Studios used - and I'm sure still do - used to resort to all sorts of double tracking and compression effects and the bottom line is this method I found by trial and error sounds good to me and others. Those who do not approve or find it does not sound good to them - no-one is forcing you to download this.
The tracks were then put through mda_image - at 91% S Width, 60% balance.
Voila...I listen to live recordings in headphones for the most part, and many people listen in headphones / earphones these days.
This may sound better to many like that, and I am aware that through conventional speakers this sort of mix / re-work may or may not sound as good as an untouched version. It's very subjective, and very much down to individual preference.

After / Before / After sample provided below.

If this is for you, enjoy.


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