Monday, September 5, 2011

The Kinks-Santa Monica, CA (November 10, 1970) (FLAC)


The KINKS
CIVIC AUDITORIUM
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 10, 1970


1. Last Of The Steam Powered Trains (in progress)
2. Big Sky
3. Brainwashed
4. Waterloo Sunset
5. Strangers (tape flip after song audience section spliced in)
6. Lola
7. Sunny Afternoon
8. Top Of The Pops
9. Your Looking Fine (Dave Davies Vocals)
10.You've Really Got Me (tape flip-splice) >
11.All Day And All The Night
encore
12.Milk Cow Blues >
13.One Night With You >
14.You Are My Sunshine >
15.Milk Cow Blues
[57:53]

FROM A COPY OF THE MASTER 5" REELS


SOURCE:
Sennheiser 805 shotgun microphone > Uher 4000 7 1-2 ips 1/4" x 5" Reel - to - Reel > REVOX B77 w/Dolby (me) > SONY DTC 690 @ 16/32

RESTORATION AND TRANSFER BY MIKE MARTIN:
SONY DTC-690 > AUDIGY 4 (via Toslink) > AUDACITY (conversion to 16/44.1 and editing of Dropouts) > CD Wav > Flac (Level 8)


Dropouts needed to be addressed.
The recording equipment had transport issues and there would be a series of dropouts when each new reel was stared.
For the first few minutes of each tape there are gaps about every second (think 5 " reel turning once at 7 1/2 ips).
chunk chunk chunk chunk chunk chunk.
There were also dropouts throughout the tape but not as many as the beginning of each reel.
Similar issues affect many recordings from this source.
These tapes have been relegated to storage boxes all these years because of the quality issues.
The wave files have been reviewed with headphones to find the dropout gaps which were then spliced together.
Audacity is a nice wave editor and between delete and repair I removed the majority of the defects.
At this time the loudest claps between the songs were removed one clap at a time.
Some of the bumps and bruises of this tape can still be heard if you listen hard enough.
There were hundreds.
Even knowing this stuff you would likely agree that this tape sounds great for it's time.
This concert really shows how good the KINKS were back then.
Loved the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium!
Enjoy
Mike Martin 7/2010
Flying M Productions

RECORDINGS MADE BY FANS FOR FANS
TRADE FREELY AND NEVER SELL
SUPPORT THE ARTISTS AND SEE THEM PLAY LIVE

John Dalton Bass
Mick Avery Drums
Dave Davies Guitar
Ray Davies Vocals and Guitar

Part 1-
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http://uploading.com/files/ee8a3m39/TK111070.part2.rar/

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this.
It should be John Dalton on bass unless of course he didn't make that gig for some reason and someone filled in for him.

Anonymous said...

As always, dear Hal, when you offer my beloved Kinks, I send my love to you as well. I was wondering -- back in 2008 you posted their 11-29-69 show at the Fillmore West -- are you able to re-offer this in FLAC? So, so many thanks to you, Hal . . .

XOXO
Patty

furnguy said...

Thanks. great to hear more old(er) Kinks

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Lucas Kain said...

The Kinks. An amazing band! They deserve more people to listen to them.

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Unknown said...

Hi there! I'm trying to find footage of the all female rock band Fanny, who opened for The Kinks at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1969 or 1970. Might anyone here be able to assist?

Unknown said...

I was at this concert. The Kinks, 1970@santamonicacivic.i must tell you there was something wrong with the band that night. It's wasn't just the sound quality. They were wasted and it affected the performance enough to where most of the ppl in our section gave notic to it. Very disappointing. I love the Kinks and always will. I know the tickets cost less than $10. LOL