Notes:In had this show sitting around on my hard drive for quite some time. I was thinkin’ of a way to improve the sound quality for a bit. Well, good old CoolEdit Pro did the job I think. There are a few things I changed. First of all, when listening to other shows from this particular period, this one seemed a bit too fast to me. So, with the help of CoolEdit I managed to correct the speed problem, taking the San Francisco, Kabuki Theater show of a few weeks later (available from the MetallicaVault) as a reference point. The next thing I worked on was the bass. On the original recording there was almost no bass hearable, so some EQ did some good on that problem. Next up where a few dropouts in the audio, particularly during ‘The four horsemen’ luckily it turned out that it only occurred to one channel at a time (i.e. left OR right) so copying the audio from the intact channel to the spots of the dropout did the job. However, during ‘No remorse’ there’s a big pop I didn’t manage to correct, the whole second verse is missing. The last, and most difficult problem I encountered was Lars snare drum, which on the original recording sounds somewhat ‘thin’ IMO. Again, some serious EQ helped did some good, although it still sounds somewhat ‘thin’ here and there, particularly during ‘Fade to black’ Nevertheless, a pretty interesting show I would say. Killer songs, a kick ass bass solo from the one and only four string motherfu*ker, Cliff Burton. And, despite being audience recorded, pretty acceptable quality. BTW, Fade to Black was played for the first time this evening. Format: Mp3Bitrate: 128 KbpsSource: Audience Quality: B+City: ChicagoDate: 9 February, 1985 Setlist:Fight fire with fireRide the lightningPhantomlordThe four horsemenCliff Burton bass soloFor whom the bell tollsNo remorseFade to black (played live for the very first time this evening)Seek & destroyWhiplashCreeping deathAm I evilMotorbreath
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