The Police Nimes, France Les Arenes 23 Sep 1983 Length: 63 Min Source: Audience Quality: 8.5 Notes: First gen ? Origin: ** - May 2006 Lineage: Aud > Cassette master > 1x Sony HF C60 cassette(1) Conversion: Cass(1)>Nakamichi Dragon>CDRW700>EAC(secure)>coolpro>cdwav>FLAC(Level 8) Conversion by: Carlo Bolchini 29/May/2006 Size: 627 MB Compressed: 396 MB Disc one 01) Message in a bottle [cuts in] 02) Walking on the moon [cut] 03) Oh my God [cut] 04) De do do do de da da da [cuts in] 05) Wrapped around your finger 06) Tea in the Sahara [cut] 07) Hole in my life [with Hit the road Jack tease] 08) Spirits in the material world [cut] [tape flip] 09) Invisible sun [cuts in] 10) One world (not three) [cut] 11) Don't stand so close to me 12) Every breath you take 13) Murder by numbers [cut] 14) Roxanne 15) Can't stand losing you > Reggatta de blanc > Can't stand losing you 16) So lonely [cut] ---- Quality is nice, but I am very disappointed with this recording. There is some mild hiss throughout; since this is a 1st gen this means the tape recorder wasn't a really good one. It is cut all over the place. It seems that the taper had only a C60 tape with him, and selected what to record following his taste. Slow or "boring" songs are cut. Threre are some analog pops here and there. I have reduced them a bit to improve the listening experience. I think the pops were caused by the taper using one of those stereo mics with a switch that changes the angle between mic capsules. The change in the angle caused the pops. You can hear clearly the change in the stereo separation just at the beginning of 'Walking on the moon' first verse, there is a pop and the separation changes (you may have to use an headphone, but is clearly audible). So my guess is that the taper was playing with his new toy, rather than really making a recording. I always hoped a complete version could appear, because I like this recording, but it never happened and all copies are like this 1st gen; the master is incomplete as well. Coolpro used only to join sides of the tape, check levels and manually reduce the analog pops. UPDATE: I am not really convinced this is a first gen, take it with a brain of salt. Thanks to FD for lending me the tape. No eq, no noise reduction, no speed adjustment. NOT FOR SALE - STRICTLY TRADES ONLY If you have a better copy or any different source, please contact me. -- Carlo Bolchini - www.bolchini.com/police - 29/May/2006 History: - 29 May 2006 This file created. shntool len results: length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 4:43.31 49994156 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t01.flac 4:09.27 43987148 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t02.flac 3:34.70 37914284 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t03.flac 4:43.44 50024732 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t04.flac 5:17.13 55949420 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t05.flac 1:51.46 19688636 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t06.flac 4:13.64 44779772 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t07.flac 2:41.44 28503932 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t08.flac 4:29.46 47559836 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t09.flac 2:33.46 27097436 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t10.flac 4:01.70 42677084 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t11.flac 4:21.70 46205084 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t12.flac 0:32.15 5680124 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t13.flac 4:13.68 44789180 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t14.flac 6:43.42 71188028 --- -- -xx police-19830923-t15.flac 4:00.00 42336984 -b- -- -xx police-19830923-t16.flac 62:12.21 658375836 B (totals for 16 files, 0.6317 overall compression ratio) FLAC fingerprints: police-19830923-t02.flac:5fd16482fa48ae72c1431337e020bdeb police-19830923-t01.flac:626d62bddd09472416ef14396d1b0cdc police-19830923-t03.flac:71288646d71884435a9ddb50065b4430 police-19830923-t04.flac:1989b16e08168c43b82914ac1af91040 police-19830923-t05.flac:856313662ed249807e063e7ec3f867d4 police-19830923-t06.flac:eaf12aa80b36253895e2601a9c70cd5f police-19830923-t07.flac:929d20f692d3539230f66904ab4807e5 police-19830923-t08.flac:f9d0265391f46d27c05869bc6da4e04b police-19830923-t09.flac:da11fb904cf1a44b8bc69584759bbf3e police-19830923-t10.flac:a5a6f3fd4be33efbde214049136e5d93 police-19830923-t11.flac:ec817459f647075d84b7c6951501ff16 police-19830923-t12.flac:e0f7eaee0c6fb0affd8b070b11c980dc police-19830923-t13.flac:6f0a6763543791aa936bdcb922ec7247 police-19830923-t14.flac:11282cd1cf19fc9183baf7c4dea33ac4 police-19830923-t15.flac:083c994f015423aed008ea3ac1b7a054 police-19830923-t16.flac:c0ecd08580f2e8f1b514ca8cd195c3af MD5 checksums: f7250fcf6a734035ae2bc2759ec5fe6b *police-19830923-t01.flac 755db43a5053ea195681699d203b4240 *police-19830923-t02.flac 147c25e258a607a527a96e7d149f4ff3 *police-19830923-t03.flac c4f190bccb29b05e59dfd5c538f8d595 *police-19830923-t04.flac f62e068193d7303a6fa9fb997440bd43 *police-19830923-t05.flac e648ef92b6fcb6700af41d34486941c2 *police-19830923-t06.flac 92b73ecf2b86303d1f8d6f67e6cb6257 *police-19830923-t07.flac cd1b6a94cf06b25267c27d8020068f7b *police-19830923-t08.flac 2871286fdda909b2bf10a306afceb6bf *police-19830923-t09.flac bfc85a53a3e630b634d85bd2b9994a10 *police-19830923-t10.flac 014880299cc9c30a2e6eeed4efef4ab1 *police-19830923-t11.flac a2ad93f6e1215b1dc1a0a52e0d0b916c *police-19830923-t12.flac 2cd084eecb332dcb00a9fce2602f239f *police-19830923-t13.flac 8c58a93ce1e4b20f36125fea5bef2d7a *police-19830923-t14.flac 84564cfbab911da1d369ba2a0038508e *police-19830923-t15.flac 3d225821c4c3c0c84674ff29be9afc99 *police-19830923-t16.flac