Mathijs Wrote:
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> HEILOOBAAS Wrote:
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> > At MSG in 1972 the decibel level reach 136,
> above
> > the threshold of pain. I remember Seattle '75
> as
> > being REALLY loud, but I was underneath the
> > speakers in the front (poor me!).
>
> I think this level is a bit over the top. At
> levels of over 125 your eardrums pop, and at 135
> everyone will be deaf on the spot. A level of 115
> is a fighter jet taking of at 5 meters distance.
> At 115 you will not be able to distinguish the
> guitars from the drums and the vocals.
>
> I understand from about everyone who was there
> that the Rotterdam 1973 volume levels were
> sickening, prompting many people to leave. Many
> people didn't like the concerts as they were
> simply too loud to enjoy.
>
> Mathijs


Mathijs, the info. I provided was in Rolling Stone magazine, the August '72 issue w/Randy Newman on the cover.

"The wonder of Jimi Hendrix was that he could stand up at all he was so pumped full of drugs." Patsy, Patsy Stone