Hi Gang

When I saw that StonyRoad posted the 1972.07.26 – Madison Square Garden 1972 (London Calling LCCD 5117) I couldn’t help but smile because at this time I was myself having a go to remaster this show using AI to separate the different instruments in order to remix the tape circulating since the mid 70’s (my first bootleg bought in 1975 along with Euro Tour 73 - couldn’t be much luckier…!!!) which had Mick Jagger’s voice and Mick Taylor’s guitar way to loud in the mix.

I could separate the two guitars, the bass (which is almost inexistant on the recording…), the drums, the voice, but not the keyboards nor the trumpet, trombone and saxophone which were stuck in the different separated tracks.

I did the best I could do (I did send my first attempt to Captain Acid and Glimmerman) but this was just a quick try… Not a very good one… Sorry guys!

I spend lots more hours to precisely adjust the levels… I added just a touch of reverb to the vocals to get them less « dry ».
I tried to get rid of the « mud » on the guitars, pushed the bass (what I could extract…), and adjusted the levels (lots of fluctuation!) to present you this version of this great Birthday show.

I guess the bootleggers who released the boot StonyRoad generously offered used the same method BUT they worked on on what sounds like Swinging Pig’s CD release from the early 80’s which was awfully « NoNoised » sucking all the life out of the music, destroying the dynamics and ruining the listening.

I used a High Resolution rip of an original clean LP downloaded on the net (thanx to the uploader!) as basis of this work. No compression was used. Only a slight EQ on the guitars and the tiny touch of reverb on the vocals.

I also added some artwork (thanx again to AI for the pics!).

I'm not a pro audio engineer, so don't be too hard on the judgement...!!! Don't forget it's free... I know some more skilled person could certainly do better! Anyway...

Hope you will enjoy this as much as I do. I had a lot of pleasure and fun spending all this time carefully listening to the greatest Rock'n'Roll band at their finest.

This tour saw the band on fire and this concert is historical.

Do what you want with this work, feel free!

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[we.tl]

thank you just listened to midnight rambler from stonyroad..its great to remember 1976 purchased/madison/ from sid's record on sunrise..

Thanks fortilix. This sounds really good! WTNY had always a special and unusual sound. Now it sounds more "normal", a bit more like Philadelphia Special.

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wiredallnight
Thanks fortilix. This sounds really good! WTNY had always a special and unusual sound. Now it sounds more "normal", a bit more like Philadelphia Special.

That's what I wanted to reach! Thanx for your kind words!

Thanks for the share!!

Thank you fortilix

Hail to the Groovin' Pig. Very nice work. And I love the artwork too. Cheers!

Thanks fortilix. This is a meaningful recording, it was one of my first boots I stumbled on as a teen in the mid-70s. My version turned out to be the "Mick Taylor only" boot of a boot, with Keith way way back in the mix. It was a happy mistake then, because it revealed clearly what we would not really hear for many more years officially, Mick Taylor in all his unleashed glory.

Me and my pals all labelled our cassettes "One Channel Taylor" and still refer to the show with that title.

Love your new version of "Time of the Great Bands" -- boy that intro was puzzling when I was a kid . . . but memorable. It turned out to be part of a rivalry between two bootleggers and used a ubiquitous mass-mailed Time-Life flexi-disc advertisement.

The internet has unravelled many mysteries.

Thanks for your work, fortilix. I'm always sceptical, when I read something like 'Multiband Remaster'. There are so many selfmade Dolby 5.1 releases of early mono tracks and these Philadelphia 72 boots, which I don't really like, because you can hear unclear parts of badly seperated instruments on the other channels or terrible mixes. You're work sounds pretty good, as far as I could listen to this yet, so thanks a lot.

Mucho Gras...

Many Thanks indeed for this.

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much

Thanks great effort

Excellent! Thank you!

Cool Stuff!! Thanx!!

Thank you very much fortilix! This is one of the boots, I listened to very much in the seventies and eighties and nineties...
Great to have some improvement on it!

Thanx to everybody for taking a few moments to send me these nice messages!
I was happy to share with you. And even more when I read you!

Thanks very much!!!

Many thanks for this great upgrade fortilix!

Link has expired.

Could anyone kindly re-post to WT?

Thanks so much in advance!!!

Kick me like you kicked before
I can't even feel the pain no more

"Rocks Off", Exile on Main Street
Rolling Stones, 1972

[we.tl]
good for 3 days

thx

Please reupload.

This 3-day policy is so annoying.

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JMARKO
Please reupload.

This 3-day policy is so annoying.

[we.tl]

This link will be active for seven days.

THX a lot