Patti Smith 1978-04-28 FM Park West, Chicago torrent

Patti Smith Group
April 28, 1978
Park West, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Lineage: FMS--?--CDR("Total Abandon")--EAC--Cool Edit Pro 2.1--FLAC(Level 8)

SQ: Good, varies between "B" and "B-" (I grade hard and use all the letters ABCDF). An identical torrent got hundreds of downloads in 3 years on Demonoid.

Artwork included. Many thanks to G. The Cock for the artwork!
(The inside-front-cover artwork is the "Total Abandon" artwork which circulated years ago)

01 Mad Juana reading 2:39
02 Privilege 4:08
03 Pumping 4:23
04 The Kids Are Alright 2:41
05 We Three 5:56
06 Space Monkey 4:30
07 25th Floor 6:26
08 Redondo Beach 4:15
09 Be My Baby 3:11
10 You Light Up My Life 1:42
11 Easter-- 5:43
12 Radio Ethiopia-- 5:09
13 Gloria 6:53
14 Because The Night 4:00
15 My Generation 5:27

Time: 67:02
Size: 347MB

*Notes*
Anything that's good about the artwork is thanks to G. The Cock. I tried to make artwork myself, but didn't know how to do it right, so G. The Cock fixed it up immensely.

But I'm sure it would look far better if I'd asked him to start from scratch, instead of from what I sent him.

The mix isn't close to perfect, and levels (loudness) vary, but it was good enough that I mostly didn't think remastering could improve it, so here's what I did:

In two places I increased levels: for 47.23 seconds of t12 (0:37.1395 to 1:24.37385, to 90%) and for 14 minutes 37.63 seconds from t13@1:42.06370 to the end of the recording, to 85%).

Removed clicks (most of which were both barely audible and near the source's trackmarks) at 2:38:40, 6:33:38, 10:35:27, 13:45:31, 19:45:56, 24:16:65, 30:41:54, 34:57:53, 38:08:44, 39:37:12, 39:50:41, 45:34:14, 46:19:40, 50:42:74, 57:36:30, and 61:40:00

Removed 0.15 second dropout @48:54:74

Share freely, Never Buy or Sell, and please support the artist!

coyote 28 September 2012