US TOUR 88 BOSTON 2nd

Sound 8 Packaging 8 Performance 8.5 Video

Label: StonyRoad
Source: The Orpheum, Boston 5 December 1988
Format: 2 downlioad cdrs
Running time: 45.52/47.29
Sound / source: Audience stereo mix of three sources (Source 1: Disc One, Tracks 1,4-7,9,10, Disc Two, Tracks 2-8; Source 2: Disc One Tracks 2,3, Disc Two Track 1; Source 3: Disc One Track 8 and Disc Two, Tracks 9,10).
Packaging: Double Slimline Jewel case
Features
Video / source

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Track list

Disc One: 1. Intro, 2. Take It So Hard, 3. How I Wish, 4. I Could Have Stood You Up, 5. Before They Make Me Run, 6. Too Rude, 7. I Wanna Be Your Man, 8. You Donâ€™t Move Me, 9. Make No Mistake, 10. Time Is On My Side.

Disc Two: 1. Big Enough, 2. Whip It Up, 3. Locked Away 4. Little T&A, 5. Struggle, 6. Happy, 7. Audience- Encore Break, 8. Connection, 9. Band Introductions-Rockawhile, 10. It Means A Lot.

The review

Here we have the recording of second show from Boston, of which there were three sources but all incomplete:

Source #1: from a cdr called Boston Youâ€™re Big Enough which was incomplete (missing You Donâ€™t Move Me and the last two tracks)

Source #2: from Keef Riff Hard (Zero Records - ZR CD 202-2) containing only 3 tracks from this show.

Source #3 had an mp3 version but with the 3 missing tracks in lossless quality.

Therefore, again it was decided to do a mix from these 3 sources to get the complete show with the best possible sound.

Source #2 was the best sounding one but had only 3 tracks, anyway it served as reference for tape speed. The other tracks come from source #1 with exception of You Donâ€™t Move Me plus the last two tracks which come from source #3.

Apart from that the reworking has been: Source #1: sound amplification, channel rebalancing (+20 to +30% for the right channel), speed decelerated by -2,44%, a little more bass added and treble slightly reduced. Source #2: a little sound amplification. Source #3: channels rebalanced (+5% to the left channel) and some micro-gaps between tracks edited out. Luckily, these versions complemented each other and so for the first time we have a complete recording of this show. It must be said that this is an excellent recording, the band plating with more confidence than before.