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Allman Brothers Band – CNE Grandstand, Toronto 8/24/1990

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Remastered by Mr. Sifter, Dec. 2023.
As the ABB estate continues to virtually ignore the 90’s in their archival activities, figured it was worth spending some time on this one, from the short-lived initial reunion lineup that included Johnny Neel very prominently on piano. A full six songs from Seven Turns plus Dickeys “The Blues Ain’t Nothin” which was only played in ’89-90. 
The lineage of the source I had to work off was unknown, but it definitely sounds like at least a 2nd gen copy. The first cassette side (i.e. first 46 minutes) has notably clearer quality than the rest of the show, not counting the audience patch at the end of “Whipping Post” (thank you to whoever did this!), however the whole thing is still much more listenable now. It’s not going to win any awards, and unfortunately the generations from the master and tools required to make it clearer and more comparable to a proper release equated to less dynamic range than I would like.  
 
Source: Soundboard
Notes:
  * 09:15-12:36 Aud patch
Set 1:
01. Jam > Don’t Want You No More                 04:16
02. It’s Not My Cross To Bear                    04:58
03. Statesboro Blues                             06:28
04. Blue Sky                                     06:37
05. Low Down Dirty Mean                          06:23
06. Seven Turns                                  06:08
07. Good Clean Fun                               05:10
08. Gambler’s Roll                               06:40
09. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed >                14:46
10. band introductions                           00:54
11. One Way Out                                  10:39
12. True Gravity                                 26:22
Set 2:
01. Blues Ain’t Nothin’                          06:37
02. Loaded Dice                                  03:27
03. Ramblin’ Man                                 04:42
04. Southbound                                   07:23
05. Jessica                                      12:11
06. Whipping Post                                12:36 *
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Paul Weller 1992/11/05 Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA (Mr. Sifter Remix & Remaster)

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Paul Weller
11/5/1992
Chestnut Cabaret
Philadelphia, PA




original lineage:
DSBD > AIWA portable DAT recorder > DAT master > HHB CD recorder


Remixed & remastered by Mr. Sifter, Nov. 2023. 

Tracks split using htdemucs v4, mixed in Logic Pro and mastered using Izotope. There's a lot of official live Weller releases out there, but nothing from the tour supporting his first solo album. So a few tunes like "Arrival Time" and "Round and Round" that have never shown up on an official live document, and a few 80's tunes he wouldn't play again for many years. 


01 (When You) Call Me
02 Uh Huh Oh Yeh
03 Round and Round
04 Man in the Corner Shop
05 Bull-Rush/Magic Bus
06 Long Hot Summer
07 Arrival Time
08 Hercules
09 Everything Has a Price to Pay
10 Amongst Butterflies
11 Ends of the Earth
12 Love of the Loved
13 Ohio
14 Headstart for Happiness
15 All Year Round
16 Into Tomorrow
17 Bitterness Rising
18 I Didn’t Mean to Hurt You
19 Kosmos
20 What’s Going On
21 The Weaver



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Jefferson Airplane – “A Weekend At Winterland” (Mr. Sifter remix)

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Jefferson Airplane

A Weekend At Winterland (Mr. Sifter Remaster)
10/25/69 – 10/26/69, Hinterland, San Francisco, CA

Tracks split using htdemucs v4, mixed in Logic Pro and mastered using Izotope. This is for anyone who found the extreme stereo separation of this recording distracting (particularly on headphones), I attempted to mix this in a more convention fashion for everyday listening, as these are some excellent Airplane gigs. There are, of course, major limitations with this technology, particularly in the inability to separate the two guitars or individual vocal mics, but the goal was just to create a nice, more complete companion piece to the official ‘Sweeping Up The Spotlight’ album recorded a month after these shows, the last real flights of the classic JA lineup.

Original notes:
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
25Oct69 & 26Oct69
Winterland-San Francisco, CA 
A Weekend At Winterland [ This Place Records TPR CD 006 ]
SBD Recording
Lineage: ???>Qualitybootz>My PC>You
This release combines two consecutive nights at Winterland on 3 CDs.
CD1 and CD2 tracks 1 to 5 are from Saturday October 25, 1969.
CD2 tracks 6 to 9 and CD3 are from Sunday October 26, 1969.
The sources used for this release are superb sounding soundboard tapes
(possibly transferred directly from the master reels), already circulating
in the past. But the present release is different than the previous
circulating versions, because the main problem of the original reels
was corrected (or at least attenuated).
Indeed, the original recordings were made using extreme stereo separation,
with vocals on the left channel only, and rhythm section on the right
channel (the guitars are often left channel oriented, but it changes
sometimes during the recording). While the stereo separation itself was
not a problem, the balance between the two channels was fluctuating a lot,
most of the time with drums too loud compared to the vocals. And even for
a single channel, there were level fluctuations too (the vocals were mixed
much louder than the guitar tracks, resulting in a left channel with very
loud vocals during the verses and barely audible guitar parts during the
instrumental sections).
The purpose of this remaster was to correct all these fluctuations
(between channels and inside each channel) so that the recording can
now be enjoyed with a good and consistent balance between the different
instruments and voices.
As usual, I also tried to clean manually every flaw that could be corrected.
A small missing portion on Eskimo Blue Day (CD2 track 1) was restored.
The intro on Good Shepherd (CD2 track 5) was partially restored too.
Please note that the remastering process did not use any EQ or NR, and that
there was no attempt to have a more “centered” recording. So, the stereo
separation is still extreme, but that’s an interesting listening experience,
since you can hear all the details. If you listen only to the right channel,
you have a fantastic example of the strong interactions between Jack Casady
and Spencer Dryden, showing how much powerful and groovy this rhythm section
of the Airplane was. And if you concentrate on the left channel, you can
hear all the subtleties of the vocal harmonies.
Cuesheets are included for those who like to burn CDRs with all the required
text info. 
Enjoy!
MOB.
Line-up:
Grace Slick – vocals, piano, organ, recorder
Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
Jack Casady – bass guitar, fuzz bass, rhythm guitar
Spencer Dryden – Percussion
CD1:
01. Somebody To Love
02. Young Girl Sunday Blues
03. Wooden Ships
04. Volunteers
05. Won’t You Try / Saturday Afternoon
06. Uncle Sam Blues
07. Fat Angel
08. Greasy Heart
09. Martha
10. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil
CD2:
01. Eskimo Blue Day
02. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds
03. Mau Mau (Amerikon) Jam
04. The Other Side Of This Life
05. Good Shepherd
06. Wild Tyme (H)
07. Greasy Heart
08. We Can Be Together
09. Come Back Baby
CD3:
01. Martha
02. Plastic Fantastic Lover
03. Drifting
04. Itís No Secret
05. The Other Side Of This Life
06. Wooden Ships
07. Eskimo Blue Day
08. You Wear Your Dresses Too Short
09. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil

Elton John – Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA 9/29/79 (Mr. Sifter Remaster)

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Elton John
1979/09/29 (Saturday)
Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Source: Audience
Lineage: AKG 451E microphones(CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550 cassette recorder > Mike Millard cass(1) made for Jim Ri > Nakamichi RX-505 (azimuth adjustment) > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity(24/96) > iZotope RX8 > iZotope Ozone 8 > MBIT+(16/44.1) > Audacity > TLH > Audition > TagScanner > dBpoweramp > FLAC

Remastered by Mr. Sifter, November 2023. Reduced tape hiss, attempted to bring lead vocals out slightly, slight EQ. 

  Set 1:
01. Your Song                                    04:50
02. Sixty Years On                               05:42
03. Daniel                                       04:12
04. Skyline Pigeon                               03:54
05. Take Me To The Pilot                         07:08
06. Rocket Man                                   08:47
07. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me              05:49
08. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road                    04:55
09. Roy Rogers                                   03:29
10. Candle In The Wind                           04:21
11. Ego                                          04:21 #
12. Where To Now St. Peter                       04:15
13. I Heard It Through The Grapevine             07:48 *
14. Funeral For A Friend                         04:34
15. Tonight                                      04:20 \
16. Better Off Dead                              03:11
17. Island                                       03:48
18. I Think I’m Going To Kill Myself             03:22
19. I Feel Like A Bullet                         03:40
20. Scott Joplin intro >                         00:25
21. Bennie And The Jets                          08:48
22. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word           03:30
23. Mama Can’t Buy You Love                      03:30
24. Part-Time Love                               02:53
25. Crazy Wate                                   06:03
26. Song For Guy                                 07:02
27. Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting >      05:26
28. Pinball Wizard                               04:56
29. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On >               00:47
30. I Saw Her Standing There >                   01:48
31. Twist And Shout >                            01:19
32. Crocodile Rock >                             01:14
33. Back In The U.S.S.R.                         01:08
                                              ________
                                              02:21:15

Kiss – “Shit Fits At The Ritz” (Mr. Sifter Remaster) 8/12/88 The Ritz, New York, NY

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Kiss
The Ritz, New York, NY, USA
1988-08-12
Source: “Shit Fits At The Ritz” bootleg
Remastered by Mr. Sifter, November 2023.
This was the better sounding of the multiple FM sources I had of this show, however it ran a half step slow (Kiss was in standard tuning for this tour). Speed corrected, a few ~15 second missing sections from this boot were patched with another source, awkward radio DJ banter and station ID’s cut. Drums/bass processed to beef them up a bit, overall EQ tweaked. It’s still an FM broadcast, with the reduced dynamic and frequency range that involves, but hopefully this is an improvement on the raw cassette capture. Great show, with Kiss returning to their NY club roots, but with 15 years of additional experience and material.
Deuce
Love Gun
Fits Like A Glove
Heaven’s On Fire
Cold Gin
Black Diamond
Bang Bang You
No No No
Firehouse
Crazy Crazy Nights
Calling Dr. Love
War Machine
Reason To Live
Tears Are Falling
I Love It Loud
Strutter
Shout It Out Loud
Lick It Up
Rock And Roll All Nite
Detroit Rock City

Fleetwood Mac – Salt Lake City, UT 11/28/87 Remaster

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Remastered by Mr. Sifter, October 2023.
Levels slightly rebalanced, L-R imbalance fixed, some EQ and hiss reduction. One of few complete circulating SBD recordings from the 1987 tour. 
01. Say You Love Me
02. The Chain
03. Dreams
04. Isn’t it Midnight
05. Oh Well
06. Seven Wonders
07. Rattlesnake Shake
08. Over My Head
09. Gold Dust Woman
10. Don’t Let Me Down Again
11. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You
12. Loved Another Woman
13. Brown Eyes
14. World Turning
15. Little Lies
16. Stand Back
17. You Make Lovin’ Fun
18. Go Your Own Way
19. Blue Letter
20. Don’t Stop
21. Songbird
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion
John McVie – bass guitar
Christine McVie – Hammond B3 Organ, Yamaha KX88, piano, maracas, vocals
Rick Vito – lead guitar, vocals
Billy Burnette – rhythm guitar, vocals
Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine
Dan Garfield – keyboards, samples
Isaac Asanté – percussion
Lori Perry-Nicks – backing vocals
Elisecia Wright – backing vocals
Sharon Celani – backing vocals
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