| Metallica |
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| Venue: |
@Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum : Oakland, CA |
| Date: |
September 24, 1992 |
| Time: |
138:25 |
| Size: |
2 CDs |
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| Sound: |
DAT |
| Notes: |
From the collection of koondog
a/k/a Rush-Fan
Taper: Karl Lundmark
Gear : Aiwa CM-30a mic > Sony D7 DAT
Transferred & mastered by }{eywood
Lineage: DAT > TDK SA90 cassettes (1) > JVC TD-W354 playback deck > Adobe
Audition 1.5 (recording to .wav @ 24/96, EQ, peak limiting, splits & fades)
> Xrecode II (conversion to 16/44.1) > TLH (sector alignment, flac 8)
Karl must have been in the thick of it on the floor for this one, because
the balance level between the channels is constantly changing, most likely
from heads getting in front of the mics. A lot of Karl's recordings suffer
from this, a byproduct of general admission shows and crowded floor
sections. There's a degree where this is fixable, and I've spent many hours
trying to balance the channels on other recordings, but on this one, after
spending half an hour on Creeping Death just to find myself less than three
minutes into the song, I just gave up. It is what it is. I did fix the big
overall level changes, tho, and the most annoying of the balance problems,
but the soundstage on this one is in constant motion. The worst of it is
over by the time Sad But True starts, but the first several songs are
particularly peripatetic.
Since the mics were moving constantly the EQ is also not constant. Sometimes
it's big and boomy, others sharp and tinny. I went for an average here that
makes most of the show sound decent, but spots deviate.
There was a tape change during Seek & Destroy that lost a portion of the
song. I patched this in from Karl's tape made in Pasadena on October 3rd.
John Marshall plays rhythm guitar here because James was still recovering
from burns sustained in a pyro accident earlier in the tour. |
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Disc 1:
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The Ecstasy Of Gold
Creeping Death
Harvester Of Sorrow
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Sad But True
Wherever I May Roam
Of Wolf And Man
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Kirk's Solo
The Unforgiven
The
Shortest Straw
Bass Solo
Guitar Solo
Fade To Black
Master Of Puppets
Seek & Destroy
Whiplash
Nothing Else Matters
Am I Evil?
Last Caress
One
Enter Sandman
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