Melbourne Memoirs Vol. 6

National Tennis Centre

Melbourne, Australia.

16 - October - 1989.

Attendance: 16.000 (sellout) - Support: Weddings Parties Anything, BB King

Disc 1 (50:45)

01. Hawkmoon 269

02. Desire

03. All Along the Watchtower

04. Bullet the Blue Sky

05. Running to Stand Still

06. Where the Streets Have No Name

07. I Will Follow

08. Gloria

09. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Exodus

10. All I Want is You

Disc 2 (58:04)

01. People Get Ready

02. Angel of Harlem

03. When Love Comes to Town / The Midnight Hour

04. Love Rescue Me

05. With or Without You

06. God Part II

07. New Year's Day

08. Pride (In the Name of Love)

09. Party Girl

10. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Toshiba Analog recorder > Stereo line in clip-on microphone > Analog master (TDK SA-90 cassettes) > WAV > Nero > CDR-master > EAC > WAV > Cubase SX3 wave editor > FLAC Frontend 1.7.1. > FLAC level 6

Taper: Boyacrobat

Location: lower balcony, rear centre of arena (overlooking f.o.h. desk)

Comments

The best tape of the six Melbourne Memoirs by Boyacrobat, in my opinion. Had it not been for the soft clipping, the sound would have been excellent. Compared to the other Melbourne Memoirs, this one brings a more full sound, less clipped, and more polished / clean. It is the most solid of the six recordings for sure. It still keeps a little clipping in the higher parts (more prominent in the last tracks), and a few other minors such as a noticeable hiccup at 0:08 in Bullet the Blue Sky or skips at 0:32 in All I Want is You, or 0:58 and 01:35 in Pride. I particularly like the rendition of Running to Stand Still. People Get Ready was played with BB King's orchestra onstage.