Rush
Providence Civic Center
Providence, RI
12 January 1978

Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

Total Show [46:14]

01 Introduction [:53]
02 Bastille Day [5:23]
03 By-Tor And The Snow Dog [4:44]
04 Xanadu [12:29]
05 A Farewell To Kings [5:48]
06 2112 (end cut) [16:57]

opening for Blue Öyster Cult

1st RI show by Rush

Nakamichi 550 Tape Recorder
Two Nakamichi CM-300 Microphones
Maxell cassettes

************TWEAK by ninjadave****************************************************************

I thought the recording, although extrememly good, suffered from low volume and
based upon review of the wave file, that was the case. The left and right channels
were out of balance as well. And when I say out of balance, it is an understatement
of the highest degree. I have never seen a show this out of balance where within EACH
song, the volume fluctuates between the left and the right nearly every 30 sec/minute.
Based upon some of the chatter during the show, it sounds like he had the mics hanging or
exposed or maybe the recorder out since someone says something like "what is that?"
and a dude says "leave that alone".

I initially did a balancing of each track and then I bumped the overall volume for each
track about +3.5-4.0dbs. At this level, there was still plenty of headroom. After doing this
and listening back to it however, it still sounded off so I went and checked the wavs closer
and I noticed that within the tracks, the levels where still off between the channels. I
repaired the glaring ones and the show is better for it and more consistent. Bastille Day
is a hot mess reguardless as he was clearly setting up and the phasing and level flucuations
are pretty noticiable. These are not a result of my tinkering and frankly some of those got
fixed.

Along with that, there were a couple really loud parts (but not very long) that I adjusted
down slightly before the intial overall bump. This brings out the claps (some of the bigger
ones I knocked down) and "apparent" noise/phasing but I think this was a good trade off for
a show that initially sounded a bit distant -> which is now, more in your face. No EQ
applied anywhere - the volume bump was all it needed and its a tiny bit brighter now but
very well balanced IMO.

The seat altercation at the end of Xanadu and the constant "SIT THE FUCK DOWN!" are
hilarous by the way. :) You can tell Dan had the mics exposed/out at times (so maybe they
were blocked at times?) where it sounds better than other parts. It appears he either gave up
due to the distractions or just went with the 45min tape side (even though this show is slightly
over that). The speed seems good to me. This is both odd and depressing - as I would have loved
to know what else they played this night. The performance is pretty good and Geds voice sounds
great. My guess is since they did open the show, they probably played the WM>FbN>ItM>Drums
encore after 2112, which puts the show near 1 hr but its possible they ended it with 2112.
I guess we will never know as I don't think any other truncated shows like this exist for
the AFTK tour.

This show sounds incredible!! Thanks to Dan for taping it! His 79' gig sounds better but it
suffers similar issues (for sure the volume) but I've not listened to it all yet.

Original Flac -> Wave -> Edits -> Flac 8 (Audition 3.01/Traders Little Helper)
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*Original Notes*
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Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt (dantalion8@yahoo.com)

Master Cassette ->
Nakamichi CR-3A cassette deck with azimuth correction ->
M-Audio Firewire Audiophile 2496 ->
CDWAV 24-bit/96-KHz wav files ->
Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) ->
CDWAV (track breaks) ->
FLAC Front End (FLAC 8)
FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger

No EQ'ing. This is the 24bit-96khz version.

Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly
between 1974 and 1978. His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone
deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great
moments in rock history were captured for posterity. In late 1974 he bought a Sony
TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell
cassettes. He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent
taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings. In 1977, he
switched over to a Nakamichi 550 tape recorder, two Nakamichi CM-300 microphones,
and continued using Maxell cassettes.

He recorded many of the major 70's bands: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Blue
Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, ELP, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Who, Al Stewart,
Alice Cooper, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Jean-Luc Ponty, Moody Blues,
Neil Young, The Faces, Rush, Rick Wakeman, Kansas, as well as several "under the radar" acts.

Since Dan never traded copies of his recordings, they are all essentially uncirculated.
Some copies were made for friends, but these releases are the first time most of these
recordings have ever seen the light of day, and are direct from his master cassettes.
No EQ'ing has been done to any of the transfers. Feel free to EQ, matrix, patch, etc
and re-post if you like, just give Dan credit for the original recording.

Dan was very meticulous about taking good care of his tapes and is very pleased that
these recordings will now circulate among the trading community. Please honour his
kindness and generosity by sharing these recordings freely.

The transfers are available as 16bit/44.1KHz flac files suitable for CD burning, and
also as 24bit/96KHz flac files for those who prefer the higher resolution.

Always remember - the more generous you are with your music, the more it comes back to you.

Kev & Carl
June 2009