I just looked and realised the last newsletter was 13 January…time flies by so fast indeed. Soon be Xmas… Ok, maybe not quite THAT fast…
Where Have I BEEN?
Nowhere, sadly! Since the last show was uploaded I spent the rest of the month getting uptodate on outstanding restoration work - and got back to a clean slate. There’s 1 long term job still but I’ve currently got as far as I can progress on that, and that can fit back in with this, as and when. So the way is clear to get on with what you all want - more live shows.
And then my health took a tumble last week and I had to lay off everything. I’m starting to do little bits again but this happens regularly. And when it does, I have to disappear for a while and stuff takes longer to accomplish.
What’s The Next Show, Then?
The next live remaster has been planned to be OMD from an outdoor gig in 1991 - which is special as it is OMD after they split up in the late 1980s and singer Andy McCluskey kept the name and carried on with new musicians; it represents a lively, slightly more pop orientated sound, with some different versions of some of their classics. And it’s a very clear stereo recording which will sound great. And the equipment breaks down at one point so they have to go again. Stuff like that I always find fun to listen to - just to remind you that “live” rarely equals “perfect”!
HOWEVER…to get there, I have found a million tiny sound dropouts which need repairing 1-at-a-time (even the software I have can’t automate this kind of thing). They need fixing before I can do the EQ, noise reduction, mastering. In fact there are some weird artifacts in there generally. All fixable but all takes time. So I’m planning on either doing another shorter gig by somebody first (over 3 weeks since the last upload is already too long) or mastering 1 of the radio sessions I have access to as it’s been a while since I did one of those (and sessions take slightly less time to work on than a live gig). I have many many radio sessions that were donated at some point but I have to go through and find one that hasn’t been released officially.
So that’s what I was doing for part of today. And will be doing again part of tomorrow.
So for now, I can’t yet say what the next upload will be but barring a major relapse something should be up sometime next week. Whatever it is. When I know - I’ll let YOU know.
Other Stuff
Just a big thanks to the couple of people who donated to the site this year already and had shows as separated out files in return; your support is really appreciated, especially knowing how much harder times are for most of us at the moment. And also to the one listener who donated and didn’t want anything in return -
“I have downloaded a few shows now Phil so happy to donate. Thank you for the uploads and for what you do.”
Heartfelt thanks; seriously. That kind of gesture is what keeps me doing this.
That’s it for now. I’ll be back with an update in a few days. If you haven’t already, please hit the subscribe button below to always be in the know when there are updates.
Cheers!
Phil
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