Hi all
Firstly, happy new year to you all! Thanks once again for reading and your support.
Social Media
The Twitter and Instagram accounts relating to Live and Loud! are now gone - or at least they’re deactivated and should be removed by the end of January. While this may sound counter productive to promoting the site, I don’t think it is - so many of you have signed up to this newsletter, bypassing the randomness inherent in Twitter, Instagram AND Facebook, that this is a far more effective way to communicate with you, and for you to actually find out news from the site.
The Facebook page and group are remaining at the moment, given so many still use Facebook and those both have far more followers and members than have subscribed to this yet.
I don’t much enjoy Instagram, I must admit and interaction there was always really limited. As for Twitter…well, so much has been written about that lately, no real need for me to explain why I left.
And in other news… New shows!
I got my PC back (with a new motherboard) at the very end of 2022 and since this week have been beavering away, catching up on outstanding restoration work. This is going to take a few weeks but I also do want to get Live and Loud! up and running early in 2023.
So…I’ve also had time to audition 1 or 2 likely new candidates for the first restoration for this year, and here’s a clue to what I’m probably going with first…
Back in 1985, Gary Numan released White Noise - a live double album recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1984, where he played the last 2 dates of his Berserker tour. This has since been re-released on CD of course.
I have acquired a recording of the gig that took place on that tour at the Glasgow Apollo the week before Hammersmith. It sounds like it was originally from FM radio, and does appear to be the whole gig! So…why not? There are a couple of spots here and there where a few seconds is inexplicably missing but that doesn’t really detract from the chance to hear a different version of that tour in great quality. I am hoping I can make it sound as clear and powerful as the Warriors tour FM recording I restored a few years ago (on the site HERE, if you haven’t heard it). Anyway, I think this will be a great way to kick off 2023! Incidentally, all the other Numan shows I’ve done over the years can be found HERE!
I was also sent ( a year or so ago now!) a gig by OMD from 1991, after the release of their Sugar Tax album, which I think is a shorter set than normal, from an outdoor festival. Fingers crossed that will be coming soon too.
I’m working on the next show in breaks from my backlog, and hope to get this finished (assuming my health holds up) in the next couple of weeks! I’ll email again when it’s ready.
Until then…
Cheers!
Phil
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