Hi all
Plans
And whoosh, just like that the end of the year came around… I had hoped to get another show restored in time for Christmas - but someone wanted my restoration services for a private project, so that put paid to that. Also got some Elton John and David Byrne shows to do (no, they are entirely separate shows - you didn’t miss THAT collaboration…) and I’m restarting a series of Slade shows for a private client too.
But, I have had time to sift through a few things that will be coming up on the site - a Kraftwerk show from 1981’s Computerwelt tour and a Marilyn Manson show from 2003’s Golden Age of Grotesque tour to name but 2 - hoping those will both be complete and uploaded in January. As ever, I have hundreds of shows here to choose from.
Normally I take time off from the site for a month or 2 around this time but given I had to take time out in the Summer, I’ll crack on as time allows, so you should be getting the next show in a couple of weeks.
I’m wondering about whether to include a download link to the original bootleg recording when I upload a restoration. If you think that’s a good idea - let me know! If enough are keen, I might introduce that for the next few shows just as an experiment. And to see how much impact that has on my bandwidth.
Some Stats
In the meantime, here’s a couple of top 10s you might be interested in.
First - the most popular show pages visited over the last 12 months, with the number of page hits in the same period:-
The site has now been up for around 9.5 years, so the second is a list of the most popular pages since the site was created:-
Some surprises in both of those, no doubt! And if you missed any of those shows, you will of course find them available to download for free - alongside the other 190+ shows - on the website!
Year in Summary
Live And Loud! Shows in 2023 saw 14 new shows restored and 2 radio sessions. In addition, someone tried to get me taken down - several shows got blocked. So I had to find a new cloud storage provider - happily that provider also allows streaming of shows alongside the downloads, so that’s a plus for those of you who prefer streaming. At the moment I’m still running the 2 cloud providers side by side - older shows are mostly on one, the ones from this year (and all new ones) will be on the new one, with the additional streaming option.
Wherever you are in the world, many thanks for your support of Live and Loud! Shows over the last year. Please keep sharing out the site pages to anyone interested, or indeed these newsletters; the more the merrier. Wishing you all a happy Christmas period, and a peaceful and healthy New Year. I think the world could certainly do with more peace and health…
Cheers all, Merry Christmas! :-)
Phil
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