Hawkwind

Norwich University Of East Anglia 23rd April 1988.

Sennheiser 421s>WM-D6>cass master>Pioneer CT-S550S playback>Yamaha SW1000XG>.wav>CEP>MKW 0.97 beta 1>.shn with seek tables appended.

Final tracking:

CD#1: (43:44)

 1. Intro >				(2:20)
 2. Arrival In Utopia		(6:21)
 3. Needle Gun			(4:05)
 4. Sword Of The East >		(6:00)
 5. Lost Chronicles			(5:12)
 6. War I Survived			(4:56)
 7. Levitation >			(6:21)
 8. Paranoia >			(0:46)
 9. Levitation			(0:54)
10. Heads				(6:49)


CD#2: (54:56)

 1. Shot Down In The Night		(6:43)
 2. Mutation Zone >			(2:04)
 3. Tides >				(2:53)
 4. Wasteland Of Sleep >		(4:05)
 5. Moonglum				(4:41)
 6. Sonic Attack			(5:56)
 7. Rocky Paths			(4:38)
 8. Master Of The Universe		(5:49)
 - encore -
 9. Audience Applause		(1:16)
10. Dave Brock Festivals rap	(1:01)
11. The Right Stuff >		(4:00)
12. Free Fall >			(2:38)
13. Brainstorm			(9:13)


Professor Lloyd-Langton : Guitar, Vocals
Professor Thompson : Drums
Professor Trouser-Bulge Davey : Bass Guitar, Vocals
Professor Brock : Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Professor Bainbridge : Keyboards, Vocals

====================================================================
Additional notes:
The stage set was kind of like an old-time mad scientist's lab, with
coloured and pulsating tubes etc. There were large illuminated
brains behind Harvey & Dave - or was there just one in the middle??
Hence occasional references to "Do you like the brain", the
introductions of "Professor Thompson" etc. Dave is in a jolly mood,
with a "Meanwhile, back at the seaside" prior to "Tides", and a "Mr
Magoo" frenzy a few seconds later. He also interrupts Harvey's
elaborate "Welcome to our laboratory of Dreams" intro during Arrival
In Utopia (at 4:00). And I didn't even mention the chicken / seagull
noises ;-)

There's also a little "taxi" segment (ie HW reggae-style pause for
breath) at the end of The Right Stuff - listen to Dave at 3:01 of
"The Right Stuff".
====================================================================
Editing in CEP:

1. FFT filter applied over each section individually, to improve
tonal balance. FFT points: -8db at 0Hz, -6db at 176Hz, 0db at 248Hz
- to reduce bass boom. 0db at 11kHz, +2db at 12kHz and +4db at
22.5kHz - to improve high end, cymbals etc.

2. Fixes: a loud whistle at 1:11 in section #1 was reduced with an
FFT filter targeted for the first part of the whistle between 1900Hz
- 2600Hz, then for the second part 1400Hz-2500Hz. This would have
been the loudest noise within this section and a loud distraction.

3. Normalisation and correction of DC offset. Section 1: samples
multiplied by 4 (+12 and a bit db). Slight fade-in applied at start,
and slight fade-out at end. Section 2: Left channel samples
mutiplied by 3 (+9.54db), Right channel by 3.75 (+11.54db). Section
3: same as section 2.

4. Tracking: CD#1 corresponds to original cassette side #1. Audience
applause cross-faded and merged during calls for encore in CD#2
(where 2nd tape flip occurred). Start/end of each section tidied and
minor fade-in/out applied when necessary. CDWAV to split each
section to CD-sized boundaries.


alimac@netcomuk.co.uk 8th Sept 2001.
(reformatted 24th March 2002)