Bush, Kate - Kate - Kate Bush TV Special 1979 (EFDVDVA02)
 
Album info
 
Recording Date  : 28-12-1979
     
Length  : 48:50
Format  : DVD
Track List
 
01 EF Intro 00:49
02 Menus 04:14
03 Main Movie 43:47

Notes
Upgrade over 'Kate' which was already very good, but recorded from a TV broadcast. See info files below for more information regarding this release, taken from the pre-broadcast master.


From the info files:

Kate - Kate Bush TV Special 1979 (EFDVDVA02)
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Kate Bush - with special guest Peter Gabriel
BBC TV Christmas Special broadcast on 28th December 1979
Recorded in October 1979 at the BBC Studios in Birmingham, England

Director: Roy Norton
Dancers: Gary Hurst, Stewart Avon-Arnold
Choreographer: Anthony van Laast

01. Violin
02. Symphony In Blue
03. Them Heavy People
04. Here Comes The Flood*
05. Ran Tan Waltz
06. December Will Be Magic Again
07. The Wedding List
08. Another Day*
09. Egypt
10. The Man With The Child In His Eyes
11. Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake

* with Peter Gabriel

Pre-broadcast master D3 tape > DV tape > iMac (via Sony DV cam) > DVD

Credits:
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Source: ? (wished to remain anonymous)
DVD authoring: Willem Beens
Audio restoration, mastering and cover design: TM Productions

Notes on the audio remastering by Tom Morgenstern:
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First of all, I had to realise that the video soundtrack was actually a mono
recording, so I dropped one channel for the further processing. Then I
treated it with the Cedar Cambridge suite (mainly NR4 noise reduction and
de-buzzing - there was a slight hum audible at low volumes).
Then I borrowed the first three Kate Bush Studio CDs and compared it to the
video soundtrack. I found out that the recordings were sometimes almost
identical, obviously remixes, some other were completely re-recorded or had
new vocal parts at least. For instance I wondered why there were no violins
to hear during 'Violin' - the studio version had it, why not the BBC version
which was otherwise a remix of the CD version? - I couldn't imagine a reason
until I saw the video... so I used the CDs only as the sound reference for
the EQing stage.
There were many small bumps and microphone pops here and there, mainly on
the re-recorded vocal tracks. Obviously the Beeb engineers didn't care about
it - I found it too annoying, so I removed it. At the last stage I added a
sort of fake stereo effect, I had to use it carefully not to change the
sound balance.

Tom.