| Bush, Kate - Kate - Kate Bush TV Special 1979 (EFDVDVA02) |
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| 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) -------------------------------------------- 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: -------- 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: -------------------------------------------------- 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. |