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Miles Davis – Sapporo, Japan (05/18/83)

Miles Davis Sextet
1983-05-18
Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall
Sapporo, Japan

Audience recording (Revision B), 88:46
Sound Quality: A-

Lineage: MAC > CDR > editing > flac(8)

  • unidentified mic(s), cassette recorder and transfer equipment

Miles Davis (tp, synth); Bill Evans (ss, ts, fl, el-p); John Scofield (g); Tom Barney (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

1 Band Warming Up (0:36)
2 Come Get It (6:06)
3 Star People (14:21)
4 Speak / That’s What Happened (9:12)
5 It Gets Better (12:43)
6 Hopscotch (7:55) [nc, tf at 3:38]
7 U ‘n’ I (11:26)
8 Star on Cicely (6:50)
9 Jean Pierre (19:33)

Notes on the unedited source:

  • great sound, no close applause
  • several minor microphone impact flaws
  • audible tape noise throughout
  • noticeable change in sound quality after tape flip (brighter but more hiss; likely the gain level was decreased for the second tape side)

Editing:
Revsision A:

  • balanced: left channel -0.5 dB and a very slight phase correction
  • deleted 28 seconds of applause at end of concert
  • faded in and out on aplause at start and end of concert
  • repaired or minimized mic impact noises
  • repaired clicks and pops
  • gain normalized and retracked
    Revision B (Dec. 2020):
  • azimuth aligned, lightly de-reverbed, increased stereo width by 30%, retracked