Dennis Between Knebworth and DC

[Dave Modny]

The only other thing I can think it might be is post-show sweetening which is highly possible, especially considering how on those back ups sound in "Do It Again" but if that was the case, you'd think they would have cleaned up the overall mix because it's pretty muddy.

The July 4th, '80 show was overdubbed/sweetened in the studio before the edited version ran on HBO. This was mentioned as far back as SU (the book).

Somewhere...I have a VHS tape that I made of the show off of HBO with my very first Panasonic VHS VCR when they re-ran it a couple of years later. Remember those ol' electronic dinosaurs (wired remote!)...lol?

[Phoenix]

Indeed I do!

 

[Jay]

Does a version of the 1980 DC show without any overdubs circulate? You can tell that the drums are overdubbed, because they're louder than any other instrument. I wonder if Dennis even plays on the overdubbed tracks? There's a clip of the DC show on the American Band documentary, and the audio doesn't even match up with the footage. 

[metal flake paint]

Does a version of the 1980 DC show without any overdubs circulate? You can tell that the drums are overdubbed, because they're louder than any other instrument. I wonder if Dennis even plays on the overdubbed tracks? There's a clip of the DC show on the American Band documentary, and the audio doesn't even match up with the footage. 

As an FM broadcast, yes. Video-wise, possibly

[Jay]

Is there much of a noticeable difference between the "raw" broadcast, and the overdubbed HBO special?

[Dave Modny]

Is there much of a noticeable difference between the "raw" broadcast, and the overdubbed HBO special?

All I have is a fairly lousy sounding audience recording of the unedited show -- not the one that apparently ran in DC on the FM and in NYC on the AM. I'd reckon that those "pro recordings" would probably be a better frame of reference if anyone has them.


I will say this much though: It truly is a "sound to behold" when Brian suddenly becomes audible on "Wouldn't It Be Nice," as the song starts to progress along, for that '80 show.