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MBFPosted at 2015-09-05 06:24:57(450 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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willb3d wrote:

What would be the point of recording a gig and then recording over it? There must be some obvious reason that I'm overlooking.

Two ordinary cassettes were used. There's a picture of a TDK C90 in the CD infold; the other one was lost in a house move. Both tapes of the final gig were transferred to a reel to reel in 1976, not before.

The reason for using the cassettes and recording over them was that, at the time, Mick Ronson wanted to listen to the performance each night. Once he'd heard them, the tapes were reused as it was assumed that there was no need (or point) in keeping a record of the previous nights gig. As the Aladdin Sane tour went on and only a handful of people knew that the Spiders were being dumped it's easy to look back and think, if only they'd all been kept.

I assume that Robin must have changed the cassette tapes at some point as he must have recorded a fair proportion of the gigs he was sound engineer for. I also assume that he must've dumped them as being old and valueless. However, I'll ask him once he's replied to the email I sent him yesterday.

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robbiecPosted at 2015-09-05 12:06:38(450 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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I received mine yesterday. Hope people don't mind me posting this but I sync'd the audio of the two Jeff Beck guest spots to the bootleg video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwnmVialMI4&feature=youtu.be

In doing so I did sync both audio parts as I found Ronson's guitar was buried in the mix of the raw tape. I'm kinda tempted to sync a few more tracks to the video as its awesome to hear it in all its original unadulterated glory!

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earlgreyPosted at 2015-09-05 14:39:13(450 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Thanks for doing that robbiec. Just watched your post on YouTube. Excellent stuff, well done!

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MBFPosted at 2015-09-05 18:14:45(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Agree, good synch! Thank you.

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velonabolinPosted at 2015-09-09 11:51:39(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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I have just received today Fantastic
And Ziggy plays guitar
FANTASTIC THANKS A LOT ROBIN
Alain from France

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JanErikPosted at 2015-09-09 15:19:38(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)
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Finally the CDs arrived here in Norway. Listening to it for the first time now :) Sounds great.

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eximPosted at 2015-09-09 18:26:20(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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sent two emails now, no reply. Won't bother again.
oh well, it'll turn up somewhere eventually

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TWD76Posted at 2015-09-09 19:20:49(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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I think Robin said he was going on holiday after he posted out the CD sets. I'm sure you will get a reply when he returns.

It is well worth the wait  :)

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Simone8147Posted at 2015-09-10 10:45:30(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Oh, just saw this now.

Where can I order this?

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Simone8147Posted at 2015-09-10 10:46:26(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Duh, never mind my question...just saw the very first post of this thread :)

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calmtonyPosted at 2015-09-10 11:00:43(449 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Great on YouTube, will buy when he returns

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rorymc99Posted at 2015-09-16 18:00:24(448 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Mine arrived today, so great to have this. A shame that he reused the tapes each night though!


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earlgreyPosted at 2015-09-17 03:38:51(448 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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I ordered a copy of the CD just before midnight on Monday. It was posted on Tuesday and arrived first thing Wednesday. Now that's what I call excellent service.

Haven't had a chance to listen to all of it yet though.

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toneblokePosted at 2015-09-18 11:20:00(448 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)
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Mine's in.

Here's the art at 300 dpi:










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learmDonatedPosted at 2015-09-18 14:56:14(448 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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I think everybody who has received the Ziggy Hammersmith sbd is absolutely excited about the very clear sound and the completeness of the recording. So we can be very grateful to Robin Mayhew that he has provided us with this undreamed of gem.

Nevertheless it is a typical sbd recording and it lacks the "live feeling" as the audience is almost inaudible and the sound is very dry as if recorded in a studio.

We also know that the official publication has this artificial sound as there were made overdubs in the studio.

There is the His Master's Voice bootleg which was recorded from a TV or radio show in the US one year after the show happened but as we know it is only comprising of 60 minutes of the show.

I was following the Forum in Bowie Wonderworld about this and one of the guys there mentioned that there is an audience recording of the show which sound wise is excellent.

If this audience recording could be combined with the sbd we would have a great sounding unaltered version with a real live impression.

So the question is:

Does anybody have this audience recording and if yes can upload it it on BowieStation?

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BluemoonerDonatedPosted at 2015-09-22 03:14:55(447 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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I recieved mine a couple of days ago. Really, really pleased with it, especially the improved quality of the jeff Beck segment. Although i must admit to being a tad dissapointed that the spoken intro prior to 'Ode To Joy' was missing. Other than that, can't fault it. Thanks Robin.

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calmtonyPosted at 2015-09-24 17:17:39(447 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Superb Robin, many thanks

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chrisnathouDonatedPosted at 2015-10-24 09:39:44(443 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)


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Hi everyone,
I ordered at my turn the cds last week, I received it with dedicace by Robin Mayhew, a great package in my opinion...
I answered him by mail and then made a small review for it, I'm sharing now with you :

"Hi Robin,

I'm very very glad to tell you I did receive the Ziggy package with great joy this morning...
I can tell you  I couldn't listen to it until this afternoon, I wanted to take time for it, to discover your great piece of work.

First impression, I find great you put a lot of soul in it, it's a very fine work : the cd artwork I find great with your own photographs from the tape, the console and the PA system.
I didn't have any problem of any sort with it, it's perfect in any way, thanks a lot !

At last... The famous Ziggy show, in its full entirety and in its original sound ! Greater than great, I must say !

It seems, listening to it now, that I'm listening to a completely different show from what I' ve been used to over the last 30 years, from what I call the 'now infamous original double-vinyl LP' in 1983 to the last 30 years edition on cd.
I have many different versions of that show as any fan I presume, and I've never been satisfied with them (though I must admit the last version was by far the best, with Mick's guitar more forefront).
I began to doubt whether I could listen to this show one day as it really was back then in 1973 !

I had never heard of the Mike Garson medley before, though I saw this afternoon that you already mentioned it in the interview you gave on the 'Ziggy Stardust Companion' site, I missed it though I had visited the site many times...
I personnaly find it great he played it as first part, and that David allowed him to play it. Quite amazing this was decided during the rehearsals !
Thank you for including it in the cds, it's the first surprise of the package.


I was amazed listening at the 'Wild-Eyed Boy' medley with those flutes and saxophones more forefront. I loved the saxophones throughout the entire show as in
'Suffragette City' and 'White Light White Heat', some I had never paid attention on the official issue because of being lost under the backing vocals added parts...
I can understand some of the backing vocals needed to be reworken sometimes on studio but I always thought as many fans that it had been done too often when most of times it wasn't needed.

I was moved to hear at last 'Space Oddity' and 'My Death' without the organ parts, the latter particularly moved me, it was so beautifuly sung...
I'm sure David should maybe have called the album 'Ziggy Stardust-My Death' instead of 'The Motion Picture' (strange title for such an emblematic show) , and we can understand now why David requested silence with so much insistance
before the song,as he was really to kill Ziggy minutes later !
The William Tell Overture as, indeed, overture for the second part is quite surprising and funny, not really announcing the rough guitar intro played by Mick Ronson, ouch !

During 'Time', I was quite surprised as I was used to all these backing vocals all through the song in the official, it feels now as it's a completely different version we can hear, as if it was almost taken from another show !
I love this 'White Light' version without the added guitar parts : now we can hear in place some great  and sometimes amazing saxophones ! Fantastic !!!
I wonder why the saxophones were often subdued or simply erased from the official mixes, I personnaly love them, and so especially in that song.
That version of 'Jean Genie' is, I think, the best live version David ever played (as far as I know) and it's not easy to write that as he has always played great versions of that song since, in any tour !
I wonder why it has not been finally released in the 30th anniversary official... Total mystery...

As well as 'Round And Round' : listening to the entire show now shows that removing these two tracks from any future release of this show is now unthinkable, and I bet, with your cds now available,
that the forthcoming version (if there is indeed one, maybe for the 50 years !!!) will add these tracks...

All in all a great, great package you're offering to us, Bowie fans, a long and long awaited gift which brings to us in real light how magical the Ziggy days were...
It also makes us understand now why all those fans we can see in the famous Dvd of that particular show were so moved by that character David had carefully and slowly built from the end of 1971 to that 3rd of July 1973.

I'd like to thank you also for personally dedicacing my cd, that's was a kind attention.

Be sure I'll keep going on your site and follow your musical adventures. I'm curious to listen to the album you're now working with !

Best wishes  

Christian"

His answer a few hours later :

"Hi Christian,
Thank you for your wonderful review of the CD package - it means a great deal to me to read your words and I trust you won't mind if I post it on the feedback page on site.  Please spread the word to as many Ziggy fans as possible as, like you say, this is the real thing and I'm sure all those true fans would like to have it.  You may have heard that a Bootleg outfit called eat The Peach have already put it out for an amazing price of $49.  I hope no true Bowie fan will pay that when they can have it from me at a fraction of the cost.

I have started work of my album and hope to get it finished this year if possible so keep an eye out for developments.

Best wishes and have a great weekend
Robin
Songwriter/Composer/Producer,
Barnham, West Sussex"

My question is :
Does someone know something about this bootleg ?

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toneblokePosted at 2015-10-24 10:19:31(443 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)
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Apparently a bootlegger bought a copy and started selling them under their own label. It sucks big time.


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JanErikPosted at 2015-10-24 13:07:22(443 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy Stardust Final Concert Complete Soundboard)
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tonebloke wrote:

Apparently a bootlegger bought a copy and started selling them under their own label. It sucks big time.

I have seen that Eat A Peach has made their version, and at one site it is selling for €29, more than twice the price Robin charged.

Does anyone know if it is straight up stolen, or is it remastered in some way?

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