1984.09.04 London - source 2 (previously uncirculated)

Something like this (original and filtered):

Good work!

This is the result I get from my transfer when I gradually boost the range from 1000 Hz and higher to the point of distortion.
http://wetransfer.com/downloads/0abd35adcaaa09e33a4d50420502a68220180815080509/9667cf

My conclusion is somebody did the something similar with this share, thus causing the distortion.
The same (clean and lossless) source has been traded since the 80's, and has been in circulation for over 30 years (since the day the TAPER let it out).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci6GOYHOdGg&list=PLwJeQtxJuPk9vjtvJgJJDXqE9NI9kya4x&index=26

I'm unclear as to whether "Harry" actually has a 2nd generation copy in tape form, or if he was given an mp3 transfer, or who may of introduced the distortion.
Whatever the case, if you ask the very capable aristide1 nicely, perhaps he will try and reverse engineer the distortion for your pleasure.

This lossy transfer I once got from the taper (more than 10 years ago) were two long mp3 files on two CDRs (as data, not audio).
He said that he taped it and tried to transfer it to digital and send me the thing. When I got the files I found out it was just an mp3 transfer. When I asked for a better (lossless) transfer, I never got any reply back..
I believe that he had no any clue how to make a decent transfer back then, or he was simply lying and shared a bad version with distortion on purpose. Or perhaps he was not even the taper.. I guess we will never find out.

Thank you for the reply and for the information you have provided, so ultimately:

It cannot be confirmed that he was the taper.
It cannot be confirmed that it is a direct transfer from the master tape.
It cannot be confirmed who did the transfer.
It cannot be confirmed if the actual taper was ever involved in supplying the CDR's to you.

If you want my opinion, it isn't a direct transfer from the master.

Well, of course, most things can never be 100% confirmed :-), but yes it's for sure that some things are questionable in this case.

Whilst on the topic of '84 gigs, is anyone able to tell me if this is anything significant.

I downloaded it from here, I can't figure out what source it comes from. It's a recording from the last Birmingham show:

Here's a download link: http://wetransfer.com/downloads/2ec2f96b896975e0de019291c576fedc20180816153229/bbd4f0

http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/queen-1984-09-02-birmingham-uk-aud-flac-197509.html

I doubt it's an upgrade but who knows...

-Chin

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I doubt it's an upgrade but who knows...
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Yep, your instincts were right. Same old version. First 3/4 of the show sounds great, and the last few songs are purposely degraded.

Ok, thanks for clearing that one up!

-Chin

thx!

Thanks man, going to have fun tonight.