Bob Dylan and his band recorded live at the:- Spektrum Oslo Norway 18 October 2005 a THB DAT recording, mastered from the original raw untracked tape file by TheOldToaD D1 52:13 D2 50:16 This is a most remarkable recording in my opinion, there is precious little audience noise noticeable in this set, except of course in the intertrack applause. This version has been prepared with the taper's permission and blessing from the original raw DAT tape file. I received the show as one giant FLAC file direct from the PC transfer. It was an honour to be offered the opportunity to master it, at the same time a great challenge. The price was paid in time. As I progressed through the show, it became harder to keep the similar sound thread intact. I mastered each track individually, as opposed to one great big normalisation. In my opinion this produces a better end product, but there are pitfalls. It is easy to process one track with its own end seconds of applause, and then process the next track slightly differently - bingo you have a a totally unmatched sound at the track changeover! I believe that I have avoided this by both hook and crook! I have included the audience encore uncut, after all it is a live show! Its not too loud, although you will know when Bob and the band hit the stage! It's a good time to top up the wine glass, or the G & T! Enough waffle, here are the recording and mastering details. DAT master taped by THB Core Sound Binaural mics > Sony D7 DAT Transfer by taper: D7 DAT > Opcode DATPort > PC > one giant uncut FLAC file Mastered by TheOldToaD one FLAC file > FLAC front end > one wave file > tracked and mastered using Cool Edit Pro > mastered wave files > FLAC front end > FLAC files compression ratio 5 So, here you have a zero generation lossless version. I suppose it should get an LB number. Thanks to THB for a real treat of a recording, and of course to Bob and the band for a great show. This release includes artwork specially commissioned from Scouser Art and wave file checksums. PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS ONLY IN LOSSLESS FORMAT. The files have been checked and corrected using shntool for any SBE's. Enjoy the music! TheOldToaD Mid January 2006 revised 31 January 2006 FLAC fingerprints disc one bd-05-10-18d1-t01-fixed.flac:ceccaddc48133bf77c305e75d894e3e8 bd-05-10-18d1-t02-fixed.flac:5a24da56541ed9e9194414ace94412e6 bd-05-10-18d1-t03-fixed.flac:9b0fb940a176222ef0b22db083039c8b bd-05-10-18d1-t04-fixed.flac:3ac006f89cfc318d1677c35b0db80108 bd-05-10-18d1-t05-fixed.flac:9d58020ea49e8535c4191caacc7875a5 bd-05-10-18d1-t06-fixed.flac:4b25638096f75b19ffa01015c7f1425e bd-05-10-18d1-t07-fixed.flac:88c431e967b612a4a8b5db886b141ca8 bd-05-10-18d1-t08-fixed.flac:e7767fe1fa54ac7449b46e1826f7acba bd-05-10-18d1-t09-fixed.flac:84c91c237696210288a4462061f36a8c bd-05-10-18d1-t10-fixed.flac:22f5e47f3a2d16565be01a012dacb13c disc two bd-05-10-18d2-t01-fixed.flac:54642fb619f7b059c03b401b93208266 bd-05-10-18d2-t02-fixed.flac:b54fc08fb698a52a764a4d9ed4372703 bd-05-10-18d2-t03-fixed.flac:d9fecbf688580f07c1ce2bd8093b8bac bd-05-10-18d2-t04-fixed.flac:361fa3b0e57699c73680c6f823f688ff bd-05-10-18d2-t05-fixed.flac:716c8561f62f251df0ef32e64ebe1d94 bd-05-10-18d2-t06-fixed.flac:769e562809b73483b94c00b445755e5e bd-05-10-18d2-t07-fixed.flac:1f6a50ba4cc0331b42841af91843db49 bd-05-10-18d2-t08-fixed.flac:be8f1af599e4e830d6d4ae8629652f5e bd-05-10-18d2-t09-fixed.flac:28977b6e720f013080126118d8e22e68