Ok, did a new transfer of this 7 SECONDS live soundboard tape recorded at the legendary CBGB's in New York City, 1985. This time I ran it through Izotope which gives me the ability to wiggle some of the levels. Vocals were turned down, guitars were turned up. This should sound better this way, the guitars were pretty buried in the mix as they often are with soundboard recordings.
So this is a killer set, and the recording sounds pretty decent, but when the band has to stop for a bit and let people fill the space with "jokes" then it's an ugly reminder of the time period this was. Someone starts cracking jokes about punks, and that's cool, but then some starts with "jokes" about Ethiopians and it just just racist as all hell for a minute. Back then most younger folks would know of Ethiopia because of all the television ads asking for donations, so it just seems a lot meaner in the context that these were people in need of help. Big oof. I debated omitting it but I'm not down with editing shit like that, even as ugly as it is. Feel free to skip it or delete it. I couldn't fault ya for that. It's easy to hear these old recordings and think of how badass the scene likely was (for those of us not there at that time), but these bits are a reminder that it certainly had it's downside. - DH
7 SECONDS - September 21st, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY
Setlist:
01. [ line check ]
02. Young Til I Die
03. Here’s Your Warning
04. In Your Face
05. Out Of Touch
06. Put These Words To Music
07. How Do You Think You’d Feel?
08. Compro
09. Regress No Way
10. Colorblind
11. Spread
12. Not Just Boy’s Fun
13. This Is The Angry (Part 2)
14. [ "jokes" ]
15. Still Believe
16. Committed For Life
17. Grown Apart
18. New Wind
19. [encore break]
20.. Walk Together, Rock Together
21. 99 Red Balloons [Nena cover]
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Equipment and Programs used : Nakamichi CR7A > Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 > Izotope rx8 . Audio HiJack > FCPX > MediaHuman
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