Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree
De Nieuwe Pul, Uden, Netherlands
January 7th, 1994

Audience Recording
Delerium Promo VHS > Unknown > DVD > To FLAC Converter Lite > FLAC (24/48) > Audacity > FLAC


1. Up The Downstair
2. Radioactive Toy
3. Burning Sky
4. Always Never
5. Voyage 34 //


I have always suspected that the recording I had of this was taken from the very rare Delerium promo VHS that was released in 1994. After going back to a DVD I have of the original VHS I think I was correct. The audience noises appear to be the same and the running time is near enough the same.

This is a version of the audio extracted from my DVD. I used To FLAC Converter Lite and it produced a 24/48 file. This may be overkill, but I've kept everything like this for the time being.

The file created needed some editing as it produced gaps between each song. If you compare the original CDR, you'll notice that a similar thing has been done, but my transitions are a lot smoother and less noticeable. You'll also noticed that I've reinstated Steven's "Thank you, this is Radioactive Toy" after Up The Downstair.

Apart from this, the only other editing was to normalise the volume to -1db. Tracks we then split, keeping the 24/48 resolution.

The show itself is a really good one and features the very rarely played full suite of Voyage 34 (unfortunately cut before the end). Sound is very good to excellent, albeit slightly muffled, with a good balance of instruments. Burning Sky and Voyage 34 are real highlights here.

Small Fish / May 2020


PORCUPINE TREE
Planet Pul Festival, De Kuip, Uden, Netherlands
June 4, 1994


1. Up The Downstair  	  (8:14)
2. Always Never	 	  (7:56)
3. Radioactive Toy	 	  (10:35)
4. Burning Sky	 	  (11:36)
5. Not Beautiful Anymore //	  (6:42)


Soundboard > Unknown > CDR > EAC > WAV > Soundforge 6.0 > CDWave > APE > FLAC

I'm afraid I don't know what happened with this before it appeared on CDR. Soundforge was used to remove some minor glitches and CDWave was used to re-track.

Please note: Not Beautiful Anymore cuts out rather abruptly at the end, but I left it like that rather than lose any music due to fading.

Again, this is another nice soundboard recording of early Porcupine Tree. They only played 7 shows in 1994 and it's nice to have a decent recording from that era when songs from Up The Downstair were still prominent in the setlist. From here on in The SKy Moves Sideways would start entering into the equation...



Porcupine Tree
Chapman Theatre (Salford University), Manchester
November 2nd, 1994

Audience Recording
Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC


1. Up The Downstair
2. Is...Not
3. Radioactive Toy
4. Moonloop
5. Always Never
6. Burning Sky
7. Not Beautiful Anymore


Ripped from my CDRs in 2011. Excellent audience recording and fantastic performance. There is some unobtrusive tape hiss and a tape flip after Always Never that makes me think this came from a cassette. Some minor audience chat here and there, nothing too distracting.
A must have from 1994!


PORCUPINE TREE
Queens Hall, Bradford
November 10, 1994

Audience Recording
Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC > Audacity 2.4.1 > FLAC


1. Up The Downstair (9:56)
2. Is...Not (6:04)
3. Radioactive Toy (10:12)
4. Moonloop (10:37)
5. Always Never	(8:29)
6. Burning Sky (12:08)
7. Not Beautiful Anymore (8:36)


This is a slight revision to a show I shared about 15 years ago. I went back to my original CDRs and re-ripped using XLD and used Audacity to remove a few pops.

A good audience recording with some underlying audience chatter that doesn't really distract from the music. Another really good show, the standard of these 1994 performances is really high.

Small Fish / Jun 2020


SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
149962	1994-01-07	De Nieuwe Pul	Uden	Netherlands
Delerium Promo VHS > Unknown > DVD > To FLAC Converter Lite > FLAC (24/48) > Audacity > FLAC
150000	1994-06-04	De Kuip (Planet Pul Festival)	Uden	Netherlands
Soundboard > Unknown > CDR > EAC > WAV > Soundforge 6.0 > CDWave > APE > FLAC
150022	1994-11-02	Chapman Theatre at Salford University	Manchester	England
Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC
150316	1994-11-10	Queens Hall	Bradford	England
Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC > Audacity 2.4.1 > FLAC

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