Porcupine Tree

PORCUPINE TREE
Willem II, Den Bosch, Netherlands
February 10, 1995

Audience Recording
Unknown video camera > Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC > Audacity 2.4.1 > xACT > FLAC


1. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One) (13:09)^
2. Is...Not (5:39) >
3. Radioactive Toy (10:15)
4. Moonloop (10:18)
5. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder (4:52)^
6. Dislocated Day (4:47)^
7. Burning Sky (11:41)
8. Always Never (8:01)
9. Up The Downstair (10:11)
10. Not Beautiful Anymore (6:34)

Total Time: 85:27


Traded sometime between 1999-2006 and ripped from my CDRs in 2011. This is the audio taken from a video of the show, which was a single-cam shot from amongst the audience.

The source had a few issues such as micro-gaps between tracks, drop-outs and numerous pops which I have repaired using Audacity and then re-tracked. Some minor pops still remain, but I have fixed the worst of them.

I also decided to extract the audio from my DVD as a comparison, but the sound turned out to be inferior. I did use this source however, to patch a cluster of pops and drop-outs between 6:29-6:40 during Radioactive Toy and for some tuning between the Moon Touches Your Shoulder and Dislocated Day.

The recording itself is OK given the limitations of the source. The instrument levels change depending on where the cameraman was standing but the balance isn't too bad overall. I'm thinking the tape runs a bit fast, but I don't have the ear to fix it. It's especially evident during the start of Dislocated Day.

There is also a soundboard recording for this show which is taken from the very rare pro-shot Delerium promo video (Delerium DELEC PROMO VID 6 UK 1995).


Other notes:
- lineage for patch source is Unknown > DVD > MakeMKV > MKV > To FLAC Converter Lite > FLAC > Reaper 6.12c/64 > FLAC
- tape cut between t6 and t7, no music lost
- tape cut between t7 and t8, no music lost
- majority of pops and drop-outs fixed, some still remain
- ^ first recorded performance, they were probably premiered the night before in Zaandam.


Small Fish #506 / August 2020


LDB Special Series #23

Hello! Here is a new series from my collection. After the Master Series, here is the Special Series. Out of my 6,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!

I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my reward for all the work involved in this project.

PORCUPINE TREE
Silvolde, Zaan Pan - Holland
11 February 1995

from 1st generation tape

01.The sky moves sideways (phase 1)
02.The sky moves sideways (phase 2) - aka Is...Not
03.Radioactive toy
04.Moonloop
05.The moon touches your shoulder
06.Always never
07.Dislocated day
08.Burning sky
09.Not beautiful anymore

Steve Wilson - (a lot of) guitars, (very little) vocals
Chris Maitland - drums, percussions
Colin Edwin - bass
Richard Barbieri - (a lot of) keyboards, effects

Lineage: Unknown recording device > mastertape > 1st copy tape > Aiwa Tape Deck AD-WX828 > Audigy Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave >FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Prehistoric Porcupine Tree show from the very first european tour. This is a first generation tape although overall quality would be a 7,5/10. But it was great to listen back to some of the oldies, especially for the all-time favourite
Burning Sky. This was the time of psychedelic lights and stage from the band and a very young Steve Wilson. Get it if you don't have this recording in your collection.

The tape ran a bit too fast so I have adjusted the overall speed a little bit, plus adding some basses. Now it sounds improved to my ears from the raw tape. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

ldb


PORCUPINE TREE
Zaal Pan, Silvolde, Netherlands
February 11th, 1995

Audience Recording
Unknown > CDR(x) > XLD > FLAC


1. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase 1) (6:02)
2. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase 1) continued (7:02)
3. Is...Not (5:55) >
4. Radioactive Toy (9:50)
5. Moonloop (10:14)
6. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder (4:59) >
7. Always Never (4:51)
8. Dislocated Day (4:58)
9. Burning Sky (11:45)
10. Not Beautiful Anymore (8:35)

Total Time: 74:11


Traded some time between 1999-2006 and ripped from my CDRs in 2011. Very good audience recording, listenable but a little distant and a touch muddy. Slight bit of background chatter, but nothing distracting.

This is the same source that circulates from Metrocubo's 1st Gen Tape. I find this one sounds clearer and less muffled than the 1st gen tape, which could be down to some EQ and maybe even a better transfer (from the master?).


- t1, t2 "The Sky Moves Sideways" is split into 2 parts and has a minor cut at the track transition

- Steve refers to the bootleggers before "The Moon Touches Your Shoulder" - "come on, we've seen you bootlegging it, what comes next?!"

- first "The Moon Touches Your Shoulder > Always Never" transition

- t7 "Always Never" dropout at 4:35

- tape flip between "Always Never" and "Dislocated Day", no music lost

- t8 "Dislocated Day" dropout at 0:03, slight tape glitches at 4:05, 4:47

- t9 "Burning Sky" glitch at 3:00, dropout at 6:09, 11:36, 11:41

- t10 "Not Beautiful Anymore" glitch at 7:52, track fades just before the end, missing the "You can be with somebody you like to be with, And just touch their cheek, or hold their hand..." speech.

Small Fish #260


Porcupine Tree
Den Haag, Paard, The Netherlands
February 12, 1995

This a slightly improved version of a recording originally downloaded on Dime some time ago (and not available anymore). The left channel on the original recording was much quieter than the right one so I fixed the levels using NGwave. Also, I made seperate indexes for Is Not and Always Never.

The foolowing information comes from the original seeder:
"I traded this show into my DAT collection many years ago; I have no real information on where it came from.  Lineage, as far as I can tell, is soundboard -> DAT (48K) -> WAV."

setlist:
01 The Sky Moves Sideways (12:37)
02 Is Not (5:35)
03 Radioactive Toy (10:32)
04 Moonloop (10:12)
05 The Moon Touches Your Shoulder (4:31)
06 Always Never (5:24)
07 Dislocated Day (5:13)
08 Burning Sky (11:51)
09 Up The Downstair (10:06)
total time - 76:05

line-up:
Steven Wilson - guitars, vocals
Richard Barbieri - keyboards
Colin Edwin - bass
Chris Maitland - drums, percussion

This a very good early performance by the band. Some of the more interesting moments are a great version of Burning Sky and a performance of The Moon Touches Your Shoulder that is much more similar to the studio take, than the totally reworked live version known from the Coma Divine album. Also, watch out for the hilarious band introduction after Moonloop.

fingerprints:
01_The Sky Moves Sideways.flac:95a71377956dafdbf737007b3cd36e28
02_Is Not.flac:65b8b60ae93b41e388923a29bf840a41
03_Radioactive Toy.flac:e20ed24d72bdb42aee96446579217352
04_Moonloop.flac:4e56ea2518c5766efa8742c456527523
05_The Moon Touches Your Shoulder.flac:f282d5cd86717e2c4e3802ffac92bb4b
06_Always Never.flac:f3fd15f282b223115bd8e2c98c009bba
07_Dislocated Day.flac:5b6ce4c0be8e3aecca5b99809e27e0a7
08_Burning Sky.flac:8d3cc7831569a714a6199bffe8d79b5b
09_Up The Downstair.flac:dc44b92b18d52f25f8c2a0d33fb2d552

New art by jamiel...


Porcupine Tree
Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham
April 28th, 1995

Audience Recording
Unknown Lineage > CDR > XLD > FLAC


Disc One:
1. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)
2. Is...Not
3. Radioactive Toy
4. Moonloop
5. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder > Always Never
6. Dislocated Day
7. Burning Sky
8. Not Beautiful Anymore

Ripped from my CDRs in 2011. Good audience recording. Bit heavy on the drums, but you'd expect that from a gig recorded in a pub!


PORCUPINE TREE
Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham, England
April 28, 1995

Audience Recording
Unknown > CDR(x) > XLD > FLAC > Audacity 2.4.1 > xACT > FLAC

1. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One) (13:14)
2. Is...Not > (5:28)
3. Radioactive Toy (9:15)
4. Moonloop (9:28)
5. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder > (4:49)
6. Always Never (5:12)
7. Dislocated Day (5:15)
8. Burning Sky (10:59)
9. Not Beautiful Anymore (6:33)

Total Time: 70:08

Traded some time between 1999-2006 and ripped from my CDRs in September 2011. An excellent, nicely balanced audience recording with some background chatter which can be a little distracting during the quieter sections. "The Moon Touches Your Shoulder" is performed in a different arrangement to the previous tour. Excellent show. Audacity was used to re-track.

- t1 "The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)", mic bump at 6:17
- t2 "Is...Not", mic bump at 1:32
- t3 "Radioactive Toy", mic bump at 3:46
- some between song banter/cheering has been cut

Small Fish #303 / October 2020


Porcupine Tree
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
May 6, 1995


Source: audience (unknown equipment)


* Disc time: 76:05 *

01 - The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One) - 12:56
02 - Is...Not - 6:00
03 - Radioactive Toy - 9:45
04 - Moonloop - 10:03
05 - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder - 7:27
06 - Always Never - 2:46
07 - Dislocated Day - 6:23
08 - Burning Sky - 12:27
09 - Not Beautiful Anymore - 8:11



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* Info file created by Thommi   *
* "Creators of the Mastertapes" *
*********************************


Info modified from Thommi's original by Paul T.




This is the same source that Thommi uploaded yesterday ( Thanks T ! )  As he stated, there were a few speed problems with it...

  After my own listening i moved all the tracks down one semitone using Soundforge.  I cannot claim this to be exactly as it should be but it is extremely close now...  I used other recordings and my guitar as well to verify the pitch of the recording and Thommi has heard a sample from this speed corrected version and agrees with me...

  This has lengthened the full disc from the original 71 minutes to just over 76 minutes.

  I have not changed anything else at all in this...There is also the original split between song 5 and 6 ("Moon touches..." & "Always never") which is actually in the wrong place but this is the way it was on the original and i have left it that way.

I will post the same speed corrected sample Thommi has heard from "Always never" for you to listen to yourselves and make up your own mind on whether you wish to take this version now.

I am not saying this is a definitive version or it cant be better...i have only done a very simple step towards a correction of the speed, thats all...

I hope you enjoy it.


Many thanks to the original taper and of course Thommi as well for all his help, information and continuing expansion of all our collections of this great band.



PORCUPINE TREE
Brixton Academy, London
October 21, 1995

Audience Recording
Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC

The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase 1)
Waiting
Signify
Radioactive Toy

Supporting Hawkwind



SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
150424	1995-02-10	Willem II	Den Bosch	Netherlands
Unknown video camera > Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC > Audacity 2.4.1 > xACT > FLAC
146423	1995-02-11	Zaal Pan	Silvolde	Netherlands
Unknown Recording Device > Master Tape > 1st Gen Tape
150671	1995-02-11	Zaal Pan	Silvolde	Netherlands
Unknown > CDR(x) > XLD > FLAC
149632	1995-02-12	Paard	Den Haag	Netherlands
Soundboard > DAT (48K) > WAV (16/44) > NGWave (Channel Fix) > FLAC
150668	1995-04-28	Flapper & Firkin	Birmingham	England
Unknown Lineage > CDR > XLD > FLAC
150670	1995-04-28	Flapper & Firkin	Birmingham	England
Unknown > CDR(x) > XLD > FLAC > Audacity 2.4.1 > xACT > FLAC
151480	1995-05-06	King Tut's Wah Wah Hut	Glasgow	Scotland
Unknown > CDR > FLAC > Speed Correction > FLAC
150056	1995-10-21	Brixton Academy	London	England
Audience Recording Unknown > CDR > XLD > FLAC

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