Identifier9272563
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Note13 remaster

This is one hell of a show. The band returns once again to Reading and delivers a shredding performance of material from SD and the 2 months-away MCIS. It's time to shake the rust and show-off the new songs. And they do, opening with "Jellybelly" and "Zero". And look Ognetty, a damn nice version of "Thru The Eyes...".

I can't quite figure what's the deal with this source. This was clearly edited, much the way I would have done, song to song no banter at all, but the transistions are quite smooth. The only info was an EAC log file and it had this:

--Smashing Pumpkins\1995-08-25 - Reading Festival, Berkshire, UK {pre-fm + audience)-

So it's pFM and AUD. Well, what exactly does that mean? Listening to the show the one obvious thing is that "Fuck You..." is different than the rest. A lot like an audience recording but not completely (unfortunately it's kinda fucked up, no pun intended). But the whole show has a mixed feel to it, as though someone combined the pFM (which according to SPFC was missing "F-Y") with an audience source for the whole show and then used all or most of the audience recording for "F-Y". Got it? I'm not sure I do.

Anyway, I'm not a big fan of people doing the mix of two sources without proper timecode. But whoever did this did a pretty decent job. It really does sound like your there at the show. It's a bit much on the audience mix I think,but none-the-less it gets my approval of a very enjoyable listening experience.

The only thing it lacked was proper mastering. Until now.

I spread the mix a bit and added a bunch of bottom. Baby got back!
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Performance
Smashing Pumpkins 1995-08-25 Reading Festival, Berkshire, UK
Set 1Jellybelly
Zero
Today
Disarm
Fuck You
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Geek U.S.A.
Rocket
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Siva
Cherub Rock
Mayonaise
X.Y.U.
Set 2
Set 3
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