Arie Crown Theater, McCormick Place, Chicago IL

Notes from torrent :

Title Rael Imperial Arie Crown Kid (Re-tracked, cleaned and patched)
Date 04-Feb-1975
Venue Arie Crown Theater McCormick Place, Chicago IL
Country USA
Type OAM
Quality * A-

I was reviewing my lambs stock, and found this incredibly clear recording which I had dismissed for the same reason maybe some of you also did: duplicated tracks, some of them corrupted, tracks less than half a minute long, and general disarray. I was surprised no one seemed to have done something about it.
This is not a remaster. The original files were left as they were, only maybe edited in length to make them fit properly with the patches when needed.
Some of them have the first second or two of the following track; some were corrected and others weren't. But I see The lamb as an album to be listened to continuously, so the exact point where tracks begin or end doesn't seem critical to me.
First I searched for a show from which I could draw files to patch the missing or corrupted sections. It had to be close chronologically; I didn't think it was right to patch a song from the beginning of February 1975 with one from May or from November 1974.
Grand Rapids, two days previous, didn't have the necessary files. Neither did Hannover nor Copenhagen. Finally I settled with Berkeley from January 22. It also sonically matched the show in question pretty well (I could not use Kansas or Phoenix; the change in sound quality would be a shock; and I avoided the iconic Shrine).
I left the patches as separate tracks to make it easy to find them (instead of listing "patch at 2:39", etc.)
Though pretty full of glitches, I left "It" from the original because it is complete and though annoying, it is bearable and it's the real thing after all.

A recording (or at least a version of this recording) with many faults. Seriously needs some re-tracking [Simon_Funnell]

Music: Unbelievable quality. Tracking: Unbelievable mess. Bring on the remaster! [TheBear]

Yeah, it has its issues but it is still worth it in my opinion. It really is unbelievable quality. The first waiting room on here has some very bizarre noises present and the end of the show has some issues too related to clicks and bizarre sounding static if memory serves. Some of the tracks, like the first waiting room do not even belong here since another version is on here clean. So, yeah it's beat up in places but don't let that deter you. [duke23]

Torrent Notes :

*fixes/edits (CD Wave Editor & Audacity):

-faded in the cut to 'Fly on a Windshield'
-removed 3 loud digital glitches from 'The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging'
-removed a repeated section that joins 'Lilywhite Lilith' and 'The Waiting Room'; smoothed transition between the tracks
-removed duplicate of 'The Waiting Room'
-'Anyway' was originally split as two tracks with fades and a gap; removed gap and smoothed transition (cross-fade) between each part
-removed digital noise between 'Anyway' and 'Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist'
-separated 'Interlude' from 'The Lamia'
-smoothed transition (cross-fade) between the applause that follows 'It' and the opening notes of 'The Musical Box'
-removed a number of loud digital noises throughout the latter part of 'Watcher Of The Skies', although low level digital or tape noise remains
-repaired 3 short gaps/skips at about the 8 minute mark of 'The Musical Box'
-smoothed transition (cross-fade) between the applause that follows 'The Musical Box' and the opening notes of 'Watcher Of The Skies'
-retracked and renamed files
-fixed Sector Boundary Errors, added new ffp and md5 files (Trader's Little Helper)

** Aside from these fixes, there was no EQ work done or alteration of the sound.


*** 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' is missing from the source and consequently on this fixed version.
**** Tape squeaks present throughout most of 'It', some of 'Anyway', and perhaps minimally elsewhere here and there.

woolie July 2020

Poor quality but has some valuable moments.
Also contains bits of "Watcher Of The Skies" [Jack_Floyd]