Al DiMeola
May 30, 1982
Utrecht, Netherlands @ Vredenburg

FM/SBD > ? > remaster > CDR

Acoustic Set:
01 - Orient Blue > Passion, Grace & Fire 
02 - Short Tales Of The Black Forest
Electric Set:
03 - Electric Rendezvous
04 - Al Di's Dream Theme (fades out - incomplete)
05 - God Bird Change (fades in - incomplete) 
06 - Theme To The Mothership
07 - Race With Devil On Spanish Highway 
08 - Advantage (fades out - incomplete)

Al Di Meola - Acoustic & Electric Guitar 
Anthony Jackson - Bass, Marimba
Simon Phillips - Drums 
Phillipe Saisse - Keyboards, Marimba
Mingo Lewis - Percussion  


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This was a very muffled and "muddy" sounding show - the original had no high frequencies at all and overpowering lows
(perhaps Dolby was used during the tape transfer to CD?)  It was also unbalanced with the left channel louder than 
the right.  In addition, there were 30+ loud digital glitches throughout. 

To correct these issues I manually removed all the major digital glitches where possible.  I also boosted the right 
channel volume by 20%.  The acoustic tracks (Tracks 1 & 2) sounded decent as is (other than all the digital glitches)
so no EQ was used - although I did have to re-index these tracks properly using CDWave.  The electric tracks needed
to be totally re-equalized, which I did using the graphic equalizer in Click 'N Edit Sound LE.  In simple terms, I 
dialed the low frequencies way back and signifiantly boosted the highs while keeping the midrange relatively flat. 
While this has slightly increased tape hiss, the overall sound is much clearer and more detailed than before - check
out the samples.

There are still some issues present so this show is not perfect.  There are a couple of instances of FM interference
and signal drift, as well as some minor "ticks" that could not be removed.  In addition, on Track 7, the stereo signal
drops and the last 2 minutes or so are in mono.  Despite these minor flaws, the show itself is excellent - which is 
why I spent the time remastering it instead of painting the house, cleaning the car, walking the dog, or talking to
the wife :-)

Al rips it up on both acoustic and electric guitars and the rhythm section of Jackson and Phillips are superb.