I am sure that this is a common scenario for any of us who have invested many years in collecting live material by the bands we love. Some recordings are held in higher regard than others, those of superior quality in either content or sound/vision tend to do the rounds more than others. No surprises there. In the early 1980's The Stranglers played three notable TV gigs. 'Rockstage; from the Royal Theatre in Nottingham in 1980, the 'No Nukes Festival' in Utrecht in 1982 and in the same year, 'Off the Record' in Gillingham.
These shows were recorded on early video cassette recorders time and time again with a notable decrease in audio and picture quality every time a copy of a copy was made. Thus for the collector multiple copies would be sought in the hope that a better quality 'low generation' copy would turn up. For this reason it is not unusual to have half a dozen versions of recording, each of different quality. This is very much the case when it comes to copies of the gig that the band played in October 1982 at the TVS Studios in Gillingham as part of the TV stations 'Off The Record' series. As some point it makes sense to try to pin down the best of the bunch and that is what I have done here. This is the best quality version of this 30 minute set of TV gold that I have yet to see.
The Copy I have which DomP remastered has JLNOE too.
ReplyDeleteMy mistake. This is a complete version and JLNOE is now added to the artwork.
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