(009445)Leonard Cohen 1980-10-30 Amsterdam, NL - Concertgebouw (PRE-FM) (FLAC)

I picked this up elsewhere in 2011. It may be considered an upgrade to the FM versions circulating elsewhere.

Original seeder's notes follow:

I hope that this will be the last and only version that anyone needs. All credit to YH, who

wrote to the radio station shorty after broadcast date and asked for a copy. That being

Amsterdam and 1980 or 1981, the wish was granted. In 1994, YH visited and handed me the

cassettes and recounted the story.

Contrast clause: Unlike all other posts of this performance, this one claims pfm, but is is

not perfect. I have not downloaded any of the others and so can not compare. There are two

samples in the comments, please judge for yourself. Especially if you decide that this is

inferior, I would like your comments.

LEONARD COHEN

Amsterdam, NL -- Concertgebouw

1980-10-30 -- 125:59

Disc One: (62:10)

01. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

02. Who By Fire

03. The Window

04. Passing Through

05. The Guests

06. There Is a War

07. Suzanne

08. The Stranger Song

09. -talk-

10. Chelsea Hotel #2

11. The Partisan

12. Story of Isaac

13. The Gypsy's Wife

Disc Two: (63:49)

01. The Music Crept By Us [poem] -> -improv: 'Concertgebouw'-

02. Diamonds in the Mine

03. Famous Blue Raincoat

04. Lover Lover Lover

05. -talk-

06. Memories

07. So Long Marianne

08. -applause, talk-

09. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

10. Joan of Arc

11. I Tries to Leave You

12. -applause, talk-

13. Do I have to Dance All Night

musicians:

Leonard Cohen - guitar, vocals

Roscoe Beck - bass

John Bilezikjian - oud, mandolin

Bill Ginn - keyboards

Rafi Hakopian - violin

Steve Meador - drums

Paul Ostermayer - various wind instruments

Mitch Watkins - guitar

Sharon Robinson - b/u vocals

Discs will combine flawlessly for longer media.

radio station master recording -> cassette -> DAT (16 bit; 48khz)

Fostex D5 -> M-Audio 24/96 (digital port) -> CEP (trim, minor edits, final fade d2, downsample)

-> CDwave (track split) ->flac frontend (level 8, verified, SBE correction enabled)

-> Maketorrent 2.1 (info, MD5, ffp files included) -> DIME on 2009-11-22

Please pass on in a lossless format only in even trade or as a gift only.

Please do all possible to prevent the sale or auction of this recording.

(Original seeder's notes from 2011 above)

https://mega.nz/file/eJkxyJLC#rJIJLo2hT3u3gjA04Sjo80FFzVOmZSnSrBiqbyj2Atc