By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:40:37 +0000

Thanks for the kind word about the review. Clinton Heylin, in his book ‘Bootleg! The Rise & Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry’ states that ‘soundboard’ is commonly used as “a generic term, referring to any tape not derived from an audience source” and it is used in this sense in my review. The book also features a long account by Joel Bernstein explaining the difference between a true soundboard and other types of in-concert, but non-audience, recordings. With no technical knowledge of sound engineering or recording techniques I find Bernstein’s explanation unfathomable. Perhaps you (or another contributor) could provide a non-technical explantion of the various types of non-audience tapes that can be made. I am sure that this would be a welcome addition to the site. The Brucebase website notes the existence of a “wireless/audience matrix” for this show, which it states is “excellent,” though I cannot hear any clear signs on the Project Zip release of the use of an audience tape.

By: richardgm99

richardgm99 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:33:13 +0000

Hello, Nice Review. I am just about to write a review on another Project Zip release featuring a Bowie show. This also claims to be a soundboard. Judging by your comments I suggest that the source is probably an FM feed from an in-ear monitor. That’s certainly the case for the Bowie show where you get great sound but with unusual balance.
Anyone have more info on the Project Zip label? They have many ‘soundboards’ out at the moment.

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