Isle Of Wight 29.8 1970

Isle of Wight Festival 29.8 1970 - 2CDr - Source : Palace of Exile Bootleg (SBD), BBC broadcast unknown date (snippet cut of The End), audience recording (cuts of WTMO and tunings), torrent file (The Ultimate Collected Spoken Words 1967-1970) for Jim's interview.=> Flac level 6
What I have done :
- swap the channels of SOF, RHB, LMF and The End to get the correct mixing (organ on the left and guitar on the right)
- add the tunings of the audience recording between the tracks, the "outrageous" part which was behind the WTMO SBD at the end of the show (I got this info from Porsche)
- add the missing part of the beginning of The End
- modify the snippet cut of The End from the BBC broadcast to get a better transition, I place the cut a little bit later and remix
- add the cut parts of WTMO from the audience recording and tried a remix to make them sound like the SBD, the result is far of the perfection but gives a good idea of the complete track, then pulled down the volume level of this track which seemed a little too heavy
- put as a bonus track the original WTMO with its cuts for those who do not like the EQ modifications
- put as a bonus track the interview of Jim

Disc 1: 1. Back Door Man 4:40

2. Break On Through 4:56

3. When The Music's Over 14:31 (complete incl. snippets from the audience recording)

4. Ship Of Fools 7:36

5. Roadhouse Blues 5:16

6. Light My Fire 13:48

7. The End / Away In India / Crossroads / Wake Up / The End 17:24 (complete incl. beginning and snippet from the BBC broadcast)

Disc 2. 8. Isle of Wight 1970 Interview ("In Full") 15:03

9. When The Music's Over 11:25 (cut without snippets)

The Isle Of Wight Festival, East Afton Farm 30.8 1970 - CDr - Soundboard recording - Multi-Track Master > DAT > DAT > CDR > WAV

1. Introduction 0'18

2. Back Door Man 4'18

3. Break On Through 4'53

4. When The Music's Over 13'31

5. Ship Of Fools 7'37

6. Roadhouse Blues 6'07

7. Light My Fire 14'21

8. The End 18'18

Total time' 69'27

The Doors - Dust out your Doors collection. From the vault of an anonymous Doors fan comes a previously unsurfaced audio recording.
For years, The Doors' performance at the Isle Of Wight has only been available in an edited or incomplete form. The most popular release, "Palace Of Exile," is missing over a minute in the middle of "The End" and the intro to "When The Music's Over" is severly edited. Audience recordings of the show are missing "Roadhouse Blues." Previously on this site someone offered a matrix of the audience and soundboard sources in order to recreate the complete concert in the best quality available. Now for the first time, we have a master DAT source for the COMPLETE Isle Of Wight concert in perfect soundboard quality. At almost 70 minutes total, this is as good as it gets until an official release gets made -if one is ever made.
This comes direct from the multi-track master recording. Quality is near perfect. The only downside is that the stereo separation isn't very good. It sounds like it's an unmixed copy of the multi-track master. So you'll hear Ray's organ more in the center than it should be and Ray's vocals are mixed way down so you don't hear them at all during "Break On Through" and other songs. (A good thing for some?) Still, I would place the overall quality as better than "Palace Of Exile." Little to no hiss. Bass level is much more reasonable. Sharper sound quality overall.

Now just what did I do to the original recording before posting it here? Thankfully, not much. There were a handful of clicks/pops throughout the recording that I removed individually using Adobe Audition. (The glitch during the announcer's introduction is on the original tape and couldn't be repaired without cutting it down.) I also swapped the channels so that Robby's guitar is in the right channel where it should be. The biggest change I made was balancing the channel levels and bringing everything up. This small change really punched up the sound compared to the original transfer. There was no EQ or other tricky business involved. Sounds pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. If anyone wants the original transfer, I'm open to trades.
One small note' About 4'29 into "The End," the music drops out for about 5 seconds and you only hear Jim's voice. Not sure why, but "Palace" doesn't have this mixing error.
The Doors' manager Jeff Jampol recently made the silly statement that the reason they haven't released the Isle Of Wight recording officially is due to audio problems with the master recording. Well here it is, folks. Unmixed and raw. Please tell me if you find any noticeable problems that would prevent this show from being released. I'm dying to know just what errors he believes exist. Another reason why and another obvious lie from The Doors office.
A big thank you to the Doors fan who shared this rare tape. He/She wishes to remain anonymous on this one. I'm merely acting as middleman, and I'm happy to do so.