Heartland

now listening to "Disguised in Black" bootleg
tried to play Walk Away along with record and found out that it's overpitched - one step
the song starts from Bb instead of A
and that bug was on some other bootlegs, too (detected with the same method)
i suppose that the master tape was played on the wrong speed while being copied

Possibly. Also, songs are sometimes transposed intentionally when played live to make them easier to play / not require retuning of strings.

Motz wrote:Possibly. Also, songs are sometimes transposed intentionally when played live to make them easier to play / not require retuning of strings.

let's ask Gary Marx

Motz is right on both counts. I don't know what date that boot is, but if it stems from the 80's or 90's, chances are that people recorded gigs with cassette tapes and those of us who still remember those days know how much of a pain it was when we transferred tapes for each other. Almost all consumer tape decks have differences in playing/recording speed. Tone junkies may be right about 'analog warmth', but thank heavens those 'tapes don't play the same speed' days are well and truly over!

You also get tape-stretch (which is nice)

Let's face it - tapes were shit.

Shit they may be, but they'll outlive many home-made cdr's.

Dan wrote:Shit they may be, but they'll outlive many home-made cdr's.

Rich-man's eight track?