Best Madonna live album mixing?

[ErickInTheZone 426]

1 hour ago, Prayer said:

Nothing too crazy, but there were definitely tweaks for the official release and some kind of studio mixing. Let's compare the original footage from news and bootlegs:

With the final released product:

It's way more polished. Could be just the nature of an official release, but...

Also, in the VHS credits we can see:

"Music Produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard" - which could mean they produced the whole audio in studio?

There's also the Christopher Ciccone story about that tour on his book: that she was already out of breath by the third song and that's why for her second tour she started training, running and so, to be on top form physically. We can't see any of that "out of breath" issues on the "Virgin" official release honestly.

Of course this is not meant to be shady or an attack to her or whatever. One thing I like about her is that she always wants to present her tours for the official releases in the best form possible - at least from her point of view.

We can clearly imagine they corrected some possible failures in her voice but the audio we have from the official release sounds extremely genuine to me. I don't see it as a "redone" thing like S&S.

[Prayer 16,600]

10 minutes ago, ErickInTheZone said:

We can clearly imagine they corrected some possible failures in her voice but the audio we have from the official release sounds extremely genuine to me. I don't see it as a "redone" thing like S&S.

No, definitely if they did anything to it, it was nothing like "S&S", of course. "Virgin" sounds great and quite real.

[animath 760]

IGTTYAS, hands down. that one sounds out of this world. i still remember the feeling i got the first time i played it in my headphones.

though it's mostly fake i love how S&S sounds as well. they've never managed to replicate it after that.

[True Blue 84 2,143]

3 hours ago, PhysicalAttraction said:

The Virgin Tour vocals were redone in the studio?

No

[True Blue 84 2,143]

3 hours ago, Prayer said:

Nothing too crazy, but there were definitely tweaks for the official release and some kind of studio mixing. Let's compare the original footage from news and bootlegs:

With the final released product:

It's way more polished. Could be just the nature of an official release, but...

Also, in the VHS credits we can see:

"Music Produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard" - which could mean they produced the whole audio in studio?

There's also the Christopher Ciccone story about that tour on his book: that she was already out of breath by the third song and that's why for her second tour she started training, running and so, to be on top form physically. We can't see any of that "out of breath" issues on the "Virgin" official release honestly.

Of course this is not meant to be shady or an attack to her or whatever. One thing I like about her is that she always wants to present her tours for the official releases in the best form possible - at least from her point of view.

It's just the nature of an official release. I can't hear THAT much of a difference. And in the news footage she's also on her 2nd song and not out of breath either. Maybe there where some nights she was. But i think the official release is pretty much real. Some little fixes maybe but that would be it i gues...

 

[Blue Jean 16,952]

6 hours ago, PhysicalAttraction said:

The Virgin Tour vocals were redone in the studio?

No they weren’t. It is all live. Of course it’s going to sound better than some news footage or soundboard leaks. It’s been mixed and mastered for release. But the vocal performance is the same.

[Blue Jean 16,952]

8 hours ago, Roy said:

I have to wonder... why is there an LA soundboard of DWT on CD?

There was supposedly a live album planned 

[Orko 16,459]

On 8/4/2024 at 9:04 AM, Blue Jean said:

There was supposedly a live album planned 

The Virgin Tour was shot on either 35mm or 16 mm. Why can't they scan the negatives and a little clean up?

They are probably i the bin

[BoyToyMark 682]

I think Confessions and Sticky & Sweet. Even if both include some studio vocals in parts, they're mixed well and create a great live experience for the listener. 

[PlayPause 2,866]

On 8/1/2024 at 1:24 PM, Papa Zelko said:

My favorite LIVE sound experience is still The Girlie Show - Live Down Under VHS Stereo rip. You can feel the energy. her's, the band's the audience.

YES !

Last time she performed with a full band throughout a whole show. So good.

[cosmic_system 3,380]

I’m Going To Tell You and Confessions.i’m talking about official live albums. Best band and audio is probably Girlie Show.

[deathproof 11,081]

I don't listen to the live albums of MDNA, Rebel, or Madame X. They sound like shit, to put it frankly. I don't mind Sticky, it's just the vocals that ruin it.

I'd say I'm Going to Tell You a Secret is the best, followed by Confessions.

[MDNA22 1,273]

Easily Confessions  - thank you Stuart Price 

[Roy 7,900]

On 8/4/2024 at 7:04 AM, Blue Jean said:

There was supposedly a live album planned 

Couldn't they just use Detroit for the live album? :(