I'd been reading 'Music Is The Drug' the authorized biography of Cowboy Junkies and naturally wanted to listen to their music.  I never suspected that I had a master never offered via DIME, and here we have the result.  The torrent has applause in balance, many talk and some music levels raised, and hoots, etc. removed or reduced. Audience interaction is captured nicely.  It is a fresh transfer from my master and therefore will differ from previous uploads of this performance, if any.  Even though there are problems as listed below, the listen remains a pleasure.

Faults: The very involved crowd made its presence felt during the applause and talk segments and unfortunately during the quiet songs.  Much of Margo's talk was captured at a very low level.  Raising it to normal audible increased hiss and also magnified the room sounds.  I coped with the very frequent whistles, etc. best I could.  Many of those not removed remain annoying.

COWBOY JUNKIES
Montreal, QC  --  Spectrum de Montréal
1998-09-24  --  97:40

01.  Misguided Angel
02.  Blue Guitar
03.  -talk-
04.  The Summer of Discontent
05.  -talk-
06.  Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
07.  -talk-
08.  A Common Disaster
09.  Just Want to See
10.  -talk-
11.  To Love Is to Bury
12.  -talk-
13.  Something More Besides You
14.  -talk-
15.  Anniversary Song
16.  -talk-
17.  Darkling Days
18.  -talk-
19.  Miles from Our Home
20.  -talk-
21.  Good Friday
22.  No Birds Today
23.  Sweet Jane
24.  -talk, band intro-
25.  Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)
26.  -encore applause-
27.  -talk-
28.  Lost My Driving Wheel
29.  Hunted

note: opening set by 'Over the Rhine'

Michael Timmins - songwriter, except
t02: with Townes Van Zandt
t04, 19: with Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge
t11: with Margo Timmins
t17: with Greg Clarke
t23: by Lou Reed
t25: with Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
t28: by David Whiffen

musicians:
Margo Timmins - vocals
Michael Timmins - guitar
Pete Timmins - drums
Alan Anton - bass
Jack Henderson - guitar
Jeff Bird - percussion, guitar
Linford Detweiler - keyboards
Terri Templeton - harmony vocals
Karin Bergquist - harmony vocals

No artwork.

Recorded by stevemtl: Sennheiser MKE-2002 > Denon DTR80P (DAT: 16bits/48khz)
Transferred by stevemtl: DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > Roland R44 > SD chip > my fingers > slot on computer > HD
Mastered by stevemtl: HD > Sound Forge (L2 dither > 24/48: L2 overall level adjust, edit, L2 talk and applause level adjust, fades) > r8brain (vhq downsample > 24/44.1) > Sound Forge (L2 dither > 16/44.1) > CDwave (track cut) > TLH (flac level 8, ffp, md5) > TLH (torrent marker)
Circulated by stevemtl: Torrent marker uploaded to DIME on 
2021-08-17.

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