Artist: Witchfynde
Release: live bootleg, 1981
Genre: NWOBHM
Country: England
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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I found this bootleg recording in my interminable search for all recordings of Witchfynde, using the Soulseek file sharing program. Pretty good for a 1981 boot recorded at a medium-size pub! But partly the tape and partly the transfer to mp3 format brought out a terrible hiss, and the poor bastard's balls had been removed as well - I mean, not enough bass! The editing between tracks was also abrupt and distracting, and Hellzapoppin', 'Fynde's greatest anthem "Give 'Em Hell" was cut off just as Luther Beltz was about to unleash a terrifying scream of undeniable horror and sheer brute power! I think the bootlegger just ran out of tape! So I joined the tracks together as one audio file and edited in the BBC Sessions recording of Give 'Em Hell, recorded in the same year. I didn't attempt to fool anyone that it was the same recording, that would be futile. So it sounds a bit funny with a completely different recording mixed in at the end, but it was just too anti-climactic and a bummer with Give 'Em Hell getting cut off like that. I did several masters with Cubase 5, and opted for this bass-heavy one. I've included the original copy in this package, so you can see how I measured up! There is also another copy of this boot here on Strappado's Obscure Metal Blog, at strappadometalblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/witchfynde-live-at-joiners-arm-chorley.html


Tracklist and Start Times (one-file mp3)

1. Stagefright 0:00
2. Ready To Roll 3:43
3. Gettin' Heavy 8:29
4. Big Deal 12:14
5. In the Stars/Would Not Be Seen Dead In Heaven 16:47
6. Moon Magic 24:16
7. Drum solo 28:30
8. Wake Up Screaming 30:23
9. Tetelestai 34:45
10. Give 'Em Hell with BBC Sessions 1981 Edit 40:52

Total Time : 44:57