25.06.2004
Germany, Scheeßel, Eichenring
Laststand Scheessel 2004 (Matrix)
good Audience

Disc 1: [51:08]
01. Intro [0:48]
02. Rebel Rebel [3:18]
03. Fame [4:20]
04. Battle For Britain [4:56]
05. Sister Midnight [4:35]
06. New Killer Star [5:12]
07. Cactus [2:57]
08. All The Young Dudes [3:37]
09. China Girl [4:22]
10. Modern Love [3:43]
11. Station To Station [9:25]
12. The Man Who Sold the World [3:50]

Disc 2: [51:09]
13. Changes [3:47]
14. The Loneliest Guy [3:53]
15. Band Introduction [2:33]
16. Under Pressure [4:29]
17. Ashes To Ashes [5:36]
18. Quicksand [5:41]
19. I'm Afraid Of Americans [5:27]
20. Heroes [6:12]
21. Encore Call [1:17]
22. Life On Mars [4:40]
23. Suffragette City [3:39]
24. Ziggy Stardust [3:51]

Matrix of 2 different audience recordings from the same show:

1. A recording downloaded from BowieStation by Jan Erik as flac: http://www.bowiestation.com/TT2/torrents-details.php?id=998
2. A recording downloaded from Youtube as mp3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpE8mJgPwIw

Both uploads give the wrong date (25.06.2004)

Processing:
Flac files of recording 1 + mp3 file of recording 2 -> transfer to Magix Music Cleaning Lab -> arrangement of matrix (remaster/edit) -> FLAC (44,1 kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo) -> bowiestation

Both recordings are very good whereas rec. 1 is a bit thin on the low frequencies and rec. 2 the same on higher frequencies but very powerful on the bass side. The big disadvantage of both recordings is the high amount of screamers and hand clappers which were near the tapers. Also on the Matrix this could not be reduced a lot but I tried it nevertheless mainly between songs. Of course this is typical for festival recordings where the tapers usually are quite far away from the PA and the audience noise is dominating. Also only a part of the audience are fans of the respective bands playing which is documented here at several sequences, for instance during Killer Star a girl is stating that she doesn't like the music and later just before rushing into All The Young Dudes David is complaining about a bunch of people sleeping while he is playing. Nevertheless this is a great show and you wouldn't guess that David is struggling with a signalizing desease. I did this Matrix mainly because it is the last show he ever did (with the exception of some short live appearances here and then in the forthcoming years) and this deserves something special. Also these 2 exsisting recordings (the 2nd one I stumbled across just 2 weeks ago) are quite far from being perfect and the Matrix delivers at least music wise a really good, near excellent sound. Only at some passages you can realize that it is an outdoor recording with influences of wind (and thus also influencing the the sound level and pitch). Talking of wind: It seems that it was also quite chilling during the show as David is mentioning this several times and later he puts on a sweater (the sweater can be seen in the video during Heroes).
 
What I don't understand is that almost everywhere this show is listed as 25.06. whereas it really took place one day later. This is documented in several reports about the show in the web (mainly in German). Another myth is that David had collapsed after the show. In reality he was anguished by shoulder pains and after he left the stage contacted a German doctor who diagnosed a clogged artery and he was immediately transferred to a hospital where he got a stent inserted. Due to the importance of the show I made some cover art which you can find attached. The photos I used are from the actual show.
Also a copy of the festival poster is attached.

As we all know a part of the show was broadcast by TV station ARTE,  I'm Afraid Of Americans, All The Young Dudes and Heroes. I also recorded this way back then with my VHS recorder. These songs were later broadcast at at least one other TV station and the existing recordings are quite ok. Nevertheless the question is: did ARTE record the whole show and will we ever have the chance to see it? Also it would be nice to have the 2nd recording as flac. But I think here with the Matrix this doesn't matter too much.

bowiestation.com: Torrent 2300 (by learm)