The Tragically Hip
May 24, 1991
Metropool
Hengelo, Holland

” I remember Hengelo.”

Source: SBD > cassette tape

Transfer: First generation cassette > Sound Blaster Live, 24bit/48Khz > Cool Edit Pro > CD Wave > FLAC *** No DAE ***

Transfer notes:
The source tape is from sixer. For more background on this recording, see his story below. The tape is in very good condition after more than 12 years. It was played back by a Technics cassette deck, and recorded through a Sound Blaster Live PCI card at 24 bit, 48Khz. With Cool Edit Pro, I restored clipped sections, removed tape hiss and dc offset. I also increased the pitch, (speed), very slightly. All processing in Cool Edit Pro was done at 32 bit resolution. Noise shaping and triangular dithering were used to convert the wav files to 16 bit, 44.1 kHz. Because this recording comes straight off the sound board, there is very little audience noise. This is a huge upgrade in sound quality over the seed I posted on etree a few months back. Also, “Fight” is included in this version. Most version that I have seen did not include the Fight because of a tape flip. The first track starts mid-way into the song, see sixer’s notes below. It is my opinion that this is the best sounding version for this show.
(tomcat9)

Show notes:
This is one of the best early Hip shows around. Gordie was in “Extreme Gord” mode on this one! Some of the most unique and clever Gord rants ever. The between song stuff is classic, too. If you are a Hip fan and don’t have this one, GET IT! Includes never released classics “Crack My Spine” and “Ouch”, as well as a rare cover of Bob Dylan’s “Seven Days”, as this show was played on Bob Dylan’s 50th birthday, and Gordie wanted to pay his respects.
(hipman332001)

Setlist: (77:50)
01. Crack My Spine Like A Whip
02. She Didn’t Know
03. Twist My Arm
04. Looking For A Place To Happen
05. Bring It All Back
06. Boots or Hearts
07. I’ll Believe In You, Or I’ll Be Leaving You Tonight
08. 38 Years Old
09. Trickle Down
10. Cordelia
11. 3 Pistols
12. Fight (part missing from tape flip)
13. Little Bones
14. New Orleans Is Sinking
15. On The Verge

Encore:
16. Ouch!
17. 7 Days
18. Blow At High Dough

Transfer, mastering, and seed by tomcat9.
Show notes and listening test by hipman332001.
Thanks to Sixer for the great tape.

I have included 5 jpegs with this download. Two jpegs are just for fun, and the other 3 are CD cover artwork from sixer and DAC. **NOTE** The artwork is NOT for this Hengelo show. It is for the Paradiso Hip show I posted on 1/14/2005. I assume that most people who download this show also downloaded the Paradiso show. The artwork is very professional. Check it out! Thanks Sixer and DAC.

Sixer’s story posted in the comments of the first seed I posted:

I only can say: WOW. I had no idea this show was in circulation worldwide. I mean: believe it or not, I taped this show. Here’s a little story: I heard the Hip for the first time in November 1990 and was sold. I really loved them. A few months later a friend of mine who worked at the club as a cook came to me and said: hey, you wanna cook for the Tragically hip? And I went: say what??? He told me they were gonna play there and I could help out in the kitchen and meet the guys, so I did. It was awesome. (We had vegetarian chili) Earlier that day I met the guys and asked if I could make an audience recording of the show. Gordon said: That recorder sucks, why don’t you use the one connected to the mixing deck. My mouth fell open. He told me they collected bootlegs of the Police an the Golden Earring and some other bands. I could tape the show if they could have a copy. A bit of a shame the engineer forgot to start the tape at the beginning, I was still backstage when all of a sudden the band decided to start the show. I rushed to the front of house to start the tape, unfortunately halfway the first song. Also Fight is
missing from this tape, it was played between Three pistols and Little bones, but during that song the tape had to be switched. On my copy of the tape it’s still there (cut), but I guess somewhere in the line of traders it got lost. Anyway, after the show Gordon and the guys (including me) listened to the tape in the dressing room and we had a blast. They wanted to have the tape and promised me a copy if I could show them a Record shop where they could buy bootlegs (I happened to know that shop). So the next day (they had 2 days of, I guess) I met the guys again in the city of Hengelo and took them to a little place called Pop-eye. They loved it. At the time law-enforcement didn’t work as well and
boots were all over the place. Gordon smiled and gave me a copy of the tape they made in the touring bus: “as promised” he said. Well, I guess that’s most of the story. My tape has been played so much I keep it in the faults, so I’m happy to have this one on cd now.

Thanks a lot and hope to enjoy a lot more of the hip.

Cheers from Hengelo,
Sixer

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