INXS - Live London 1986 Stereo

INXS live London 1986. In 1986, TV was still mono, but we knew stereo was imminent, transmitted as NICAM. Bob Foley, the sound mixer on the Old Grey Whistle Test, thought ahead. He used to multitrack record the acts on the show, and afterwards remix the songs in stereo, for future posterity. Sadly, he could never interest any of the production team on the show to take his precious 1/4“ reels, and they started gathering dust at his home. Cheeky sod that I was (and am), I asked him to bring in any that he could of the bands that I liked, so I could transfer to cassette for my own selfish amusement. And there the mixes have been for the past 35 years. Recently I dusted some down and tried to restore some of the damage done to them by my own shocking misuse, and then enhance a bit where I could. It’s nice to have them exist in the world, and Bob would have been proud that - finally - they got seen and heard by people. Bob also donated the multitrack tapes to the BBC training centre in Evesham, so keen