Audience response back in the day?

[will26]

I think they just placed mics close to the audience and turned the volume up. The bootleg of the same show is from a soundboard so you never really hear the crowd anyway.

I think they did the same on Truth or Dare (Madonna doco) I've seen bootlegs where the crowd go wild but on all the pro shot versions you can't hear them, except on the concert footage captured on TOD.

Does anyone with techinical knowledge know if I am right.

[Somajoseph]

I remember reading an interview with Stevie during the Dance Tour which she said the audiences were so loud and boisterous that it reminded her of their shows in the 70's-which I assume she meant the Rumours tour, and maybe Tusk, when they were at their commercial peak.

[David]

Originally Posted by will26

I think they just placed mics close to the audience and turned the volume up.

It sounds to me as if the crowd noise was artificially boosted on the soundtrack in order to excite the videotape viewer.

I really believe that this audience noise is a loop. Maybe it came from that actual concert but you can hear the same whistle, whoop, and there's a repetitive "FLEETWOOD!" that recurs about 10 times during the concert footage. For example, during SOTM: "Intense ("FLEETWOOD!") silence as she walked in the room..."

Additionally, this loop appears in the Stevie 1981 concert. I swear to it! You can hear that same "FLEETWOOD!" in there too. I think it's most prevalent in INTK.

Maybe it was supposed to be a subliminal attempt to take over the world...

[Sahara]

^^

*gigglement* I'm definitely going to go and look for that now...! Thanks, Joe, you've just ruined a perfectly good concert tape for me.