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Audience 9.4 - Front row seat to a sizzling Pink Floyd concert. Total immersion, 100% satisfaction guaranteed. -
Audience 8.0 - A very “live” sort of sound, what you might expect to sound like if you were there, albeit with poor seats. Loud, slight echo, a little boominess, but overall I found it to be what I call a decent audience recording. You do adjust to the acoustics, and actually can enjoy this show. -
Audience 7.8 - The venue had a pool in front of the stage, so it stands to reason audience taping had to be midway back making for a not so great sound quality although listenable (not distorted, not horribly muddled) and historic (a unique venue that played host to top tier artists in their prime). The tapers sound like a couple of English gents speaking throughout the show in their proper English which makes for a fun commentary of the show…I mean, it’s half the fun of this recording! A neat little piece of rock history here. Not essential, but kinda neat. Pink Floyd Garden Party at the Crystal Palace Bowl London, UK May 15, 1971 Setlist: Disc 1: 1. -Introduction 2. -Atom Heart Mother 3. -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 4. -Fat Old Sun Running Time: 46'35" Disc 2: 1. -The Return Of The Son Of Nothing (Echoes) 2. -Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 3. -The Embryo Running Time: 49'37" -
Audience 7.6 - Frequency range is not bad, the soundfield is a little narrow and at times the tape source struggles but as it plays it seems to improve and ultimately sounds pretty decent. -
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Audience 9.5 - This recording is special, each instrument occupies its own space and has great depth and tone, especially bass which is woody and precise. This recording showcases one really intrinsically valuable characteristic lacking in soundboards – and that is the sense of time and place, distance and depth. In order to get a good feel of a live concert, you sometimes need to have those elements and this tape has them all. PINK FLOYD DEFINITIVE LANDOVER 1975 Capitol Center, Landover, Maryland, USA 9th & 10th June 1975 DISC 1 Raving And Drooling You Gotta Be Crazy Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1-5 Have A Cigar Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 6-9 DISC 2 The Dark Side of The Moon Speak To Me Breathe On The Run Time Breathe (reprise) The Great Gig In The Sky Money Us And Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse DISC 3 Audience Echoes DISC 4 (Live at Capitol Center, Landover, Maryland, USA 10th June 1975) Raving And Drooling You Gotta Be Crazy Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1-5 Have A Cigar Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 6-9 -
Audience 7.9 - A somewhat average recording, but collectors will want this for the inclusion of Childhood’s End in the set list. Also it should be noted the lack of 1973 tour recordings compared to the other years. Pink Floyd Memorial Gymnasium, Kent State University, Kent, OH March 10, 1973 First Set: 01 Echoes 23:08 02 Obscured By Clouds 6:17 03 When You're In 6:58 04 Childhood's End 4:36 05 Careful With That Axe, Eugene 11:47 Second Set: 06 Speak To Me 1:39 07 Breathe 2:55 08 On The Run 5:41 09 Time 5:36 10 Breathe (reprise) 1:03 11 The Great Gig In The Sky 5:10 12 Money 5:51 13 Us And Them 7:38 14 Any Colour You Like 6:30 15 Brain Damage 3:57 16 Eclipse 1:51 Encore: 17 one of these days 7:17 Total time: 107:54 -
Audience 7.2 to 7.7 - At times tape sounds muffled, there is some tape hiss, but at times the tape gets better, clearer. I would love to remaster this one! Even so, it’s not terrible. -
Audience 8.7 - Pieced together from a few different sources, we finally get a pretty good representation of the events of the day which, now together with the rare footage included in this set, reveal a pretty incredible artifact for collectors. -
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Audience 7.8 - Recorded pretty close to the mains, a touch of distortion on some parts, and some tape breaking up due to being overloaded with sound, and vocals a little buried, but even though I can go on with the faults, I found myself sticking with it and I adjusted and I enjoyed this show. Roger is in particularly fine form, really sounds determined on this stage. Tapers talk, tapers cough, but I deal with them, the show sounds incendiary. -
Audience 8.6 - The best part of this tape to me is the richness of the bottom end, nice and round, deep, very very nice. The rest is good too, just maybe not as articulate as the bass sound, with some audience chatter during the show, and a spacious but not reverb drenched atmosphere. One of the great ones! -
Audience 8.6 - A strong performance with an especially creepy CWTAE, and the tape showcases all of it clearly, and with power. Very slight bit of breaking up at the most extreme volume but it hangs together, and the quieter parts are sublime with a very clear organ/keys which is nice. A good one! -
Audience 8.6 - This recording is very warm, although it does not have really defined highs so that may be what keeps this from an excellent rating although I must say it is a great listen, I think most people will really get into this one. Pink Floyd - 1972-11-12 Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg, Germany Set List: Disc 1: 01. -Speak To Me 0:47 02. -Breathe 2:50 03. -On The Run 6:11 04. -Time 5:58 05. -Breathe (reprise) 1:05 06. -The Great Gig In The Sky 4:35 07. -Money 6:20 08. -Us And Them 7:41 09. -Any Colour You Like 6:02 10. -Brain Damage 3:46 11. -Eclipse 0:58 Disc 2: 01. -One Of These Days 8:13 02. -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 13:03 03. -Echoes 23:53 04. -Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 12:03 Total: 103:33 -
Audience 8.9 - "Atom Heart Mother" Tour. -
Audience 8.6 - This is an untouched, raw transfer straight from the reels, and as such it will sound like it could be MUCH better sonically with some professional sound re-mastering. Many people will no doubt want to hear it as it was recorded, and it is good, it’s really pretty good, but what I would prefer is a sonic facelift because I think this one really deserves it. It’s still a great show. Pink Floyd 1970-11-14 Ernst-Merck Halle Hamburg Germany disc 1 01 -Astronomy Domine 02 -Fat Old Sun 03 -Cymbaline 04 -Atom Heart Mother 05 -Interstellar Overdrive disc 2 01 -The Embryo 02 -Green Is The Colour 03 -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 04 -Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 05 -Saucerful Of Secrets -
Audience 8.8 and Audience 8.9 (old source and new source featured on disc 2) -
Audience 8.9 - This sounds WAY much better than I remember it sounding, but then I first heard this show about 25 years ago so I guess it’s quite possibly a new source or an amazing remastering. Either way, this is certainly VERY worthy of appearing in your collection as it captures that open air festival vibe, and the band…Gilmour is inspired as his solos pierce the air with ferocity and guile. Bass sounds right on point here, and drums are perfectly balanced and placed in the mix just behind the others so to give those sounds center stage. Keys are much more present during the quieter passages, but they have a nice feel to them. All in all, this is great great great stuff. Pink Floyd Insel Grün (2nd British Rock Meeting Open Air Festival) Germersheim, Germany May 21, 1972 01. -Atom Heart Mother02. -Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 03. -One Of These Days 04. -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 05. -Echoes 06. -A Saucerful Of Secrets -
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Audience 8.2 - This is not the source used on Massed Gadgets, and ranks similar although each source features slight differences which are up to the listener to decide which they prefer. This source has more in the higher frequencies, but consequently slightly more hiss. It’s still very decent. -
Aud 7.8 - Big hall sound, slight boominess but excellent as far as this kind of recording goes. -
Audience 8.6 - A clear tape that EXPLODES from your speakers…but maybe because that is because the levels are really hot (but next to no distortion!) and it makes for a ridiculously electric sounding show. It’s like, man, I am here, my ears are melting and my mind is blowing! Way better than the previously circulating high gen tape, this is from the master reels and it shows. Pink Floyd Philips Veranstal Tungshalle Dusseldorf, West Germany 1971-06-04 Set 1: 1. -Atom Heart Mother 16:20 2. -Audience - Tuning 1:15 3. -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 15:11 4. -Fat Old Sun 11:45 5. -The Embryo 8:36 Set 2: 1. -Audience - Tuning 0:27 2. -The Return Of The Sons Of Nothing 23:48 3. -Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:06 4. -Cymbaline 12:18 5. -Audience - Tuning 0:40 6. -A Saucerful Of Secrets Total Time: 106:45 -
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Audience 8.7 - A decent tape that documents the first show of the ’77 Euro tour. There is a little bit of overcrowding in the mid to upper band, it’s not horrible but it prevents some of the detail in the guitar from being clearly heard. Bass sounds round and brassy, vocals are up front and clear. -
Audience 8.9 - Clear and plenty of detail here with a few problems showing up only very occasionally. One thing I noticed is there is a bit of what sounds like the music is moving around overhead, what this could be is the quad system and the mic is picking up the sound as it rotates around the venue. Otherwise it’s some kind of phasing but it’s not too annoying, just wish I knew exactly what it was. -
Brand New unsealed. The 30th Anniversary Edition of the album remix/remaster on SACD. -
Audience 7.6 - Gets better the louder you play it. -
Audience 9.4 - Clearly this tape belongs in the tapers hall of fame. So good, you hear every little nuance, I could swear I even hear the breaths taken between verses! Yes, it is that good! -
Audience 8.6 - A nice warm sound with loads of atmosphere, but no annoying echo or boominess! Great for 1972, although there is some underlying hiss (not too much). -
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Audience 8.7 - An interesting tape, the recording is very lifelike and captures one of the best keyboard dominate performances I have ever heard. What I mean is, the keys really come to life on this one, as opposed to being merely “sound effects”, and the rest of the band is great too. A keeper! -
Audience 8.7 - This is a very good recording that only needs more definition in the highs, but I still think this has to rank high in the pantheon of 1971 audience tapes. It’s a show that seems to invoke an almost reverential vibe in the audience, as they are quiet and respectful throughout but show bursts of appreciate at song endings. A good one, in many respects. Pink Floyd Lecture Theatre Block 6 & 7 University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester, England 12 February 1971 Disc 1 01 Atom Heart Mother 02 The Embryo 03 Careful With That Axe, Eugene Disc 2 04 Astronomy Domine 05 Cymbaline 06 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 07 A Saucerful Of Secrets -
Audience 7.7 - Big stadium sound without a lot of boom, just maybe kind of far back and not clearly defined. You have to turn it up though, there’s TONS of headroom in this tape – somebody needs to remaster it. -
Audience 8.7 - This is a surprisingly clear tape with a superbly detailed bottom end and would rate MUCH higher if the sound mix brought the guitar and keys up a bit more. These complaints are not the fault of the taper or his gear, but rather the actual PA sound mix at the show, which by the way is VERY good so do not be put off at all, it’s that my preference would be for more guitars.