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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 -
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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. -
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 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 9.4 - Front row seat to a sizzling Pink Floyd concert. Total immersion, 100% satisfaction guaranteed. -
Audience 9.1 - Excellent, though not quite as spectacular as the April 26 show, still you get loads of beautiful atmosphere (or as I like to call it, immersion) and detailed (if a touch loud) sonics. Get it! (April 27, 1975) -
Audience 8.7 - Here is a good argument for why we should be open minded towards audience tapes. You NEED some atmosphere! I want to re-experience the show, that means I want to hear it as it happened, not sterilized and filtered. I like board tapes too, but we need a balance. This recording allows me to participate with the audience and be there with them in the moment, and hear the band from out front of the stage. It’s clean, and I hear all the instruments well placed, and reasonably dynamic with just the right amount of headroom so we don’t go pegging the meters. I really like this tape, you will too. Pink Floyd Friedrich Ebert Halle, Ludwigshafen, West Germany November 25th 1970 Disc 1 01 -Astronomy Domine 02 -Fat Old Sun 03 -Cymbaline 04 -Atom Heart Mother 05 -The Embryo 06 -Audience - Tuning 07 -Green is the Colour Disc 2 08 -Careful with that Axe, Eugene 09 -Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 10 -Saucerful of Secrets || [107:59] Total Time -
Audience 8.8 - Some people list this as a soundboard, and if you heard the music right off you might think that too, but the audience applause gives it away as an audience tape, albeit a damn fine one. Plenty of atmosphere, and pretty solid dynamics (lush and deep bass, clear guitar, present vocals). Great version of Astronomy Domine (still performed live during the early part of 1970). Pink Floyd - Lund, Sweden Akademiska Foreningens Stora Sal, Lund 20th March 1970 Track listing Disc 1: 01 -Astronomy Domine 02 -Tuning 03 -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 04 -Tuning 05 -Cymbaline 06 -Tuning 07 -A Saucerful Of Secrets Disc 2: 01 -The Embryo 02 -Tuning 03 -Interstellar Overdrive 04 -Tuning 05 -Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 06 -Tuning 07 -The Amazing Pudding (Atom Heart Mother) -
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Audience 8.5 - A loud and brassy sound with a little tiny amount of overload somewhere in the upper mid frequency which, if you were to choose where to have it, would be there. So, that all sounds bad, but not really…this is a very satisfying listening experience because the actual tone and ambience of this recording is amazingly realistic and gives a sense of the venue (which gives a “time-trip” feeling to it). I rather like it a lot. -
Audience 8.3 - Has that huge outdoor stadium type sound but it helps in a strange way this time. -
Audience 9.2 - A nice and bright tape, very clear, very clean, instantly you feel as though these tapers came with serious intention. How I was not familiar with this tape is a head scratcher because it is great. Pink Floyd Miami Baseball Stadium Miami, Florida 1977-04-22 Disc 1 01. -Sheep (10:58) 02. -Pigs On The Wing (Part 1) (1:21) 03. -Dogs (18:18) 04. -Pigs On The Wing (Part 2) (2:28) 05. -Pigs (Three Different Ones) (17:33) Disc 2 01. -Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) (13:38) 02. -Welcome To The Machine (7:55) 03. -Have A Cigar (5:27) 04. -Wish You Were Here (6:21) 05. -Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) (22:06) 06. -Money (9:38) 07. -Us And Them (7:49) -
Audience 7.7 - A rain shortened show, recorded from what sounds like around the middle of the stadium. So, it’s a little distant, a little muddled, not that great but you do get to hear everything on the stage. When I say muddled I do not mean it is muddy or murky necessarily, just that the sound is not that clear. I think collectors will want this because it is unusual, that the show was stopped for rain – although they did play more, just did not play for as long as they usually did. -
Audience 8.9 - An infamous gig, Roger has had quite enough from a fan and spits on him. But the show – the show is a good ‘un, and captured very well here with a very clear and direct guitar sound primarily but solid rhythm section as well and some of the atmosphere does present. Its limitation might be that there are a couple of cuts and other tape related issues (few and far between) and maybe that keys get a little buried at times but really it’s no deal breaker just minor things. Highly recommend this one! -
Audience 9.3 - This is rated so high because it is simply “mind expanding” stuff. A must own if you are into the trippier, more experimental Floyd. Wow is all I can say!
