Thursday, October 15, 2009

PF - 1987-10-10 - Forgotten Pink Floyd - Part 1

"First New York Appearance"
Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands)
1987-10-10 master AUD tape

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Dr. Forrester said...

Pink Floyd "The Forgotten Concerts" Part 1 "First New York Appearance" Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands) 1987-10-10 master AUD tape

Now, THAT'S a mouthful! Let's call this, uhh... recorder 3. The one you haven't heard. That one.

I need to take you back, to when it was all new, to when the group hadn't played in seven years and nobody was sure they would play again, to where we could walk past scalpers commanding incredible prices, and say smiling "*I've* already GOT mine!" The excitement of that evening seemed to live among the crowd. You can hear it in their voices on this recording. Although loud, the audience is swimming with the music. The band seem equally as impressed and excited.

I hadn't listened to this recording in a very long time. To be truthful, I had difficulty in locating it. Instead of being seperated, like all the other masters I have (hint hint), it was in another drawer in an old TDK vinyl box.

You won't be impressed - at first. Frankly, the fidelity of the audience alone does not sound great. But then that music settles in like a warm, cozy blanket, overwhelming and stunning the crowd. Remember, no one had heard them in so long. The recording sort of tucks you in and surrounds you. It seems to be everywhere you look. The vocals, although surrounded by echo, are in themselves rather clear. Although a bit flat, this is a great recording, to be blasted as loud as you can!

This concert was recorded on a unique cassette deck. Phenomenally expensive at $550 when it was bought around 1983, this German Fisher walkman-style recorder had auto-reverse recording. It had the ability to sense when the foil was about to appear, and to madly switch directions on the spot. As a result, the two sides can be spliced with almost no loss of material. There is less than two seconds missing of this concert!

This torrent is the first part of two or three rather special Pink Floyd concerts. As you may have gathered, this show isn't in wide circulation. I don't know why.

You will notice that this show is rather different than the more-widespread 1994 tour. It simply isn't as polished and as tight sounding. To me, that's a relief. The later shows tend to sound rather clinical and airless to me, when compared to this performance. Do they to you also?


Setlist:

SOYCD
Signs Of Life
Learning To Fly
Yet Another Movie
A New Machine Part 1
Terminal Frost
A New Machine Part 2
Sorrow
Dogs of War
On The Turning Away

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One Of These Days
Time
On The Run
Wish You Were Here
Welcome To The Machine
Us And Them
Money
Another Brick In The Wall
Comfortably Numb
One Slip
Run Like Hell

Lineage -> SA90 x2 Tascam Pro 112 MkII with line balanced outputs->Sound Forge ->Flac

There was no sound card used. The new setup goes directly to the bus.

Enjoy! (part 2 is coming... sometime... )

A DoinkerTape

October 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Anonymous said...

Dr. Forrester - you're AWESOME!!!

-- Jim Bob

October 15, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Anonymous said...

Could you repost this, please? Thank you!

Great story. I remember getting my ticket to see the band at the box office of the Seattle Kingdome the evening of the show. There were lots of empty seats. Man, I would love to see them in concert just one more time.

February 4, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Anonymous said...

I would love to get this recording. I was at this show when I was 16! Is this something can be posted so I can get it?

June 22, 2012 at 2:51 PM

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