Saturday, April 16, 2011

PF - 1974-11-16 - No Room Upon The Hill


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2 comments:

Dr. Forrester said...

Pink Floyd: Live at Empire Pool
Wembly, London UK during the
British Winter Tour of 1974

Title: No Room Upon the Hill

Date: Performed November 16, 1974

SQ: A (outstanding audience recording)

Source: 1st Generation copy of the
master discs

Liberated in its lowest generation
form yet, in SHN-only format, by
Man of Leisure Music (MoLM) May, 2004
using the FloydArtifacts listserv
and Sharing the Groove. MD5 codes
listed at bottom.

Mastering: Transferred to disc by a
close friend of the taper. Someone
who obviously knew what they were doing.
(Thank you) This is one of the few
departures from our signature re-mastering
methods; MoLM has not performed any sound
alteration, nor speed correction to this
phenomenal recording.

Background: Obtained in a trade with the
taper, Man of Leisure Music (MoLM)
has secured a 1st gen clone of the
master discs. We're ever so grateful.

This is the very well known concert
performed during the British Winter Tour
in late 1974. This night, the BBC recorded what
many Pink Floyd fans consider to be the finest
live version of Dark Side of the Moon.
To my understanding, the BBC did not record
the first set of this timeless concert.

Here it is, the full concert, and one of
the better audience recordings you will
ever hear of Pink Floyd.

Recently, the pre-FM broadcast soundboard
edition of the BBC-recorded second set,
including the Echoes encore, was liberated
on Sharing the Groove and the FloydArtifacts
listserv. (thanks Boss Binth for grabbing it!)

Man of Leisure Music would like to now
share this audience version with the Pink Floyd
Trading community to compliment the pre-FM
broadcast soundboard roio. Together, they
represent the two definitive recordings of
this historic date in Rock and Roll history.

April 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM
mahavishnu floyd said...

It's tempting to give this a listen, though I have 5 versions already (not including vinyl).

A useful website that overrates a bit, but the relative ratings are pretty good, is More Furious Madness at http://www.freewebs.com/fenderpinky/myroiolist.htm
On that site, this audience version rates A-, while the Harvested version rates A+. That same site rates an unspecified matrix version as an A (there are at least 2 matrix versions out there).

Having personally listened to 3 of the 4 offerings presented by the generous Doctor, I would suggest the Harvested version. If anyone has an opinion on 'No Room upon the Hill,' I would like to read your comment.

One more thing, this concert is awesome in playing and sound quality. At least one of these versions is an absolute "must have."

Thanks.

April 16, 2011 at 3:29 PM

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