Monday, April 18, 2011

PF - 1975-04-25 - Los Angeles, CA



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Dr. Forrester said...

Format: 2CD

Catalog: RC 2123/24 Rock Calendar Records

Misc.: Audience

Produced: Made in Luxembourg, 1993

Date: 750426

Cover: Dave playing guitar wearing a Blue T-shirt with a pink pig on it.

Sources: 26 Apr 1975, LA Sports Arena. Says it is 25 Apr 1975 L.A. Sports Arena.

Hires-coverscans:

MP3-Soundsample:


Tracks:

Disc 1:
1. Sheep (Raving And Drooling) 11:31
2. Dogs (You Gotta Be Crazy) 13:19
3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V 12:39
4. Have A Cigar 4:33
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts VI-IX 12:31
total: 59:35

Disc 2:
1. Speak To Me/Breathe In The Air 5:07
2. On The Run 4:36
3. Time 6:28
4. The Great Gig In The Sky 6:10
5. Money 8:17
6. Us And Them 7:52
7. An Colour You Like 7:31
8. Brain Damage 3:38
9. Eclipse 1:35
10. Echoes 22:15
total: 75:13




Band:
Roger Waters
Rick Wright
Nick Mason
David Gilmour



Xref: Dogs And Sheeps

Quality: EX- -ADAM
EX- -RAY


Comments: This double CD set from the L.A. Sports Arena 4/5/75 may well be the best CD to come from Rock Calendar yet. This label has been somewhat erratic in the quality department, but this one is top notch. A generous 2 hour and 15 minute full show is presented with a superb stereo audience recording. Nice job! - LIVE MUSIC REVIEW


All times are from the disc and are accurate. The CDs list both current and then later titles for Sheep and Dogs. This is a fairly standard complete '75 shows that is the same show as Dogs And Sheep, although this version is not missing Money. There are a couple of weird drop outs in Any Colour You Like, but tolerable. The quality is not as good as Crazy Diamond (a much better '75 show) but nothing to complain about. Roger talks a bit before Raving And Drolling and Echoes (sax version!). -ADAM



This is the same tape as 'Dogs And Sheeps' (though not as good sound) but claims to be 25-4-75. 'Money' has been added from a different source tape of lesser sound quality. - WHY A PIG?



An excellent recording of a complete 1975 gig. After Dogs, Dave Gilmour says "It was a cruel song.... But fair. The next tune we're going to do for you is another new number, it's called 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'. It has something to do with Syd Barrett who some of you might remember..... & some of you probably won't." The DSOTM tracks are seperately indexed with the exception of Speak to me & Breathe which are combined. Breathe reprise is not listed on the cover but is present. All tracks are correctly credited to their composers on the cover, which is more than can be said for the Harvest CD release of WYWH, I had to check against my vinyl copy. -RAY

April 18, 2011 at 1:39 PM
mahavishnu floyd said...

Thank you Dr. Forrester for providing so many options to listen to. If this is 26 April 1975 as your comment suggests, there are other versions that might sound better, like Harvested's Cruel But Fair' or 'Echoes from the Past-Platinum.' Now there's a new version running around the block, and I think it sounds better than the others.

The reason this is superior is because the original taper, Mike Millard, made a copy that was converted to DAT, which is the best circulating source generally known to be in existence. The DAT recording is done at a sample rate of 48 kHz. Thankfully, that sample rate has been preserved on the new version. Other versions that are made for CD's must have a sample rate of 44.1 kHx, not 48. The situation is much worse than merely the lost samples. The effect is much more deleterious because every single bit must be re-interpolated, which is like another generation.

So if someone who is not putting this onto a CD wants to audition the currently best sound, the 48 kHz version can be found on another popular website, posted on March 7, 2011.

April 18, 2011 at 11:40 PM
Anonymous said...

i think it is roger who says its a cruel song but fair,

April 19, 2011 at 12:52 PM

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