PRRP038- PINK FLOYD ECHOES OF THE STAGE June 18, 1975 (Boston Garden - Boston, Massachusetts)
CD1 1-1. Raving and Drooling (Sheep) 12:54 1-2. You Gotta Be Crazy (Dogs) 13:35 1-3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I-V) 12:13 1-4. Have A Cigar 4:30 1-5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (VI-IX) 11:53 Total Time 55:05 CD2 2-1. Speak to Me 5:35 2-2. Breathe 2:45 2-3. On The Run 4:48 2-4. Time 5:03 2-5. Breathe (reprise) 1:01 2-6. The Great Gig In The Sky 5:58 2-7. Money 8:25 2-8. Us And Them 7:01 2-9. Any Colour You Like 8:18 2-10. Brain Damage 3:48 2-11. Eclipse 3:48 2-12. Echoes 22:04 Total Time 78:34 PINK FLOYD Roger Waters - Bass and Vocals David Gilmour - Guitars and Vocals Rick Wright - Keyboards and Vocals Nick Mason - Drums and Percussion
The recording we used for this project is generally known as the “second source” or the Boston Garden Master. There is a well circulated copy of this source available but our copy of the source came straight from the master cassette. The owner of this cassette is a good friend of one of PRRP’s contributors. The music fan who contributed the source for our Boston Yes show from 1979 (PRRP 028) and Providence Yes show from 1977 (PRRP 034) was able to get us a fresh new copy of this master cassette tape. Many thanks to him for his efforts. The project actually started with a remastering of the common version of the Boston Garden Master. Once the new version became available, a second remaster was produced and we compared the quality of the two remastered recordings. It was concluded that the source and remaster from the new master was clearly the better recording. The major problem with the recording was the tonality. Both guitar solos and saxophone leads were harsh and un-enjoyable. At the same time, the baseline tonality of the show during quiet and low volume segments seemed to be balanced. The solution was to use a frequency specific dynamic filter that would adjust tonality during these harsh segments. Other adjustments were made to enhance the detail as well as the sub-bass components. A light hiss reduction was used to remove this noise and both clicks and pops were removed manually where needed. After working with both sources it was clear that there were few imperfections in the better master source. Dynamics were enhanced throughout the show as necessary. After the first set, Roger Waters says that the band will take a break. We decided to end disc one at that point and to place all of set two plus the Echoes encore on disc two. This decision does result in two CDs with very different lengths but it is consistent with the performance which we felt was most important.
PRRP038- PINK FLOYD
ReplyDeleteECHOES OF THE STAGE
June 18, 1975 (Boston Garden - Boston, Massachusetts)
CD1
1-1. Raving and Drooling (Sheep) 12:54
1-2. You Gotta Be Crazy (Dogs) 13:35
1-3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I-V) 12:13
1-4. Have A Cigar 4:30
1-5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (VI-IX) 11:53
Total Time 55:05
CD2
2-1. Speak to Me 5:35
2-2. Breathe 2:45
2-3. On The Run 4:48
2-4. Time 5:03
2-5. Breathe (reprise) 1:01
2-6. The Great Gig In The Sky 5:58
2-7. Money 8:25
2-8. Us And Them 7:01
2-9. Any Colour You Like 8:18
2-10. Brain Damage 3:48
2-11. Eclipse 3:48
2-12. Echoes 22:04
Total Time 78:34
PINK FLOYD
Roger Waters - Bass and Vocals
David Gilmour - Guitars and Vocals
Rick Wright - Keyboards and Vocals
Nick Mason - Drums and Percussion
The recording we used for this project is generally known as the “second source” or the Boston Garden Master. There is a well circulated copy of
this source available but our copy of the source came straight from the master cassette. The owner of this cassette is a good friend of one of PRRP’s
contributors. The music fan who contributed the source for our Boston Yes show from 1979 (PRRP 028) and Providence Yes show from 1977 (PRRP 034) was
able to get us a fresh new copy of this master cassette tape. Many thanks to him for his efforts.
The project actually started with a remastering of the common version of the Boston Garden Master. Once the new version became available,
a second remaster was produced and we compared the quality of the two remastered recordings. It was concluded that the source and remaster from
the new master was clearly the better recording.
The major problem with the recording was the tonality. Both guitar solos and saxophone leads were harsh and un-enjoyable. At the same time,
the baseline tonality of the show during quiet and low volume segments seemed to be balanced. The solution was to use a frequency specific dynamic
filter that would adjust tonality during these harsh segments. Other adjustments were made to enhance the detail as well as the sub-bass components. A
light hiss reduction was used to remove this noise and both clicks and pops were removed manually where needed. After working with both sources it
was clear that there were few imperfections in the better master source. Dynamics were enhanced throughout the show as necessary. After the first set,
Roger Waters says that the band will take a break. We decided to end disc one at that point and to place all of set two plus the Echoes encore on disc
two. This decision does result in two CDs with very different lengths but it is consistent with the performance which we felt was most important.