Pink Floyd - BW 2nd Gen Reel - Philips N7150-DAT (16-48)
 
Album info
 
Recording Date  : 26-06-1969
     
Length  : 88:41
Format  : FLAC
Track List
 
01 Afternoon 05:44
02 Doing It! 04:06
03 Sleeping 05:11
04 Nightmare 09:40
05 Daybreak 01:15
06 The Beginning 04:31
07 Beset by Creatures of the Deep 05:59
08 The Narrow Way 05:11
09 The Pink Jungle 05:17
10 The Labyrinths of Auximines 08:50
11 Behold the Temple of Light 03:38
12 The End of the Beginning 09:24
13 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (cut) 08:40
14 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (restarts) 11:15

Notes
Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. Very good audience recording.


From the info file:

Pink Floyd
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
1969-06-26


80'00' (88'40' including repetitions)

Bernard White will be remembered by many as 'the first Syd fan'. It was Bernard who was instrumental in setting up the first Syd Barrett fanzine, 'Terrapin', in the early 70's. Bernard had been part of the scene for years, and collected a good deal of unofficial and unreleased material well before these things started to circulate on bootleg vinyl or CD (bootlegs which ironically were often sourced from nth gen tapes of copies he'd done for friends he'd met over the years).

His collection mainly focussed on Syd, solo and with the Floyd. This particular recording however is from one of his few non-Syd items, a 2nd Gen Reel of the Royal Albert Hall 26th July 1969 show.

Quality-wise it is very similar to the circulating '1st Gen' Cassette, which we suspect is from the same source. This is a raw transfer to DAT that complements rather than competes with the circulating copy.

FLAC encoded at DAT native sample resolution of 48Khz.

Master > Reel > BASF Reel (Single Track Mono, 3 3/4 IPS) > DAT(0) > WAV > FLAC 8

Analogue Transfer: Philips N7150 Reel-to-Reel > Tascam DA20 MkII
DAT Transfer: Sony SDT-9000 DDS Drive + DAT2WAV > WAV

Peak 5.02 used to split into tracks, and trim leading and trailing silences. No other processing performed.

xAXT 1.58 used to convert to FLAC.

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1. Afternoon
2. Doing It!
3. Sleeping
4. Nightmare
5. Daybreak
6. The Beginning
7. Beset by Creatures of the Deep
8. The Narrow Way
9. The Pink Jungle
10. The Labyrinths of Auximines
11. Behold the Temple of Light
12. The End of the Beginning

13. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (cut)

14. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (restarts)

Track 13 cuts early, and Track 14 is an uncut repetition, which includes an extra half minute of stage chatter and tunings at the start. Track 13 may be safely omitted for smooth playback of the full show. It is retained here for completeness.

Recorded to DAT, transferred to FLAC 2001/2007
Beechwoods, Neonknight, Luigi and the Boys.