| Pink Floyd - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, 2nd gen (24-96) |
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| Recorded at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Great audience recording. From the info file: Pink Floyd 1970-09-26 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, 2nd gen (24bit/96kHz) Pink Floyd Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 26 September 1970 Lineage: 1st gen Maxell metal cassette > Nak Dragon x 2 > 2nd gen cassette (Maxell XLII-90) > *Technics RS-B965-M > Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 > Audacity 2.0.3 > FLAC (24bit/96kHz) xACT used to create FFP *The Technics RS-B965-M is a modified deck - for details see the Tapeheads.net forum 01 Astronomy Domine 02 Cymbaline 03 A Saucerful Of Secrets 04 Interstellar Overdrive 05 Fat Old Sun 06 Green Is The Colour 07 Careful With That Axe, Eugene Total running time: 1 hour 26 minutes 14 seconds This is without doubt the best source for this date that I have come across so far. The only disadvantage to Stratcat58's tape is that Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun is missing. The master that circulates sounds dull in comparison to this 2nd gen, which is unequivocally brighter and clearer. Stratcat58's source runs slow, as seems to be the case with all sources. Goldenband calculated the necessary speed corrections, which ranged form +0.9-2.3%. The values aren't perfect because of the shifting speed but get each song very close indeed to the right pitch. The recording also has occasional flaws and dropouts that are not on other copies. You can hear one at the start of IO and a couple in CWTAE, for example. I have carefully checked various noises and can confirm they are on the tape. Stratcat58's source kept meticulous notes on all of his recordings. From him we know that the individual who originally recorded the concert had the cassette masters 'cleaned up' several years back using professional recording studio equipment. Stratcat58's source is not aware of the details regarding what the original master(s) consisted of or what clean up process involved. The results were recorded onto a 90 minute Maxell metal cassette. Stratcat58's source was able to borrow this metal tape through a reliable third party and make two archive copies, one on reel-to-reel and the other being the tape used for this release. Side B on Stratcat58's cassette, starting with Interstellar Overdrive, was recorded at a lower level than side A. I adjusted the gain on the FSP14 to compensate when I flipped the tape. Stratcat58 cassette / Neonknight tape transfer and speed adjustments, January 2014 |