Pink Floyd - Philadelphia Recorder 1, unknown gen (nipote-Neonknight) (24-96)
 
Album info
 
Recording Date  : 12-11-1971
     
Length  : 68:59
Format  : FLAC
Track List
 
01 Tuning 01:37
02 The Embryo 13:03
03 Fat Old Sun 15:35
04 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (cuts) 13:17
05 Echoes 25:27

Notes
Recorded at the Irvine Auditorium, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Good audience recording.


From the info file:

Pink Floyd 1971-11-12 Philadelphia Recorder 1, unknown gen, nipote_neonknight (24bit/96kHz)

Pink Floyd
Irvine Auditorium, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Recorder 1
12 November 1971

Lineage: TDK D90 unknown gen cassette (1990-1995 type) > *Technics RS-B965-M > Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 > Reaper v4.61 > FLAC (24bit/96kHz)


*The Technics RS-B965-M is a modified deck - for details see the Tapeheads.net forum
xACT used to create FFP

01 Tuning
02 The Embryo
03 Fat Old Sun
04 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (cuts)
05 Echoes


Total running time 68 mins 59 secs

This is a fresh transfer of nipote’s tape that he has previously shared with the collecting community. No speed correction was required. Nipote’s cassette played back on my Technics sounds clearer and more detailed than other sources.

This is not the best of recordings. I read that prior to enhancements, Irvine's cross-shaped design created great resonance for organ music but caused other sounds to 'fly' all over the room rather than be directed to the audience. There is regular analogue distortion, probably due to an inexperienced taper and basic recording equipment struggling with the conditions, and the sound is often quite distant with the exception of the louder passages.

Nipote cassette / Neonknight tape transfer, November 2014