| Pink Floyd - Brighton Cass[0] HifiDAT[2] |
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| Recorded at the The Brighton Dome, Brighton, England. Fantastic audience recording of the first time the band played 'Eclipsed'. They had to stop after 'Money', but this is not so very very bad, since they play a fantastic version of AHM. From the info file: Pink Floyd 20-Jan-1972 The Brighton Dome Brighton, England A(0)->HiFi VHS->DAT(2)->SHN Rating: EX- (IMHO YMMV) 1. Speak to Me 2. Breathe 3. Travel Sequence 4. Time 5. Breathe Reprise 6. Mortality Sequence (Preacher's Version) 7. Money 8. Atom Heart Mother 9. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10. One of These Days 11. Echoes 12. A Saucerful of Secrets Comments: Speak to Me: Some guy talking during the opening. He seems very impressed. The volume fluctuates at the transition into the Breathe. Breathe: Vocals clear and up front. Very nice Travel Sequence: Very nice, almost 8 minutes long. Pause between Travel Sequence and Time, not a gap, there's still hiss, just silence for a few seconds. Time: Again, very nice. Nice, delicate guitar works before the lyrics begin. They have a little trouble with the harmony in the vocals but what the heck, this is the first performance. Lyrics are clear but slightly more distant than Breathe. Breathe Reprise: No lyrics, I miss Home, Home again... It's just an instrumental at this point with the lead guitar where the lyrics should be. Mortality Sequence: Lyrics are a bit distant but this may be by design. Annoying buzzing sound begins about 3:40 into the track. The cash register sounds for money start. Money: Cash Register comes to front, annoying buzzing fades (mostly). No lyrics, they finally just trail off and the damn buzzing noise comes back. Waters announces that due to 'Severe mechanical and electrical horrors they can't do and more 'of that' but they will do something else. Atom Heart Mother: Quality returns big time. Whatever was making the buzzing sound is gone and we're back to a nothing more than a light hiss. Careful with That Axe, Eugene: This is supposed to help dissipate the audience’s built up adrenalin. The building tension of CWTAE doesn’t seem to be a good sedative. A nice version of a personal favorite. One of These Days: Interesting version. The quality remains the same as the other tracks. Some minor left/right fluctuations at about 6:20. Echoes: This is the B side of our latest release, it’s called Echoes. No opening pings, just very soft piano under the hiss. There are a few pops here and there. They sound like equipment issues rather than DAE clicks. Ah, the harmony is much better here, perhaps they’ve had more practice with this one. Saucerful of Secrets: Sorry, not a favorite of mine, e.g. I won’t listen to it. Quality seems the same at the rest of the recording. Overall: Light hiss throughout. This is really amazing, it's actually a pleasure it listen to with the exception of the buzzing during Money. Track transitions are a bit rough; perhaps the taper is turning off his deck between tracks to save tape/batteries/etc. Disc 2 initially seems a bit short with only two tracks but total time is about 44 minutes. |