Pink Floyd - Second Gen (Middlesex)

Album info   Recording Date  : 21-10-1972       Length  : 122:26 Format  : SHN

Track List   Second Gen (Middlesex) (Disc 1) 74:25 01 Speak To Me 03:20 02 Breathe 02:41 03 On The Run 05:21 04 Time / Breathe (reprise) 06:51 05 The Great Gig In The Sky 04:13 06 Money 06:03 07 Us And Them 09:03 08 Any Colour You Like 04:23 09 Brain Damage 03:45 10 Eclipse - end cut 01:14 11 intermission + announcer 01:17 12 One Of These Days 11:31 13 tuneups 02:02 14 Careful With That Axe, Eugene 12:41 Second Gen (Middlesex) (Disc 2) 48:01 01 Echoes (part 1) - small fade 19:33 02 Echoes (part 2) 05:43 03 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 15:24 04 tuneups + audience 00:59 05 Blues 06:22

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Recorded at the Benefit for War on Want, Wembley Empire Pool, Middlesex, England. Very good audience recording. From the info file: title: (UNTITLED) 2ND GEN. disc/s: 2 release: J.O. date/venue: 1972 October 21 - Wembley Empire Pool, Middlesex, England (Benefit for War on Want) source: audience / 2 sources ? / cass(2) > Pioneer audio-CD-recorder > CDA(0) tot length: 122:25 overall: EX CD1 01. Speak To Me [3:19] 02. Breathe [2:40] 03. On The Run [5:21] 04. Time / Breathe (reprise) [6:50] 05. The Great Gig In The Sky [4:13] 06. Money [6:03] 07. Us And Them [9:02] 08. Any Colour You Like [4:22] 09. Brain Damage [3:45] 10. Eclipse [1:13] - end cut 11. intermission + announcer [1:17] 12. One Of These Days [11:31] 13. tuneups [2:02] 14. Careful With That Axe, Eugene [12:40] CD2 01. Echoes (part 1) [19:32] - small fade 02. Echoes (part 2) [5:43] 03. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun [15:23] 04. tuneups + audience [0:58] 05. Blues [6:22] notes: raw rip from a very nice 2nd generation cassette. It's unprocessed; directly recorded from the cassette tapes to audio-CDs (not CD-Rs) using a CD recorder (not a PC burner). mm I won't go into the story of the 2 sources cause I really can't tell for sure, the pieces or recording more included here (like on 'A Benefit For War On Want' ) could be from a different source but sounds very similar to all the rest. since the Master > HIFI doesn't include these pieces and here these sounds a bit different to the rest maybe there can be really a recorder 2. (as many suppose) used to fill this tape (and fillers on tapes are not so unusual to find). I have some doubts about the reliability of the Master > HIFI anyway, as already expressed before, this second gen. (and also the 4th Gen.) sound much better than that actually. anyway, why so many versions for this date you ask? of course cause this is one of the nicest performances and one of the best sounding recordings of the tour. this is the most complete version, sounds more or less like 'A Benefit For War On Want' but has something that makes this more enjoyable than that. unfortunately Eclipse is missing the very end and this is the only 'imperfection' of this copy (the 4th Gen. has no cut).