Pink Floyd - A Sheer Drop
 
Album info
 
Recording Date  : 22-11-1970
     
Length  : 134:13
Format  : FLAC
Track List
 
A Sheer Drop (Disc 1) 70:01
01 Astronomy Domine 10:06
02 Tunings 01:08
03 Fat Old Sun 13:26
04 Tunings 01:01
05 Cymbaline 11:27
06 Tunings 02:33
07 Atom Heart Mother 16:55
08 Tunings 00:44
09 The Embryo 12:41
A Sheer Drop (Disc 2) 64:12
01 Tunings / Intro 02:22
02 Green Is The Colour 03:38
03 Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:32
04 Tunings 01:16
05 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 12:28
06 Tunings 02:50
07 A Saucerful Of Secrets 17:11
08 Tunings 00:19
09 Interstellar Overdrive (Cut) 13:36

Notes
Recorded at the Altes Casino, Montreux, Switzerland. Fantastic audience recording.


From the info file:

~ A Hoarders Inc. & GBC Production ~
PINK FLOYD
'A SHEER DROP'

Venue: Altes Casino, Montreux, Switzerland
Date : November 21st 1970

Tape recorded on October 10th 1982
(tape misdated as 1970-09-18)

Recording source .. Audience (source 1)
Sound Quality ..... EX/EX-
Tape source ....... Maxell UDXLII C90 4th generation cassette w/ Dolby B
Transfer .......... Sony CD/Cass deck TXD-RE210 > Creative Sounblaster X-FI Platinum > HD > Auditon 1.5 > 24b/48Khz WAV > FLAC
Release ........... FLAC > WAV > Speed Correction > Downsample to 16/44 > FLAC

Total time = 134:15m

Disc 1 (70:02m)
1. ASTRONOMY DOMINE (10:06m)
2. tunings (1:08m)
3. FAT OLD SUN (13:26m)
4. tunings (1:01m)
5. CYMBALINE (11:27m)
6. tunings (2:33m)
7. ATOM HEART MOTHER (16:55m)
8. tunings (0:44m)
9. THE EMBRYO (12:41m)

Disc 2 (64:13m)
1. tunings / intro (2:22m)
2. GREEN IS THE COLOUR (3:38m)
3. CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE (10:32m)
4. tunings (1:16m)
5. SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN (12:28m)
6. tunings (2:50m)
7. A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (17:11m)
8. tunings (0:19m)
9. INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE (13:36m) cut


What a great concert. One of my favorite Floyd shows, even if they did make some mistakes and the equipment had some trouble . (check Cymbaline). I always like the Floyd shows that have some troubles because they are so fucking good at sorting them out. And coming up with something even better. And this show is the example. For every mistake, a great and high arrangement next. I tripped to obscured places listening to this recording. Check the drums on The Embryo, but don't let your mind go too far. Check the guitars on AHM, you can feel the astonished people in the audience videoing a dark sky full of stars and wondering if these 4 guys are really playing in front of them or on a rocket.

This sounds way better than R&D's 'Set The Controls', ok, maybe the hiss is more present, but that's due to the brightness of the tape too. Here, you can listen to this show in an incredible definition in spite of the hiss, which reveals that the master of this recording should sound fantastic. If it wasnt for the hiss, I would give to this an EX+ with my eyes closed.

Also, and sadly, AD and Embryo has some drop outs, much more noticeable on The Embryo. These drop outs were also on the STC release, so both tapes came from the same source. (STC being higher than this).

But we decided not to apply any kind of remasterization to this recording, only a very needed speed correction was applied (the last 3 songs ran very fast, and you can ocasionally hear some speed fluctuations on the last 2 tracks, seems the tape wasnt in the best condition). But about the turbulences, i dont think they are native to this tape. I think they came from a lower generation of this source. IO cuts out as on all other sources.

So now, Sirene actually has something to do.

Enjoy!

Hoarders Inc.

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* artwork by: Moonwall
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