Pink Floyd
"M-502"
Grosser Saal Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany February 25, 1971
2x74min CD-R release DFA-019 produced by The Digital Floyd Archives
original vinyl release cover art scans (look for the tape on the spine...)
SHN File
2) Careful With That Axe Eugene
3) Cymbaline (missing first verse)
4) The Embryo
5) Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
1) A Saucerful of Secrets
2) Atom Heart Mother
Total time: 96:35 (49:45 & 46:50)
*Original Notes
This is the holy grail of pink floyd recordings of indeterminate origin.
I've been collection RoIOs since high school (when vinyl was king) and even
then this was the one to get. I saw a real one for $75 in 1986 in NYC
(at "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" on 8th, ah, what a store that was)
and when i came back with the money it was gone. my brush with greatness.
anyway...
M-502 is the matrix number of the original 2-LP vinyl set that was made
in europe sometime in the (late?) 70's. Although there are many different
versions of this show, all of them are sourced from a M-502 vinyl copy.
Some sound better than others, none of them sound anything like this.
(Take Linda Surfin' was a popular one). This 2-CDR set comes from a mint
condition original LP, and has been beautifully remastered by the Digital
Floyd Archives. Not only is this one of the best sounding recordings
(especially of this era), this is one of the best vinyl remastering jobs
I have ever heard.
Known Flaws:
If there's any surface noise on this, I can't hear it. May be a little at
the start of disc 2, but this is a non-issue. The original recording does
sound slightly "overdriven"; there is some mild distortion on the loudest
parts of the first set. Also, as i mentioned in the RoIO millionaire
contest, cymbaline fades in around the second verse. There is also a bit
of static in 'green is the color'; this is mic noise caused by the taper,
and is in the original. Overall sound quality is a solid 9 out of 10, with
the only penalty being for the above flaws. ooh... those cymbals!
The performance:
Wow. This seems to be the only concert with the brass/choir on Atom Heart
Mother where the brass section didn't make any mistakes! Also, the 18+
minute version of A Saucerful of Secrets is probably the definitive version
of this song. Did I mention that this is my favorite version of Careful
With That Axe, Eugene? Roger's doesn't scream, he roars. Hold on to your hat.
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