Performance: B- (mainly due to equipment problems)
Overall: 3/5 Storage
The famed Knebworth concert location, The Floyd played here a few times, including one in 1990 which, with other artists, was recorded and is available on DVD. This one was the first time they had performed there and is special because Have A Cigar featured vocals by Roy Harper who provided the vocals when the track was recorded around that same time. Although SOYCD and HAC had been fleshed out in previous gigs, this was the first time it was played as a piece similar to the flow on the album.
It is an audience recording and seems distant so it kind of blends together, vocals are not that clear and the timing seems a little off but a highly energetic performance none the less. Overall worth a listen but I will find better shows with less talking and no equipment problems, but if you get a chance to give this listen then go for it, both halves of SOYCD are excellent. Info also states this is the last time the four man Floyd played the DSOTM suite so it is pretty historic in general.
Here is some other info on the gig from wiki:
Singer Roy Harper was performing at the same event, and upon discovering that his stage costume was missing proceeded to destroy one of Pink Floyd's vans (injuring himself in the process). Unfortunately this contributed to a delay in the setup of the band's sound system; a pair of World War II Spitfire aircraft were due to fly over the crowd during their entrance, and the performance could not be delayed.
Tracks breakdown...
1. Raving and Drooling: We start of with some tunes ups for about 2 and a half minutes and end with another 3 minutes of tune ups, it is evident there are issues. Biggest problem, for me, is that it sounds like the recorder or a person very close has a cold, which doesn't really add anything to the song but I love this track, even more so that the version that was put out on Animals, and this is a good version, even with the problems they were having.
2. You Gotta Be Crazy: Generally a good version, maybe adjustments were made by the sound guys, this track seems clearer but the vocals are a little muffled again which makes them tough in this track especially, The track ends with 9 minutes left on the clock, hence the long running time. The remaining time is spent again doing tune ups, they talk about the problem which turns out to be, according to wikipedia, a power supply problem pushing Wright's keyboards completely out of tune. It transpired that each time the master volume was turned up, the keyboards went out of tune. At one point Wright left the stage, but they continued with a less sensitive keyboard, a piano, and a simpler light show.
3. Shine On 1-5: Good sound, good sax, overall great performance of this track and the sound quality is pretty good. I love the guitar section in the original that was missed when the song was condensed later on.
4. Have A Cigar: Awful vocals, not sure what the heck happened but they are torturous to say the least, Roy Harper killed this one for me. Gilmour's guitar work is funky as ever but the sound is dull, also the track cuts off at the end.
5. Shine On 6-9: There is talking thru this one which spoils an otherwise great version of this track. Sound seems clearer too like the first section of SOYCD on this bootleg. Disappointing!
6. Dark Side Of The Moon: Listed and indexed as one solid track, again suffers a lot from muffled vocals and a slow beginning which leads to more talking. Gilmour was in good form for this whole show but the solos in Time, Money and Any Color You Like were great. However the wailing on Great Gig was horrendous, screaming in places rather than singing, they were clearly out of their comfort zone. Any Colour You Like was great in general and really stood out for me, funky guitars, a keyboard solo and some great bass work from Roger. The keyboard, due the problems I am sure, were ragged on Us and Them and the lyrics on Brain Damage/Eclipse were a little lackluster.
7. Echoes: Good version here, even includes a sax solo!
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Pink Floyd
1975-07-05
Knebworth Festival
Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire England
Pinkroioshn CDR-010 (PRS-CDR-010)
Master Audience Cassette - Recorder 1
Recorded in 1975 by
and DAT Transfer in 2006 by
"Old Grumpy Bastard"
aka "lordsnooty"
And here we finally have it, the actual MASTER of Knebworth, transferred in 2006 to DAT directly from the Master Cassettes by the recorder himself, a self-proclaimed "grumpy old bastard" who is actually a supremely generous individual--and to whom we owe much gratitude not only for providing the master DAT, but for recording the concert 31 years ago. Additional kudos to fatoldpig who communicated with the recorder and received the DAT from England for release by Pinkroioshn.
Unfortunately, the DAT was recorded at fairly low volume, so that a significant boost of the levels was necessary. As a result, there is a bit more hiss in these 31 year old cassettes than there should be. No noise reduction was performed, however, in order to maintain the recording in its purest form. Additionally, absolutely no edits were done, so that this flac file contains all the lengthy tune-ups, stage chatter, and indeed the entire event as it was captured by the recorder that day. The Floyd surely took their time at this concert. This is the final performance of the Dark Side of the Moon suite by the four-man Pink Floyd.
DAT Master acquired for Pinkroioshn label by fatoldpig.
Produced by danlynch 2006-09-30
Further notes from the Recorder as posted at Dimeadozen: "The taper and friends are not heard on this recording. People nearby are heard chatting. 'More music and less audience' hmm... I only missed 30 secs while I turned the tape over. Not bad for a show that was 160 odd minutes, but we are talking about the Floyd community here and they seem to moan about just about everything. BTW the original master tape has no cut in DSOTM"
Tracks:
Set 1:
01 Raving and Drooling
02 You Gotta Be Crazy
03 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)
04 Have a Cigar*//
05 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)
Set 2:
06 Dark Side of the Moon
Encore:
07 Echoes
*Roy Harper lead vocals
//end of HAC is cut on Master
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