Overall: 4/5 iTunes
This is a good performance and great sound quality, audience noise is perfect and not annoying at all, from a show from before DSOTM was released, you get the old school version here complete with 'On The Run' jam session and also the 'The Mortality Sequence' the place of Great Gig In The Sky.
The original info says this is the best show from 1972, well I have a bunch to go thru but this one is a pretty solid 4/5, mainly let down by a fairly ordinary performance. I think the commentators on the info must not have heard this version before!
The highlights for me are the old style 'On The Run' and 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' but here are the notable points...
On The Run: This is the jam version, also known as 'The Travel Sequence', that was a part of the live performances before the vcs3 synth inspired musing that it became. I actually think the jam session is nicer to listen to on the whole but I agree with the vcs3 version being on the album for the feeling of paranoia it conveys and over all is a better experience with good quality sound. But I wouldn't have minded if the Floyd had cranked this out occasionally in the 1994 live performances!
Time: The lower register part of the lyrics seem a little off to me, but it isn't too bad ands they lyrics are indeed slight different as mentioned in the original info, ok so I did need to look up the word supine, it basically means to lay on your back for those of you who are interested.
Great Gig In The Sky: The old 'Religious Piece' or 'The Mortality Sequence', an organ solo with some scripture being quoted, I can’t seem to find what the scripture passage is and I am not sure if it changed, the words are not that clear on that recording. I prefer the real version, such a haunting, beautiful tune. I am glad they changed it.
Money: The sound effects are just pretty repetitive, I much prefer the variety on the album and later performances but it doesn't detract from the show at all. Good bass work. also the first solo is a sax solo and he guitar solo is great, got a real nice fuzzy sound.
Us & Them: This is an ok version, it has some vocal flourishes in there I do not care for but it isn't too bad, also one section is Dave wailing for some reason, still getting the kinks worked out.
One Of The Days - Not the best version I ever heard but pretty good, a little low on energy in my opinion, the first half at least, the second half was better. (compare this to the Return of the Sons Of Nothing bootleg which I reviewed earlier this month to see my point.)
Careful With That Axe, Eugene: It is s very toned down version until the screaming, Roger is in fine form, I think this is Roger's unique talent of seeing the big picture and gauging the overall feel of a song brilliantly and knowing how to jerk the listener out of their comfort zone when he wants to. The transition, because of the low key nature of the first section, is terrific. Great version.
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Original info…
Format: CD
Country: Made in Italy
Catalog: TB 35 (Teddy Bear Records) Label: Teddy Bear records
Produced: Mady in Italy, 1994
Date: 720312
Cover: Front: It has stars and a sun eclipsed by a moon. On the top it has PINK FLOYD, and on the left side of the moon, it says 'The great gig on the moon' Back: At the top it has the title, then it has 'Recorded live in Sapporo, Japan, on March 12th, 1972'. Then it has the songs, and it finishes with 'Distributed by DIES IRAE RECORDS,s.r.l' etc..... Booklet: The booklet as two pages, and in the inside it as a picture of the concert, and the name of the members of the band. Disc: The CD itself has a picture of an eclipse and a comet.
Sources: 12 Mar 1972, Recorded live in Sapporo, Japan.
Tracks:
1. Eclipse suite 47:03
a) Speak to me 2:04
b) Breathe 5:13
c) On the run 3:30
d) Time 9:06
e) The great gig in the sky 3:25
f) Money 6:25
g) Us and them 3:00
h) Any colour you like 3:05
i) Brain damage 4:03
j) Eclipse 7:12
2. One of these days 10:25
3. Carefull with that axe, Eugene 12:35
Total: 70:05
Band:
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
Nick Mason
Comments: The times of the songs on the back cover, are different from the the times on the CD, and the real times. On the CD, there are some errors on the separation of the songs.
BRILLIANT!!!! On the Run is completly different, and The Great Gig is also different (the beggining of TGGiTS seems like the end of SOS, when R.Wright plays beautiful chords on the organ,then there is something said, and then it's like the early years, like Interstelar Overdrive ).
D.G. and R.Wright sing at the same time in 'Time', but the melody they sing is different from the one on DSoTM. Also, R.Wright instead of saying "Tired of lying in the sunshine..." says something like "Lying supine in the sunshine..."
The initial effects of 'Money' are different.
'Brain Damage' is not complete: they don't sing the second part from "The lunatic is in my head..." to "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon." -RICARDO
My copy was the Psychedelicmania show of 29 April 1970. Apparently, there has been reports of people with the same problem, and the reverse -- buying Psychedelicmania and getting Great Gig on the Moon. In other words, try before you buy, if you can. I got this at a convention, so I'll just have to bitch to Teddy Bear Records ... -ANONYMOUS
This is great, excellent recording. Some audience talking in quiet bits -- my Japanese isn't good enough to hear what is being said. A few problems with timing when two or more vocal lines at the same time, but nothing too annoying. Love the guitar jam version of On The Run. Very atmospheric version of CWtA,E. Excellent, recommended. -KeithC
The best 72 cd I know of. Far better than TSP's, Best of Tour 72. This is one you don't want to let get away as long as you get the right cd. - Greg
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