Sound Quality: C+
Performance: B-
Overall: 2/5 Storage
Here is another one of those 'prototype' DSOTM bootlegs where the piece was being developed. This has the scripture version of 'Great Gig In The Sky' and the jam version of 'On The Run'. The sound quality is pretty good but took more hits due to cuts in the 'Mortality Sequence' and a couple in 'Echoes' and a fade out and probably cut, all be it small, in 'One Of These Days' but apart from that it was pretty good, it would have been a 'B+' if it were not for those issues.
The performance was not bad overall, the volume on the scripture in the 'Mortality Sequence' was too low (I throw this in to the performance because it is not the fault of the recorder) but they always seem to be low volume in the other one from this period I reviewed, it might be by design but the words are not clear, and the guitars were a little too low, volume wise, throughout the whole show.
Track breakdown...
On The Run/Time: There is a little bit of static on the transition
The Mortality Sequence: The cut here is not that noticeable but the song is very short.
Money: Has a nice keyboard solo instead of the sax solo but during the solo the guitars a little lower volume than the bass line so it is out of balance.
Any Colour You Like: This is good, pretty low key and much more of a band performance than a Gilmour guitar solo, which could be because the guitar issues mentioned above.
Brain Damage/Eclipse: I know this piece was far from finalized at this point but the timing on both fo these tracks was a little off, the performance didn't flow and seed awkward.
One Of These Days: Good version but the cut is very noticeable, it is during the first part of the song there is a slow fade out down to nothing and then song cuts back in, it doesn't seem to miss a lot so if there is a cut here it would be a small one but very long.
Careful With That Axe, Eugene: A pretty good version but lacked intensity
Echoes: Would have been a pretty good version if it hadn't have been butchered with a couple of cuts, as stated earlier. The first cut is after the whale music and before the second part gets going and second cut is right at the end.
A Saucerful Of Secrets: This is a pretty good version but my thoughts are this is song is getting pretty old to the band, it just seems like they are going thru the motions a little. This song used to be a basis for a lot of improvisation but as time has worn on this seems to be diminished.
Because of the rarity of this in progress DSOTM versions, if you don't have another from this period and you and come across this, pick it up, it is fairly good, but there are better ones out there.
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Original Info…
MAD FOR *@#%@#! YEARS
R&D
Date & Place: Music Hall, Cincinatti, OH, USA, April 23rd 1972
Sound Quality: VG+/EX-
Source: Audience
Total time = 99:59m
Disc 1 (45:11m)
1. SPEAK TO ME / BREATHE (2:59m)
2. ON THE RUN (jam) (5:02m)
3. TIME (6:32m)
4. BREATHE (reprise) (1:05m)
5. THE MORTALITY SEQUENCE (1:50m)
6. MONEY (6:41m)
7. US & THEM (7:52m)
8. ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE (6:55m)
9. BRAIN DAMAGE (3:57m)
10. ECLIPSE (2:20m)
Disc 2 (54:47m)
1. ONE OF THESE DAYS (7:46m)
2. CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE (12:34m)
3. ECHOES cut (19:53m)
4. A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (14:35m)
Nice upgrade over the plain 2nd gen (and common releases), this was passed through the R&D process and now it sounds really nice, i like the remasters or revisions he does, he has a good ear for this. The original transfer runs pretty slow, sounds a bit dull too and has a bit of white noise on Time, this was all cleaned & fixed carefully and the result is a much more listenable recording. Spectral looks identical to the original unprocessed source.
The show is ok, nothing stellar but very well performed. There's a couple of cuts, 'Mortality Sequence' is only 1:50m long, 'One Of These Days' has an inner cut at the beginning and Echoes has an inner cut in the middle section and then it cuts off at the very end (same cuts on previous sources too).
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