Pink Floyd - Shine On in Tour 77 (24bits 96kHz vinyl)
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 1977-07-02
Seeder's note:
This is not an upgraded version nor an alternative taper's source, but a high-quality rip from a vinyl which is currently available as "new". It seems however a newer generation version of an older generation vinyl.
But for the Pink Floyd fans who like the sound of vinyl, I have ripped and posted this album on Yeeshkul!
This vinyl album I picked up during another stroll through one of the record shops in The Hague, The Netherlands. They sometimes sell real gems!
There is little known about this album and the only thing I could find was the following:
Pink Floyd - Shine On In Tour 77
Label: EMI (This is NOT a real label. It is used for all unofficial releases (bootlegs, counterfeits ... , pirate compilations) that pretend to be a release of EMI)
Catalog#: PF-BOT77
Format: Vinyl, LP, Unofficial Release
Country: Europe
Released: 2009
Notes: Recorded live in New York 02.07.1977. On back cover there's a third track on side B "Have A Cigar" but this is a printing error as this track appears only on A3. The label of side B does not mention this track either.
Tracklist:
A1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond 12:35
A2 Welcome To The Machine 7:26
A3 Have A Cigar 4:52
B1 Wish You Were Here 6:19
B2 Shine On You Crazy Diamond II 18:51
(source:
http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Shine-On-In-Tour-77/release/2034025)For me it seems a copy of sides 3 and 4 of the double (vinyl) albums "Have A Cigar - The Live Biography, Volume 4" or "Caught In The Crossfire", which feature the whole concert (see below), except for the reprises, and are both stated to be 1977-07-02 recordings (most likely Crossfire, as around 3m45s into the first track you hear a guy shouting "ta-ta-ta-ta" on both and around 5m45s the same audience talk too). Why a copy? Beause the audio seems to be having some typical distortion of a well-played record: some pops and clicks from dust and scratches as well as some distortion in the louder parts, while the vinyl seems in prestine conditions: no scratches or stains. So most of the pops and clicks were in the recording rather than on the record. But while this was definitely audible on headphones, through the loudspeakers this vinyl sounded good enough to do a rip and remaster in 24/96, to keep the original vinyl feel. On the Frequency Analysis (see the pictures in teh support folder) there is no clear roll-off around 20kHz, as you would expect from a CD source.
"Caught In The Crossfire" is seeded somewhere else on Yeeshkul! in the CD version (
http://www.yeeshkul.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21094) although this CD version contains only the second part of the concert (as does this vinyl). But despite this vinyl being a higher generation version and definitely not the best source available, I deceided to make a 24/96 rip for those who love the sound of vinyl - and to keep the sound quality as good as possible.
Track List and Edit Notes:
01 Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Part 1
Finished 2010-12-11
Amplification left channel by 1.1 dB
Manually removal major clicks
Cutting begin and end with fades
Duration 12m23s
02 Welcome To The Machine
Finished 2010-12-12
Manually removal major clicks
Cutting begin and end with fades
Durations 7m20s
03 Have A Cigar
Finished 2010-12-12
Manually removal major clicks
Cutting begin and end with fades
Durations 4m48s
04Wish You Were Here
Finished 2010-12-11
Manually removal major clicks
Cutting begin and end with fades to connect to next rack
Duration 6m07s
05 Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Part 2
Finished 2010-12-12
Manually removal major clicks
Cutting begin and end with fades
Durations 18m43s
B1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Suite (bonus)
Finished 2010-12-12
Add Part 2 to Part 1 with a 7.2 sec cross-over
Duration 31m04s
Yes, track six is my personal bonus: how would Shine On You Crazy Diamond sounds if it would be played live as one single piece?
A scan from the original vinyl album cover is included (including a corrected backside).
Lineage:
Cartridge: Ortofon Rondo Red (MC)
Turntable: Thorens TD165 MkII (modified with in-built symetrical 20dB MC pre-preamplifier)
(RIAA) Amplifier: Denon PMA-1500R
Loudspeaker set 1: Infinity Alpha 40
4-channel DI Amplifier: Behringen DI-4000
Mixer: Behringer Xenyx 1616FX
Amplifier 2: Phonic DMX 2501
Loudspeaker set 2: Wharfedale EVP-S15
Headphones 1: Sennheiser HD 540 reference
Headphones 2: AKG K-501
Audio-interface: E-MU 1616M PCI
PC Hardware: Intel Core i7-920, 6GB RAM, 1x 640GB HDD (system), 1x 1TB HDD (data)
Operating System: Windows 7 - 64bit
Audio Editor: Adobe Audition 3.0.1 (24bits 96kHz wave)
FLAC convertor: FLAC frontend 1.7.1 (24bits 96kHz flac level 8)
For those who appreciate the warmth and the sound of vinyl, enjoy this rip!
HighHopes58
December 2010
