What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Pink Floyd Concert Details - Oakland Coliseum Arena May 09 1977
Date: 05.09.1977
Tracks: 8
Total Time: 1:19:31

Bill Graham's partial soundboard recording of this legendary performance begins near the end of the first set, approximately eight minutes into the final sequence of "Pigs (Three Different Ones)." The piece is relaxed but focused, with Rick Wright's spooky synth and one of the band's heavier jams highlighting this set-ending performance.

Following the intermission, the show resumes with the Wish You Were Here album performed in its entirety. Fans of this album will be thoroughly delighted as this is a near flawless performance, with all the songs held together by extended sonic interludes. Prior to the vocals, the first part of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" has a distinctly bluesier edge than its studio counterpart and David Gilmour's guitar playing remains superb throughout the set. He even approaches jazz territory in his soloing during the later parts of this song, when they return to it later in the set. In between are poignant renditions of "Welcome To The Machine" and "Wish You Were Here" and a truly powerful performance of "Have A Cigar." On the latter, Roger Waters and David Gilmour are both laughing through much of the first verse, further exemplifying the camaraderie and good feelings that permeate this night's performance.

Following the Wish You Were Here album and an overwhelming roar of approval, Pink Floyd offers the audience a double dose from Dark Side Of The Moon. It begins with the familiar sound of change hitting a cash register. "Money" lasts a full ten minutes and features a memorable jam within. Waters informs the audience that the last song will be quiet one and the familiar synth sound leads into the spacey free-floating groove of "Us And Them" to close the show. Unfortunately, the soundboard tape runs out a few minutes in.

Certainly one of the strongest, most cohesive performances of the 1977 Tour and possibly the greatest performance of the Wish You Were Here album ever. The group would never perform another tour that so richly emphasized this material. They would also be augmented by additional musicians on future concerts, diluting the sound of the core band. Many fans consider this tour to be the greatest of the band's career and this concert to be the definitive show of that tour.

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Natalia Zukerman "Mortal Child"

Stanley Black: Film Spectacular! Vol.2
(First Impression Music XRCD24)



I really anguished over buying this one as it was £23 from an eBay seller in Hong Kong. It was of course, brand new and sealed.

I bought this one for nostalgia value. When my late father bought our family's first stereogram in the 1960s, I used to kneel in fron of it to maximise the stereo effect. I remember the stereogram well. It was an HMV Stereomaster, although the model that my father chose only had mono FM radio. The turntable was a Garrard 3000 with Sonatone 9TAHC cartridge. I used to plug my mono Philips cassette recorder in to record sessions that bands played for John Peel's programme. I have many tapes of those sessions. In two instances, I have loaned them to the original artists for reissue purposes.

My dad liked Phase4 and Studio2 records. If I remember rightly, the stereo image seemed about two miles wide and then was a cavern in the middle! Money was tight so the purchase of a new record was a big deal in our family. Dad went out to buy this Phase4 album and came back with the mono version. I was gutted but I still played the album into the ground. I still have it and it has survived surprisingly well. I've bought a couple of Phase4 copies on eBay but a mint copy has always eluded me.

I contacted Dutton Vocalion to enquire whether this album was scheduled for re-issue and while they have remastered some of Stanley Black's original albums, this one was not intended for release on CD.

So there we have it ... The only XRCD disc that I own and I bought it just for nostalgia.

Now I've written about it and transferred it to my distributed system, I'm off to do some listening!

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Do you have 'Camel On The Road 1972'. If you like the first Camel album, you will love it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road_1972

Bret Mosley

Grace Potter - Original Soul

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Originally posted by Doctor Jazz:
Stanley Black: Film Spectacular! Vol.2
(First Impression Music XRCD24)

I really like the packaging of the FIM XRCDs and was glad they covered one of the great Phase 4s.

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Originally posted by Doctor Jazz:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Do you have 'Camel On The Road 1972'. If you like the first Camel album, you will love it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road_1972

I have quite a few Camel albums but am missing this one - will have to correct this.

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by Ballan:

Ballan,
What do you use to play vinyl on?
Stu

I have a Linn LP12 and the new Well Tempered.

From a friend..

What a gorgeous album. What a shame that track 3 is so ugly.

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by Ballan:

Ballan,
What do you use to play vinyl on?
Stu

The "Neu Box Set" is not mine. A friend is visiting for the holiday and we are having a "musical weekend". I'm seriously considering getting my own.

steve

Matthew Ryan "From A Late Night High Rise"

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Originally posted by Voltaire:


From a friend..

What a gorgeous album. What a shame that track 3 is so ugly.

I knew you would fall for it....

steve

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:


From a friend..

What a gorgeous album. What a shame that track 3 is so ugly.

I knew you would fall for it....

Just ordered on vinyl.