Pink Floyd Echoes BBC Archives 1974 David Gilmour - Guitar, Vocals Roger Waters - Bass, Vocals Richard Wright - Keyboards, Vocals Nick Mason - Drums, Percussion Dick Parry - Saxophone Vanetta Fields - Backing Vocals Carlena Williams - Backing Vocals Recorded: November 16, 1974 Broadcasted: January 11, 1975 Released: 2007 Harvested Records (HRV CDR 033) London, Wembley Empire Pool, November 16, 1974 Notes The song was played as an encore to The Dark Side of the Moon The 1974 and 75 performances featured backing vocals by Vanetta Fields and Carlena Williams and saxophone solos by Dick Parry instead of the guitar solos in the 1971-73 performances In 1974, the BBC taped the second set (The Dark Side on the Moon) and the encore (Echoes) of the Pink Floyd performance at Wembley Empire Pool, on November 16. However, Echoes was never broadcast, and for many years only the DSOTM set was circulating from broadcast sources. In recent years, recordings taken from the BBC pre-FM tapes began to circulate, some of them including the long lost soundboard version of Echoes. However, none of these RoIOs are fully sonically satisfactory in our opinion. Most of them are procesed and used some kind of noise reduction, sometimes very slightly (the Sirene releases), and other times more heavily (the Winston remasters, Time In London) The rare, unprocessed versions currently circulating and are very pleasant but not without a certain amount of hiss, which reveals that the lineage was not without some generational loss. The hiss from the unprocessed versions available until now is probably one of the reasons why so much NR was used on the various remaster projects. After much research, a superior source was found, totally unprocessed, with much less hiss than the other unprocessed versions circulating until now. A spectral analysis of the audio file showed that this source was very pure and could be the result of direct transfer from the BBC masters. However, it is well know that the BBC mastering of that concert sounds rather dry and flat, especially the DSOTM set and our source was no exception. The remastering was done very carefully in an attempt to leave the music intact, avoiding NR, dehissing, or any other processing that would generate artifacts. The majority of the remastering work consisted of adjusting the audio levels, balancing the recording when needed, and bringing more clarity and depth by applyng specific EQ settings here and there. The final result sounds great and this version boasts excellent dynamics and a well defined high end without the flaws present on most of the other sources. This CD is free from all NR artifacts, the amount of hiss is minimal, and the low frequency noise that can be clearly heard on all of the currently circulating versions of Echoes (especially during the quiet parts) is not present here. SOURCE(s) https://youtube/watch?v=LTrAv01TMZg i.imgur/J8pGV.jpg floydart.org/trade/hrvcdr033.txt
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:40:48 +0000
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