GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Pink Floyd / Pittsburgh 1975 / 2CD / Sigma
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Live at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA. USA 20th June 1975
STOP PRESS !!
It is a great accomplishment of the world’s first appearance sound source · world hatsune!
This weekend, a new page will be added to Pink Floyd in 1975!
Floyd ‘s first appearance sound source that fans all over the world are eagerly waiting for … … Of course that is not something so rarely, but when one or two such things come out a year, It is exciting excitement with the pleasure of learning an interesting perspective again. Well, if it is good sound quality it is still more and more, but that is too bad mushi … No, this weekend such luxury luxury will become a reality for a long time!
Let me introduce. This time it was discovered in the Pittsburgh PA, Three Rivers stadium performance in the United States on 20th June 1975. It is now being torn down, but this is the home of the professional sports team in the western part of Pennsylvania and it seems that it was a very popular place as a venue for various events at the time. According to the record, it is known that Floyd of this day played before about 50,000 people (!!), but the recording which recorded it is incomplete recording so far, so poor sound quality, Only for the tapered sound source (* for convenience, let ‘s let it be taken as “Recorder 1” for the sake of convenience only)) was known only by mixing for only 36 minutes. As a matter of course, this kind of quality is low, so of course it has never been made into a soundboard so far, but only some hardcore maniacs have stayed in knowing a part of the show by their poor Recorder 1.
But what unearthed this time is what it takes two hours and 16 minutes of the whole show. Moreover, it is a completely different recording “Recorder 2” from Recorder 1, it is a super treasure source which was not known at all for about 42 years so far! By this it is the first time that the whole show of this day appears for the first time in 42 years Even so, it is a wonderful thing, but this is suddenly appeared suddenly with high sound quality of shock, so it is serious. The stadium AUD recording about 42 years ago is incredibly incredibly incredible performance sounds are nearly clear and the condition of the sound is outstandingly excellent, and as soon as you listen it you will be amazed at the goodness of that sound with amazing sources of excitement is!!
It is this Sigma latest work which made it into the world harmonic sooner than anywhere, but its original sound is a cassette master sound recorded using three TDK ED C – 60 (※ first half of the show One tape in the second half, one in the latter half, and the introduction of encore and ‘Echoes’ in the remaining one). What I would like to pay attention to here is that he is using the ED series for recording. This is a high-end model of the SD type which was common in the TDK normal position at the time of 75 years, it is a tape released for audio and enthusiasts rather than the general layer. Actually I used Sigma staff (* cassette tape · mania, lol) who is actually writing this, but I used it well, but with SD it is a clearly different difference in auditory feeling with a distinctive sound with a solid feeling It was a feature to be recorded. That means that you are using this tape itself
It is not an exaggeration to say that the goodness of sound is said as it is, and this work has become a preeminent sound of original sound power which inherited the characteristic (= thick and transparent) as it is.
It was released on the Internet because of the nature of the tape for 60 minutes, it was cut every 30 minutes by the tape change. Specifically, it is only a moment at the beginning of the introduction of “Shine On … (Part IV)” and the guitar solo of “Money” for a moment, but in this work, we crossfade this at the beginning of the world’s first soundboard, (* Fortunately, any cut point has almost no hindrance on audibility, a tape flip has occurred at a place like a gap between sound and sound, and in fact it must be written on the original tape You should not notice that there is a cut). But other than this, there is no particular hiss noise, and it is limited to the extent that the pitch misalignment that occurred slightly was adjusted. Even if the staff of this label which is particularly severe in the 21st century digital acoustic technology, modern sound sense, and the sound quality had listening to that extent, there was room for correction so much that there was no need for correction and it remained in a miserable record state, It is just being amazed at the high quality.
Although the recording first contains plenty of tuning scenes for about 2 minutes before the start of the performance, I think that the expectation value for the performance sound will reach the peak at a stroke since the sounds of the respective instruments heard here are pretty close , You can also see that this recording position was pretty good at the same time. And expectation and premonition greatly hit by “Raving and Drooling” which begins. Guided by the texture rich bass tone, surprisingly lively tones gush up and the thick deep resonance peculiar to the ED tape shakes greatly, and the initial expression ‘s thought stands up with a wonderful passage. In ‘You Gotta Be Crazy’, sensual sounds will slowly spread to the field, and Gilmore’s singing voice including Miss Words and the sound of the organ’s tone will stretch outwards in the middle of the process. The example where the guitar and the organ cry at a stroke not only clearly appears the appearance that the melody of two sounds hits like a lightning-fire, but also heard the movement of the bass and drums which are likely to be buried, the feeling of expression and scale feeling Especially big day can be received perfectly on this day. It also contains the sound of a firecracker exploding everywhere in the plaza (※ and even someone’s sneeze sound), and it is a pleasant place to hear the documentary full of work on site. In “Shine On … (Parts I-V)”, the example guitar of the introduction jumps out with a damp, wet voice and rises with an unusually lively tone and reverberation. From the beginning of the singing, you can see how many beautiful shadows are created in the ensemble, and the proximity of the saxophone and the luster of sounds by Dick Barry entering the way are preeminent, and the expansion of the dynamic sound and the expansion of the melody It must be astonishing. “Shine On … (Parts VI – IX)” in the second half is also intense, and it comes out with a very close sound full of tension, with a dense playing and running feeling that accumulates and spits out. It should be surprised by the volume feeling of the bass range which makes the sound of the bass feel even more affordable and the second half funky jam is playing considerably longer than other days’ performances too.
In the latter half of the show Introduction “Speak To Me” beating heart sounds the tremendous sound image that the modern surround will also overturn. Besides, for about 6 minutes (!!), it also contains uncuts, which will be astounded first. It is rare to have recorded the rise of Part 2 for such a long time recording at that time. In “Time”, the fluctuation and shine of the sound caused by the collision of the monophones comes out three-dimensionally, so you can grasp what kind of effect the Quadrophonic of the day was heard from the position where the recording machine was located with a lively sound image. In addition, although it is surprised at the sharp expression of the guitar and a strong sound output, I am surprised since it is not crushed by this and the backup and harmony of the female team is also clearly picked up. In ‘The Great Gig In The Sky’, the scattering of guitar monos and piano melodies are recorded with unusual vividness, and in the scene where the female chorus develops at a stretch from that there is a diffusion of a strong dazzling sound like the sunlight of late summer evening It will be pleasant. “Money” is a song in which scenes that are good at the instantaneous power of sound are repeated. The guitar solos of jarried sounds are also gilmar-like bold jumping scales which are followed by scenes that require immediate attention, and the high recording power that makes you listen at once to the final song stand out. “Us and Them” leads to a sharp organ tone, thick walled ensemble leaves a dense listening response. The contrast between Gilmore’s voice and female chorus appearing to escape from the midrange range is also clear and growing, which is also said to be a scene where the characteristics of the ED tape are well exhibited. “Brain Damage” not only allows you to trace the sounds of this unique sound created by each instruments and three voices with sounds that are easy to grasp, as well as musical inflections towards “Eclipse” while making big reservations at the end part It delivers with the tremendous original sound power. It is also a nice bonus to include a tuning scene for about 1 minute and 30 seconds after the end. “Echoes” is glossy in sound, the intersection of the sonar sound and the deep resonance of the slide guitar sounds dazzling. The albatross cries also have a close proximity and sharpness that makes rich musical intervals feel, and the sound gloss finishes beautifully at the end of the seventy-season when sax is colored, and the music of this day is going to flight high We are going to follow Katsuaki.
Ecstasy and euphoria that musical energy of such a high density hurts breath for about 42 years, and it first appears in the world. I think that the appeal of this work is exactly it. The interesting approach unique to the 75 years of music we did not know so far, there is quite a lot of pleasure to meet with very high quality sound, and when will we be able to meet such a good sound source next time I do not understand. Please come and enjoy this page of this floating sound source newly added 1 page too much this weekend, this Sigma latest work. A great excavation new sound source which appeared completely completely, press board 2CD which is suitable for making that world’s first harmonic sound!
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Incidentally, valuable photos by 35 mm slide are left on the pattern of this day. Web page
You can look at it, so please have a look. When I saw it, it was sunset on the day when the band was still at dusk, when I was playing most of the first set at the time the sun was out, sunset at the “dark side” all songs in the latter half of the show, You can also see how the second half of the show has started since waiting for you, and the visual information also shows that there is a huge white pyramid, which is probably a mechanism to inflate with air behind the circular screen. Also, comments (English) of those who actually watched this show on the day were also received, and on that day, the guard on the side of the organizer was hard to prevent the spread of unofficial sound sources, shooting the show or “Walls” that appeared between the intention of the band and the audience, such as the fact that it was very difficult to record, the various audiences of the time gathered from the suburbs, the audience who danced during the performance also existed, , Such as the fact that the beginning of the initial impulse that ended in the end of the tour in 1977 was the same day, very interesting reports are also listed. Please also look at it together!
STOP PRESS !!
世界完全初登場音源・世界初音盤化の快挙です!!
今週末、1975年のピンク・フロイドに新しいページが書き加えられます!!
世界中のファンが待ち望むフロイドの完全初登場音源….勿論そんな事はそうそう滅多にあるものではありませんが、しかし年に1つか2つそうしたものが出てくると、私達は演奏についての興味深い視点をまた新たに学べる喜びで胸躍るものです。それが音質良ければ尚更というところですが、それはさすがにムシが良過ぎる….いえ、今週末はそんな至福の贅沢が久々に現実のものとなるのです!!
御紹介致しましょう。このたび発見されたのは1975年6月20日の米国ピッツバーグPA、スリー・リバーズ・スタジアム公演です。現在はもう取り壊されていますがここはかつてペンシルバニア西部のプロスポーツ・チームの本拠地で、当時様々なイベントの開催地としても非常に人気のある場所だった様です。記録によるとこの日のフロイドは約50,000人(!!)の前で演奏した事が分かっているのですが、それを記録した録音は何故かこれまで不完全収録にして音質劣悪、しかも曲順ゴチャ混ぜで収録時間僅か36分しか無いテーパー音源(※ 便宜上、一応” Recorder 1 “としておきましょうか…)のみが知られていました。そうしたクオリティの低さですから勿論これまで一度も音盤化された事は無く、一部のハードコア・マニアのみがその劣悪なRecorder 1によってショウの一部分を知るに留まっていたのが現実です。
しかし今回発掘されたのは何とショウ丸ごとの2時間16分テイク。しかもRecorder 1とは完全に別録音の” Recorder 2 “で、これまで約42年間全く知られていなかった超秘蔵ソースなのです!! これによってこの日のショウ全容が42年振りに初めて姿を現しただでも快挙なのですが、これが衝撃の高音質で突如現れたのですからさァ大変です。約42年前のスタジアムAUD録音とは到底信じられないほど演奏音が近く鮮明で、音の通り具合も抜群に優れており、聴けば聴き進むほどその音の良さに驚きが連発する逸品ソースなのです!!
これをどこよりも早く世界初音盤化したものがこのSigma最新作となっているのですが、その原音はTDK ED C-60を3本使って録音されたカセットマスター・サウンドです(※ ショウ前半でテープ1本、後半で1本、そしてアンコールの導入と「Echoes」が、残る1本に収録)。ここで注目したいのは彼が録音にEDシリーズを使用している点でしょう。これは75年当時のTDKノーマル・ポジションで一般的だったSDタイプの上位モデルで、一般層というよりはむしろオーディオ・マニア向けに発売されたテープなのです。実際これを書いているSigmaスタッフの私(※ カセットテープ・マニアです。笑)もよく使っていましたが、SDとは聴感上で明確に違いの出るテープで、重厚感のあるくっきりした音質で録れるのが特徴でした。つまり当時このテープを使用している事自体が収録
音の良さをそのまま物語っていると言っても過言ではなく、本作はその特徴(＝肉厚で透明)をそのまま継承した原音力抜群のサウンドとなっているのです。
ただネット上に公開されたそれは60分テープの性質上、テープチェンジによって約30分毎にカットが入ったままでした。具体的には「Shine On … (Parts I-V) 」のイントロ冒頭と「Money」のギター・ソロでほんの一瞬ですが、本作では世界初音盤化にあたってこれをクロスフェイド処理し、全く違和感なく聴き通せるようにしています(※ 幸いにしてどのカット・ポイントも聴感上殆ど差し障りの無い、音と音の間隙の様な箇所でテープ・フリップが生じており、実際こう書かなければ元テープにカットがあるなどまず気が付かない筈です)。しかしこの他はヒスノイズも特に無く、僅かに生じていたピッチの狂いを調整した程度に留めています。でも21世紀のデジタル音響技術と現代のサウンドセンス、そして音質には特に厳しい当レーベルのスタッフ達が聴いてもそのくらいしか補正の余地と必要が無いほど図抜けた録音状態で残っていたのですから、その質の高さにはただただ驚かされるばかりなのです。
録音はまず演奏開始前にチューニング・シーンが約2分間たっぷり含まれているのですが、ここで聞こえる各楽器の音がかなり近い事から演奏音への期待値が一気に頂点に達すると思いますが、同時にこの録音ポジションがかなり良かった事も伺えるでしょう。そして始まる「Raving and Drooling」でその期待と予感が大きく的中します。質感豊かなベースの音色に導かれて驚異的に生々しい音色がグッと湧き上がり、EDテープ特有の厚みある深い響きが大きく揺れながら、あの初期表現の曲想が素晴らしいパッセージで立ち上がるのです。「You Gotta Be Crazy」では官能的な響きがゆっくり場に広がり、途中でミス・ワードを含むギルモアの歌声とオルガンの音色が外へ外へと伸びてゆく姿に打ち震えるでしょう。ギターとオルガンが一気に泣き上げる例の箇所も2音の旋律が電光石火の如くぶつかる姿が鮮明に現れるだけでなく、埋もれがちなベースとドラムスの動きもバッチリ聴こえており、表現の隈取りとスケール感がこの日は特に大きかった事がパーフェクトに受け取れるのです。場内の至るところで炸裂する爆竹の音(※ そして更には誰かのくしゃみの音)も入っており、現場のドキュメンタリー感溢れる営みが聴けるのも嬉しいところでしょう。「Shine On…(Parts I-V)」では導入の例のギターが濡れそぼった湿り気のある音色で飛び出し、異常なほど生々しい音色と響きで立ち上がります。歌唱が始まってからもアンサンブルに美しい陰影が幾つも生まれる様子が確認出来ますし、途中に入るディック・バリーによるサックスの近さと音艶も抜群で、そのダイナミックな音の膨らみと旋律の広がりには目を見張るに違いありません。後半の「Shine On…(Parts VI-IX)」も強烈で、濃密な弾き込みと溜めて吐き出す疾走感が緊張感溢れる超至近サウンドで出てきます。ベースの音色も余裕すら感じさせる低音域の量感に驚かれる筈ですし、後半のファンキーなジャムは他日の演奏よりかなり長めに演奏している事にも注目です。
ショウ後半は導入「Speak To Me」の鼓動音から現代サラウンドもひっくり返るほどの凄まじい音像が現れます。しかもこれを何と約6分間(!!)もノーカット収録しており、これにまず仰天されるでしょう。当時の録音でこれほど長く第2部の立ち上がりを記録しているのは稀です。「Time」では単音同士の衝突による響きの揺らぎと輝きが立体的に出ており、録音機があった位置から当日のクアドロフォニックがどの様な効果で聞こえていたかが生々しい音像で掴めます。またここはギターの鋭い表現と強い出音に驚かされますが、これに潰されず女性陣のバックアップ・ハーモニーも鮮明に拾っているのですからびっくりです。「The Great Gig In The Sky」ではギター単音とピアノ旋律の散らしが異常な鮮明さで録れており、そこから一気に女性コーラスが展開するシーンでは晩夏夕刻の陽射しの様な、強く眩しい音の拡散が愉しめるでしょう。「Money」は音の瞬発力に長けたシーンが連発する一曲です。ジャリジャリした音色のギター・ソロもギルモアらしい大胆な跳躍音階が間近な響きで追える要チェック・シーンとなっており、終曲まで一気に聴かせる録音力の高さが際立ちます。「Us and Them」では鋭いオルガンの音色に導かれ、肉厚でダイナミックなアンサンブルが濃密な聴き応えを残します。中音域から抜け出るように現れるギルモアの声と女性コーラスの対比も鮮明で伸びがあり、これもまたEDテープの特性が良く出たシーンと言えそうです。「Brain Damage」では各楽器と3つの声部で編み出されるこの日ならではの音の営みを掴み易い音で辿れるだけでなく、終曲部で大きく溜めを作りつつ「Eclipse」へ向かう音楽的な抑揚も凄まじい原音力で届けてくれます。終曲後にチューニング・シーンを約1分30秒強ほど含んでいるのも嬉しいボーナスと言えるでしょう。「Echoes」は音の艶が上々で、ソナー音とスライド・ギターによる彫りの深い響きの交差が眩しく際立ちます。アホウドリの鳴き声も豊かな音楽的行間を感じさせる近さと鋭さが宿っており、サックスが彩る75年らしい終盤もその音艶が綺麗に滲み、この日の音楽が高く飛翔してゆく姿を最後まで克明に追えるのです。
これほど密度の高い音楽的なエネルギーが約42年間も息を潜め、それが初めて世に出る恍惚と陶酔。本作の魅力はまさにそれに尽きると思います。私達がこれまで知らなかった75年演奏特有の興味深いアプローチにそこかしこで、しかも非常に質の高い音質で出逢える悦びは格別ですし、次にこんな良音源に出逢えるのはいつになるか分かりません。是非ともこのフロイド音源史に新しく加わった眩し過ぎる1ページを今週末、このSigma最新作でお愉しみ下さい。完全初登場の大発掘新音源、その世界初音盤化に相応しいプレス盤2CDです!!
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ちなみにこの日の模様は35mmスライドによる貴重な写真が残されています。webページ
で見る事が出来ますので、是非御覧下さい。それを見るとこの日はバンドがまだ夕暮れ時、陽が出ている時刻に最初のセットの殆どを演奏していたこと、ショウ後半の” ダークサイド “全曲再現では日没になっており、暗闇を待ってからそのショウ後半がスタートしていたこと、また円形スクリーンの背後に恐らく空気で膨らむ仕掛けになっている巨大な白いピラミッドがある様子も視覚情報でよく分かります。また当日実際にこのショウを鑑賞された方のコメント(英文)も寄せられており、それを読むとこの日、非公式音源の蔓延を防ぐ為に主催者側のガードが固く、ショウを撮影または録画することが非常に困難だったこと、郊外から集まってきた当時の多様な聴衆の様子、また演奏中に踊り出す観客も居たなど、バンドの意図とオーディエンスとの間に出現した” 壁 “、すなわち77年のツアー終盤にああなってしまったその初期衝動の始まりがこの日あった事など、非常に興味深いレポートも載っています。是非併せて御覧下さい!
Disc 1 (57:40)
1. Intro. 2. Raving and Drooling 3. You Gotta Be Crazy 4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
5. Have A Cigar 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)
Disc 2 (78:04)
The Dark Side Of The Moon
1. Speak To Me 2. Breathe 3. On The Run 4. Time 5. Breathe (reprise)
6. The Great Gig In The Sky 7. Money 8. Us and Them 9. Any Colour You Like
10. Brain Damage 11. Eclipse
12. Echoes (Encore)
Sigma 187
