Pink Floyd/Ohio,USA 11.6.1971

Yeeshkul! New works by Floyd will be released this week as well! Now, what do fans think of when you think of Floyd’s 1971 live recordings? Here in Japan, we have Hakone Aphrodite and Osaka, the first performance in Japan that has become a legend. OSAKA 1971” comes to mind. This period was the peak of Floyd Live. Even when looking at overseas live performances, 1971 is characterized by a greater number of great performances and great titles than in other years. “SAN DIEGO 1971”, “MONTREUX 1971”, “OFFENBACH 1971”, etc. are too many to list, and considering the percentage of the entire back catalogue, there are more titles in 1971 than in other years, and it is an excellent album with a rich performance content. Things are lined up in rows. Do you remember that just five days before the announcement of “Meddle”, there was an initial title called “ACUTE DANGER” that became a hot topic as the definitive version of the North American Cleveland performance on November 6, 1971? This was produced as an upper version of “CLEVELAND 1971”, which was released by a popular label in the past, with a revised content, and its excellent, well-balanced sound quality made it a hit among enthusiasts at the time of its release. It was. However, in recent years, a remastered version of the recording source used for this has appeared on the internet, and this recording source is once again attracting the attention of enthusiasts. As you can imagine, this edition is the definitive edition of the same performance, which includes a remastered version of the upper version of the 1971 Cleveland performance. (The overall low pitch of the online sound source has also been corrected just right) To explain the differences from the old version, firstly, the performance sound is one step closer to the front, and the recorded sound has the original thickness. It has improved with a sense of clarity. This is noticeable not only in the opening song “The Embryo” but also in Roger’s announcement recorded before that (*introducing the song “The Embryo”) and the sound image around the recorder, so it appears immediately after pressing the play button. You’ll notice. Also, as I continued listening, I realized that the blurring of the sound image has been significantly reduced. If you actually listen to it and compare it with old releases and previously released releases from other labels, you will notice that the performance sound is neat and well-arranged in every scene of every song, and the expression of the song is much sharper. I’m sure you can understand. This is not the result of processing or changing the sound image through equalization, but rather the result of bringing out the high potential of the sound originally contained in the master sound source to the fullest through precise pitch adjustment and slight sound image/localization correction using the latest equipment. is. It would be more accurate to say that the quality of the food was improved not by over-seasoning, but by using techniques to insert “hidden knives” at key points to bring out the flavor of the ingredients. As a result, the faint sounds stand out firmly in the weak parts, and the sound becomes more massive and sharp in the strong parts!! This new listening experience continues to erupt, and in “Fat Old Sun” it becomes clearer. Gilmore’s singing voice and the sound of the organ are perfectly reported from beginning to end, and the swaying musical expression of this day appears in a very close-up sound image. The guitar that leads the concerted dialogue that begins around 5 minutes and 50 seconds resonates with a close and rich tone, and the drums and bass also emit a tougher and more lustrous sound than ever before, filling in the gaps between the musical lines. You should be able to see that. In “Taiyou Sanka”, the introduction section that slowly rises from the rustle of the bass is revived with an increasingly sophisticated sound image, and even in the low range where the performance sound sinks, the depth of the sound is clearly visible, and the high quality of the original recorded sound is further enhanced. I think you can feel it. From 6 minutes 21 seconds into the middle, the guitar and organ vibrate the atmosphere in a way that gives off a full-bodied sound, and the way the song approaches the finale with its distorted reverberations is so vivid that you won’t believe your ears. So please pay attention. And in “Atom Heart Mother”, you will be overwhelmed by the sound that permeates your five organs and organs with a heavy introduction that rises from the roaring sound. I’m not saying that the crackling has disappeared, but the precision of the sound has improved, so it no longer sounds like an unpleasant roar, and even in quiet parts of the song, the harmonies of voices intersecting in the rich space of the midrange are more noticeable. The movement of the bass, the sound of the cymbals, and the sounds of the cymbals come out without blurring and diffuse, conveying the changes and insightful expressions of this day more accurately to the ears. In “One Of These Days”, the sound SE of the wind at the beginning can be heard even closer, and the thick and core bass approaches with a powerful sound image. As is well known, on this day, the performance that restarts after “One Of These Days, I’m going to…” gives off a very strong driving force, but this is also the sharpness of the recorded sound. Your heart will be excited by the excitement of the sound hitting you one after another. “Eugene” begins with a slight truncation, and even today, Fauvism, which is created when music removes lyrics, clearly brings out the image of leaving colors as the heart desires. The vivid decoration of the sound that is full of inspiration continues to vividly provoke the listener, and the way the music opens up the possibilities that can be obtained by the absence of lyrics can only be seen if you have listened to the previously released album and are familiar with it. You are sure to discover unknown brilliance and surprises. “Cymbaline” is a nice upper point that its characteristic ensemble with a wide range of dynamics does not change simply depending on the strength of the sound, but can be felt as a natural change in expression of the scale of the performance on this day. Also, on this day, there is a rare scene where a woman’s laughter is inserted in the footsteps scene in the middle of the song (*8 minutes 10 seconds to 22 seconds), but this also comes out as a highly transparent sound image along with the surroundings of the recorder. In “Echoes,” a powerful, sharp sound rises from the piano sound via the introduced ring modulator, and you will be able to grasp the edges of the performance expression with more certainty than on the old version. Another advantage of this work is that the sound effect of the wind behind the albatross’ cry has been improved in resolution, further increasing its power to evoke images. Even at the end of the performance, you are sure to be overwhelmed by the vivid shadows of the expressions that appear from a close distance, and above all, the magical moment when the music forms an image and takes on meaning in people’s hearts, that is, the song is hidden at its core. You will be able to communicate even more deeply with your core. In addition, this recording source has long been known to have the only drawback that the recorder repeatedly turns the recording on and off for each song (* There is no omission in the song other than a slight cut off at the beginning of “Eugene”) ), this is the same for the new master used this time. However, this work is intentionally recorded unprocessed in order to preserve the rawness of the original recorded sound. By the way, in overseas titles released in recent years, all of these scenes are faded from the beginning of the disc, but this Sigma version was produced with the aim of being a disc that faithfully brings out the original recorded sound as it is on the master. This means that it is left as it is, with analog noise such as missing parts and gacha. However, as I wrote at the beginning of this article, the precise pitch correction and localization correction have been carefully remastered, as if hiding a hidden knife, so you can fully enjoy the vivid upper feeling of the original recorded sound with increased precision. I’m sure you’ll get it. Please try this latest work that will bring you deeper into the soul of Floyd’s new footprints in 1971. Live at Emerson Gym, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. USA 6th November 1971 PERFECT SOUND(UPGRADE) Disc 1(61:33) 1. The Embryo 2. Fat Old Sun 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 4. Atom Heart Mother Disc 2(72:39) 1. One Of These Days 2. Careful With That Ax Eugene 3. Cymbaline 4. Echoes 5. Blues