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The legendary recording that influenced the official masterpieces “I Want You Here” and “Animals” and forcibly distorted music history is being reprinted beyond half a century of time and space. It will be released on the highest peak updated quality 2CD by “GRAF ZEPPELIN”. The legendary recording was recorded at the “Stoke-on-Trent performance on November 19, 1974”. It is a legendary audience recording. 1974 is known for the preview of new songs following “Madness”, and early versions of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”, “Raving And Drooling (original song of Sheep)” and “You Gotta Be Crazy (original song of Dogs)” were performed. However, before the band officially produced the album, a live audience recording of the preview was circulated. The unprecedented hit that was outside the common sense of underground recordings caused a major change in the album plan. I started with a famous anecdote, but the legendary LP that triggered it was “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74 (PFL 7501 / Nr.17610)”. This work is the 50th anniversary edition that has updated the longest and highest peak based on the legendary recording that changed such history. This LP raised the profile of the “1974 British Winter Tour” itself, but several other famous recordings are now known. In order to organize the collection, let’s approach the position of the show from the overview of the activities at that time. “1974 French Summer Tour” June 18-26 (7 shows) “1974 British Winter Tour” November 4-14 (5 shows) * November 15 “WEMBLEY 1974 2ND NIGHT” * November 16 “WEMBLEY 1974 PRE FM MASTER” * November 17 “WEMBLEY 1974 FINAL NIGHT” * November 19: Stoke-on-Trent performance ← ★ This work ★ November 22-December 5 (7 shows) * December 9 “MANCHESTER 1974” December 10-14 (3 shows) This is PINK FLOYD in 1974. Even though it was a tour, it was only “Summer France” and “Winter Britain”. The latter is particularly famous for the press masterpieces from the Wembley performance, but this Stoke-on-Trent performance was the 9th performance immediately after that. This show was in two parts: Part 1 = 3 new songs / Part 2 = Madness + Echoes. This work is a live album that allows you to enjoy the whole view. However, it is a little different from a simple full recording. From here, let’s proceed in parts 1 and 2. DISC 1 (Part 1): The highest peak updated version of the legendary LP “Raving And Drooling”, “You Gotta Be Crazy”, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” DISC 1 of this work is the legendary LP “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74”. Contrary to the legendary name recognition, this recording is all about the legendary LP. Usually, the more famous the recording, the more the master tape is searched and excavated, but no source has been found other than “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74” released underground at that time. In that case, the biggest point is “how precisely to digitize it”. There are many transfers of this legendary record, but this work uses the best master found by researchers. Furthermore, it is the highest version, polished by the detailed mastering of “GRAF ZEPPELIN”. In fact, the sound is the best ever. For a long time, the Sirene label version, which was a hit 20 years ago, served as the highest peak, but even so, the phase was significantly biased to the left, and the sound was muffled due to noise reduction. This work does not have such a drawback. The noise processing based on the 2024 standard makes the performance sound natural and beautiful, and the clarity and brightness are improved. Furthermore, the phase correction that does not allow even 1/1000th of a second deviation makes the positioning stable in the center. The conventional feeling of having your head pulled to the left is gone, and it is beautifully arranged. DISC 2 (Part 2): The latest transfer version of “Madness” recorded separately, all of it + “Echoes” and Part 2. This is also a sound source of some kind. In the first place, only the first part of “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74” was recorded, but the second part was discovered later. However, this was a completely different recording from “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74”. As mentioned above, the second part has not been found in the “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74” recording, but the later recording only had the second part and not the first part. The two records have no overlapping parts, and this work reproduces the entire show by lining up both. And this is also the highest peak update. It uses the latest transfer version that was released very recently, and like DISC 1, “GRAF ZEPPELIN” has polished it. First of all, it’s long. The ending of “The Great Gig” and the beginning of “Money” are recorded for about two seconds longer, and the beginning of “Echoes” is about four seconds longer. Of course, such a few seconds of lengthening is just proof of the latest transfer. What’s more important is the sound that runs through the entire work. Although the specific number of generations is unknown, the younger generation is clearly younger than the conventional master, and the contours are vivid and the extension is beautiful. The silence also becomes deeper, and the crisp performance sound emerges, as if the recording position itself was much closer to the stage. And like DISC 1… no, even more so, the detailed mastering of “GRAF ZEPPELIN” is effective. The phase shift has been corrected, so the localization is aligned to the center, and the stereo feeling is wide. Furthermore, even after the band analysis, the balance adjustment has significantly improved the rounded and muffled sound, and the thickness of the performance sound is rich. It is truly an upgrade of “different class”. What if “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74” did not exist? “I want you to be here” and “Animals” would have been released with a completely different concept, and “The Wall”, which was triggered by the tour experience, would not have been born. The history of FLOYD that we know has disappeared, and there is no doubt that progressive rock… no, rock history itself has changed. This work is a live album that precisely reproduces such a legendary LP and even uses other sound sources to reproduce the entire show. Surprisingly, the traditional sound source from the 1974 UK tour sound source is surprisingly released for the first time on the label! The previous release was the Sirene version (2004), and it has been a long time since the last release in 20 years. This performance was a very famous live performance in the ’70s, where three songs from the first half of the live performance that were not released at that time were released on LP almost in real time, and Disc 1 is a remaster from that LP, and Disc 2 is recorded from a different Aud sound source from the LP, which is the same concept as the already released Sirene version. It seems that not only the original tape of the LP has not yet been excavated, but the first half of the stereo tape sound source used in the second half of the live performance on Disc 2 has not yet been excavated, which means that there is no part where the two types of sound sources intersect with each other, making it a very mysterious thing. By the way, the LP version was quite common in second-hand stores up until the early ’90s, but in recent years it has become rare and has become hard to find, and as a result, even repro LPs without laminated jackets are on the market. The LP part of Disc 1 is the latest remaster from the digitized data of the best version that was previously distributed, and the main point of this release is that the phase, which was heavily biased to the left in the original LP, has been corrected. In addition, scratch noise has been pinpoint removed and is hardly noticeable from beginning to end. The overall tone is not affected by the noise removal, so the texture is brighter and the clarity has increased. As for Madness and Echoes on Disc 2, they are from the same source as the previously released, but are remastered from the upgraded version that was recently released. The generator is unknown, but the sound is clearly fresher, the phase shift has been eliminated, and the visibility has improved considerably. The sound is very close and thick, and it is a high-quality stereo sound. As with the previous release, there is a phenomenon (?) in the guitar part in the middle of Echoes where the sound is swayed as if the left and right channels were manipulated. Also, it can be said that the beginning of The Great Gig and Money are about 2 seconds longer before and after the cut, and the beginning of Echoes is about 4 seconds longer. Legendary audience recording of the “Stoke-on-Trent performance on November 19, 1974”. Based on the legendary LP “BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74”, which made the world aware of “Raving And Drooling”, “You Gotta Be Crazy”, and “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” ahead of the official work, this live album reproduces the second half of the show that was not included on the LP with a separate recording. Both the first half of the show (LP part) and the second half (separate recording part) are the highest peak updated editions that “GRAF ZEPPELIN” has polished up the best master. Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England 19th November 1974 TRULY PERFECT SOUND UPGRADE!!! Disc 1 (47:34) Taken from The LP “British Winter Tour 74″(PFL 7501 / Nr.17610) 1. Raving And Drooling 2. You Gotta Be Crazy 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Disc 2 (77:53) 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 Color You Like 10. Brain Damage 11. Eclipse 12. Echoes
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