Pink Floyd Pink Floyd/Osaka,Japan 3.8.1972

A gem of a title that has been wonderfully upgraded to Pink Floyd’s 1972 Japan performance will be released! It’s the first day of the Osaka performance on March 8th. The previous day, the 7th, was the second day of the Tokyo performance, but the next day, the 8th, it was a performance held in a very tight and hard schedule, with no day off, and the first day of Osaka, which also served as a move from Tokyo. The sound source of this day’s pattern was recorded on “DARKEST MOON” that appeared in 2004, and in May 2009, it was recorded as discs 1 and 2 of the 6-disc title “ASSORTED LUNATICS”, which fully recorded the Kansai region performance of the 1972 Japan tour, so I think many people have heard the sound source itself on those already released boards. By the way, there is a big common point between the two already released titles, which was that both were recorded in mono. The latest Sigma work that will be released this time is a stereo recording that has finally appeared, and it is an upper version that boasts the ultimate sound quality and sound image of this source, which was directly dropped from the actual master cassette provided by the recorder himself! Furthermore, while the above-mentioned already released version had fade-in/out processing at the beginning and end of the disc, this version appears as a completely unprocessed master recording. All parts are recorded slightly longer than before. Of particular note is the cheering scene at the end of disc 2, after the end of all the performances, which contains a small announcement from the day. Of course, this is the completely first appearance scene. In addition, the missing musical tones from 1:30 to 2:29 of “Mad Men in the Heart” and 0:12 to 17 of “Echoes” have been filled in with a new transfer from the mega-rare 3LPs “Pink Floyd” (KP339-KP344), a collector’s most difficult to obtain mega-rare record with another recording from the same day, and the full length and completeness have been updated, and the ultimate stereo sound that generously and richly uses the existing sound of the day has been realized! For example, “Speak to Me” can be heard as it is from the master cassette from the beginning of the disc because the fade processing at the beginning of the disc has been eliminated. The stereo sound image with increased thickness and depth has already exceeded its peak at this point, but you will surely be blown away by the thick, low-center-of-gravity massive sound that exudes from “Breath of Life”. In “Running Around”, the tempo increases in the middle part, and the performance is filled with a completely different hustle and bustle from the previous day’s performance at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Moreover, the performance is played for nearly a minute and a half longer because of the improvisation, and the best sound image ever is produced. “Scat in the Void” also appears in rich stereo with multiple monologue SEs echoing in the venue and the sad sound of the slide guitar, and the colors of the original sound that could not be grasped in the previously released mono version are vividly released. This sense of color blooms at its highest value in “As and Them”, and the closeness and depth of the performance sound, and the vibrations of the original sound full of three-dimensionality will give you goosebumps. “The Color of Hope”, like “Running Around”, is a large-scale performance that has been extended by nearly two minutes from the previous day, but the penetration of this dense tone that makes the sense of scale feel many times greater is also unique to the stereo source. The section from 1 minute 30 seconds to 2 minutes 29 seconds of “Mad Men in the Heart” was missing due to a tape change (this also applies to each previously released version), but this was also compensated for by a digital transfer from the mint version of the mega-rare 3LPs “Pink Floyd” (KP339-KP344), which has a recording from a different source on the same day for the first time, and the continuity of the performance and the completeness of the show have been perfectly restored with a waveform level of 1/1000 accuracy. And in the second half of the show, “Blow Wind, Call Storm”, this stereo thick sound reaches its climax. It is no longer described as “loud” or “heavy”, but as an organic sound where flesh and bones of different weights collide dully and violently, and it appears with a sound that makes you feel the instinctive breathing and breathing of the bass range that this song is based on. This situation continues in “Eugene, Beware the Axe”, and you will be horrified by the stereo sound image where the echoes of the drowsy sounds melt one after another. I would like you to experience the impact of this master sound, where Roger’s whispers and each breath pierces your heart. Even the tuning that comes in for a while after the end of the song makes the sounds of each instrument very vivid, yet close and clear, and you will surely feel that there is life in even a single harmonic. “Echoes” also has a strong brilliance, and you will surely be moved by the lone figure of a migratory bird flying high and high from the powerful sound image. Not only has the clarity of the midrange, which was vague on the previous release, been improved, but the high range, which was thin, has been revived with a definite sharpness, and you will surely be taken aback by the vibrations of the sound that come out firmly even in the faint phrases. “Atom Heart Mother” also comes out with a sound of tremendous volume and density, and when you listen to it, you will understand how flat and unrepresentative the previously released mono sound was. The explosive sound that bounces around, swells, and gradually converges is no longer comparable to the previously released sound, and the disc ends with a stereo sound that is full of special feeling, as if the journey of the sound that was released in Osaka 46 years ago has finally been unravelled with a solid response. The effect of mono becoming stereo is that all the sounds you can hear there begin to sing with unprecedented density and breadth. Moreover, if it appears directly from the original master cassette, this is a brand new and unknown experience itself. It is because the original sound is somewhat lacking in dignity that the vividness of this sound revived with the strongest stereo sound in history is exceptional. Finally, let me introduce another interesting topic. In addition to this work, another work, the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium performance on March 7th, the day before, has appeared in its true form on Recorder 1 Master Cassette this week, but in fact, both of these works are live recordings by the same person. Given that March 7th and 8th were consecutive Tokyo and Osaka performances without a day off in between, and considering the traffic conditions at the time, I think it is an unexpected and interesting fact that these were recorded by the same person, but if you listen carefully, you should be able to hear that the directivity of the recordings is certainly similar. Naturally, both performances were recorded with the same equipment, so both sources have the same level of power and transparency in the sound, and both recordings are first-class material sources of Floyd’s 1972 Japan performances because of such reasons in the background. Please take this opportunity to have these latest two titles at hand and use them to enrich your sound life. ★ Advantages over the already released “DARKEST MOON”. * The already released one is completely mono, and this one is recorded in stereo. * The previously released discs have fade-in/out processing at the beginning and end of the disc, but this time the disc has not been processed, so it is recorded slightly longer in all places. The biggest point to note is that a little venue announcement is recorded at the end of Disc 2. * The previously released Brain Damage and Echoes are missing from the previous releases. This disc is supplemented by the “Pink Floyd” (KP339-KP344) record source. It can be listened to uncut. Live at Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan 8th March 1972 PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (52:40) 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 ★1:30 – 2:29 “Pink Floyd”(KP339-KP344) Supplemented from record 11. Eclipse Disc 2 (72:34) 1. One Of These Days 2. Tuning / MC 3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 4. Tuning 5. Echoes ★0:12 – 0:17 “Pink Floyd”(KP339-KP344) Supplemented from record 6. Tuning / MC 7. Atom Heart Mother