page updated on: January 2012
date/venue: 1970-01-24
Halle Munsterland, Münster, West Germany
page updated on: February 2012
date/venue: 1970-01-24
Halle Munsterland, Münster, West Germany
tracklist
tracklist (24/96) 01. The Embryo [11:40]
notes: Finally, after
many fake tapes, the real Münster recording is surfaced! This
is just a piece of what should be almost certainly a complete recording.
http://www.hokafloyd.com
notes as they came with the files for the 24/96 version:
title: -
disc/s: 1
release:
-
source:
audience / cass[low]-Sony
Chrome-C90(1978)>mastered by Tonstudio Hambrecht - Nürnberg>CDR>flac
tot length:
42:18
overall:
EX
title: -
disc/s: 1
release:
-
source:
audience / cass[low]-Sony
Chrome-C90(1978)>Technics RS-B965-M>Focusrite Saffire Pro 14>Audacity 1.3 > FLAC
(24bit/96kHz)
tot length:
41:49
overall:
EX/EX+
01. Embryo [12:01]
02. Green is the Colour
[8:14]
03. Fat Old Sun [14:55]
04. Cymbaline [7:09]
02. Green Is The Colour [4:03]
03. Careful With That Axe, Eugene [4:09]
04. Fat Old Sun [14:39]
05. Cymbaline [7:20]
notes as they came with the files:
New Source ??? C90 Tape Sony Chrome 1978
Aufbereitet von: Tonstudio Hambrecht - Nürnberg
Wave 16 Bit 44 KHZ
Pink Floyd - 1971-02-24 Münster (Germany) by Hoka
MD 5 & Infos incl.
Cheers Hoka
**Approach and results**
A raw, high resolution transfer of this recently discovered partial recording.
Careful With That Axe, Eugene and Cymbaline are incomplete. There are some
interesting improvisations in Embryo and an unusual solo in Green Is The Colour.
For the track list I have gone with the usual title of 'The Embryo' but it was
announced simply as 'Embryo'.
When Hoka uploaded this recording recently the studio that worked on it for him
removed hum and hiss and appears to have also dynamically compressed the music.
Taking the opposite approach, the only adjustments I made were in the analogue
domain. The recording now has a lovely natural, warm quality to it, which is
most evident in the low end, vocals and higher guitar and keyboard notes.
Crucially with the FSP14 transfer you don't hear the distracting metallic noise
reduction sound that dominated the first transfer. The NR created a hardness
around the vocals, and they now sound more open. Without the compression, the
recording is allowed more space and sounds less shrill. There's extra detail
such as the hum from the band's amps, and the sound is generally a lot more
dynamic. Listen out for the various 's' sounds in the vocals as well - they
sound how they should do now.
The Technics / FSP14 transfer naturally has quite a lot more hiss than the
previous transfer. There are some quiet passages on the tape - e.g. during Green
Is The Colour and Careful - where this is most noticeable. These passages were
amongst the most damaged by the NR applied by the studio.
Arrangements are currently being made for some work to be done on this
Neonknight version, which will no doubt involve dealing with the hiss
sympathetically, so there's more to look forward to from this great recording.
It's impressive how wide the soundstage is in both transfers. Evidently the mics
were set quite a distance apart from each other. The new transfer seems to have
a more stable stereo image; the NR on the studio copy accentuates the
instabilities inherent in the original. I probably also helped things along by
spending time achieving the best possible balance between the channels using the
independent dials on the Saffire 14. On the new transfer the 'air' retained at
the top end also seems to help hold things together, and this is lost on the
NR'd version.
I must add that the original raw transfer by the studio seems likely to have
been very good and if it were possible I would like to hear it. Such a shame
they felt obliged to do the additional work. All the damage was probably done in
the 'mastering' and I am currently trying to establish from the studio what tape
player they used, etc. Some folks might still prefer the 'in your face' quality
of the NR'd version. To my taste, however, this new transfer doesn't really need
any other work to maximise it's qualities.
My sincere thanks to Hoka for entrusting me with his cassette and to Pottel for
hand delivering it! This tape is truly one of a kind and I feel privileged to
have worked on it.
**Background**
Little is known. The cassette was given to Hoka's friend for his birthday in
1978 by a guy who stopped trading in the late 1980s.
An excerpt from some comments posted by Grolsch on Yeeshkul:
"..to the best of my very limited knowledge this recording was done by the then
manager of the venue, who simply put up his gear next to the board. looks like
he had permission because he arranged to have a porsche police car pic up stuff
from düsseldorf airport without they would not have been able to perform. have
the article from the local paper somewhere ... also, there is an interview with
mr. marek lieberberg of mama concerts talking about this show etc somewhere ...
boy - i'm getting old ... the guy has retired a long way back and is no longer
listed in the münster city authority's files. confusing story all over.
"then there's another source originally done on cassette. however, it was badly
transferred to one channel of a 1/4 open reel an recorded over. unfortunately
the guy "lost" most of his collection during a divorce case. his wife just took
a lot of stuff away from him and nobody knows ... damn!!! funny sideline is that
the taper somehow managed to sneak backstage and talk (after some "lebanese") to
mr. wassers. as both of them shared a pre-occupation with GOLF, they "had a few"
(there's some great local and dangerous dark beer in münster). in the end, the
guy was invited to come and see the pinkies next time around and he went to the
rotterdam april concert. which he taped aswell (same loss …)."
Hoka Cassette / Neonknight Tape Transfer (February 2012)
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