1972 November 14 : One Of Those Tapers in Dusseldorf

page updated: September 2012

the show was advertised to take place on November 15 on Bravo magazine (see picture below).

Bravo picture, thanks to T!

Setlist: The Dark Side Of The Moon / One Of These Days / Careful With That Axe, Eugene / Echoes / Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

"Only" 4 recorders are in general circulation for this nice German show!

the first recorder was around for long time always edited ... a complete version from the master surfaced with great  joy of all the fanatics.

A very nice alt recorder surfaced in a second moment in the digital circuit although not as much good as the common one in SQ and unfortunately it's really shorter too (missing also 2 songs). If this is not enough a 3rd recorder was found in the tape archives, this wasn't taped by a German taper, it was around with part of the second set filled with the first recorder, it actually includes more, having only STC cut. The 4th recorder includes only OOTD, the rest of the tapes is lost (the taper ereased it as it seems, overrecording some radio stuff on the rest of the show)

recorder 1 is the one used for "Dusseldorf" (missing STC); "Dusseldorf Master Tapes" (remastered version of the master tape by JFG); there are around clones of the master as well released on the project "Reeling In Pink Floyd" too; and many VERY GOOD sounding low gens like this 2ndGen or this veryLow gen which present some pieces more of recording than the MasterClones.

recorder 2 has no specific titles, I got a version from the master; this was the taper placed farer from the stage.

recorder 3 has no specific titles, the first CD version (low gen) I found has a filler for the second set (from recorder 1) taken from a clone of the master (it is slightly longer than the clone I had before, including the complete last greetings that were cut in the version from the DAT clone I received).; this taper was placed quite near to the stage and recorded the whole showas the 1stGen testimonies, it has just "Set The Controls" cut before the end soon after Waters sings "Whether the sun will fall in the evening", by the taper's comments he seems to be not German.

recorder 4 has only OOTD, the rest of the recording seems to have been ereased

recorder 5 tapes of this recorder are incomplete, the most complete I checked have the following contents: Breathe fading out, missing Eclipse (fades out after Brain Damage), missing Set The Controls. There's only one source in GENERAL circulation so far, from a tape including the first set (with the cuts as reported above) and OOTD only.

to identify the 3 recorders around just mind that the second taper took care to stop the recorder to leave out tune-ups and non-music parts of the show + he missed STM and STC and stopped the recorder often during Echoes too; you can hear the taper and his friend chatting at the end of The Mortality Sequence, as soon as Money starts and also in the middle of ACYL (this song is split, the chat is soon before the split); guys talk also at the very end of Careful where the taper also clearly moves the recorder and also very often during Echoes (bored?/need a chat?). The first taper has integral tune-ups and no missing songs + the taper and guys around him cough very often;The third taper got the announcement in German at the very beginning missing in both the other 2 recorders; here the taper and his friend talk a lot. tHE forth taper is incomplete (see the missing parts above) the taper is very silent apart on STM where he speaks in german often in the back

here are some exact points of distinction:

STM

rec.1 starts from the heartbeats, right before the airplane-noise the taper says something in German on the mic.

rec.2 the song is missing

rec.3 there's the announcement in German at the beginning, then the taper stops the recorder, then there are other 3-4 little parts where the taper talks and stops the recorder ... till he leaves it on during the heartbeats, you can hear him talking here with his friend, they go on talking during almost all the song, making comments in German; they go on commenting during Breathe too.

rec.4 starts from the heartbeats, people chat near to the mic in German, I can't catch any clear word.

TIME

rec.1 the taper or someone near to him coughs on the first keyboard note (after the clocks-ringing intro), then again and again always before Gilmour starts singing.

rec.2 -

rec.3 The taper and his friend chat at the beginning, you can hera them chatting clearly at the beginning of Breathe (reprise) too.

MONEY / U&T / ACYL

rec.1 someone near to the taper laughs at the very beginning of U&T before the applauses, guys near to the taper talk a lot during the beginning of the song,the taper clears his voice after the Pink Floyd sing "...ordinary man"

rec.2 the taper talks clearly at the very beginning of Money, ACYL is split in the middle, before the split the taper chats.

rec.3 the taper or his friend talks at the end of Money. There's a little split right at the beginning of U&T before the slpit someone near to the taper coughs, someone around the taper chats at the beginning of the song too. After the Pink sings "Us & Them..." somenoe near to the taper coughs again.

rec.4 very silent audience around the taper, it's only audible some guy whistling in the back at the end of Money before U&T starts

ECLIPSE

rec.1 on Brain Damage there's little cut after "Got to keep the loonies on the path" ..reprises on "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"

rec.2 the taper stops the recorder as soon as the song is over.

rec.3 this recording tends to distort a lot in some points, and especially during this song. Here there are the Waters' greetings at the end and then you can hear the taper chatting, then he pushes the recorders' button 2-3 times.

rec.4 the song is missing, there's just the very first notes, then it fades out.

OOTD

rec.1 the taper coughs and talk during the tuneups right before the song starts.

rec.2 the taper talks with his friend right at the beginning of the song and "attempts" a whistle at the very beginning (right on the first bass tunes).

rec.3 the taper talks A LOT during the tunings between the 1st and the second set (these tune-ups are so long on this recorder only), he mentions "Pink Floyd" 2 times and says in english "all is OK" at a certain point (right on the mic); then stops the recorder and starts recording and talking again always during the tune-ups, he stops and re-starts recording for the last time right at the beginning of the OOTD soundscpe intro, comenting a lot (he sounds quite amazed by the show). A lady yells something at the beginning of the song near to the taper too.

rec.4 very silent audience around the taper

CWTAE

rec.1 there are tune-ups at the beginning with a guy coughing at repetition near to the taper, the taper himself coughs right before the song starts

rec.2 The song starts from the tuneups at the beginning but the taper stops the mic and restarts it at the very beginning of the song. The taper moves the mic at the end of the song and someone very near to him talks.

rec.3 this song is missing and was filled from the master of recorder 1 on some CD. This recorder actually has this song with long tuneups at the beginning and with the usual taper-chatting. He laughs right before the first bass-notes and also says "Pink Floyd" as soon as the song starts, then he goes on talking mentioning also "Ummagumma" and talks during almost all the song then! He also attempts a little "scream" before Waters starts screaming.

rec.4 long tune ups, edited 3 times by the taper pausing the recorder, audience is silent

ECHOES

rec.1 after Waters introduces Echoes you can hear someone near to the taper coughing, he goes on coughing during all the beginning of the song. There's a little cut in all the versions right in the middle around minute 10:10/30

rec.2 The song starts from the tuneups at the beginning but the taper stops the mic and restarts it at the very beginning of the song. He talks with his friend here, one of the 2 says "Echoes!" and the other one says "Meddle eh?"; The taper and his friend chat a lot during the silent parts of the song, the song is also split in 2 parts.

rec.3 this song is missing and was filled from the master of recorder 1 on some CD. This recorder actually has this song with long tuneups at the beginning. The taper stops the recorder often on the tuneups till Waters introduces the song (the taper's friend repeats part of what Waters says). The taper after Waters says "this is Echoes" says fomething like "Echoes ja ...von Meddle", again he and his friend are very excited. As usual the taper talks a lot during the song, commenting it.

rec.4 there are tuneups edited 2 times by the taper pausing the recorder, then it starts from Waters introducing "Echoes", someone near to the taper says "pam!" near to the mic at the beginning of the song, together with the first piano notes.

STC

rec.1 long applauses after Echoes and tuneups before the song starts are present. Someone near to the taper talks in the back on the beginning of the song

rec.2 song is missing

rec.3 this song is missing and was filled from the master of recorder 1 on some CD. This recorder actually has this song with long applauses after Echoes and tuneups before the song starts but the song gets cut before the end. The taper and his frined are stangely silent during the begining (or it is rather the laud beginning to cover them) then whan the "silent" bass tune starts they start commenting again, the taper mentions "A Saucerful Of Secrets" at first then again when Waters tarts singing he says again "A Saucerful Of Secrets" and his freiend corrects him saying something like "na, The Heart Of The Sun" and sings "Heart Of The Sun" ..going on commenting as usual during almost all the song.

rec.4 the song is missing

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