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This is one of my all-time favourite
recordings. This was one of the very first bootlegs that I obtained
many years ago, and I have pain-stakingly re-mastered a new copy
of this album, as a result of a direct-rip from an original vinyl
LP. Atom Heart Mother has now been included due to someone speed-correcting
the track before creating the CD which I received. The only track
that is now missing is "Remergence", as it didn't come from this
performance, but Blues has been left because it concluded the
performance nicely. The end result is about as clean as you're
ever going to get, with as many clicks and pops removed, as well
as minimum hiss - I have not altered the hiss level as their was
very little as this recording has never been on cassette.
The
title of the opening track is the result of a mis-understanding
of what is actually said. "My Lords, Ladies and Gentleman,
Mister Nicholas Mason", the last part sounding like "The
Librest Spacement Monitor"!
The
venue and date of this concert is also not certain, and there
are a few other dates that can be considered:
- an often considered date and venue is on 06-02-1971 at the Royal
Albert Hall in London.
- however most people say it is 11-11-1970, because of the show
in Hamburg 3 days after, had a similar version of "The Embryo"
at Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg, Germany. I used to think this was
from 12th December at the Roundhouse, Dagenham, but have decided
that 11th Nov now seems more appropriate.
Track
Details:
1. Corrosion (The Libest Spacement Monitor)
2. Embryo
3. Fat Old Sun
4. Green is the Colour (taken from "Command Performance"
and hiss slightly reduced)
5. Atom Heart Mother (speed corrected - as best as possible)
6. A Saucerful of Secrets
7. Blues #
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Note: The last track was not actually from
the same concert as the rest of this album, but has been included
because it was on the original Vinyl release, and closes the album
nicely. This is from alt. recorder of 26th Feb 1971 Stadthalle,
Offenbach, West Germany
Recording Lineage: LP > (Speed Correct) > CDR >
SHN > CDR > WAV > Re-Master > CDR
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