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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 the best of Volumes 1 and 2 of these
classic performances. The only track I have actually omitted is
Atom Heart Mother because of the Speed problems. The end result
is about as clean as you're ever going to get, with as many clicks
and pops removed (originating from the original release on vinyl),
as well as hiss almost illiminated. The bootlegs on CD circulating
are just the vinyl record copied onto CD.
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:
Disc
1:
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 2 tracks may not actually
be from the same concert as the rest of this album, but have been
included because they were on the original Vinyl release.
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