Pink Floyd - 16-11-1974 Wembley Arena - Speak To Me/Breathe [HD]

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Pink Floyd
"BBC Archives 1974"
Harvested Records (HRV CDR 033)

London, Wembley Empire Pool, November 16, 1974

01. Speak To Me
02. Breathe
03. On The Run
04. Time
05. The Great Gig In The Sky
06. Money
07. Us And Them
08. Any Colour You Like
09. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse
11. Echoes

Liner notes:
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In the spirit of our previous "BBC Archives" series (after "BBC Archives 1967-1969" and "BBC Archives 1970-1971"), Harvested is proud to finally present "BBC Archives 1974"! In 1974, the BBC taped the second set (The Dark Side On The Moon) and the encore (Echoes) of the Floyd performance at Wembley Empire Pool, on November 16. However, Echoes was never broadcast, and for many years only the DSOTM set was circulating from broadcast sources.

In recent years, recordings taken from the BBC pre-FM tapes began to circulate, some of them including the long lost soundboard version of Echoes. However, none of these RoIOs are fully sonically satisfactory in our opinion. Most of them are processed and used some kind of noise reduction, sometimes very slightly (the Sirene releases), and other times more heavily (the Winston remasters, "Time In London") The rare, unprocessed versions currently circulating, like the "FM Pre-Master" Russian bootleg, are pleasant but not without a certain amount of hiss, which reveals that the lineage was not without some generational loss. The hiss from the unprocessed versions available until now is probably one of the reasons why so much NR was used on the various remaster projects.

After much research, Harvested found a superior source, totally unprocessed, with much less hiss than the other unprocessed versions circulating until now. A spectral analysis of the audio file showed that this source was very pure and could be the result of direct transfer from the BBC masters.

However, it is well known that the BBC mastering of that concert sounds rather dry and flat, especially the DSOTM set and our source was no exception. Therefore, we felt this new source needed the "Harvested treatment," in order to make this recording really shine, with good dynamics. The remastering was done very carefully in an attempt to leave the music intact, avoiding NR, dehissing, or any other processing that would generate artifacts. The majority of the remastering work consisted of adjusting the audio levels, balancing the recording when needed, and bringing more clarity and depth by applying specific EQ settings here and there. The final result sounds great to our ears and this version boasts excellent dynamics and a well defined high end without the flaws present on most of the other sources. This CD is free from all NR artifacts, the amount of hiss is minimal, and the low frequency noise that can be clearly heard on all of the currently circulating versions of Echoes (especially during the quiet parts) is not present here.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• pink floyd
• speak to me
• breathe
• bbc
• the dark side of the moon
• tdsotm
• rare
• performance
• live
• 1974

[HerewardTheWake3]

Hello my friend ! Actually, this very precious BBC sound was not recorded at Wembley STADIUM but in a very famous concert hall in London called the WEMBLEY ARENA, formerly Wembley Empire Pool (probably because it must have been some sort of dockyard in the glorious days). The mistake was very easy to make. I don't think Pink Floyd ever played at Wembley Stadium, bearing in mind their deep hate for large crowds that reached the point of building a WALL on stage between them and their audience.

[MusicArchivio]

@HerewardTheWake3 thank for the correction!!

[Noseheros]

@HerewardTheWake3 the wall was Roger's doing...not the entire band

[echo680]

@elocrellim FWIW, actually that isn't right. The old Wembley Stadium ,( which confusingly was originally called The Empire Stadium) was a different thing from Wembley Arena (which was originally called The Empire Pool,) the first is an outdoor stadium. The second is an indoor venue,

[elocrellim]

@echo680 Yeah I know, it was referred to as The Wembley Pool then.

[echo680]

@HerewardTheWake3 Funnily enough_I have just seen a wikipedia entry suggesting PF DID play at wembley stadium for 2 nights, but not until August 1988, which is apparently the momentary lapse tour, but nb I am no expert so this may not be right. re the large crowds thing wasn't that meant to be waters' thing rather than whole band (so your logic would fit with it being after his departure) ? anyway isn't it fascinating to hear this recording. best wishes man

[echo680]

@elocrellim hi there - re your Pink Floyd reply about Wembley stadium...well, there certainly was a Wembley stadium in the 70's, which was demolished in 2003, replaced by the present one in 07. fascinating to hear this performance - thanks to Musicarchivio for posting.

[elocrellim]

@HerewardTheWake3 Another reason they never played Wembley Stadium might also be because it didn't exist in the 70's.