Pink Floyd - 1969-08-09 - Amsterdam, NL (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Pink Floyd - Celestial Instruments (click-free version by MOB)

The Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL

1969-08-09

1. Interstellar Overdrive

2. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene

4. A Saucerful Of Secrets

This fantastic recording from Hilversum 3 Radio surfaced on 26Aug07, when TJ torrented it on YEESHKUL (see original torrent notes below). All credits should go to TJ and his anonymous source!

However, when listening carefully to the original files, I realised that they suffered from slight crackling and some clicks here and there (the track that suffered the most from these flaws was ASOS, with something like 50 glitches). Since this kind of flaw is not too difficult to clean manually (it's time consuming, but not very difficult with the appropriate tools), I did this "click-free" version.

So what you have here is basically the original recording, but without the glitches, clicks and crackles. ;-)

The sound of the recording was not altered in any way (the original quality was so great it did't need any improvement, and the speed was perfect).

Apart from the clicks correction, I just did some editing in order to avoid the fade-in/out between each track (so the listening experience is uninterrupted, with 40 minutes of a continuous" recording). I also swapped the channels, in order to have a mix that is consistent with the Ummagumma live tracks, i.e. the guitar on the left and the keyboards on the right (this mix therefore corresponds to the Floyd configuration on stage), while the original recording had the guitar on the right and the keyboards on the left. This choice of swapping channels was also motivated in order to have an easy way to identify the version of the show: if you have this recording with the guitar on the right, then you probably have the original recording. If the guitar is on the left, then you probably have the click-free version. ;-)

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ORIGINAL NOTES:

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Pink Floyd

Celestial Instruments

1969-08-09

The Paradiso

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SB > unknown tape gen > WAV > FLAC

Someone graciously offered me this little golden nugget to torrent. Donated anonymously in order to protect future trading sources. Reportedly taken from the soundboard of the gig, this is a passage from Povey's ITF book on that performance: "Hilversum 3 Radio were recording this show for a future broadcast, but after a microphone failure early in the show the band were forced to perform an instrumental set and as a result the show was never broadcast". So we've got a short set of 4 numbers with absolutely no vocals, but the SQ is amazing, even before you take the age of the recording into consideration.

01. Interstellar Overdrive 04:19

02. Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun 12:25

03. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:10

04. A Saucerful of Secrets 13:00