(008047) Pink Floyd - 1970-09-12 - Paris, France - Marbel-Neonknight - Spc - 16bit FLAC

Pink Floyd 1970-09-12 Paris, Marbal unknown gen (16bit/44.1kHz)

Pink Floyd

Fete de L’Humanite, Grand Scene, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France

12 September 1970

Unknown gen UDXLII C90 cassette > *Technics RS-B965-M > Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 > Reaper v4.61 and iZotope RX3 > FLAC (16bit/44.1kHz)

xACT used to create FFP

*The Technics RS-B965-M is a modified deck - for details see the Tapeheads.net forum

01 Astronomy Domine

02 Green Is The Colour

03 Careful With That Axe, Eugene

04 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

Total running time 40 mins 43 secs

Marbal received his tape from Rolf Ossenberg in June 1980. It is the only stereo version I have come across. The tape was recorded with Dolby B and I left it off for playback. Marbal's tape is quite hissy but noticeably clearer than over sources for this date. This is apparent from the outset when you'll notice that the azimuth doesn't wander in the opening to AD.

Before embarking on the speed correction, I used iZotope RX3’s Azimuth adaptive azimuth alignment module to automatically find the azimuth and adjusted the right channel by +80.9 samples.

The tape runs slow and speed correction advice was provided by goldenband.

AD: +5.15%

GITC/CWTAE: +4.13%

STC: +3.83%

There's some drift, so I was unable to achieve a perfect correction but it's close.

As I have said previously, Fete de L’Humanite is one of those recordings that brings rewards if you are patient and allow your ear to tune into it. Listen out, for example, for the mesmerising and unique second half to Careful With That Axe, Eugene. Green Is The Colour and Set The Controls are also very nice. Over half a million people were said to be present at the concert.

Marbal cassette / Neonknight tape transfer, November 2015

https://mega.nz/file/Dmg3GRqT#qLfUif1UyggqLgkmZ5kPTbP0-LTyGBKU985-w69g7XE