Pink Floyd - Zabriskie Point The Complete Sessions Vol. One
(source: http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Zabriskie-Point-The-Complete-Sessions-Vol-One/release/1294042)
Label: Time And River Records
Catalog#: TR 69/1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Unofficial Release
Country: Europe
Released: 2008
Tracklist
A1 Rain In The Country - Take One 6:44
A2 The Violent Sequence 6:10
A3 Fingal's cave - Take One 6:43
A4 The Red Queen Theme - Take One 1:17
B1 The Red Queen Theme - Take Two 2:02
B2 Love Scene - Take One 6:35
B3 Blues Scene 7:10
B4 Crumbling Land - Take Two 5:00
Credits
Bass, Vocals - Roger Waters
Drums - Nick Mason
Guitar, Vocals - David Gilmour
Piano, Organ - Richard Wright
Notes
Recorded in Rome - November/December 1969
Edit notes:
Side One:
01 Rain In The Country - take one (06m39s)
cut begin and end and fade
manually removed dust clicks and pops
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-28
notes: another take made it to the final album as "Unknown Song"
02 The Violent Sequence (06m05s)
cut begin and end and fade
manually removed a few dust clicks and pops
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-28
notes: definitely and early version of "Us And Them"
03 Fingal's cave - take one (06m33s)
cut begin and end and fade
manually removed a few dust clicks and pops
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-28
notes: this song never made it to the final album
04 The Red Queen Theme - take one (01m15s)
cut begin and end and fade
manually removed a few dust clicks and pops
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-28
notes: another longer take made it to the final album
Side Two:
05 The Red Queen Theme - take two (02m02s)
cut begin and end and fade
manually removed a few dust clicks and pops
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-28
notes: another longer take made it to the final album
06 Love Scene - take one (06m30s)
cut begin and end and fade
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-29
notes: takes 4 and 6 only made it to the 1997 bonus dics
07 Blues Scene (07m04s)
cut begin and end and fade
manually removed a few dust clicks and pops
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-29
notes: this track has been played on various concerts as encore around this period
08 Crumbling Land - take two (04m57s)
cut begin and end and fade
amplify left & right channel +4db
edited: 2010-12-29
notes: another slightly shorter take made it to the final album
General:
The sound quality of this vinyl is great, what is to be expected from studio takes. The sources seem consistent with the exception of tracks 2 and 6. From the frequency analysis of each track a gentle roll-off at 18kHz can be seen, which indicates a reel tape as a source. The generation of the sources are unknown. Tracks 2 and 6 show a sharp roll-off after 19kHz, almost like a CD, although those are normally cut-off around 21kHz. I do not believe the source is mp3 coded as the cut-off would have been around 16kHz instead. Anyway, the record is a gem to listen to!
Seems this album is Volume One of two volumes (Vol. Two reference: http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Zabriskie-Point-The-Complete-Sessions-Vol-Two/release/1585399). I picked this album up in my favourite records shop in The Hague. Sometimes it is pure Pink-Floyd-gold they sell, not always first releases (some of my earlier seeds are clearly copies of earlier vinyls), but this time it seems a "first release". Can't wait to get Volume Two under my needle!
Scans from the original vinyl album cover and labels are included.
Lineage:
Cartridge: Ortofon Rondo Red (MC)
Turntable: Thorens TD165 MkII (modified with home-made in-built symmetrical 20dB MC pre-preamplifier)
(RIAA) Amplifier: Denon PMA-1500R
Loudspeaker set 1: a pair Infinity Alpha 40 with a modified Mivoc subwoofer (take-over at 40Hz)
4-channel DI Amplifier: Behringen DI-4000
Mixer: Behringer Xenyx 1616FX
Amplifier 2: Phonic DMX 2501
Loudspeaker set 2: a pair Wharfedale EVP-S15
Headphones 1: Sennheiser HD 540 reference
Headphones 2: AKG K-501
Audio-interface: E-MU 1212m PCI
PC Hardware: Intel Core i7-920, 6GB RAM, 1x 640GB HDD (system), 1x 1TB HDD (data)
Operating System: Windows 7 - 64bit
Audio Editor: Adobe Audition 3.0.1 (24bits 96kHz wave)
FLAC convertor: FLAC frontend 1.7.1 (24bits 96kHz flac level 8)
For those who appreciate the warmth and the sound of vinyl, enjoy this real gem!
HighHopes58
December 2010 (first seeding on www.yeeshkyl.com)
March 2014 (re-seed on www.dimeadozen.org)