1970-April-22

Pink Floyd		Complete Port Chester

Capitol Theatre		Port Chester, NY


Disc 1  -  73.40
1	Grantchester Meadows		 8.43
2	Astronomy Domine		12.45
3	Cymbaline			16.36
4	Atom Heart Mother		20.47
5	The Embryo			14.48


Disc 2  -  78.31
1	Green Is The Colour		 5.24
2	Careful With That Axe		13.00
3	Set The Controls		17.31
4	Saucerful Of Secrets		23.46
5	Interstellar Overdrive		18.48


	A very good performance by the band, with Dave in particular having 
	a good night.  The band delivers some of the longest performances 
	of several songs in the 70-71 period, especially for early 1970. 
	CWTA (12.35)  is shorter only to Sept-12 and Dec-22 in 1970 and a 
	handful in 1971 (most in late 1971 - I've not compared it to the 
	72-73 shows).  Embryo (13.30)  is beaten only by 70-Nov-14, 
	71-Nov-5, and 71-Nov-20.  Cymbaline (12.51) appears to be the 
	longest performance of this song, w/ a reprise of the ending jam, 
	something I do not remember them ever doing! Interstellar Overdrive 
	(17.55) appears to be the third longest.  The other songs 
	are all also above average in terms of length. 
	[If I'm in error on any of the above, please let me know]


	This is an odd sounding recording.  On the one hand, it is a superb 
	sounding recording, with soundboard-like clarity and dynamics.  
	Just great.  On the other hand, it tends to distort at times on 
	the lower bass frequencies.  This results in a recording that is 
	E- when there is no distortion, but VG when it's heavy, hence the 
	odd VG/E- SQ rating. To me it sounds like the distortion may have 
	been introduced somewhere else than on the master tape (ie somewhere 
	along the transfer process - possibly by an overly aggressive EQ 
	adjustment made by someone or by too high of a signal in the 
	analog>digital conversion).  I would not be surprised if a 
	distortion free (or less of it) recording surfaces eventually, 
	though this hypothesis may be totally wrong.  Overall, the sound 
	quality is easily listenable and enjoyable.