1970-May-1

Pink Floyd			1st Generation Reel

Civic Auditorium		Santa Monica, CA


Disc 1  -  44.10
1	Grantchester Meadows		  .31
2	Astronomy Domine		10.00
3	Cymbaline *			11.52
4	Atom Heart Mother		21.46


Disc 2  -  77.43
1	Tunings				 1.07
2	The Embryo			12.52
3	Green Is The Colour		 3.37
4	Careful With That Axe		 9.22
5	Set The Controls		15.04
6	Interstellar Overdrive		14.50
7	Saucerful Of Secrets		20.47



Total time = 121.53


* There is a patch in Cymbaline at 1.59-2.17 with 70-Oct-23


Recording Equipment: Nagra R2R > 5" Reel Master
Playback: Tandberg R2R > Revox B-77 > M.M.'s 1st Generation Reels
Transfer: Reel[1] > Sony DAT > DAT(0) > Audigy 4 Pro > Nero Wav Editor > 
	  CDWav > CDR(0) > CDR(1) > EAC > FLAC



Notes that came with this recording:


Santa Monica 1.5.70 1st Generation Reel *COMPLETE* well, almost 

Source: Audience
Sound:  EX-

Thanks a lot to Rudy and M.M. who provided this wonderful source, 
all credits to them.

Ah, forget about any other version of this show. Forget even about the nice tracks 
from the Omay Yad LP. Straight from a 1st Generation Reel, comparing it to the 
other versions around wouldnt be fair for the other releases, because this never 
sounded as good as it does with this version. You wont find a better version of 
this concert till the master reels gets transferred. And as if this wasnt enough, 
now we can hear Green Is The Colour, Careful and Saucerful which weren't available 
till today. It gets a bit distorted on the louder parts but it's absolutely 
listenable and the definition is still very good, i can live with that. Bass is 
really good but lacks a bit of highs, still, it has excellent brightness and 
definition overall. Another source with better highs would make a even bigger 
difference.

Only editing on this recording was on AD, removing some damaged portion at 
4.16-4.20m and during Cymbaline, MM removed 'the lines converging where you stand' 
till the chorus part and patched it with a bif ot Santa Monica 70.Oct.23. The common 
'Santa Monica' bootleg has the complete Cymbaline with the original drop-outs and 
cuts. Also, i have a couple of transfers from fan tapes that have some dropouts 
at the beginning of AD, that anomalies are not present here. Also, Careful has an 
skip at 2.36m and i think it might be missing around a minute cos it jumps suddenly 
from the quiet ambience to a few bars before the scream. ASoS has another skip 
towards the end. These skips/cuts are not from CDs.

Spectrum reveals that something happened above the 16khz, i think it has something 
to do with the mics used that night, transfer equipment or the Reel itself. If you 
want more info about this, go to the thread i started about this here at Y. Anyway 
now you all will have it and will be able to make your own conclusions. M.M. states 
on his notes (you'll see them in the back artwork) that the reels were starting 
to deteriorate so that might be the true reason.

burn one and enjoy

-gbc