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Pink Floyd Pulse was released 30 years ago today!

Moon Safari

Moon Safari

Dec 4, 2024
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Be sure to check this live Pink Floyd album out, it was recorded from the EU leg of the Division Bell tour in '94 and the whole band is in peak form. Highlights for me are the opener of SOYCD and they play all of Dark Side of the Moon for the second half, and of course the live version of Comfortably Numb is as epic as it gets. Bass and guitars sounding phenomenal, Guy Pratt and DG clearly having a good time throughout. I listened to this concert so many times as a teenager (and still do). Watch the video for best effect, what a magical ride! 🚀

 
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Tickets were $22.50 and $32.50!

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jmattis said:
Tickets were $22.50 and $32.50!

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I saw them at The Spectrum on the Eclipse tour in '72, debuting the DSOTM material. Most shows in Philly were under 8 bucks back then, I remember paying five bucks on a $6.50 face value ticket to see David Bowie at The Tower on the Ziggy Stardust tour. Minimal or no bogus service charges either, in many cases.
 
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Passinwind said:
I saw them at The Spectrum on the Eclipse tour in '72, debuting the DSOTM material. Most shows in Philly were under 8 bucks back then, I remember paying five bucks on a $6.50 face value ticket to see David Bowie at The Tower on the Ziggy Stardust tour. Minimal or no bogus service charges either, in many cases.
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Wow I can't imagine hearing DSOTM before it was released, what was that show like!? Did you get the impression it would be such a massive album?
 
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I saw them on Mother’s Day in what I think was 1987 on the momentary lapse tour. It was a great show from memory. Few shows have left me with such strong memories, but this was my favorite band in my later teens.
 
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Moon Safari said:
Wow I can't imagine hearing DSOTM before it was released, what was that show like!? Did you get the impression it would be such a massive album?
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The first set was mostly the more recent older stuff from Ummagumma etc., then the second set was what later came to be called DSOTM straight through, maybe not exactly as recorded but pretty close. I was a big PF fan but never could've predicted the massive success of that album. The show only used about a third of the venue capacity; picture the stage at the hockey blue line facing the shorter end, with a huge drop curtain behind it. IIRC there were separate quad sound systems on each level too, just very memorable all the way around. I also saw the first official post Dark Side release tour, and then one more go featuring that material a few years later at Radio City Music Hall. Even by '73 they were filling those US hockey/basketball venues, so I definitely lucked out the first time around.
 
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Passinwind said:
The first set was mostly the more recent older stuff from Ummagumma etc., then the second set was what later came to be called DSOTM straight through, maybe not exactly as recorded but pretty close. I was a big PF fan but never could've predicted the massive success of that album. The show only used about a third of the venue capacity; picture the stage at the hockey blue line facing the shorter end, with a huge drop curtain behind it. IIRC there were separate quad sound systems on each level too, just very memorable all the way around. I also saw the first official post Dark Side release tour, and then one more go featuring that material a few years later at Radio City Music Hall. Even by '73 they were filling those US hockey/basketball venues, so I definitely lucked out the first time around.
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That is super fortunate indeed, I bet those quad systems sounded amazing 🤤 What amazing memories to have, thanks for sharing!
 
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Moon Safari said:
That is super fortunate indeed, I bet those quad systems sounded amazing 🤤 What amazing memories to have, thanks for sharing!
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Happy to share. I was super lucky to be just outside New York City in high school when I started going to rock shows, then in Boston and later Philly, always within an hour or less of iconic venues. I could walk to The Tower from school in two minutes or about ten from my apartment, and got to know the box office staff a bit, so I almost always got great seats for shows there.
 
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Passinwind said:
The first set was mostly the more recent older stuff from Ummagumma etc., then the second set was what later came to be called DSOTM straight through, maybe not exactly as recorded but pretty close. I was a big PF fan but never could've predicted the massive success of that album. The show only used about a third of the venue capacity; picture the stage at the hockey blue line facing the shorter end, with a huge drop curtain behind it. IIRC there were separate quad sound systems on each level too, just very memorable all the way around. I also saw the first official post Dark Side release tour, and then one more go featuring that material a few years later at Radio City Music Hall. Even by '73 they were filling those US hockey/basketball venues, so I definitely lucked out the first time around.
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There are some shows up on the various streaming platforms from this time period. I think it's some of their best stuff. The shows where they were working out the Animals tunes are amazing as well. It's awesome you got to see that live!! I'm jealous, though I wasn't born yet so not much I could have done about it!
 
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jmattis said:
There are some shows up on the various streaming platforms from this time period. I think it's some of their best stuff. The shows where they were working out the Animals tunes are amazing as well.
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Do you have any links? Either way, thanks for the reminder as I have been meaning to go check out some of the older shows to see how they were playing and what the live sound was like.

I recently did this for the '74 Wembley version of Time to get a feel for the Binson Echorec II (such a cool delay unit!) since the repeats on the album version are drowned out in the mix by the big bass synth, I'm finding live shows to be helpful as a reference for dialing in patches on my Fractal FM9 MK II Turbo, which I use as my bass rig too, been a great investment!
 
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I saw the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in Tokyo in 1988 - had a single great seat on the floor, traded it with a teacher who had two seats in the balcony because I wanted to take a girl who I had a crush on! Never were more than friends, but we are still friends these decades later. Anyway, I thought the show was amazing - I still remember the Shine On You Crazy Diamond opener and the way his guitar was echoing in glorious quadrophonic sound from the stage to the back of the arena (right to left from my vantage point with the stage to my right). Also the demonic pig balloon during One of These Days.

I stopped listening any new stuff after the live album from that tour came out. But within the past 10 years or so I got the Division Bell and really liked it (The Endless River too), so maybe should finally check out Pulse...
 
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hieronymous said:
I saw the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in Tokyo in 1988 - had a single great seat on the floor, traded it with a teacher who had two seats in the balcony because I wanted to take a girl who I had a crush on! Never were more than friends, but we are still friends these decades later. Anyway, I thought the show was amazing - I still remember the Shine On You Crazy Diamond opener and the way his guitar was echoing in glorious quadrophonic sound from the stage to the back of the arena (right to left from my vantage point with the stage to my right). Also the demonic pig balloon during One of These Days.

I stopped listening any new stuff after the live album from that tour came out. But within the past 10 years or so I got the Division Bell and really liked it (The Endless River too), so maybe should finally check out Pulse...
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Haha we've all been there with taking girls to shows! I would love to hear those 4 magical notes from SOYCD on a quad system 🤤

You are in for a treat with Pulse, it's the culmination of all their previous live shows perfected IMO.

The Division Bell is probably the album I have listened to most after DSOTM. The engineering on that album is incredible and the songs are great, lyrics especially. Got a lot of play in my house growing up. I remember when my Dad brought it home, this beautiful teal cassette tape with the curious ambient intro. Fond memories of hanging out around the stereo on the weekends with that album playing 😎

I'll have to revisit Endless River, I remember briefly listening to it when it came out but around then I think I was more into DG's solo album.
 
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