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Title: Pink Floyd – 1994-10-29 – The Last Bell (Earls Court, London) 20 years ago today!

Size: 977.96 MB

Category: Progressive Rock

Uploaded by: stonefish4

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Thought I’d upload this one, as I don’t think it’s been on here for a while, and it’s 20 years since what turned out to be the last full concert of the Gilmour-era Pink Floyd.

I took my brother to this gig as a birthday surprise. I wasn’t that much of a fan, but he was. By the end of the first half, I was a convert. One of These Days, with giant inflatable pigs bouncing around right next to our balcony, On the Run with a flame-spitting plane crash right under our seats. Comfortably Numb… awesome.

We didn’t know at the time that it would be their last concert, I don’t even think I knew it was the last of the tour when I booked the tickets. But I’m glad I was there to see the end of an era.

Original info file follows. Thanks, as ever, to the original taper, editor, uploader. I’ll be enjoying this one again tonight.

stonefish4

–Original info–

ORIGINAL SEEDERS NOTES:

Pink Floyd

Earls Court Exhibition Hall

London, England

October 29, 1994

The Last Bell

Free Range Pigs (FRP CDR-024/25)

Disc One:

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond

2. Learning To Fly

3. High Hopes

4. Take It Back

5. Coming Back To Life

6. Sorrow

7. Keep Talking

8. Another Brick In The Wall (Part Two)

9. One Of These Days

Disc Two:

1. Speak to Me – Breathe

2. On The Run

3. Time – Breathe (Reprise)

4. The Great Gig In The Sky

5. Money

6. Us And Them

7. Any Colour You Like

8. Brain Damage

9. Eclipse

10. Wish You Were Here

11. Comfortably Numb

12. Run Like Hell

Comments:

In November of 2001, our friend David Le Hunte (aka Massed Gadget) sent us a copy of this show from

what was then known as the best recording of this date. I spent some time cleaning it up

and, ultimately, improved its sound quality. Notably, ‘Speak To Me’ was over seven minutes long with about six

minutes being just the heartbeat…

Anyway, back to our story. While on the job, our pal Gonzo set out to find the best possible recording, and

over time uncovered the master that we’ve used for this release. It comes from a generous taper who wishes

only to be known as JCE (oooh, the mystery) to us. However, he has our deepest thanks and appreciation for

this rare find. To my ears, this is the finest audience recording of the 1994 European Tour.

Show Notes:

This show was indeed the “Last Bell” to date for Pink Floyd as a group, as this is the final 1994 show that

they performed, as well as the last full performance of Dark Side Of The Moon. The show was a benefit for

Greenpeace, Amnesty International, and others. The recording is an enjoyable listen from start to finish.

Technical Notes:

This is a powerful document that stands on its own, since it is possibly one of the best audience recordings

of the 1994 Division Bell Tour. The crowd was rather quiet that night, which contributed to a very decent

recording that boasts excellent quality throughout. There is nice mix and balance throughout. The only very

minor wart is the short tape flip during the early lead-in to ‘Sorrow’; other than that, the show is complete.

Taper’s Comments:

This was the last of 14 nights that the Floyd performed at Earls Court, London, and the final night of the

Division Bell tour–and as of today, the last time that Pink Floyd played live. During the run of the shows,

the metal heads from the Division Bell album and CD cover were on the top of the entrance overhang at the

front of Earls Court, so as you came out of the tube station, they just loomed above you–they were huge!

The stone heads from the cassette cover, equally huge, were inside the foyer just behind one of the VW Golf

Pink Floyd cars that had been produced–I guess it was one of the 30 Golfs that were imported into the UK.

I had got a ticket for this night because my ticket for the second night (13/10/94) was in Stand 8 which had

collapsed on the opening night of the Earls Court shows (12/10/94). The two stands that collapsed weren’t

replaced until the 17th I think, which was the rescheduled date for the show cancelled on the 12th. I couldn’t

make that night–had to be back at work–but I was given a full refund AND a ticket exchange. The only show

for which they had tickets left was for the last night, and I jumped at the chance. So this was a free show for

me

The show was recorded on my old Aiwa personal stereo with an Aiwa mic that came with it. It was the one that I

used for quite a few of the ’94 shows. The mic was a small stereo mic, which was clipped to the peak of a Pink

Floyd tour baseball cap. My seat was about midway back on the right hand side, on the first block that rose

from the floor–Block 6.

Whereas most of the ’94 shows had the huge silver construction in the centre of the stadiums that included the

mixing desk and the glitter ball, at Earls Court that wasn’t there. The glitter ball was suspended from the

ceiling and was, in effect, upside down. When it came down and opened up, the effect was far better than at

any other venue that I saw the show. As during the Wall shows, the ceiling had loads of flags hanging

down–this time with the various head emblems that were on the artwork rather than the hammers. Apparently

they were there to help the sound!

For me, this was the best ’94 show that I saw, the performance of DSOTM was great, and the band seemed to

really enjoy the show. Dave also embellished on quite a few tunes–’Sorrow’, ‘Run Like Hell’ and ‘One Of

These Days’. There was a much lighter mood in the arena. The shows following the stand collapse had a tense

atmosphere, and the performances were very staid and workmanlike, whereas this seemed to be a very relaxed

performance.

Dave’s comment at the end was one that he used a few times: “We’ll see you again one of these days,” which

seemed true at the time as there were rumours of a European tour in ’95-like they had done in ’89 after the

MLOR World Tour. At the very end of the show, after the encore and during the applause, the three backing

singers appeared on stage dressed in cleaning maid outfits and brooms and swept Dave, Nick and Rick off the

stage.

On leaving the arena, all I really noticed was that three banks of four searchlights–one at each side of

Earls Court and one on the roof–were shining their very powerful lights into the clear London sky, as people

made bleating noises as we were herded down into the tube station. Enjoy the show! JCE, 30/01/03

Lineage:

The exact lineage for this recording is: Aiwa Cassette>Aiwa Mic>Master Cassette>CDR>EAC>CEPro>CDWav>SHN.

Credits:

Jim Canale (bigpig@freerangepigs.com) and Free Range Pigs would like to thank the following people

for their contributions to this effort:

JCE who recorded the show for us and preserved it flawlessly.

Massed Gadget who sparked our interest in this project and got us started on it.

The Pentagon Pig for providing Project Coordination and Quality Assurance.

Aleksi Manninen for providing us with the gorgeous Artwork.

Without these guys, none of this would have been possible.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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