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Artist:    Pink Floyd
Title:     Mauerspechte
Unique_Id: MAUERSPE

Format:    2CD
Catalog:   2-9021 Oh Boy
Misc.:     Audience recording, GEMA
Produced:  (P) 1990 Disc De Luxe
Date:      710605

Cover:     A picture of a poster promoting the Pink Floyd concert,
           hanging on the Berlin wall (I think) with lots of
           graffiti. The poster have 'THE PINK FLOYD' written in
           pink and shows the top of a head (with afro hair), where
           naked people are walking out of it. Four page booklet
           which includes the following text;

              M  A  U  E  R  S  P  E  C  H  T  E
              After the success of their first German concerts in
              January 1971, the band returned to play at the Sports
              Palace in Berlin on the 5th of June.
              This was the first rock concert ever to be held at the
              Sports Palace in quadrophonic sound and the band
              incorporated their amazing psychedelic light show for
              the first time: A giant, cosmic spectacle which, if it
              didn't actually tear down the Berlin Wall, certainly
              helps to weaken it in places!
              P   I   N   K       F   L   O   Y   D
              Straight out of the studio, having just finished the
              "Meddle" album, the band was in great form, playing
              dynamic versions of "Set The Controls For The Heart Of
              The Sun","Embryo","Cymbaline" and "Fat Old Sun"".
              The climax of the concert was the fantastic version of
              "Echoes", topped-off with the classic "Pink Blues" as
              an encore.
              If you missed the concert - don't miss the recording!

Sources:   05 Jun 1971, Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany.

Tracks:    Disc 1 (East Disc)
            1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene                11:56
            2. Fat Old Sun                                  14:32
            3. The Embryo                                   10:04
            4. Echoes                                       23:01
                                               Total time   59:35
           Disc 2 (West Disc) (corrected*)
             1. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun   13:58
             2. Cymbaline                                   11:14
             3. A Saucerful Of Secrets                      18:53
             3. Astronomy Domine                             7:22
             5. Pink Blues                                   6:38
                                               Total time   58:07

Band:      Roger Waters    Bass
           David Gilmour   Guitar, Vocals
           Rick Wright     Keyboards
           Nick Mason      Drums

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Quality:   8.5 (out of 10?)   -OSO
           G+   -HERWIG
           G+   -TOR
           VG+  -BD (#24)

Comments:  CAUTION: Play Before Purchasing: Some have a defective
           disc 1 Astronomie Domine listed on cd but not included.
           A bit of audience noise in some of the quiet spots.
           Some tape hiss evident. -OSO

           Echoes has 'the' different lyrics as stated in the
           FAQ                               -PIET

           I don't like this record. The music sounds as if it is
           'far away'. No stereo perspective and very qiet.   -HERWIG

           Track list on CD cover is not correct, it's the corrected
           one that is showed here. Some of the times are measured
           with the CD timer. Echoes has two extra verse at the
           start, that was only played a couple of times in 1971.
           Astronomie Domine *is* on the CD but not where it
           (according to the cover) should have been. Not a very good
           recording, it has distortion on the louder tracks, but is
           interesting in some parts. Only for hard collectors.  -TOR

           Live in Berlin on 5 June 1971. Thoughtful packaging
           accompanies this one - a booklet that reproduces the original
           concert poster and ticket stub! An interesting set but the
           tape source only scrapes a VG+.                   -BD (#24)

           Of possible amusement to George Choksy and other quad-system 
           listeners is that this recording apparently has a "problem" 
           with phase shifting that will be audible to some people on some 
           systems. On a matrix quad system it might provide an 
           interesting swirling effect (that's my guess, anyway), like 
           listening while riding a merry-go-round. Not recommended if you 
           get sea-sick in a bathtub. 

           It is distant sounding and doesn't reproduce the stereo "stage" 
           properly (recorded from off to the side?), and it shows that 
           the large audiences talked (even yodeled) during the quiet 
           parts (but not obnoxiously) even in those days. I like it a lot 
           anyway! It has long beautiful jams. After fourteen minutes of 
           "Fat Old Sun" I had a glow that could have been mistaken for a 
           good suntan. :^) 
                          - ANON