Pink Floyd [1980.02.01] The Wall Tour Rehearsal (Stratcat58 Tapes)

 

Pink Floyd - Rehearsal (Stratcat58 Tapes)
Paramount Recording Studios
Los Angeles, California, USA
Friday February 1st, 1980

Soundboard Recording
Stratcat58 tapes, Neonknight transfer April 2022.
Hi-Res FLAC 24-bit/96kHz & FLAC & MP3@320 MP3

The Paramount Studios in Los Angeles was the place where the Wall Shows rehearsals took place. Photos of the rehearsals appear in Roger Waters 1987 KAOS tour programme. Remarkably, the tape of the performance was correctly identified by an advert for a TV show playing on the television in the background, by Jon Rosenberg.
 
A run through from "The Thin Ice" to "The Show Must Go On" reveals many technical mistakes; Roger giving the crew, roadies, lighting engineers, computer programmers and even fellow band members a bad time.

TDK SA-X 90 cassette (1990-91 type) > Technics RS-B565-MH > Tascam SD-20M >
WAV (24bit/96kHz) > Reaper v6.49 (Speed Correction and Channel Balancing) > Adobe
Audition 2019 (Normalization to -0.1db) > Reaper v6.49 (Lossless Conversion to FLAC (24bit/96kHz)

https://thewallcomplete.com/
https://www.pinkfloyd.com/history/timeline_1980.php
https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/the-wall/the-1980-81-wall-concerts-the-differences-between-each.html

Track List:
01 - The Thin Ice
02 - Another Brick In The Wall Part 1
03 - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
04 - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
05 - Mother
06 - Goodbye Blue Sky
07 - Empty Spaces
08 - What Shall We Do Now
09 - Young Lust
10 - One Of My Turns
11 - "Roger's Rant"
12 - The Last Few Bricks
13 - Goodbye Cruel World
14 - Hey You
15 - Is There Anybody Out There
16 - Nobody Home
17 - Vera
18 - Bring The Boys Back Home
19 - Comfortably Numb
20 - The Show Must Go On

RemembranceCCF's Notes:
Stratcat received this tape from Malcolm L. in the early 90's. Most of the rehearsals here are a bit crisper than the other versions found on Y, and likewise benefit from being 24/96. Numb in Set 2 becomes a bit muffled, but for the most part this is a relatively clear and enjoyable listen. It is my belief that this is an SBD, albeit a poor one.
 
The first set of the tape seemed to become slower over the course of the runtime, so a 1% increase was applied from The Thin Ice to Mother, a 3% increase was applied from Goodbye Blue Sky to Young Lust, and a 6% increase was applied from One of My Turns to Roger's Rant. Set 2 was a bit better, though seemed slower in the middle than the end. A 2% increase was applied from The Last Few Bricks to Goodbye Cruel World, a 4% increase was applied to Hey You, and a 2.5% increase was applied from Is There Anybody Out There to The Show Must Go On. (...More)