PRRP025- PINK FLOYD
MONEY GOES WEST
November 30, 1987 (The Sports Arena - Los Angeles, California)
CD1
1-1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pt. 1-5) 12:25
1-2. Signs Of Life 3:43
1-3. Learning To Fly 5:51
1-4. Yet Another Movie 7:14
1-5. A New Machine (pt. 1) 1:28
1-6. Terminal Frost 6:20
1-7. A New Machine (pt. 2) 0:34
1-8. Sorrow 10:20
1-9. Dogs Of War 8:20
1-10. On The Turning Away 8:55
1-11. One Of These Days 6:56
CD2
2-1. Time 6:03
2-2. On The Run 4:55
2-3. Wish You Were Here 5:14
2-4. Welcome To The Machine 8:41
2-5. Us & Them 7:29
2-6. Money 9:32
2-7. Another Brick In The Wall (pt. 2 ) 6:58
2-8. Comfortably Numb 9:55
2-9. One Slip 7:00
2-10. Run Like Hell 7:44
PINK FLOYD
David Gilmour - Lead Guitars & Lead Vocal
Rick Wright - Keyboards & Vocals
Nick Mason - Drums & Percussion
With Special Guests
Tim Renwick- Guitars & Vocals
Guy Pratt- Bass Guitars & Vocals
Scott Page- Saxophones
Gary Wallis- Percussion
Rachel Fury- Backing Vocals
Margret Taylor- Backing Vocals
Please, A Momentary Lapse into Reason!
“Pink Floyd had become a spent force creatively, and this should be
recognized in order to maintain the integrity and reputation of the
group name…It is only realistic and honest to admit that the group has
in practical terms disbanded and should be allowed to retire gracefully
from the music scene”.
–Roger Waters
“The strength of Pink Floyd always lay in the talents of all four
members. Naturally we will miss Roger’s artistic input. However, we will
continue to work
together, as in the past.” –David Gilmour
“I’d love to see the Floyd back together, because it’s been such a
terrible waste. The chemistry between the band (members) was such that
the sum of the parts was far greater than their individual offerings.
Dave and Roger complemented one another so well.” -Nick Griffiths
“My worst nightmare?
Roger back in Pink Floyd” -Nick Mason
“Roger laughed once a year”. –David Gilmour
It is said that all things must pass. After the album The Final Cut, the
band known as Pink Floyd would be changed forever. As fans we would no
longer have the four members that gave us Dark Side of the Moon, Wish
You Were Here and The Wall. For both stated and unstated reasons, Roger
Waters left Pink Floyd, never to return again. In the absence of Waters,
Gilmour and Mason called upon many within the music world to help them
with their new
album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Initially, another concept album was
envisioned. For this, Eric Stewart from 10cc was asked to help as were
English poet Roger McGough and songwriter Carole Pope. When this
approach seemed unworkable, a more traditional album was planned.
Numerous sessions took place which eventually lead to the material for
the new album. Phil Manzanera, guitarist for Roxy Music, collaborated on
the song One Slip. Anthony Moore, from the band Slap Happy, co-wrote the
lyrics to Learning to Fly, On the Turning Away and The Dogs of War. Joe
Carin also helped write Learning To Fly, which was based in part on
David Gilmour’s own experience becoming a pilot. Carin was then asked to
help play keyboards on the album. Pat Leonard, producer for Madonna,
co-wrote Yet Another Movie and played synthesizers on the album. But in
the end, some say the biggest outside influence on the new Pink Floyd
album was Bob Ezrin. As a former producer of The Wall, the band knew him
well and it was understandable that Gilmour would turn to him for
assistance during the turbulent time after Waters departure. Not only
did Ezrin co-produce A Momentary Lapse of Reason with David Gilmour, but
he also played keyboard, percussion and sequencers for a number of the
tracks. To the delight of many, Mason and Gilmour invited Richard Wright
back into the fold. Yet with most of the keyboard segments already
written for the album by Ezrin, Carin and Leonard, Wright could only
contribute backing vocals and supporting piano or organ segments before
returning to his position of keyboard master during the live tour. They
also secured the talents of Tony Levin to take the place of Roger Waters
on Bass and two additional drummers: Jim Keltner and Rod Stewart’s
former drummer Carmine Appice.
The tour began with
trepidation because the band had not played live since 1981. Promoters
were unsure if a 1970’s band like Pink Floyd could still fill venues 6
years after their last performance. But much to the surprise of
everyone, including Roger Waters, the shows sold out overnight. After
one show scheduled in Toronto sold out with tickets being purchased as
fast as they would be printed, two more shows were added and sold out
just as quickly. Once word got out that “The Floyd” was back was selling
out venues, other cities competed for the band’s attention. After four
weeks of practice in a Toronto airplane hanger the new Pink Floyd was
ready again to provide their fans with live performances. They started
in Buffalo, New York on September 7th, 1987 and continued through North
America, ending the tour with 2 shows in Vancouver 3 months later. What
we bring you here was
recorded on November 30th, 1987, the fifth show of a six night stay at
the Los Angeles Sports Area. This quality master recording can show the
world that in 1987, Pink Floyd still had musical avenues to explore and
still cared very much about their earlier music as well, much to
everyone’s delight.
Notes from the Re-Master
This show is taken from the master cassette used to record the concert.
To our knowledge, this show has never been available before in any form.
The cassettes were digitized using 24 bit resolution and 32 bit
formatting. Harmonics were detected up to 11,000 Hz. Hiss was quite high
and needed a major reduction. Bass was quite deficient and was
universally boosted. Inconsistent dynamic variations were adjusted to
make for a more flowing presentation. With a low volume recording this
allowed enough room to make tonality adjustment before final
normalization. A few patches were
needed during tape flips but should not be too noticeable as outside
sources were not necessary. Audience applause and other noises were
reduced in
volume as much as possible with respect to the music; these included
applause, yells and a bit of colorful language. During the processing we
detected that an audience member yells one slip to announce the
performance of this rarely played song. We also noticed a bit of
improvisation at the end of welcome to the machine. The show was
balanced between the two discs as a final step.
PRRP Staff