"London Blitz"
16-Nov-1974 | Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
Tracklist:
01. Wind-Up / Passion Play (Critique Oblique)
02. Thick As A Brick
03. My God
04. Flute Solo (incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen & Bouree)
05. Piano Solo / My God (reprise)
06. Cross-Eyed Mary
07. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
08. Skating Away
09. Wond'ring Aloud / Again
10. Ladies
11. Drum Solo
12. WarChild
Total Time - 74:45
Band line up:
Ian Anderson: Vocals Flute Acoustic Guitar
Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
John Evan: Piano Organ
Jeffery Hammond-Hammond: Bass Guitar
Barriemore Barlow: Drums and Percussion
This is an incomplete but decent sounding show from the UK leg of the 1974 "WarChild" tour.
From NRT's original notes: "This recording is seemingly brand new to trading circulation - presumably London's usual bootleggers were all on the other side of town, taping Pink Floyd at Wembley.... Unfortunately, the taper's batteries died, so the final ~10 minutes of the show and the encore were recorded badly, and discarded long ago; the 75 minutes remaining give an excellent impression of the 1974 Tull concert experience in their (professional) home town - it's worth it for Ian's comments alone!
Although covertly recorded by an audience member, ambient audience noise is minimal, and sound quality is limited only by the acoustics of the hall; in that respect, it's better than some audience DATs
from a quarter of a century later! The recording has been 'remastered' directly from the original master tape, avoiding the degradation of multiple-generation copying, but it must be remembered that it has been stored on magnetic tape for a matter of decades - it's extraordinarily good, but one has to be realistic....
Sourced directly from the audience master tape, with further processing:
* Dehissed, though some tape hiss was left, rather than distort the recording itself.
* The recording was subtly too slow, so the pitch was raised by 25 cents (quarter of a semitone).
* Whilst the right channel was rather quiet, the left channel was recorded too loudly, so the recording was rebalanced and normalised.
* Gratuitous audience noise and extended silences were omitted.
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