The unmastered source that the bootleggers used must have been 0th or maybe 1st generation tape. A very wide stereo image with clear separation of instruments & voices. The recorded content of the original LP was handled professionally from start to finish (not counting the cuts in the recording). The content of this CDR has been carefully mastered from a rare vintage (1972) vinyl copy (strictly rated: EX), the very 1st pressing of this classic floyd bootleg, and therefore the closest source to the (unfindable) original tape. This is a trueful reproduction of the original vinyl bootleg and will make you hear details in the recording that you never heard before.

These two boots were both taken from the same inferior source which is ruined by a heavy NoNoise treatment. It KILLS both the 'Swinging Pig' and the 'Original Masters Series' bootleg CD's of this album that most of you all know. Today, 34 years and a couple of days after this was first recorded, I present to you all a significant digital upgrade -maybe even the definitive version- of the legendary 'The Best of Tour 72' boot.

Lineage: High Quality Condensator Stereo Mics -> Reel-to-Reel Master -> Mastering -> Mastered source (likely recorded on Hi-Speed Reel-to-Reel) -> 1st Pressing Vinyl Bootleg (16-421/422) -> Technics 1210mk2 with -881mk2s stylus -> Tascam DA20mk2 (A-D conversion 16 bit, 48kHz) -> PC -> Cubase SX 2.0 -> Wave (downsampled to 44.1k) -> FLAC -> Torrent

Pink floyd soundboard bootlegs