The spring of 1972 was a busy time for Pink Floyd, after the success of their movie soundtrack More the band was approached by another director to score music for a film that became the Pink Floyd release Obscured By Clouds.
During concert performances in 1972, new material was presented during the first half of the show. Originally called Eclipse, this set would eventually evolve into the epic we now know as The Dark Side of the Moon. This was the first tour in which Pink Floyd would play an entire album, from start to finish, in a single set.
Pink Floyd -
Rainbow Theatre, 2-20-1972
"The Best Of Tour '72 - Restored"
This historical recording captures Dark side of the moon in its earliest stage. No other recording available from the Jan/Feb 72 tour (in which DSOTM was first performed) sounds as good as this.
Sound: A
"EX audience"
Source Info:
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
Re-Mastered @ the Soundhouse by Prof. Stoned, February 2006.
This is by far my favorite release from this period and a superb job was performed on the 'drop by Prof. Stoned.