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** I had a friend, Uncle Jed, during these wild & heady times. I'd completely forgotten that he attended this show. He took a pile of photos, which I have just discovered in the archives. Therefore, I have replace the generic image above with one taken at the actual concert in question.
The Surrogate Band is a Pink Floyd tribute that plays largely in the Michigan / Ohio area of the USA. I was lucky enough to go to approximately 10 of their shows.
They play long, extended sets. This show was no exception. Excluding the 2x20 min breaks, the show lasted for a little over 3 hours.
For this particular show, my friend, Kris, wanted to make sure that it was recorded. We had heard that they were planning to play all of Piper At The Gates Of Dawn in tribute to Mr. Barrett, who had recently passed.
Kris knew the audio tech who was going to do the show. However, the nature of the (relatively primitive) equipment prevented a board recording. So, Kris set up four microphones and at least 2 digital recorders. Then - he left. He had to go back to work!
The band's first set was the complete Animals album. Set 2 was Piper. Set 3 was a "Greatest Hits" set. They finished at around 2:00am, if memory serves.
There were at least 2 video cameras present. I tried trading with one of the tapers, but he never came through for me. Rotten hoarder!!
Kris gave me this show 3 times. 1) Complete, unedited recording. 2) same thing, but edited into "Set 1", "Set 2", "Set 3". 3) Same as 2, but in "Nero" format
I checked all three versions & they are from the same recorder. They all have these weird digital drop-outs during the last song. Not sure what that's about.
I took the giant, unedited .wav file & used CDWave to create tracks for each song. I left the soundcheck intact, but cut out the intermissions. They were nothing but audience chatter, of course.
The Surrogate Band's drummer & a guitar player changed & they emerged as "Echoes Of Pink Floyd". They are planning to play the entire Pompeii concert in about a week's time at a place called The Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI. If you go, please record the show!!
