A Clear View



Format: 2CD
Catalog: KTS ( Kiss the Stone )
Date: 870928
Sources: 28 Sep 1987, Rosemont Horizon, Chicago.

Tracks:
Disc 1:
1. Shine on you Crazy Diamond Parts 1 -5
2. Signs of Life
3. Learning to Fly
4. Yet Another Movie
5. A New Machine (part 1)/ Terminal Frost
6. A New Machine (part 2) (Sorrow*)
7. Dogs of War
8. On the Turning Away

Disc 2:
1. One of These Days
2. On the Run (Time*)
3. Breathe (On the Run/Breathe*)
4. Wish you Were Here
5. Welcome to the Machine
6. Us and Them
7. Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)
8. Comfortably Numb

Band:
  • David Gilmour
  • Nick Mason
  • Rick Wright

    Comments:
    The listing above is what came with the CD but contains some errors. On disc one song 6 is really Sorrow. On disc two song 2 is Time and Song 3 is On the Run/Breathe.

    This is one of the best roio's I've seen yet (I haven't seen many). The CDs are both picture discs showing a far away shot of the band on stage. Included is a booklet with several good photos of the band in concert. The quality of the recording is also good, but the voices sound a tad weak. Welcome to the Machine is really good, and Comfortably Numb features a five minute guitar solo at the end. Too bad Gilmour can't sing ABitWII to save his life. ( Please no flames from Gilmour fans. I really like his singing, but on every version of ABitWII I've heard him sing on the DSoT tour sounds dreadful.)

    This one is the audience recording that has the best sound quality I've ever heard.

    Many roio's are given great reviews for great sound quality when they have noticeable pitch problems. A Clear View is slow.

    It differs from DSoT with the addition of Welcome to the Machine. which is very good. It is missing Run Like Hell among others Money). It gives you a feeling of being there as opposed to a collection of live songs, like Pulse and DSoT. A Clear View isn't too bad, with some background noise.

    Overall I think the disc is a good one of the DSoT tour. Excellent versions of WTTM and CN. WTTM was not included with DSoT. Fades out a bit early on The Turning Away. Some crowd noise, but not too intrusive. The CD's are from KTS, which rate this one as average sound quality (don't know what they/re comparing it to)

    The packaging and picture discs are typical excellent KTS quality -- except for the track indiscretions. An fairly good recording from the MLoR tour, although "One Slip", "Run Like Hell" and, of all songs, "Money" are excluded from the recording. A Clear View does; however, contain fantastic versions of "Welcome To The Machine" and "Comfortably Numb".