Hand of Fate



Format: CD
Catalog: ROTA 05 Rotation
Misc.: GEMA
Produced: 1993
Date: 870919
Cover:
Insert: Front - pair of hands holding head of statue; Reverse - view of Earth and Moon from Earth orbit with playlist overlay. Tray liner: Pair of hands holding head of statue (image processed); playlist and source info.
Sources:
19 Sep 1987, JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.

Tracks:
Echoes (intro missing) 18:23
Signs of Life 4:54
Learning to Fly 5:51
Yet Another Movie/Round and Around 8:46
New Machine Pt. I 1:41
Terminal Frost 6:03
New Machine Pt. II 0:35
Sorrow (edit during intro) 7:15
Dogs of War 8:19
On the Turning Away 9:20

Band:
  • Rick Wright
  • Nick Mason
  • David Gilmour
  • Guy Pratt, Bass
  • Jon Carin, Keyboards
  • Tim Renwick, Guitar
  • Gary Wallis, Percussion
  • Scott Page, Saxophones/guitar
  • Rachel Fury, Backing Vocals
  • Margret Taylor, Backing Vocals

    Comments: It has the entire first set of the concert, INCLUDING ECHOES! Actually, Echoes is faded in during the first verse. Otherwise, its complete. Gilmour talks to the crowd a little, too. Sound quality is decent for the most part.

    I think the tape speed may be a little slow, unfortunately. Either that or they're playing a bit slower because it was early in the tour and the new version of the Floyd hadn't quite jelled yet. Also, there is a tape hiss throughout the disc.

    Massive tape hiss and a lousy recording. Much better versions of this are being circulated in tape trader's circles. Avoid this one like the plague.

    Sound quality could be better. It's clearly a soundboard source (presumably the one referred to in "Journey Through Time & Space With PF"), but unfortunately of very high generation - the tape hiss is overwhelming in places.

    Sound quality is acceptable, but unfortunately, Echoes is cut off at the beginning; it starts at the beginning of the second verse, and there is a one-second "clip" at the end of the song. Otherwise a good CD, though, especially in light of the fact that this contains the only Echoes on CD I have seen from the 1987 tour. (It was not played in 1988 or 1989.)