Obscurity Format: 2CD Catalog: SC 52005/6 Sugarcane Records Misc.: Audience Produced: Italy (SIAE), 1993 Date: 711120 Cover: Tray liner and rear of insert feature playlist; front of insert has colour photo of Nick behind his kit. Sources: 20 Nov 1971, Taft Auditorium, Cincinnati; (disc says 6 Nov 70) *Palace Theater, Waterbury, Conn., March 18, 1973. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Embryo *** Longest Embryo ever! 26:35 2. Fat Old Sun 13:15 3. Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun 14:57 4. Atom Heart Mother 19:21 Disc 2: 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 12:21 2. Cymbaline 12:29 3. Echoes [incomplete recording] 16:08 *4. Obscured By Clouds 4:35 *5. When You're In 7:38 *6. One of These Days 8:17 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Comments: This double disc set lists the venue as being Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, November 6th, 1970. I have a copy of this same show on tape which is listed as "Emerson Gym", Cleveland, Ohio, November 6th, 1971. Because the track listing is that of the "Meddle" tour, and because the band was touring Europe in November of 1970, I believe that the date on my tape is correct and that this CD is in error. Regardless, the CD presents a very good, but distant audience recording....with little crowd interference.... This set is not the complete performance, missing "One Of These Days". Filler material from Waterbury, Ct. March 18, 1973 has been used to fill in the second disc.... Sound is thin with virtually no bass; treble is OK, if a little shrill in places. The performance of "Embryo" is exceptionally long (26 min.), and is the main selling-point of this CD. The jam which fills out this piece is in places derivative of "Echoes", and also features "Eugene"-style vocals by Roger. This is one of the most relaxed performances that I have ever heard. Embryo is very very long and Dave just solos constantly (not too much keyboards, perhaps they were waiting for it to get fixed). Echoes is only the first part and sounds very much like the Pompeii version with Roger soloing a lot. There is a skip or something from the original source during Echoes and a bit is repeated. At the beginning of AHM there are a lot of sirens noises, and I don't think that they are real. The bonus tracks fit in well. When You're In is very loose with some nice solos by Dave and Rick. It is a very listenable disc although there are much better '71 shows. However, it is a very unique set. For a long time this was thought to be Cleveland 6 Nov, but the master was found and the date and venue were identified. A second source also surfaced which included a full version of "Echoes" and "Blues" encore. The bonus tracks Obscured by Clouds and When You're In alone make this CD worth buying. Nick's drumming is the strongest I have ever heard, and the rest of the band are really on the ball here as well. The only problem is that the sound quality is a little thick. Other than that, I really love this Roio. This is one of the strongest group performance from the Fall 1971 tour, possibly because it is the last show of the tour (disregard the Nov 6 1970 date listed on the disc). All songs are played aggressively. Embryo is extremely long and has a mid section jam totally different from the standard version. This is a siren played in the beginning of AHM that just screams when the band kicks in. AHM has a very good vocal section. The sound quality is not the greatest, with very little bass. Nevertheless, this is possibly the best currently available show from the Fall 1971 tour (I can't decide between this and Heart of The Sun). The disc also contains 3 songs from a March 1973 show in Connecticut. This performance is very good and is better recorded than the 1971 show. However, buy this title mainly for the 1971 show. Contains the last know recorded performance of Embryo, Cymbaline, and Fat Old Sun. This is also the last known recording of the band before they brought DSOTM into their repertoire. It was the end of an era. Rated as essential collection material.