HW: Heard on Space Ritual

[Ed Eichendorf]

> Hi Folks...
>
> Last night I was listening to SR (remastered CD) on the headphones as I was
> laying to call it a night.  Anyway, as Down Through the Night was just
> kicking in, I swear I could hear Dave's voice singing 'Down, Down, and Down'
> or 'Round, Round, and Round' or whatever, very very faintly, before his
> voice finally booms in.  It was almost like he was singing into a dead
> microphone before someone caught on (himself maybe) and plugged him in, so
> to speak.  I tried hearing the same thing on my old vinyl copy and couldn't
> really tell if it was evident there, or whether I 'believed' I could hear it
> because of what I heard on the new remasters.  Anyway, perhaps this is why
> the lyrics in the live version start in differently than those on Doremi.
> Anyone else notice this??
>
> Kind of reminds me of certain vinyl records that will 'foreshadow' the
> beginning of a track at either the start of the side, or in one of the black
> holes.  I remember Heartbreaker on LZ II was one in particular where I could
> always hear Page's riff start in about a second before it actually did.  Not
> being a physics major, I could never explain it entirely, but I figure it
> has to do with friction between the stylus and the 'empty' groove adjacent
> to the one with the opening bit of music.  It must be 'activating' the
> signal from the groove next door and then the signal leaks back and is
> picked up by the stylus.  I should go now and put on the LZ II CD I have and

I have a much simpler explanation. More than likely the
'foreshadowing' is the result of recording on the tape, not liking
the results, rewinding the tape and then recording over the tape
again. In other words the erase head didn't erase the previous signal
entirely. Makes a lot more sense than an empty groove activating a
phono pickup.


> make sure I don't hear it there.  :)  I wouldn't think that would happen
> with laser-read optical encoding.  Anyway, this obviously has nothing to do
> with Down Through the Night.
>
> Also, just before The Black Corridor starts in, it seems like somebody
> shouts out 'Where's the Ghost?' or something.  It's not obvious who's voice
> this is, i.e., whether it's from the stage or the audience, but I wonder if
> one of the dancers/stage characters (Stacia and the like) missed their cue.
>
> Well, just wondering about these things on a (not so) cold December night.
> Thanks to El Nino I suppose.
>
> Keith H. (FAA)
>
>
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