PULSE 3
REVIEWS

The P*3 (p.u.l.s.e disk 3) project was originally introduced by John Pecano (aka eclipse) last spring 1998. His idea was to have an all digital tree of live recordings taken from the 1994 Division Bell tour that were not included on the official release. There was a lot of discussion on echoes regarding what should and shouldn't be included. For some reason though, it never got off the ground after the discussions.

P*3 was something I though needed to be done so I volunteered to put it all together and began gathering the tracks. I gathered tracks with similar sound quality hoping to provide a more seamless mix. I also tried to stay close to the master sources as I could. However, doing this completely in the digital world was not possible. I was all ready to mix it all together when my mixing board died and I needed to find volunteers. Now, nearly eight months after passing the tracks on to be mixed, they are finally together thanks to Sean Frederick. Kudos also go to Terry Shea for his efforts. Although unsuccessful, he did provide me with some direction which I was able to pass on.

As a bonus, and to add some realism to the compilation, a few of David Gimour's remarks from the tour are included. Although not part og the original concept, Great Gig (false start) and Rain Like Hell are included to highlight a recurring problem throughout the Spring portion of the tour: bad weather.
The resulting CD is just over 1 hour long with no filler.

Info from the cd by John Chrisman

No artist alive could pull off anything quite like Storm Thorgerson's packaging for the original p.u.l.s.e double live album. I felt right from the start that the only packaging that would suit the P*3 album would be something that came from the mind of Thorgerson himself. His book Mind Over Matter. The Images of Pink Floyd includes sketches of some packaging ideas for The Division Bell and p.u.l.s.e which were, for various reasons rejected. I adopted two of thse ideas: asketch of an eyeball peering from inside an ear, and an unusual three-panel drawing. (The panels are actually the shape of the 1994 Pink Floyd logo as seen in several pieces of comtempary loyd art) On my trusty iMac I scanned the original drawings and set to work "completing" them i various ways to create the cover you see hear. It's still no match for Thorgerson's own creations, but I still hope it will serve as an acceptable companion to the original p.u.l.s.e release, and will act as both an audio and visual extension of the original album.

Info from the cd by Dave Ward

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