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P•U•L•S•E (pronounced, and sometimes written, as Pulse) is a live double CD by Pink Floyd, released on May 29, 1995 in the UK and on June 6, 1995 in the US, after the departure of former band leader Roger Waters, containing songs from famous albums Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall.
The album was recorded during the band's Division Bell tour in 1994, specifically the UK and European leg, which ran from July to October 1994 (See Pink Floyd live performances).
The album includes a complete live version of The Dark Side of the Moon and features a booklet with many photos from performances on this tour. It also features "Astronomy Domine," a Syd Barrett song not performed since the early 1970s, as a tribute to the original Floyd guitarist.
Unlike Delicate Sound of Thunder, David Gilmour and producer James Guthrie have stated that no parts of the songs were re-recorded in the studio. However, the band and Guthrie fixed songs that had bad notes (as heard on some bootlegs) by lifting solos and corrected vocal lines from other performances as the band recorded most of the European leg.
In the U.S., P•U•L•S•E debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in June 1995 (briefly dethroning Hootie and the Blowfish's Cracked Rear View for a week before Hootie regained the #1 spot in the U.S.) and was soon certified Double Platinum on July 31, 1995.
The cassette issue had two bonus tracks: "One of These Days" and a 22 minute ambient piece that was played prior to the 1994 concerts.
The vinyl version comes in a 4-LP box and includes "One of These Days" as well as a large version of the photo booklet. The video version (the only release of P•U•L•S•E with an accurate running order) also featured the song "Take It Back," and was, in fact, the near complete performance from their October 20th show at Earl's Court, London.
On July 10 2006, the P•U•L•S•E DVD was released of the concert performed on October 20, 1994 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London.
The original CD cover features a "eye-like" machine that has clock pieces inside, in its center, there is a planet, and on the outside, it shows evolution as it moves backwards, it starts in the sea, then moves to the bacterias, the bacterias evolve into fishes, then into egg type creatures, then into eggs, which hatch birds and the birds follow the trail of an airplane. On the bottom, there are six pyramids, and in the bottom of the sea, you can observe a city in the shore.
Also in the birds scene, there is a Nessie type of creature.
Additional lasers and lighting were brought in especially for the taping of this live concert video. The video is of a single performance at Earl's Court in London, while the accompanying live double-CD album was culled from this as well as several additional performances.
The mirror ball used at the end of the song "Comfortably Numb" was built by Stagecraft Inc. and is one of the largest in the world at 16 feet in diameter. The mirror ball splits open to a height of 24 feet revealing a powerful 12 kilowatt Phoebus HMI lamp inside.
To promote the original 1995 release of the video and double album, selections from the album were broadcast on rock radio stations in New York City accompanied by a laser and light show from the observation deck of the Empire State Building.
In "Another brick in the wall pt 2" played at the end of the first CD, the E=mc2 word appears on the DVD, while on the original VHS version the word is ENIGMA.






