[Floyd47]

Originally Posted by BTBaboon

That would almost definitely require a new mixing effort, which they definitely didn't do. My guess is fade cuts is all that was done, and the reduced irritant of crowd noise is a byproduct of the vinyl format and its natural distortions that lead to the sound being "warmer". It likely is dulling down the crowd noise which was always a bit sharp.

That’s a good point. IIRC, some people also thought the crowd was dialed down on the Live @ the Academy vinyl release - maybe that was a byproduct for the same reason you mention.