RE-UP Pink Floyd Live Germany 1970

Pink Floyd:

Grooving With A Pict

Format: 2CDR


Sources: 14 Nov 1970, Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg, West Germany

SHN FILE

Tracks:

      Disc: 1
       1. Astronomy Domine                                    9:07
       2. Fat Old Sun                                             13:30
       3. Cymbaline                                                11:15
       4. Atom Heart Mother                                  16:46
       5. Green Is The Colour                                  4:32
       6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene                11:05

      Disc: 2
       1. Corrosion                                                  9:17
       2. Pict                                                           3:42
       3. Embryo                                                   14:50
       4. Set The Controls for he Heart of the Sun  12:31
       5. Saucerful Of Secrets                                19:25


Band:
      Roger Waters
      David Gilmour
      Nick Mason
      Rick Wright


Quality: XXX -EDEN


Comments: An excellent performance. Roger is in rare form this night, talking to the
 audience as I've not heard before. He does an interesting introduction to Green Is
The Colour, doing some brief CWTAE sounds. Before Set The Controls, he does some
German ranting to the audience. Prior to Saucerful, he does some humorous bantering.
Musically, the main draw of this release is the inclusion of Corrosion and a
Grooving With A Pict type jam. This is one of only two performances of Corrosion
that I currently know of (the other is included on, among other places, Stranger
Than Fiction - this is definitely a different performance).
The Grooving With A Pict is a semi structured jam that features Roger's Scottish
ranting and guitar/keyboard meanderings (it's been 10 years or so since I've
listened to my Ummagumma LP, so I cannot give a detailed description on how closely
this performance matched the studio song). The remaining song performances are
strong.
The recording is decent, though not nearly as clear as Smoking Blues or
Remergence. Recording quality aside, I find this performance to be more engaging
than Smoking Blues and would quickly recommend it over Smoking Blues, which occurred
just 7/8 days after this. If you value unique performances, or just love the
1970-1971 shows, this title is rated as essential collection material. If sound
quality is more important, however, definitely go with Smoking Blues, which is still
a very good and somewhat unique performance. However, my performance standards run
contrary to most of the Floyd reviews I've read (based on performance I prefer the
Brutish Temptation show to Smoking Blues, and find the Montreux 1971 show to be
relatively boring). So, you may need to take my opinions with a grain of salt. -EDEN

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