Thursday, May 5, 2016

RE-UP Pink Floyd - Total Eclipse Revisited 6 Disc Set





*Original Notes*

Avid fans who were around in the 1990's probably remember the Total Eclipse boxed
set, a 4CD set of rare and unreleased recordings. (Heck, some of you were probably
involved in making it.) It was released basically as a reaction to the Shine On
boxed set which added virtually no value to most fans. However, over 15 years later
a lot has changed. Many of the recordings in the original set have been released
officially and new sources have emerged across the board. However, it is clear that
there is a large amount of material out there that complements the albums but will
probably never be released by the band. Therefore I think it is time for a new fan
set that captures the intent of the original Total Eclipse boxed set and improves
on it. This set would not be possible without the effort of the innumerable people
over the years who have recorded and preserved this music.

Like many fans, I am enthusiastic about the announcement of the series of boxed sets
that will include significant amounts of previously unavailable material. In an
attempt to avoid overlap with future releases, I have avoided sources that I consider
too good NOT to release by themselves. These include:
* BBC sessions from 1968-1974
* September 09, 1969 (Concertgebouw)
* November 21, 1970 (Montreaux)
* March 14, 1973 (Boston)
* June 18, 1975 (Boston)
* May 9, 1977 (Oakland)
In addition, I have decided not to include anything after 1979 because these are
already captured very well by existing releases.

I am optimistic that future releases will continue to make the highest quality
recordings available officially. However, as exciting as these upcoming releases are,
I do not feel that they will tell the whole story. While compiling this set, the
original intention was to stick with 4CDs as with the original. However, after
reviewing dozens of sources, I felt that this was not enough space to tell the
entire story in a satisfactory way and so I have expanded to 6 CDs. Each is designed
to tell a different part of the story as follows:

FLAC Files

CD 1 - Dawn and Dusk of the Piper (Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett from 1965 to 1967)

1.  Lucy Leave
2.  King Bee
3.  Interstellar Overdrive (1966)
4.  UFO Improvisation #1
5.  UFO Improvisation #2
6.  Interstellar Overdrive (early 1967)
7.  Astronomy Domine (14May67 "Look Of The Week")
8.  The Gnome (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
9.  Scarecrow (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
10. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
11. Matilda Mother (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
12. Flaming (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
13. Reaction in G (German TV)
14. Remember a Day (instrumental)
15. Experiment (Sunshine)
16. Scream Thy Last Scream (JFE remaster)
17. Vegetable Man (JFE remaster)
18. Vegetable Man Jam (Mason Interview)
19. Beechwoods (Mason Interview)
20. Green Onions (12Dec67 "Tomorrow's World")
21. Instrumental (12Dec67 "Tomorrow's World")
22. Pow R Toc H (20Dec67 "Top Gear")
23. Jugband Blues (20Dec67 "Top Gear")


CD 2 - A Collection of Great Soundboards (soundboard recordings from 1968 to 1978)

1. Astronomy Domine (French TV)
2. Flaming (French TV)
3. Set the Controls... (French TV)
4. Let There Be More Light (French TV)
5. Careful With That Axe, Eugene (vocal-less version from Dutch radio)
6. Oenone (Zabriskie outtake)
7. Fingal's Cave (Zabriskie outtake)
8. The Violent Sequence (French radio)
9. The Amazing Pudding (French radio)
10. Speak to Me (Tokyo radio)
11. Breathe (Tokyo radio)
12. Travel Sequence (Tokyo radio)
13. Time (Tokyo radio)
14. Breathe Reprise (Tokyo radio)
15. Mortality Sequence (Tokyo radio)
16. Money (demo from Gilmour interview)
17. Comfortably Numb (demo from Gilmour interview)


CD 3 - Ummagumma Revisited (an alternate set of soundboard recordings from 1968 to 1971)

1. Astronomy Domine (06May68)
2. Green Is The Colour (25Oct69)
3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene (25Oct69)
4. Interstellar Overdrive (outtake)
5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (28Jun70)
6. A Saucerful of Secrets (28Jun70)
7. Corrosion (04-05Dec70)
8. Cymbaline (15Jun71)


CD 4 - Something To Do With A Dream (audience recordings from 1970 to 1971)

01. Main Theme (11Feb70)
02. Grantchester Meadows (29Apr70)
03. Cymbaline (17Dec70)
04. Librest Spacement Monitor (11Nov70)
05. Atom Heart Mother (18Sep71)


CD 5 - Childhood's End (audience recordings from 1971 to 1972)

1. Fat Old Sun (03Apr71)
2. One Of These Days (02May72)
3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene (15Nov72)
4. Echoes (15Nov72)
5. Any Colour You Like (05Dec72)
6. Childhood's End (05Dec72)


CD 6 - I Fell On His Neck With A Scream (audience recordings from 1973 to 1977)

1. Obscured by Clouds (11Mar73)
2. When You're In (11Mar73)
3. Raving and Drooling (26Apr75)
4. You Gotta Be Crazy (26Apr75)
5. Pigs On The Wing Part I (06Jul77)
6. Pigs On The Wing Part II (06Jul77)
7. Pigs (Three Different Ones) (06Jul77)
8. Blues (06Jul77)

Five Download Links

Disc 1
Disc 2
Disc 3
Disc 4-5
Disc 6






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