Here is a great fan collection of some of Floyds more unique output through the early classic years.
Various bitrates and sound quality, but as the notes below suggest, all within the VG to Ex range.
If you are a hard core fan, or just curious about Floyds early live sound, this collection is a must.
*Original Notes*
What kind of Pink Floyd fan are you ?- Your most beloved period of the band
are the early days because they were often experimenting new ideas and new
songs during concerts.- You like only live bootlegs with the best sound
quality. So you already may have all the recording from the band rated 9
or 10/10 : all the BBC sessions / The Montreux festivals 1970 & 1971 /
The Man & the Journey from the Concertgebouw 1969 / The Electric Factory
1970 / the Rainbow 20 Feb 1972 (best on tour) and maybe others-
You don't want to own bootlegs for archival purposes, but for listening
pleasure. So you're happy to stick with the list of bootlegs mentioned
above, since you don't want to have 10 times the same setlist with few
variations from concert to concert.- But you know that in some particular
occasion, the Floyd played some special versions of their songs, or played
songs sporadically before dropping them out of their set-list...These
special or rare versions can be found on many bootlegs, but would you like
to have them all ? For most of them the sound isn't top quality. you'd like
to listen to these songs only but not to the whole concert and to a 10th
version of "Saucerful of secrets" for example., even more if the sound is bad.
If you're this kind of Pink Floyd fan, THIS COMPILATION BOOTLEG IS FOR YOU !
It contains many rare tracks or special versions of most common tracks.
Sound quality is not always the best, but I have selected the best I could
find. I am very demanding on the sound quality, so I rate very severely
unlike most bootlegers/fans who have a tendency to rate "excellent" or
"very good" recordings that, to me, are barely listenable...I am particularly
proud of the Moonhead version from the BBC TV since it sounds much much
better than any other versions I could find, even on the ultimate
"A Tree Full of Secrets" bootleg anthology.3 CD boxset, with complete
artwork, and an 8-page booklet with full details for each track, which are
summarized below :
CD1
1. Hollywood
2. Cymbaline - Music from the film More, recorded March 1969.Unreleased and
different versions than the soundtrack album. Quality 8/10
3. Moonhead - London, BBC studio 1969. Unreleased track used in a TV
documentary on the night of the first moonlanding. This track is
basically a bass riff, which was years later recycled in the middle
instrumental bridge of Money. Quality 7/10
4. The Violence Sequence
5. The Amazing Pudding - Live in Paris, France, theatre de Champs Elysees,
23 Jan 1970. Quality 9/10
6. Main theme from More
7. Sysyphus
8. The violence suite (Heart beat, pig meat / Quicksilver / Moonhead /
Violent Sequence) - Live in Birmingham, 11 Feb 1970. Historical
performance,these songs were almost never performed live. Quality 5/10
CD2
1. Astronomy Domine - Live St Raphael USA, 17 Oct 1970. The shortest
(6 min) version of this song ever performed in 1970. Quality 7/10
2. Introduction : the Massed Gadgets of Auximenes and the Knights of the
Teutonic Order
3. The labyrinths of Auximenes
4. Grooving with a Pict
5. Embryo - Live Hamburg, Germany 14 Nov.1970. Labyrinths
(often mistitled Corrosion on many bootlegs) is a different version of
Moonhead. Grooving is a unique performance, and Embryo features an extra
experimental jam. Quality 7/10
6. Allan's psychedelic breakfast - Live in Sheffield, England, 22 Dec. 1070.
This track was performed live only 5 times in Floyd's history. Quality 7/10
7. Blues in the Wind - Live in London, Hyde Park, 18 July 1970. Rare short blues
played as an introduction to Embryo. Quality 5/10
8. Embryo - Live in New York, USA, 5 Nov. 1971. Very long (17 min) and
unusual bluesy version, as opposed to the "psychedelic" (as I would call
it) standard version. A complete reworking of the song. Quality 6/10
CD3
1. The labyrinths of Auximenes - Live in Gothenburg, Sweden, 11 Nov. 1970.
Labyrinths is aother version of Moonhead. This performance was often
mistitled "Librest Spacement Monitor" (!?). Quality 7/10
2. Embryo - Live in Cincinnati, USA, 20 Nov. 1971. This is the longest version
of this song ever performed (27 min !). Maybe because of technical
problem ? The extended jam features parts reminiscent of Echoes. Quality 7/10
3. Childhood's end - Live in Zurich, Switzerland, 9 Dec. 1972. This song was
only played sporadically in 1972. Quality 7/10
4. Obscured by clouds/
5. When you're in - Live in London, England, 19 May 1973. Rare track played
only at some 1973 shows. Quality 6/10
6. Obscured by clouds
7. When you're in - Live in London, England, 5 Nov. 1973. These versions are very different
to the above performance some months earlier. Obscured is played here
very very slow, and When You're in is very short. Quality 6/100
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