940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: 8th RD From The Moon Unique_Id: 8RDFMOON Format: 2CD Catalog: BM 044/2 Beech Martin Records Misc.: Audience recording, S.I.A.E Produced: Made In Italy, (P) 9/1991 Date: 690917 Cover: Picture of the moon where a drawed hand guids a white light beam into one side, and there is a light spectrum coming out on the other side (like DSotM cover). PINK FLOYD on top, and 8th RD from the moon on the bottom. Four page booklet, with same same graphics as front and backcover, and a picture of PF at stage in 77. Sources: 1969- 1977 Recorded Live In Various Locations From 1969 to 1977 Disc 1, track 1-7: Recorded Live at "Concertgebouw" September 17, 1969 Amsterdam Disc 1, track 8-13 and Disc 2, track 1-4: Recorded Live at "Rainbow Theatre" London 1972 Disc 2, track 5-9: Recorded Live at "Madison Square Garden" July 22, 1977 New York The date on the second one is February 17th or 20th, 1972* The correct date on the last one is July 2, 1977)* Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Grantchester Meadows 7:38 2. Biding My Time 5:22 3. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party 1:52 4. Cymbaline 12:48 5. Green Is The Colour 6:33 6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 6:15 7. The Narrow Way / Part 3 5:07 8. Speak To Me / Breathe 2:55 9. On The Run 6:10 10. Time 6:33 11. Breathe (Reprise) 1:53 1:07* 12. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:23 13. Money 7:52 Total time 74:06* Disc 2: 1. Us And Them 2:18 2. Any Colour You Like 4:37 3. Brain Damage 3:52 4. Eclipse 1:49 1:19* 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1/5 13:44 6. Welcome To The Machine 8:28 7. Have A Cigar 6:10 8. Wish You Were Here 6:23 9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 18:57 Total time 66:14* Band: Roger Waters Bass/Vocals David Gilmour Guitars/Vocals Rick Wright Keyboards/Vocals Nick Mason Drums Xref: Disc 1, track 1-7: Amsterdam '69, Landscape, The Last Gadgets Of Oxyminus, The Man & The Journey. Disc 1, track 8-13 & - Disc 2, track 1-4: Best Of Tour '72, Dark Side Of The Sky, Live Side Of The Moon Disc 2, track 5-9: Welcome To The Machine, Caught In The Crossfire, Live USA, New York Live 1977 Quality: Ex -MISC Ex/VG+ -TOR Comments: I would highly recommend this boot to all of you. It is interesting in going from 1969 to 1977 and the overall quality is really good. It is one worth having in your collection. -MISC This is a collection of three other roio's; A69, BoT72 and WTtM (see Xref). It sounds like this one is copyied from those three mentioned (from The Swingin' Pig label) as they have no tape hiss at all. Only drawback is that the high notes are slightly wobbeling from time to time, thus making it a little less good than the ones from TSP. But then, it was close to half the price asked for the three seperate ones. Timing on cover is slightly incorrect, but it's only a couple of seconds +/-, except for those noted in track list. Set 1: Has some tracks that not often shows up on roio's, like 'Biding My Time' (PF doing Jazz) which is a great tune. A lot of very nice improvisations between the songs. Gilmour's voice isn't at the best during this show, which is very evident on 'The Narrow Way' where he is completly out of tune and can't reach the high notes. Set 2: A great 'early' performance of DSotM. It have's the 'On The Run' jam, 'Time' is the slow version and TGGItS has the preachers tapes. 'Time' and 'Us And Them' is cut down, and Eclipse is faded out a little early. Set 3: Again a great performance, from 2 July 77 in New York. Rick Wrigth does a fantastic job on this show, he has some very good synth and piano solos at respectively WTtM and WYWH. -TOR 991216*************************************************************** Artist: David Gilmour Title: About Face - Live in New York 1984 Unique_Id: ABFANY84 Format: 2CDR Catalog: Misc.: Produced: Date: 840524 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Disc: 2 CDR Cover: Front: 4 page booklet taken from the About Face tour programme. Sources: Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Until We Sleep 2. All Lovers are Deranged 3. Love on the Air 4. Mihalis 5. Cruise 6. Short and Sweet 7. Run Like Hell Disc: 2 1. Out of the Blue 2. Let's Get Metaphysical 3. You Know I'm Right 4. Money 5. Blue Light 6. Murder 7. Comfortably Numb (with Nick Mason) Band: David Gilmour Xref: Quality: Ex- -TimV Comments: Another DFP product from first generation analogue. Disc 2 tracks 6 & 7 taken from the Hammersmith Odeon performance. -TimV 950326*************************************************************** Artist: David Gilmour Title: About Face Tour Unique_Id: ABOTFACE Format: 2CD Catalog: ! Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 840608 Cover: ! Sources: 08 Jun 1984, Chicago USA Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Montreal Radio Review 2. Until We Sleep/All Lovers Are Deranged 3. Love on the Air 4. Mihalis 5. Cruise 6. Short and Sweet 7. Money 8. Out of the Blue 9. Let's Get Metaphysical Disc 2: 1. You Know I'm Right 2. Run Like Hell 3. Blue Light 4. Band Introduction 5. Murder 6. Near the End 7. Comfortably Numb Band: David Gilmour et al. Xref: ! Quality: VG -PATRICK Comments: A good performance. The speed of the recording is a little high, but that's not too anoying -PATRICK 950528*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd & The Stringman Title: Absolutely Ambient Unique_Id: ABSOAMBI Format: CD Catalog: NDSCD 001 New Directions Misc.: Produced: Made in EEC Date: 94 Cover: Front: Strange surreal landscape with a red mountain range in the background whose tallest peak forms a nose and open mouth. Huge female torsos in the nude, with 'heads' consisting of satellite dishes, tower over a blue walkway below in the foreground. 'Pink Floyd' appears in light pink at the top with the CD's title written just below it in small white text. At the bottom is written 'The Ultimate Remix Collection'. Back: A drawing of the statues at Karnak (I think!?!) under a reddish sky with the tracks and times listed above. Booklet: A double-page spread of what looks to be a desert terrain shot from the air. A triangle in the center contains the words 'Pink Floyd'. Photo is in b&w. The picture on the rear of the booklet is the same as the back of the jewel case. Disc: A b&w drawing of a pyramid with an open eye near the apex. A bright glow appears to eminate from the eye. Under the area where the disc rests is the same picture but with a Sphinx's face peeking out from where the transparent center of the disc would rest. 'GEMA' is written on the disk. Sources: 1970-1979, 199? Remix (1) 1970, ROLO Meddle (2) 1977, ROLO Animals (3) 1979, ROLO The Wall (4) 1975, ROLO Wish You Were Here (5) 1973, ROLO Dark Side of the Moon; 1979, ROLO The Wall Tracks: 1. Echoes {Deep Sea Mix} 9:32 2. Sheep {Grazing Mix} 13:04 3. Another Brick In The Wall {Cement Mix} 16:26 4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond {Madman Mix} 12:17 5. Time {Minute Mix} 12:49 Total: 64:31 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason The Stringman Xref: ! Quality: Sup -DSJ Comments: Packaging claims mixes are unique to this disc and are not duplicated on any other Floyd remix CD. The majority of this CD has synths and keyboards in the fore while sampling from the original songs appear mostly in the background. It has a strange psychedelic feel to it with eerie repetitive lyrics and multiple sample overlays but the synths do become repetitive at times. I'd recommend buying it if it isn't too expensive and if you don't find the whole idea of tampering with these songs blasphemous in the first place. -DSJ 980823*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Afterglow Unique_Id: AFTERGLO Format: CD Catalog: OHM 026 Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 900630 Cover: Photo from a concert Sources: 30 Jun 1990, Knebworth Festival Tracks: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1-5) 11:51 2. The Great Gig In The Sky 7:12 3. Wish You Were Here 5:54 4. Sorrow 13:22 5. Money 12:21 6. Comfortably Numb 8:41 7. Run Like Hell 8:22 Band: Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Guy Pratt Jon Carin Tim Renwick Gary Wallis Durga McBroom Sam Brown Vicki Brown Claire Torry Michael Kamen Candy Dulfer Xref: Aurora Spectralis The Knebworth Concert The Knebworth Concert The Knebworth Tales '90 Meteora Quality: Sup- -PATRICK Comments: Some titles are wrong on the cover : The Great Gig In The Sky is listed as Brain Damage, Sorrow as Lost Paradise, and Run Like Hell as Another Brick In The Wall Part 2. The three last tracks of some crossing references are from Delicate Sound Of Thunder, but this one features the complete concert including Gilmour's speeches. It sounds like the radio broadcast. There is one drop out at the begining of Run Like Hell. -PATRICK It seems that this is the only Knebworth RoIO that features the complete Pink Floyd performance from that night. "The Knebworth Concert" and "The Knebworth Tales '90" only contain 4 tracks from Knebworth, the other tracks being dubbed from the official "Delicate Sound Of Thunder". Maybe the "Aurora Spectralis" RoIO also features the whole concert, but with one more track (I suspect that "Run Like Hell" appears twice on that RoIO: once under the title "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2", and then under the right title). The sound quality here is excellent. This is taken from the stereo broadcast. Even "Comfortably Numb" and "Run Like Hell" are taken from the broadcast, as they sound slightly different than the "clean" versions on the official "Knebworth - The Album". It was a live broadcast, so there are some imperfections in the mix (the debut vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb" are first too low mixed, then suddently perfectly audible). There's one thing _very_ annoying with this RoIO. It seems that some unscrupulous mixer found funny to "extend" some songs! For instance, during "Wish You Were Here", at 3:59, there's a cut that brings us back 44 seconds earlier in the song! So, the second that must follow 3:59 can only be found at 4:43! You have to "jump" from 3:59 to 4:43 to hear the true song!!! This kind of "repeat-loop" happens on 3 other tracks: on "Sorrow" (from 6:57 to 10:10), on "Money" (from 6:00 to 6:44) and on "Run Like Hell" (from 1:10 to 1:51... there are 8 guitar intros instead of 4). Nothing is missing, but some portions appear twice. I suspect that the "Aurora Spectralis" RoIO has the same problem (see the timings: 13' for "Sorrow"). The performance is very good. The Floyd hadn't play for one year, and they seem to really enjoy themselves, comparing to the 1989 performances. The bad point is a disastrous version of "The Great Gig In The Sky" by... Claire Torry herslef! As if she has lost her voice that evening. One can hear Gilmour introducing her after the song, along with saxophonist Candy Dulfer, who only played that night with the Floyd. This is also the only 1990 public appearance for the band. In one word: this RoIO is perfect quality and contains the full show... but a little more. The only thing you can do is to make a copy (on tape or CD-R) from this RoIO, skipping the repeated portions! Then you'll have the ultimate version for the Knebworth show. - MARC-OLIVIER. Everything about this roio is great, except The Great Gig In The Sky. Clare Torry was certainly in a bad night. - FERNANDO. 991119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: AHOY Unique_Id: AHOY Format: 2CDR Catalog: Misc.: Produced: Date: 710403 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Sources: 03 Apr 1971, Live At Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Astronomy Domine 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 3. Fat Old Sun 4. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 5. Cymbaline Disc: 2 1. A Saucerful Of Secrets 2. Atom Heart Mother 3. Embryo Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: 950205*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: All Movement Is Accomplished (The 60's Rarities) Unique_Id: ALLMOVEM Format: CD Catalog: PFCD234 Inhouse Records Misc.: Made In Luxembourg Produced: ! Date: 67 Cover: Front: photo of the band circa 1967. The rear of this is a photo of the band circa early 1968 - ie with five members. Rear: track list. Sources: 1967- 1969 1. BBC Top Gear, 30 Sept 1967 2-3. BBC Top Gear, 19 Dec 1967 4-6. BBC Top Gear, 28 June 1968 7-8. BBC Top Gear, 14 Jan 1969 9-10. BBC Top Gear, 12 May 1969 11. Outtake circa 1969?, BBC, December 1975 12-21. ROLO The Early Singles Tracks: 1. Flaming 2:34 2. Vegetable Man 3:12 3. Scream Thy Last Scream 3:37 4. Julia Dream 2:19 5. Murderistic Woman 2:14 6. The Massed Gadgets of Hercules 6:39 7. Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major 4:01 8. Embryo 3:25 9. Daybreak 3:37 10. The Narrow Way, Part 3 4:34 11. Merry Xmas Song 2:06 12. Arnold Layne 2:52 13. Candy and a Currant Bun 2:42 14. See Emily Play 2:51 15. Scarecrow 2:06 16. Apples and Oranges 3:03 17. Paintbox 3:42 18. It Would Be So Nice 3:41 19. Julia Dream 2:30 20. Point Me at the Sky 3:34 21. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 5:42 Band: Syd Barrett Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: 1-10. The Complete Top Gear Sessions 12-21. The Early Singles Quality: VG-Sup -PATRICK 1-3. VG; 4-10. EX; 11. VG-; 12-21. Sup - ANON Comments: Tracks 1 to 10 are BBC Top Gear sessions. Tracks 12 to 21 are from the singles. The sound quality is VG for the BBC sessions, Sup for the singles, and Ex for Merry Xmas Song. -PATRICK Murderistic Woman is an early version of Careful With That Axe, Eugene. The Massed Gadgets Of Hercules is an early version of Saucerful Of Secrets. Baby Blue Shuffle In D Major is an early version of The Narrow Way, Part 1. Daybreak is an early version of Grantchester Meadows. - ANON 000112*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Amazing Pudding Unique_Id: AMAZIPUD Format: 2CD Catalog: HL208/209 Highland Misc.: Produced: Date: 700211 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Sources: 11 Feb 1970, 13Mar70, 20Mar70 CD 1, CD 2 1-2: 11 Feb 1970 Town Hall, Birmingham, UK CD 2 3: 13 Mar 1970, Audimax TU, Berlin CD 2 4: 20 Mar 1970, Olympen, Lund Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Embryo 2. Main Theme 3. Careful With that Axe, Eugene 4. Sysyphus 5. Violent Sequence Disc: 2 1. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 2. The Amazing Pudding 3. Interstellar Overdrive 4. Blues Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: "The Violent Sequence" here is actually a 5-part suite, much like The Man or The Journey, and comprises the following: I. Heart Beat, Pig Meat. 2. Sleep 3. keyboard jam 4. Moonhead 5. The Violent Sequence (Us & Them instrumental). I absolutely love this disc. My favorites are the space-out Main Theme & the unabashed experimentation of the Violent Sequence. Maybe I'm loony, but I think HBPM is great--a perfect soundtrack to any of those old pictures of an angry Roger beating on percussion! The poor sound quality really only saddens me on Embryo, which is a bit different from standard versions. Otherwise, there were barely any vocals in this set to worry about! Lots of Rick!!! -TF Pink Floyd --The Amazing Pudding -- poor quality and distorted. The version of Amazing Pudding aka Atom Heart Mother has a few different guitar parts that might be different from later versions, but the overall quality is not worth getting excited about Disc 2 track 3 -- Interstellar Overdrive Lund Sweden 3/20/70 is an Ex- aud, track 4 -- Blues West Germany 3/13/70 is a VG+ aud. (Note that these dates confict with previous information - DAve) -ANON 000128*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: America Unique_Id: AMERICA Format: CD Catalog: CDP 746297-2 Misc.: Produced: Date: 700429 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDT-BERLIN TGP 129 01 Cover: Front: Same as the roio Screaming Abdabs: Brain Damage (BRAINDAM), but with "PINK FLOYD" in red letters in upper left corner, and "AMERICA" in yellow in upper right. As the cover for Brain Damage says: "Picture of Floyd outside Rainbow Theatre doing a 'sieg heil' greeting". Sources: 29 Apr 1970, KQED TV Studios, San Francisco Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Cymbaline 8:45 2. Grantchester Meadows 7:31 3. Green Is The Colour 3:46 4. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 8:52 5. Atom Heart Mother 16:48 6. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 11:31 Total Time: 57:15 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Darkness Over Frisco Colourful Meadows Quality: VG+ -HERWIG VG- / VG -ANDREAS Comments: This is _exactly_ the same record as "Darkness over Frisco", click for click, pop for pop. Tracks have same length. Even the Matrix# of the CDs seem to be identical! -HERWIG I haven't heard the xrefs, but I think they are about the same sound quality since they are most likely from same source. A bit weird that the guys making the record have messed around with the order of the tracks, though. The 'real' playlist (the order the songs where performed at the radio show) is the following: 1. Atom Heart Mother, 2. Cymbaline, 3. Grantchester Meadows, 4. Green is the Colour, 5. Careful with that Axe Eugene, 6. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. The xref Colourful Meadows has this 'correct' chronological playlist. Both 'Darkness Over Frisco' and 'America' has the same miss-ordered tracks, making me believe one of them is a more or less direct copy of the other. It's not a huge problem though, one could always program the cd-player to play the songs in the correct order. It's more interesting (IMHO) to hear the songs the way and order they were performed and all the stuff between. Sound quality is as good as it get from a 30 year old recording of a radio broadcast :-) All in all a very nice record. A bit laid back show. Nice way of spending an hour. -ANDREAS 950514*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Amsterdam '69 Unique_Id: AMSTER69 Format: CD Catalog: TSP-CD-052 The Swingin' Pig Misc.: Produced: 1990 Date: 690917 Cover: Front: The Floyds (with Barret!) in the city of Amsterdam (The photo wasn't taken in Amsterdam but at Picadilly Circus. I saw this photgraph on an official CD import of P.F. and the legend told that.) Sources: 17 Sep 1969, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Tracks: 1. Granchester Meadows 2. Biding My Time 3. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party/Part 3-Exit 4. Cymbaline 5. Green Is The Colour 6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 7. The Narrow Way/Part 3 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Landscape, The Last Gadgets Of Oxyminus, The Man & The Journey, 8th RD From The Moon. Quality: VG+ -HERWIG Comments: Intersting record. It contains material which seldom appears on other roios. Some titles have nice improvisations before they really start. The record is processed with NoNoise, but that can't repair the bad source tape. Nevertheless it's the best roio from that early Floyd period (everything is relative). On 'The Narrow Way/Part3' you can hear a very miserable David Gilmour. He has difficulties in reaching the high notes, which makes the singing like that of an amateur. He must have had a bad day... -HERWIG "Amsterdam '69" is one of about 4 known performances of "The Man" and "The Journey." This roio contains all but the final three parts of the the show, as it does not include "The Pink Jungle (Pow R Toc H)," "Behold the Temple of Light," or "The End of the Beginning (Celestial Voices)." -ANON 941201*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: And The Bell Tolls Unique_Id: ANBELTOL Format: 2CD Catalog: HR 5950/51 (Home Records) Misc.: ADD Produced: 1994 Date: 940514 Cover: Front: Gilmour, Mason and Wright together on the scene at the end of a concert Back: Photograph of the scene during a show, tracks written in white Sources: 14 May 1994, Louisiana - New Orleans - Louisiana Superdome Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 3:39 2. Learning To Fly 5:05 3. What Do You Want From Me 4:50 4. On The Turning Away 6:14 5. Take It Back 6:13 6. Coming Back To Life 6:23 7. Sorrow 10:26 8. Keep Talking 7:08 9. One Of These Days 7:02 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) 9:47 11. Breathe 2:52 12. Time 6:50 Disc 2: 1. High Hopes 7:56 2. The Great Gig In The Sky 5:42 3. Wish You Were Here 5:43 4. Us And Them 6:35 5. Money 8:17 6. Another Brick In The Wall (part 2) 7:17 7. Comfortably Numb 9:45 8. Hey You 5:08 9. Run Like Hell 8:25 Band: David Gilmour Nick Mason Richard Wright Tim Renwick Jon Carin Gary Wallis Guy Pratt Dick Parry Durga McBroom Sam Brown Claudia Fontaine Xref: ! Quality: Ex+ -PATRICK Comments: A little excess of treble frequencies, but an enjoyable recording. The beginning AD and SOYCD is missing, and there is one drop out during LTF. -PATRICK 991220*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Animals Over Europe - Live In Antwerpen 20.02.1977 Unique_Id: ANIMEURO Format: 2CD Catalog: LAL 1330 Misc.: Limited to 50. Produced: Date: 770220 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Sources: 20 Feb 1977, Live In Antwerpen Disc 1 Track 5 Demo, 1975 Disc 2 Tracks 6,7 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, 26.06.71 Disc 2 Track 8 Bath Festival, 27.06.7 Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Sheep 2. Pigs On The Wing (I) 3. Dogs 4. Pigs On The Wing (II) 5. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I - V) 7. Welcome To The Machine Disc: 2 1. Have A Cigar 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (VI - IX) 4. Money 5. Welcome To The Machine 6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 7. Cymbaline 8. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: EX/EX+ -HERWIG Comments: Americans. Shouting. Raving and Drooling. The music is quite clear, though. It seems as if a high generation tape was the source. To my ears a bit fast. Very nice solo in PoTW2 (not all of them were so good). P3DO is awesome as usual (but also shows the limitations of the quality). But even if you are not an Animals fan, this RoIO is for you. The Demo of "Welcome to the Machine" is quite nice to hear (and of good quality). The climax of the recording are the added bonus tracks which are very good and reach EX+ easily. -HERWIG 941128*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Another Brick in the Wall Unique_Id: ANOTBRIK Format: CD Catalog: CD 12088 On Stage Misc.: SIAE Produced: Made in EEC Date: 800228 Cover: ! Sources: 28 Feb 1980, Nassau Coliseum. Tracks: 1. In the Flesh? 3:35 2. The Thin Ice 3:11 3. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1) 5:00 4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:46 5. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 6:15 6. Mother 7:51 7. Goodbye Blue Sky 3:47 8. What Shall We Do Now? 4:35 9. Young Lust 5:16 10. One of My Turns 3:44 11. Don't Leave Me Now 4:06 12. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 3) 4:37 13. Goodbye Cruel World 1:50 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Behind The Wall, Brick By Brick, Wallpower Quality: ! Comments: A cheap CD for the supermarket - ANON 950507*************************************************************** Artist: Roger Waters Title: Another Brick In The Wall Unique_Id: ANOTBRRW Format: CD Catalog: CD 7545, Viva Misc.: ! Produced: AAD Date: 871107 Cover: The cover has a picture of Roger in a black shirt, with some weird graphitti wall on the background, and it's written "ROGER WATERS" in big red letters, and "ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL" in smaller, grey letters. Sources: 07 Nov 1987, Colisee de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Tracks: 1. Radio Waves 4:36 2. Welcome to the machine 7:10 3. Money 4:59 4. In the flesh 3:34 5. Have a cigar 3:16 6. Pigs 3:39 7. Wish you were here 5:19 8. Mother 7:07 9. The final cut 3:47 10. If 3:47 11. Powers that be 3:55 12. Breathe 3:32 13. Brain Damage/Eclipse 6:35 14. Annother Brick in the Wall 9:50 Band: Roger Waters Graham Broad (drums) Paul Carrack (keyboards & vocals) Doreen Chanter (vocals) Mel Collins (saxophones) Andy Fairweather-Low (guitars) Katie Kissoon (vocals) Jay Stapley (guitars) Xref: Goodbye Mr. Pink Floyd Live Volume 1 (Roger Waters) Roger Waters & Bleeding Heart Band Welcome To The Machine Quality: Sup. Comments: ! 961213*************************************************************** Artist: Roger Waters (Packaging says Pink Floyd) Title: Another Brick Another Wall Unique_Id: ANBRANWA Format: CD Catalog: RVCD 209 Misc: The Rockview Interviews - the disc that speaks for itself Produced: 1996 Date: 87? Matrix: C2411 RVCD 209 MASTERED BY NIMBUS Cover: Booklet: The front cover is a MLOR shot of Dave on stage. The back of the booklet has a much closer shot of Dave playing One Of These Days as well as a short general description of the Rockview Interview series, to which this disk belongs. The booklet unfolds (3 blocks by 2). One complete surface is the "mini-poster" of the front cover. The remaining 4 panels contain pictures of 4 individuals wearing black shirts with "crossed hammers" logos. However, I must admit that I don't recognize any of these people! (Possibly they're the Surogate Band ??? Help me out here.) There's also a nice, brief, history of PF centering, oddly, on Syd's Floyd. On the final panel is the line "At the time of this interview Floyd without Waters seemed unthinkable". The disk is a picture disk. It's another Gilmour/MLOR shot. Dave's face is cut in half by the inner ring, though. Making it a picture disk was a nice idea, but having Dave's face split just makes it look stupid. Sources: 1986? Tracks: 1. There's a single 20 minute interview track 20:25 Band: Roger Waters Xref: ! Quality: Ex+ Comments: Contents: The interviewer is Crazy Chris Tetley. The person being interviewed is Roger Waters. He's promoting Radio KAOS. The interview is cut off in mid sentence!!! General Ranting: This has to be one of the most glaring examples of shoddy craftsmanship that I've ever seen. Oh, I've seen some pretty shoddy products in my time, but this piece of filth really takes the prize. Firstly of all, why have a front cover AND back cover showing Gilmour when he's not on the disk ? In fact, Roger takes a shot or two at Gilmour! Why have a history of the band which focuses on "Sid's" Floyd and completely ignores MLOR and Radio KAOS ? (a little background info might've been nice for the more casual fan.) What's the deal with the 4 nice folks in Hammer Shirts ? THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN THE F*CKING BAND!!!!!!! In fact, I'm wondering why any of the packaging has ANYTHING to do with Pink Floyd. It should be called "Roger Waters - Another Brick Another Wall". On the "plus" side, the actual interview itself is pretty good. Roger is in a pretty good mood and Crazy Chris' questions aren't moronic. I just wish the COMPLETE interview were present.... Oh! And, you get a free guitar pick with the CD. - SCOTT A full trnascriptof this interview appears in Echoes digest v5n733. - THE HEDONIST It has nothing to do with Floyd. It features an interview (around 1987 ?) by Chris Tetley with Roger Waters. Roger talks about the story of Radio KAOS and his break with Gilmour-Mason-Wright. -INGO 990607*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Anthology I - A Collection Of Rare Tracks: 1965 - 1983 Unique_Id: ANTHOLO1 Format: 2CD Catalog: HL 274/275 Highland Misc.: Produced: 1999 Date: 65 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: The picture on the front insert is the Naked Ladies Back Catalogue Print Sources: ?? ??? 1965- 1983 Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Lucy Leave 2:53 2. King Bee 3:08 3. Candy And A Currant Bun 2:46 4. Flaming 2:50 5. Apples And Oranges 3:05 6. Astronomy Domine 4:15 7. It Would Be So Nice 3:48 8. Scream Thy Last Scream 4:44 9. Vegetable Man 2:35 10. Julia Dream 2:32 11. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 5:37 12. Corporal Clegg 4:09 13. Jugband Blues 3:05 14. Point Me At The Sky 3:35 15. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 5:50 16. Main Theme From "More" 3:12 17. Seabirds 3:54 18. Cymbaline 5:23 19. Embryo 4:57 Disc: 2 1. Heart Beat, Pig Meat 3:01 2. Instrumentals 1:31 3. Crumbling Land 0:39 4. Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up 3:56 5. One Of These Days 6:05 6. Mademoiselle Knobs 1:51 7. Money 1:45 8. Time 6:18 9. Us And Them 5:33 10. Brain Damage 3:48 11. Eclipse 2:06 12. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 6:17 13. Pigs On The Wing (Part One And Two) 3:27 14. Comfortably Numb 2:37 15. Another Brick In The Wall (Part Two) 3:14 16. Money 5:40 17. When The Tigers Broke Free 2:57 18. Bring The Boys Back Home 1:57 19. Not Now John 4:31 20. The Hero's Return (Part One And Two) 4:06 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: Track times from back cover. -BRIAN 970119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Antiques - A Rare Collection Of Oddities Unique_Id: ANTIQUES Format: CD Catalog: PF112 Misc.: ! Produced: Made in Czech Republic Date: 670118 Cover: Cover picture is copied from the poster for the 5/9/77 show Picture on CD of antique bicycle's front fork Sources: 18 Jan 1967- 1971 Sources as stated on the CD: 1. Granada-TV, 18 January 1967 2. UFO Club, London, 20 January 1967 3. CBC radio, February 1967 4. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 14 May 1967 5. BBC-TV 6. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 14 May 1967 7. Studio outtake 8. Tower (U.S.) single? 9. Carlisle, 23 July 1967 10. Studio outtake 11. "Masters of Rock" 12. "Masters of Rock"/"Relics" 13. Studio outtake 14. Studio outtake 15. "Masters of Rock"/"Relics" 16. Studio outtake 17.-21. BBC "Sound of the Seventies" 24 February 1970 22.-24. BBC "Sound of the Seventies" 16 February 1971 25. June 1970 Tracks: 1. Introduction by Paul McCartney 0:50 2. Interstellar Overdrive 4:15 3. CBC Radio story/interview + "Astronomy Domine" 3:35 4. Pow R Toc H 0:35 5. Introduction by Hans Keller 1:00 6. Astronomy Domine 3:57 7. See Emily Play 2:42 8. Flaming 2:44 9. Reaction in G 0:35 10. Scream thy Last Scream 4:46 11. Apples and Oranges (stereo mix) 3:03 12. Paint Box (stereo mix) 3:27 13. Jugband Blues ("unreleased" version) 3:04 14. Vegetable Man 2:30 15. Julia Dream (stereo mix) 2:33 16. Clowns and Jugglers (two takes not in box set) 1:24 17. Terrapin 3:05 18. Gigolo Aunt 3:38 19. Baby Lemonade 2:34 20. Effervescing Elephant 1:00 21. Two of a Kind 2:30 22. Dominoes 2:57 23. Love Song 1:27 24. Baby Lemonade 2:17 25. Octopus 4:55 Total: 66:37 Band: Syd Barrett Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Peel Sessions (Syd Barrett) Stoned Alone Total Eclipse Masters of Rock Relics The Sights and Sounds of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd Quality: G-Ex Comments: Track 3 has a CBC Radio story/interview with Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason with unreleased "Astronomy Domine" For Scream thy Last Scream, "thy" is spelt "the" 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Any Colour You Like Unique_Id: ANYCOLOR Format: CD Catalog: PYCD 045 Triangle Misc.: AAD Produced: 1990 Date: 721129 Cover: Front: Stageshot surrounded by a psychedelic border. No booklet. Sources: 29 Nov 1972, Palais des Sports, Poitiers, France. Tracks: 1. Speak To Me/Breathe 2:36 2. On The Run 5:37 3. Time 5:17 4. Breathe (reprises) 1:45 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 2:54 6. Money 5:11 7. Us And Them 6:54 8. Any Colour You Like 6:14 9. Brain Damage 3:19 10. Eclipse 1:32 11. Echoes 19:51 12. One Of These Days 7:48 Total 69:00* Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Quality: VG(SP) -HERWIG The sound quality is quite good. -TAP (#50) 8 -OSO Comments: This early DSoTM set is very much like the "The Best Of Tour 72" recording; but, unlike the latter, this includees all the songs uncut. "The Great Gig In The Sky" contains the piano parts, but is still without vocals (although it does feature a special bass solo). "Echoes" lasts 20:00 and there's a very fast and powerful "One Of These Days". Recommended if you want a complete, early DSoTM. -TAP (#50) Indexing is off. On The Run jam. -OSO The sound is dull, although the noise level is tolerable. What really makes you cry is the wrong speed. The whole record is taken from a vinyl which was recorded at a slower speed (for capacity reasons), and played at normal speed. Therefore everything is too fast, too high ... -HERWIG This CD sounds like it was recorded at the wrong speed; it seems slightly faster than it should (Echoes, for example, is less than 20 minutes long). Also, the sound has a tinny quality that makes it annoying to listen to. -ECM 970324*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Aphrodite Unique_Id: APHRODIT Format: CD Catalog: DS94J058 Dynamite Studio Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 710806 Matrix: CD1: 56191X1 DS94J058 Cover: Four Floyds with instruments, in a studio (?) cut so that two are at the top and two at the bottom. Title is across the centre in wavey text, APHRODITE in an orange/red and PINK FLOYD in a mauvy shade of pinky russet. Sources: 06 Aug 1971, Hakone, Japan 6 or 7 Aug 1971, Hakone, Japan Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Green Is The Colour 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 3. Echoes (segment) 4. Atom Heart Mother 5. Cymbaline (segment) Total Time: 45:14 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: ! Comments: ! 991119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Aphrodite 1971 Unique_Id: APHR1971 Format: CDR Catalog: Misc.: Produced: Date: 710806 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Cover: Sources: 06 Aug 1971, Hakone Aphrodite, Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Green Is The Colour 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 3. Echoes 4. Atom Heart Mother 5. Cymbaline Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: 970706*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Archives Live Through the Years 1970-90 Unique_Id: ARCHIVES Format: CD Catalog: P 910063 Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 70 Cover: front: Picture of band in purple light with circular ring-of-lights backdrop. back: two smaller pix of band, one upper LHS of Gilmour with ring of lights. Other pix lower RHS showing mirror ball deploying. inside: RHS B&W pix of Gilmour, Mason & Wright. LHS words Sources: 1970- 1990 All songs performed by PINK FLOYD/ROGER WATERS+BAND Recorded in Canada and USA between 1970 and 1990. No other info given. Tracks: 1. Another Brick In The Wall 10:06 2. Pigs 3:57 3. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:44 4. Wish You Were Here 4:32 5. Money 9:48 6. Atom Heart Mother 16:45 7. If 3:45 8. Run Like Hell 5:58 9. A Saucerful of Secrets 6:36 10. The Final Cut 2:58 Total Time: 69:13 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: ! Quality: G/EX -ABDABS EX+ Poor, dim sound, worse than from AM-radio recordings -OZZY Comments: No label name or address or other info besides title & # Appears to be best of live compilation. Have not correlated songs with other roios for venue ID. -ANON Definitely for post-Floyd years fans, as 8 of 10 songs comes from 80s and 90s. ABITW, PIGS, WYWH, IF, FINAL CUT - songs played by Waters' band in new arangement (definitely not a Floyd sound) on his solo tour. Waters contributed only as a singer (and song-writer, ofcourse). TGGITS, MONEY, RUN LIKE HELL - played by "new" Pink Floyd on their 1988 tour. Gilmour contributed as an excelent guitar player, other instrumants was played by that musicians he hired (their names see cover of the Delicate Sound of Thunder). Wright and Mason contributed mostly as an "actors" on the stage. All 3 songs are very very similar to them from the Delicate Sound... (except the sound quality). ATOM HEART MOTHER, SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS - played by real Pink Floyd in 1970. The sound qauality is exceptionaly bad, but both songs are worth to buy - although ATOM H.M. is recorded without that great brass stuff. - OZZY The quality of this RoIO ranges from good to excellent depending on the song. "Another Brick In The Wall", "Pigs" (short version), "Wish You Were Here", "If", and "The Final Cut" (mislabeled - should be " ") were recorded during Roger's 1987 Radio KAOS tour and are of exceptional quality. "The Great Gig In The Sky", "Money", and "Run Like Hell" were likely recorded during the MLoR tour in 1987-88 and are of excellent quality as well. Although the quality is not up to par, the version of "Atom Heart Mother", a classic without the orchestral arrangement, and "Saucerful of Secrets" are worthy of any Floydian's collection. All in all a fairly good collection of music, although not representative of the band s classic early works, such as "Echoes" and "Astronomy Domine". - ABDABS 991215*************************************************************** Artist: Roger Waters Title: Arie Crown Theatre Unique_Id: ARIECRWN Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: Produced: Hip Cat Records Date: 871114 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Disc: 2 CDR Cover: Sources: 14 Nov 1987, Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Radio Waves 2. Welcome to the Machine 3. Who Needs Information 4. Money 5. In the Flesh 6. Have a Cigar 7. Pigs 8. Wish You Were Here 9. Mother 10. Molly's Song 11. Me or Him 12. The Powers That Be 13. Interview with Roger Waters Disc: 2 1. Going to Live in LA 2. Sunset Strip 3. Fish Report With a Beat 4. Get Your Filthy Hands off my Desert/Southampton Docks 5. If 6. Every Strangers Eyes 7. Not Now John 8. ABITW1/Happiest Days/ABITW2 9. Nobody Home 10. Home 11. Four Minutes 12. The Tide is Turning 13. Breathe 14. Brain Damage/Eclipse Band: Roger Waters Bleeding Hearts Band Xref: Quality: VG++ -TimV Comments: 971021*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Around The Mystic Unique_Id: ARMYSTIC Format: CD Catalog: A103 AULICA Misc.: S.I.A.F. Produced: Made in Italy 1989 Date: 691019 Cover: Green-blue zoom of the mandelbrot fractal. Foldout-cover ... inside completely blank! 8^( Sources: 1969- 29 Apr 1970 Tracks 1, 2, 6a: 29 Apr 1970, KQED TV Studios, San Francisco Track 6b: 17 Sept 1969, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Tracks 4, 8: Dec 1969, Zabriskie Point recording session, Rome Track 5: 1969, BBC "Moonlanding Special" Tracks 3, 7: 1969, London? Tracks: 1. Grantchester Meadows 7:27 2. Green Is The Colour [+ Careful With ...] 12:48 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 11:10 4. Jupiters Eye [Oneone/Corrosion?] 6:24 5. Trip On Mars [Moonhead] 5:35 6. Cymbaline 18:28 7. A Saucerful Of Secrets 6:44 8. Improvisation [Fingal's Cave] 2:00 Total Time: 71:25 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Ultra Rare Trax (Oenone/ Fingals Cave) Quality: VG+/G+ (differs) -HERWIG G+? -ANON VG+/Ex -PELLE Comments: Grantchester Meadows and Green Is The Color are GREAT. Set The Controls For The Heart of the sun is a jolly good piece. Jupiters Eye/ Trip On Mars - one of these two is another version of Careful With That Axe, Eugene. Cymbaline is the best version so far. A Saucerful Of Secrets is only the last 6 minutes, which is too bad, because they're great. Improvisation is SPLENDID, just great. Overall: This is a really must have roio : the audience is very calm, and only applauds between songs. The quality of the recordings is not excellent, but good. -ANON Strange collection, tracks are definitely not all from 19. Oct. 1969. Some of them are clearly studio recordings. Audience only between the songs audible. Saucerful features only the last part. Cymbaline is extra-long and extra-good! This is a rare one, the bootleggers have spent quite some effort on this one, and have even made up some funky names. Jupiters Eye is a piece of Corrosion. Trip on Mars is the best version of Moonhead I've heard. Improvisation is Fingals Cave. And to complicate matters even further, the footsteps in Cymbaline have been replaced with Oenone. Grantchester Meadows and Green .. are probably taken from a performance of The Man and The Journey. All in all this ROIO is very enjoyable, since it has both a VG sound quality and the Performance/Rarity value is also high. The only sad thing is that ASOS only has the last 6:44 minutes, but still, if you happen to see this cheap ... Also, if you're hunting for authenticity this is *NOT* your disk, it's a bunch of recordings from different concerts thrown together in one disc, coupled with some official but rare floyd songs -GERHARD I think is a fairy forgery, not a '69 London concert. "Jupiter's eye" and "Improvisation" are from "Oneone /Fingal's cave" studio outtake (listen to 'Total Eclipse'), while the audience applause is artificial (all the same identical through the "concert"!!!, and it seems recorded in a small ambient, not in a theatre). The sound quality is variable (in "Grandchester Meadows" you can listen to scratches from vinyl source). Moreover "Grandchester Meadows", "Set the Controls" are identical from those of Fillmore West, San Francisco Oct. 1970. The other live pieces are from the same or other '70 concerts, I have not established yet. Thanks to Roio contributions for help in discovering this vile cheat. I'm very dejected about that. Please, let this ROIO to simpletons like me. -PELLE "This is taken from various sources, not 'London, October 19 '70' as stated in TAP 48 - including the BBC sessions, the Zabriskie Point outtakes from the Omayyad b*****g LP, and an 'unknown' concert. Furthermore, each song has been doctored by some unscrupulous mixer. Careful observation reveals that the audience applause (apparently from only a handful of people) at the start of each song is identical, the first being a 7.27 Grantchester Meadow. Green is the Colour/Careful with that axe, Eugene (12.48) are the BBC performances, with the fake audience; although Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (11.00) is a legitimate piece. Jupiter's Eye is where the butchery begins. After some research, I concluded that this is, in fact, Oneone from Omayyad, over-dubbed with the sound of bubbling mud (i.e. 'Live at Pompeii'). Trip on Mars, meanwhile, is Moonhead from Music For Architectural Students. Cymbaline (18.28) is extended; about 6.15 in, the song is interrupted by footsteps and a slamming door. I realise that such effects were not uncommon for live performances of this track, but the abrupt switch makes me doubt that this was the work of the Floyd; who, even on a bad day, could do better. This is followed by a spacey intrumental passage - actually an extract from Omayyad's live version of Interstellar Overdrive - then a repeat chorus, and a further ten minutes of Cymbaline. Saucerful of Secrets (6.44) is, as stated in TAP 48, the Celestial Voices sequence from that track. The closing Improvisation (2.00) is a poor reproduction of Omayyad's Fingal's Cave, albeit with added audience ! However, despite all the trickery. I agree that Around the Mystic is an excellent CD; my favourite, in fact !" -TAP It claims to be from one concert (London, 19 Oct 1969), but this is obviously a compilation of different performances. There are some annoying things with this RoIO. Some audience applause are added between songs (they are always the same!) and are in stereo. Most of the tracks are mono. It seems that this CD was mastered from vinyl, with some strange things added in the mix! So, sometimes one can hear "stereo" effects, but only because of the "stereo" vinyl scratches, and the stuff added. 1. Grantchester Meadows It's from the KQED TV show, 29 Apr 1970. In the middle of the song, there is a very low noise (similar to a bass drum) that doesn't appear on the original version (see "Colourful Meadows"). But this version seems to be "clearer" than the "Colourful Meadows" version (there is no crackle suppression as for "Colourful Meadows"). The performance is great. Ex- 2. Green Is The Colour This is in fact "Green Is The Colour" + "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", again from the KQED TV show, 29 Apr 1970. It sounds far better than the "Colourful Meadows" CD. Again, a great performance. Ex- 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun One of the 3 tracks in stereo. I have not identified the concert yet. VG+ 4. Jupiters Eye It's in fact "One One", from the Zabriskie Point recording sessions, recorded in Rome, December 1969. It's in stereo. But, sadly, they over-dubbed it with some bubbling sound! For authenticity, the "Ultra Rare Trax vol.2" version is far better. Ex- 5. Trip On Mars It's in fact "Moonhead", from the BBC "Moonlanding Special", probably recorded in 1969. Very rare. Maybe you should buy the CD only for this track. VG+ 6. Cymbaline It lasts more than 18 minutes, but there are in fact TWO different versions of "Cymbaline" mixed together. It begins with the KQED TV performance, 29 Apr 1970. But, at the end of the (short) walking section (at 6:44), it turns into the Cymbaline intro from Amsterdam, 17 Sept 1969. This intro is sometimes entitled "Sleep", on other RoIOs. Then we have the entire "Cymbaline" from Amsterdam. VG+ 7. A Saucerful Of Secrets There is only the "Celestial Voices" part. Stereo. I have not identified the concert yet. Nice version. VG+ 8. Improvisation It's in fact "Fingal's Cave", from the Zabriskie Point sessions, Rome, December 1969. Mono. The "Ultra Rare Trax vol.2" version is better, and in stereo. VG+ So, this RoIO is not bad, but it is not essential. Buy it if you don?t have "Moonhead", or if you want to hear clear versions from the KQED TV show (and you don't mind if there are some vinyl scratches...). - MARC-OLIVIER 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Various Title: Artefacts From The Psychdelic Dungeon Unique_Id: ARTEFACT Format: CD Catalog: ISR 007 CD Misc.: Produced: Date: 67 Cover: Front: black and white shot of '67 floyd standing in a circle near the doorway to a shop. l to r: mason w/ back mostly turned, looking right, wright staring into camera barrett arms crossed, hugging shoulders and looking past mason and wright, waters w/ back mostly turned, looking left Back: right 2/3 is white with black track listing no times. left 1/3 is 3 mini black and white ep or 45 covers, arranged in a column. top is "st. giles's system" middle is "the who" and bottom is "the pretty things" Sources: 1967, Studio - As listed... Tracks: 1. the pink floyd 'scream thy last scream' 4:40 previously unissued single featuring syd barrett 2. the factory 'path through the forest' 3:59 mega-rare single cut from 1968 3. the mirage 'ebenezer beaver' 2:16 from the unissued album, 1967 4. the mirage 'poor mrs. busby' 2:30 from the unissued album, 1967 5. jason crest 'tea garden lane' 4:09 from the unissued album, 1968 6. jason crest 'you really got a hold on me' 4:10 from the unissued album, 1968 7. the creation 'sweet heaven' 3:09 previously unreleased track from acetate, 1967 8. jimmy page 'she just satisfies' 2:01 original single cut 9. mike stuart span 'through the looking glass' 4:54 from the 'top gear' sessions, 1968 10. mike stuart span 'children of tomorrow' 3:20 from the 'top gear' sessions, 1968 11. st. giles's system 'swedish tears' 3:48 original single cut 12. the pretty things 'turn my head' 2:52 from 'top of the pops' radio broadcast 13. the pretty things 'defecting grey' 3:26 from 'top of the pops' radio broadcast 14. the bunch 'spare a shilling' 2:17 live version, from radio broadcast 15. the bunch 'looking glass alice' 2:29 live version, from radio broadcast 16. the move 'hey grandma' 3:08 originally recorded for brian matthews radio show 17. the move 'stephanie knows who' 2:29 originally recorded for brian matthews radio show 18. the idle race 'imposters in life's magazine' 2:16 live version, from radio broadcast 19. the idle race 'the lady who said she could fly' 2:16 live version, from radio broadcast 20. elmer gantry's velvet opera 'flames' 2:59 from the 'top gear' sessions, 1968 21. elmer gantry's velvet opera 'all along the watchtower' 2:57 from the 'top gear' sessions, 1968 22. the pink floyd 'see emily play' 2:40 previously unissued from acetate, different mix to 45 23. the who 'anyway, anyhow, anywhere' 2:43 version previously only issued on a rare french ep Band: Syd Barrett Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Quality: VG - remarkable for something this age! -OSO Comments: best copy of floyd's "scream thy last scream" that i have heard. "see emily play" evidences a bit of record noise but the acetate it was taken from was truly "well preserved." the 2 pink floyd numbers are clearly the selling point. the other stuff, well i haven't even listened to it all. some i'm glad to have, some should have stayed buried unless you like the band in question, i guess, and most, well, to quote one of the radio announcers: "zounds! what sounds!" they're not dance-able and not for the faint of heart. all times are measured. notes for each cut taken from the inside of the liner. -OSO 960211*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Astronomy Domine Unique_Id: ASTRODOM Format: CD Catalog: AOTW-95012/013 Misc.: Audience Recording Produced: ! Date: 940622 Cover: Frontal shot of 1994 tour stage with words "ASTRONOMY DOMINE" in colored block letters arched beneath the lights on the upper rim of the stage. In the middle, in large outlined block letters, "PINK FLOYD". At the bottom in yellow letters, "COMPLETE LIVE AT MINNEAPOLIS 1994". Sources: 22 Jun 1994, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 2. Learning to Fly 3. What Do You Want From Me? 4. On the Turning Away 5. Take it Back 6. Coming Back to Life (incorrectly listed as Poles Apart) 7. Sorrow 8. Keep Talking 9. One of These Days 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-V) Disc 2: 1. Breathe 2. Time/Breathe Reprise 3. High Hopes 4. The Great Gig in the Sky 5. Wish You Were Here 6. Us & Them 7. Money 8. Another Brick in the Wall (II) 9. Comfortably Numb 10. Hey You 11. Run Like Hell Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason et al. Xref: DATs from same show available in the DAT trading circles. Quality: Ex- Comments: Sound quality is near excellent on high-quality speakers. However, as the quality of the speakers declines, a slightly irritating sound becomes noticable, much like that of a radio station tuned almost correctly. It sounds as though it was recorded on DAT and the levels were set too close to 0. In fact, I got a copy of a DAT from this show in the fall of 1994 and it sounded much worse. So this is either a cleaned-up version of the same source or a different source altogether. Yet another 1994 show. Not the worst; not the best. -ECM 990909*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Astronomy Incident Unique_Id: ASTRINCI Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: Produced: Hip Cat Records Date: 701017 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Nick Mason performing live Sources: 17 Oct 1970, Pepperland Auditorium, San Rafael, CA Tracks: Disc: 1 1. The Astronomy Incident 2. Fat Old Sun 3. Cymbaline 4. Green is the Colour 5. Careful With That Axe, Eugene Disc: 2 1. Atom Heart Mother 2. The Embryo 3. Tune ups 4. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 5. Tune ups 6. A Saucerful of Secrets Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Brutish Temptation Pepperland in the West Quality: Comments: The Astronomy Incident comprises astronomy domine (power loss), astronomy domine (premature restart), waiting for power (roger speaks), astronomy domine (power loss), tuning/unamplified blues, astronomy domine (complete). There is also a power loss at the end of A Saucerful of Secrets -TimV 991220*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floy Title: At The Beeb Soundtrack from the Film Unique_Id: ATHEBEEB Format: C Catalog: CDP 7465542 Emu Records Ltd./Parlaphone / TGP 12501 Misc.: Broadcast Produced: Berlin Date: 700716 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDT-Berlin TGP 125 01 Cover: Front: A rather dark picture of Wright (seated) and Waters on stage. Top-left: "soundtrack from the film At The BEEB" on white letters". Bottom-right: "played and composed by the Pink Floyd" on white and red ("Pink Floyd") letters. Sources: 16 Jul 1970, 2Dec68. 1-5: 16 Jul 1970, BBC, Paris Theatre, London 6: 02 Dec 1968, BBC, Maida Vale Studio 4, London Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Embryo 9:52 2. Green Is The Colour 3:23 3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 7:08 4. If 4:21 5. Atom Heart Mother 24:43 6. Point Me At The Sky 4:14 Total Time: 55:05 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Pink Is The Pig Phenomena Transcendental Medication Secrets Londonfields Tracks 1-5: Atom Heart Mother Goes On The Road Early Tour Years Eclipse Focus Libest Spacement Monitor Libest Spacement Monitor Live In London 1971 Track 6: Cymbaline Loose Connection More Relics Music For Architectural Students Re-Actor The Complete Top Gear Sessions 1967-1969 The Embryo The Other Side Of The Moon Vol.1 Ultra Rare Trax Vol.2 Quality: EX+? Comments: Same as "Pink Is The Pig" RoIO -MARC-OLIVIER There are a couple of small glitches, channel drops on track 3, but overall extraordinarily good quality, with no tape hiss whatsoever. Having not heard of a film called "At the Beeb" I'm wondering if this disk is a clone of "Libest Spacement Monitor", with PMATS stuck in at the end. Either way a fantastic way to spend an hour. -CHARLES It appears that there may be two different versions of this disc, but without confirmation I will leave it as a single entry... -DAve. 950624*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Atom Heart Moo Live Unique_Id: ATOMHMOO Format: 2CD Catalog: WPOCM 0390 F 048-2 World Productions Of Compact Music Misc.: Produced: Badly! Date: 700308 Cover: Front: A big cow (picture has poor quality, seems to be a close-up from the vinyl boot "Atom Heart Moo") Sources: Mar 1970, Olympen, Lund, Sweden Disc says 08 Mar 1970, Mother's, Birmingham. Tracks: Disc 1 1. Astronomy Domine 7:18 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 9:21 3. Cymbaline 9:00 4. A Saucerful Of Secrets 12:55 5. Embryo 8:39 Disc 2 1. Interstellar Overdrive 13:11 2. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 11:07 3. Atom Heart Mother 18:58 Total time: 91.32 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Quality: G+ -HERWIG 5 -PIET Pr- -HAMISH Comments: I still have not heard it in full length, because the sound is so f*cking bad! They must have used a special compression technique which reproduces every instrument with the sound of a falling tin can. Moreover, there seems to be nothing of special interest on this CD. -HERWIG The only 2 tracks bearable are Cymbaline and Interstellar Overdrive. Unfortunately the whole thing is processed with a variant of the NoNoise procedure (called NoNoise, NoMusic, NoNothing) and it shows, at the most stupid moments the sound drops and you're listening to nothing. It makes you wanna cry. Interstellar Overdrive has potentials, esp taking into account that it's probably one of the last times this song was performed live. I opt for hanging the guys who anused this boot. If anyone offers you this for sale, laugh, laugh very hard, and walk on. -GEHARD Sound quality is not good, and similar versions can be gotten from other CDs. -ECM This 2CD contains nothing unique (ie that is not available on other ROIOs). The sound quality is unlistenable. Don't buy it even if nothing else is available. It sounds like it has been sent down a phone line several times or something. - HAMISH I was just leafing through the latest generation of Vern Fitch's audio trader's guide, to which he's added a section on misassigned/fake recordings.. He reckons that the Atom Heart Moo Live CD, said to be from Mother's in Brum, is actually Olympen, Lund, Sweden, 3/70. -THE HEDONIST 960121*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Atom Heart Mother Unique_Id: ATOMHART Format: CD Catalog: CD 9013 Alegra Misc.: SIAE Produced: (P) 1995 by Sarabandas srl Date: 690512 Cover: Front: Head and shoulders photo of Roger Waters. Sources: 12 May 1969- 1971 1, 4 - 16 July 1970, BBC Paris Theatre, London 2 - 30 September 1971, BBC Paris Theatre, London 3 - 17 October 1971, Golden Hall, San Diego 5 - 12 May 1969, BBC Night Ride Tracks: 1. Atom Heart Mother 24:35 2. One of These Days 6:29 3. Fat Old Sun 14:48 4. The Embryo 9:53 5. Green Is The Colour 6:02 Total: 60:01 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: ! Quality: Ex/Ex+ -ANON Comments: The cover misattributes track 2 to 1970. - ANON Nicely done. A bit thin, but otherwise very good with very little hiss and almost no audience noise. Going in order: Atom Heart Mother: Nicely done, but not all that special. One Of These Days: Very good. My brother prefers this version to the Meddle version. Excellent performance, but the keyboards are a bit forward. It sounds as if the recorder was near one speaker stack because the 'One of these days...' part is VERY hard to hear. After the music ends, the voice says (much clearer) the 'One of these days...' part again, and only when it is finished does the audience begin applauding. Fat Old Sun: My favorite. Superb. Great quality, great performance (as the time shows, it's extended). The cookie is worth it for this. The Embryo: Very good version. Great SQ. You can hear the astonished audience during the 'Laughing baby' part. Green is the Colour: Very good, but, like the first track, not all too inspired. Overall, this disc is excellent. I recommend it to all. -ANON 960908*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Atom Heart Mother Unique_Id: ATOMHRT3 Format: CD Catalog: CD/STILL 003 Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 690512 Matrix: ! Cover: The cover shows Syd's Floyd and in the upper left corner says "2CD Super Value". The back has a track listing. Sources: 12 May 1969- 1971 -Various BBC sessions? Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Atom Heart Mother 24:33 2. Set The Controls.... 12:16 3. The Narrow Way 4:17 4. Green Is The Colour 6:02 Disc 2: 1. Echoes 23:20 2. Fat Old Sun 14:48 3. One of These Days 6:29 4. The Embryo 9:53 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Atom Heart Mother Quality: ! Comments: This contains similar tracks with times that are close to the times listed on Alegra AHM. 961206*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Atom Heart Mother Goes On The Road Unique_Id: ATOMROAD Format: CD Catalog: ACL 002 CD A Collectors Label Misc.: ! Produced: 1995 Date: 700916 Matrix: CD1: ACL 001/2 CD2: ACL 002/2 Cover: Same as the original vinyl version though modified for CD reproduction, it looks like the manufacturer had access to the original vinyl art. Front: White cover with AHM cow, looking back while standing on a hand drawn road. Hand drawn city visible is the distance, and a stand of trees is to the left. "Atom Heart Mother" in original type at top, with hand lettered "goes on the road" cutting across it. Hand lettered "Pink Floyd appearing at Paris Theatre, London 70-71" in lower right corner (noticeably neater lettering than original vinyl). Back: White backdrop with hand lettered track listings, the times listed are incorrect. Lettering from vinyl has been totally redone for the CD, though much neater this time. Band personel are listed, and it is claimed to be a limited edition of 1500 numbered copies. Hand drawn building sillouhettes across the bottom. Inside: White booklet opens up to show four color shots of the stage from what looks like the DSOTM tour, back of booklet has a b&w photo from around 70-71, and the back of the tray lines has what looks like film strips containing various head shots of the individual band members, also on a white background. The CDs themselves are printed with a take off of the Harvest record label, Yellow and green with the lettering all hand done in the same style as the cover. Claims to be "Produced by Pink Floyd Fans". Really nice looking. Sources: 16 Sep 1970, 12 Oct 71, Paris Theatre, London Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Embryo 10:25 2. Green Is The Colour 4:08 3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 8:34 4. If 4:28 5. Atom Heart Mother 25:34 Total Time: 51:45 Disc 2: 1. Fat Old Sun 14:26 2. One Of These Days 7:32 3. Echoes 27:08 Total Time: 48:00 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: ! Comments: Track times from cover. The sound is slightly better than the Swingin' Pig versions of these shows. The artwork is generally the same as the original vinyl, though improved. -JEFFB Rumoured to be taken from a fairly official source in Norway. There is a slight drop out approximately 17:00 into Atom Heart Mother. I wouldn't say that the sound is overall better enough than the TSP versions to justify scrapping those titles, it seems _slightly_ better than "Libest Spacement Monitor", but I am not sure about "One of These Days". I guess an upgrade depends on whether or not you have both of the TSP versions. All together, an excellent packaging job, and a possible slight upgrade in sound. I picked it up simply because the original vinyl version was one of the first Pink Floyd roios I'd ever bought. -ANON There are a number of dropouts and scratches to note. There is a fade in AHM, probably the one mentioned above. Otherwise the sound is pretty good. It seems crisper sounding than One of These Days, though it is a bit scratchier sounding and has distortion every now and then. A note in the cover says: "We have used a ow generation master tape to get the best possible sound. We do however apologise for the "dropout" on "Careful w/that axe....". This was due to a fault on the original master." -DAve. 960211*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Aurora Spectralis Unique_Id: AURORASP Format: CD Catalog: ! Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 900630 Cover: ! Sources: 30 Jun 1990, Knebworth. Tracks: 1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond 12:00 2. Brain Damage 7:13 3. Wish You Were Here 5:53 4. Lost Paradise 13:26 5. Money 12:29 6. Comfortably Numb 9:00 7. Another Brick in the Wall 7:43 8. Run Like Hell 6:52 Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Knebworth Discs Quality: ! Comments: Lost Paradise is actually Sorrow? -DAve. 980806************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Azimuth Coordinator Unique_Id: AZIMUTHC Format: 6CD Catalog: Comfortably Cool Productions Misc.: Hand-numbered edition of 1000; #56 taken, #274 taken Produced: Date: 750408 Matrix: Disc 1: CDR 1 Disc 2: CDR 2 Disc 3: CDR 3 Disc 4: CDR 4 Disc 5: CDR 5 Disc 6: CDR 6 Cover: Individual disks stored together in black cardboard wallet which carries tracklist and source info. Also includes a 64-page illustrated book which tells the story of the WYWH, Animals and Wall albums, their genesis and the associated tours. The book and CD package are contained in a pink bubble-wrap pouch whose flap is sealed with a pink sticker bearing the legend: PINK FLOYD AZIMUTH COORDINATOR 1975-1980 The cover of the booklet consists of a pastiche of graphical motifs from the WYWH, Animals, and Wall albums, including a long and winding wall. At one point on this wall, written in indistinct script, are the words: "Syd was not here." ;-) Sources: 08 Apr 1975, 6Jul77, 7Feb80 CD1-2: 8 Apr 75; PNE Exhibition Park, Vancouver, BC CD3-4: 6 Jul 77; Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec CD5-6: 7 Feb 80; Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Raving and Drooling 13:39 2. You've Gotta Be Crazy 13:23 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V 12:44 4. Have a Cigar 5:08 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX [faded out] 13:38 6. Speak To Me 5:32 7. Breathe 3:06 8. On the Run [mis-cued] 4:17 Total Time: 71:29 Disc: 2 1. Time 5:11 2. Breathe (reprise) 1:03 3. The Great Gig In the Sky 6:45 4. Money 7:57 5. Us and Them 7:30 6. Any Colour You Like 9:46 7. Brain Damage/Eclipse 6:12 8. Echoes 23:53 Total Time: 68:20 Disc: 3 1. Sheep 12:15 2. Pigs On the Wing I 2:15 3. Dogs 18:16 4. Pigs On the Wing II 4:05 5. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 20:01 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V 14:11 Total Time: 71:06 Disc: 4 1. Welcome to the Machine 8:16 2. Have a Cigar 6:15 3. Wish You Were Here 6:41 4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX 24:06 5. Money 11:44 6. Us and Them 10:04 Total Time: 67:09 Disc: 5 1. Intro 1:08 2. In the Flesh? 3:28 3. The Thin Ice 3:27 4. Another Brick In the Wall I 4:03 5. The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:47 6. Another Brick In the Wall II 6:19 7. Mother 7:49 8. Goodbye Blue Sky 3:22 9. Empty Spaces 7:54 10. Young Lust 5:22 11. One of My Turns 3:51 12. Don't Leave Me Now 4:02 13. Another Brick In the Wall III 12:38 14. Goodbye Cruel World [mis-cued] 2:29 Total Time: 67:48 Disc: 6 1. Hey You 5:16 2. Is There Anybody Out There? 2:54 3. Nobody Home 3:33 4. Vera 1:14 5. Bring the Boys Back Home 1:28 6. Comfortably Numb 7:25 7. The Show Must Go On 2:47 8. Isn't This Where We Came In? (announcement) 2:37 9. In the Flesh 5:23 10. Run Like Hell 6:50 11. Waiting For the Worms 4:32 12. Stop 0:31 13. The Trial 7:39 14. Outside the Wall 3:22 15. Drift Away-Blues 12:10 Total Time: 67:43 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Vancouver 1975 Azimuth Coordinator Part 1 Azimuth Coordinator Part 2 Azimuth Coordinator Part 3 Quality: VG+- - THE HEDONIST CD1-2: VG - THE HEDONIST CD3-4: VG+ - THE HEDONIST CD5-6: VG- - THE HEDONIST Comments: Drift Away-Blues on Disc 6 should be played with the '77 concert, at the end of Disc 4. I'm not saying that your wrong, but I did puchase the Azimuth Coordinator 6 CD set and it was not numbered. This was in October 97. It was more than worth the money but I'd like to know if it's "legit". It appears that this set continues to sell in a very similar package (by Front Row Center?) but is no longer a numbered limited edition. - DAve. This set is comprised of the kick-off dates for the 1975 and 1980 (The Wall) tours, and also the final date of the Animals/In the Flesh 1977 tour where Roger loses his 'composure' with the rowdy audience. The inaugural Wall show is also of interest because of the fire which halted the show early on. There are sound problems with this recording, most notably an irritating electronic buzz during the latter part of ABITW2 on CD5 and an equally distracting fast metronomic beat during Comf'y Numb on CD6, although this fortunately disappears as Dave cranks up his solo. - THE HEDONIST At long last, the much talked about Az. Coor. 6-CD set was finally released sometime earlier this month by some friendly folks at Comfortably Cool Productions (somewhere in the world). Glancing thru this "box set", its obvious that this is not your run-of-the-mill ROIO. The accompling book (65 pages, 20x20 cm) is bloody fantastic with a bizarre morphing of the three LPs imagery as the cover art. The book is chocked filled with relevant photos matched to the different tours (unlike Miles!) from each of the three live CD's time periods, some of which I haven't seen before. Love the pic of Rog in a Milwaukee Brewers T-shirt on p.9... musta taken it from the locker rooms on their '75 stop-over here? The book is worthy of a separate release, better than any of the recent offerings. Very nice narrative on the recording and art production of the three LPs of the later half of the 70's, and brief description of the diff. tours. The only thing lacking is a more detailed description of the '75 & '77 tours. The Wall show is described in detail for all of us whom failed to secure prized ducats to the shows on either coast. There's 6 Cds here, packaged in plastic slip cases boxed together in a cardboard box. The box is individually numbered, so it looks like there's only a 1000 of this things floating around. The price varies greatly between dealers. I think I paid $150 for the set.... I lose track of the green at swaps too easily these days. ;) Considering that double ROIO CDs go for $50- $60, a 6 CD set with a awesome book is easily worth this price. Sure this cuts deeply into the beer fund, but wot the 'ell! The entire "box set" is packaged together in a pink plastic bubble wrap. No clue why they did this?! Onto the Cds: Disc 1&2 are the opener show of the '75 "World Tour" live in Vancouver, Can, 8 Apr 75. The Floyd seem to have a great love with the Seattle/Vancouver area because they've played there every tour since '68, sometimes several stops in both cities. The show happens to be the debut of HAC and the "split" Shine On, with an unusual intro to R&D. The sound is very clean, but has a slight hiss probably due to the generations, and taper's mic feedback during Shine On 6-9. Bloody fab show, easily the best of the Spring '75 tour shows, and one that hasn't been released in complete form to date. So nice to have the long version of DSOTM on disc. The OTR sequence is amazing, almost sounds like Boeing lent a hand. And there's Echoes, need I say more. The '75 versions of Echoes are always a treat. SQ is Ex-. Disc 3&4 are the infamous Montreal 6 Jul 77 show in complete form. I always list this show in my top 5 fave shows. Seems that a copy of the rare clean version has made its way to the bakery. Oh well, I know we couldn't keep this gem hidden forever. As such the case, most Echoesian have never heard this ripping version of the show, and have suffered with the crappy LP version for years. I know Dave and Rog have said that they hated their performance that day, but they should hear the tape first!! It's a toss up between the Oakland '77 and Montreal '77 shows for the best of the Animals tour. You gotta to be crazy not to get this show! Take a listen to Dave's searing guitar work on Pigs-3DO, while Roger lets loose some wild "pig talk". Mindnumbing stuff. Gotta love the tirades that Roger lets fly for the firecracker wackos. Definitely the highlight of the box set. Now I can put away my tapes of the show before they wear out. Not a soundboard, but the closest we'll ever get to one. Yeah, PF taped all their '77 shows, never to see the light of day, no doubt. SQ is Ex. Discs 5&6 are the debut performance piece of the Wall from LA, 2 Feb 80. Definitely not the best vesrion of the Wall live, in fact sounds more like a rehearsal! All sorts of problems plagued our boys on this night from inadvertent fires to Dave's mics. failing to off-key singing in spots by Roger. I bet Roger was really pleased after this show... For all its warts, its still an interesting show with the long extended ABIII jams (slow brickers) and surprised crowd reactions to the stage presentations. The crowd had little idea what to expect, and their joy is felt, esp. at the final brick being inserted. Yeah, I know others have wondered why this piece was chosen, but the better Wall shows have already been released on CD. Why duplicate them? The sound of these discs is a vast improvement over the crap I have on tape. This is actually listenable! Someone must of dug up a very low gen. of this baby or remastered it. Now, I can count along with Roger (Stop, stop, stop, .... stop the film!). The only annoying thing is the audio buzz that pops into trk 6 (ABII). SQ is Vg+ So, overall I'd give the AzCoor a four piggies rating (out of 5). (I hope the piggie rating isn't copywritten yet?) My only gripe is the odd plastic bubble wrap packaging. A nice hard cover box would be in order here. If you're a hardcore Floyd collector (and who isn't on Echoes?), then I heartly recommend searching out this fine treasure. It doesn't appear to be readily available in most cookie stores. Definitely worth your Floyd dollars/pounds/lira/kroners/D-marks. - ANON The sound quality is fantastic and the shows are definitely well chosen. Partiuclarly nice is Dave's guitar work on Pigs (Three Different Kinds) and on Shine On Parts VI-IX. Although the box is flimsy and the bubble wrap kind of silly, the book is a great read and full of interesting notes on the albums. If the soundboard tapes could have been used for this set, this would without doubt be the best set of live Pink Floyd ever released. - JASON Well, I bought a copy of this set and was very impressed. While the packaging isn't great (I'm going to the record store later this week to buy jewel cases for the CD's) I do think this is an awesome set. Vancouver 75 is a fantastic show, with excellent versions of all songs played. The versions of Money, Any Colour You Like and Echoes rank as easily amongst the best ever. I particularly like the way Gilmour takes the first solo after the second chorus on Echoes, then Dick Parry plays a sax solo. I also like they way Dave, Rick and Dick sort of interwined their instruments on the ending. An excellent show, a bit hissy sounding, but hey, if that bothered me I probably wouldn't be listening to and collectiong ROIO's! :-) Montreal 77 is another winner! I don't care what anyone in the band says, this is a great show! It's worth it just to hear Roger yell "For fuck's sake!!!!" in the middle of Pigs On The Wing pt.2, but then on top of it, the band really tears it up and plays a fantastic show. Particular highlights include Pigs (3 Different Ones) and Shine On pt.9 (love the guitar and piano candenza at the end before the rest of the band rejoins). I do have one issue about the Montreal show: is there anyway of verifying that Drift Away Blues is from this show. See, the story that circulates is that Dave didn't want to come back onstage, so Snowy White was left as the solo guitarist onstage for this blues jam. OK, fine, but it seems every picture or video clip I've seen of him shows him either playing a Gibson Les Paul (usually a gold top, but one photo in the booklet with this set shows him playing a black LP Custom) a Carvin LP style guitar or a Yamaha (the latter two I noted in a couple Thin Lizzy videos). On Drift Away Blues, the guitarist is definitely playing a Strat, you can hear it not only in the guitar tone, but also in the use of the tremelo arm (good Les Pauls don't have trem arms, and neither do the Carvin or Yamaha guitars I've seen Snowy playing). Or to be more to the point, it doesn't sound like Snowy on guitar! I do recognise the Hammond organ tone used in some of the keyboard solos as Rick's, and that does sound like Rog yelling out "DRIFT AWAY!!!", but is this from the Montreal 77 show? I do have a possible theory: Maybe, Snowy, not wanting people to realise that he wasn't Dave, strapped on one of Dave's Strats, and tried to play in a fashion that would sound like Dave, and that's what we are hearing here. Now, we know that the Montreal show had a lot to do with inspiring certain things that came to fruition in The Wall, so maybe this is one of them (perhaps this was the germ of the idea for the Surrogate Band????). Anyway, it's a great jam, irregardless of what show or when it came from. LA 80 is an interesting show. This is the first The Wall show I've ever heard. I particularly like the version of ABITW2, with it's extra solos (presumably the first guitar solo is Dave, while the second is Snowy, but who's playing the organ solo? Rick or Peter Woods?) and the extended conclusion of ABITW3, starting off with a sort of overture/overview of instrumental bits from earlier songs in the show, and then growing into what sounds to me like Any Colour You Like during which the band really jams it's hearts out until it's time for Rog to step forward and sing Goodbye Cruel World and insert the final brick (which the audience seems to enjoy seeing). And the whole business of the fire is also interesting, from a historical perspective. There are two drawbacks to this show, though: 1. Roger's voice doesn't sound dramatic enough when doing the Judge's part on The Trial. Presumably, they couldn't quite recreate the effect that was used in the studio. 2. Dave's second solo during Comfortably Numb is way too short (but then I'm used to versions from 87-94!). Oh and one last thing, the ticking sound during Comfortably Numb, I suspect that's a click track, which apparently a sound engineer accidentally switched into the PA audio path. The click track was probably being used to keep the band in sync with one another and with the film that was being used (assuming that there was a film used for this song). Notice that click coincides with the tempo of the song. - ANON After having a successful run with Great Dane Records, I felt a deep satisfaction in retiring, leaving a legacy of highly regarded Pink Floyd releases in my wake. I had accomplished just about what I had set out to do concerning the great "Pink Floyd Project," and with the Gat Treaty passing in 1996, the world of legal RoIO's was silenced. But my reputation had caught the eye of some enthusiastic entrepreneur, who wanted to bake his own cookies and wanted to enlist my services to coodinate certain projects. This person was a smooth talker with big ideas. He wanted to produce elaborate box sets which would include posters, stickers, special collectable items, and would be uniquely presented. He had me sold on the idea that this project would be done for "the fans," and that his vision would not be compromised. I didn't want to release any recordings that had been widely circulated, and had some relavance to the performance or gig. Vancouver 1975 was the first stop on the US tour and sounded just as good as the better 1975 shows. It was the first time "Shine On" was bridged with "Have a Cigar," and also the first time the US had heard the new material. The Montreal show is legendary for the "spitting" incident. It was also the last stop on a grueling stadium tour, to which the band claimed to have played horribly. On the contrary, this was one of the Floyd's best performances faithfully captured by a competent taper (which differs from the widely circulated higher generation and poorer quality recording). "Pigs (3 Different One's)" also inspired his "Pig Talk" during the "In The Flesh" segments of "The Wall" concerts. Absolutely the last great Pink Floyd show! "The Wall" show was harder to pick, and I listened to every gig! I could have easily opted for the great sounding Nassau Coliseum show that has been reissued to death, but instead opted for a more important show...opening night. Although the sound quality was far from up to par with the other 2 shows, some inivated studio engineering pushed this recording into a more listenable realm. The fire incident and the extended "ABITW Part 3," are also unique to this performance. The only sacrifice was that '"Drift Away Blues" could not fit on the Montreal CD's and had to be put at the end of The Wall set. With the liner notes prepared, photos ready, and recordings remastered, this baby was ready to be put into the oven. But probelms kept coming up and every time I asked what was going on, I got some sob story about production problems. I got to see a "proof" of the book, and honestly I wasn't too impressed. I had supplied alot more interesting photos and artwork that could have been used, and the few changes I wanted to make were out of the question. My tapes were held onto for over 9 months before they were finally remastered, and in all that time no work was done on refining the book (which in fact didn't go into production until much later on in the project). Over a year later, and dozens of bogus promises, I received a copy of the AzCo packaged in a cheezy bubble wrap. No hard cover on the book, no reproduced original stickers or postcards, poor silk screening on the disks, and just plain unprofessional. My outrage prompted the manufacturer to repackage it in a boxed format, but unfortunately the quality of the box is thin and cheap. Not only was I dissapointed with the product, but this manufacturer took orders from people and spent the money covering his bills and expensive overhead. Folks have been waiting for months for either a refund or their product, while this person's arrogant attitude seems to be, "they'll get it when I have the money." Although I think that the recordings alone are worth the price you're bound to pay, you gotta admit that even with the flimsy box, the book is a very nice bonus. In fact, the manufacturer is sitting on about a few thousand books and boxes ready to go...he just needs the CD's. You see, another ironic thing is that all of the CD's were pressed and ready to go, they just had to be paid for. And, with all the cash received from pre-orders, that shouldn't have been a problem. But, because the CD's weren't paid for, they are now being sold as individual 2 CD sets of each concert with no frills. These CD's are not rip-off's of the original AzCo. These are the actual original disks that were never properly paid for. So, if you can find one of the currently circulating copies, I say go for it. It's well worth the cash, I just hoped it could have looked alot nicer. And being so rare is another great reason for hunting it down. And who knows, maybe the manufacturer will get his shit together and throw out some more copies to the public because in the meantime, Comfortably Cool productions is being uncomforably uncool! Well, I guess it's back to retirement...unless perhaps I get some very encouraging comments contributed to this website. Never say never - ANON 991008*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Azimuth Coordinator part 1 Unique_Id: AZIMCOO1 Format: 2CD Catalog: Misc.: Produced: Date: 750408 Matrix: Disc: 1 ! Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Front: Colour picture of David Gilmour. Sources: 08 Apr 1975; PNE Exhibition Park, Vancouver Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Raving and Drooling 13:39 2. You've Gotta Be Crazy 13:23 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V 12:44 4. Have a Cigar 5:08 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX 13:38 6. Speak To Me 5:32 7. Breathe 3:06 8. On the Run 4:17 Total Time: 71:29 Disc: 2 1. Time 5:11 2. Breathe (reprise) 1:03 3. The Great Gig In the Sky 6:45 4. Money 7:57 5. Us and Them 7:30 6. Any Colour You Like 9:46 7. Brain Damage/Eclipse 6:12 8. Echoes 23:53 Total Time: 68:20 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Azimuth Coordinator Vancouver 1975 Quality: VG -ANDRE Comments: The first date of the 1975 tour. Including the premier of a split 'Shine On' as well as the premier of 'Have A Cigar'. Sound is very acceptable although there is a fair amount of hiss and there are a few other disturbances (not too serve, though). This was a great show indeed. Powerful versions of 'Raving And Drooling' and 'You've Gotta Be Crazy'. Part of this show has been released before on the 'Vancouver 75' roio and now it's nic to see the complete show being released. This is part 1 of 3 of the already famous 6 CD set 'The Azimuth Coordinator' now also released as 3 double-CD's (But without the book, ofcourse). -ANDRE 000105*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Azimuth Coordinator part 2 Unique_Id: AZIMCOO2 Format: 2CD Catalog: 002 Misc.: Produced: Date: 770706 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR 3 Disc: 2 CDR 4 Cover: Front: Front cover is a colour picture of the band on stage, sometime during the 'In The Flesh' tour. Cheaply made. Sources: 06 Jul 1977; Olympic Stadium, Montreal,Quebec Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Sheep 12:15 2. Pigs On the Wing I 2:15 3. Dogs 18:16 4. Pigs On the Wing II 4:05 5. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 20:01 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V 14:11 Total Time: 71:06 Disc: 2 1. Welcome to the Machine 8:16 2. Have a Cigar 6:15 3. Wish You Were Here 6:41 4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX 24:06 5. Money 11:44 6. Us and Them 10:04 Total Time: 67:09 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Azimuth Coordinator Fire Works Show In The Canadian Walls Quality: VG+ -ANDRE EX- -HERWIG Comments: This was the last show of the 'In The Flesh' Tour where Roger gets upset a couple of times. At 'Pigs On The Wing' a fire cracker goes off (and not for the first time) which makes Roger so angry that he stops playing and tries to put an end to it by speaking the famous words: 'Oh for fuck sake [...] I'm trying to sing a song'. Later on in the show, Roger alledgely spat a fan in the face ("Who was told not to spit on the fans" :-).) David Gilmour apperently wasn't too pleased with this performance but he surely was wrong. The show was awesome. One (if not THE) best versions of Pigs. Steaming and powerful. Roger can clearly be heard shouting the numbers (90 and 61) Not just for the events that took place, but also from a musical point of view, this show is highly recommended. Sound is very good and clear. I had my doubts but it only just didn't match the EX- rating, but it's definitely VG+. The extra encore 'blues' (or here called 'drif away blues' can be found at the end of part 3 of the Azimuth coordinator. This is part 2 of 3 of the already famous 6 CD set 'The Azimuth Coordinator' now also released as 3 double-CD's (But without the book, of course). -ANDRE One of the few RoIOs which I _really_ like. Although recording quality is not top notch, it is still very much listenable. Hissing is present but not annoying. The performance is incredible, IMHO the best of the 77-tour. P3DO is clearly the best one I know, same for SOYCD6-9 (heck, it is twenty-four minutes long!) You should listen to the crowd. Although sometimes in a state which makes the "concert experience" perfect, they get loud up to the point to annoying on the last two songs. -HERWIG The crowd certainly was in an evil mood that night, you can tell by listening to this record. Nevertheless, it makes for a showcase of Floyd at the height of its power (save some of the vocals, as usual). There is some remarkable, moody intensity saturating the event. Much has been said about the show, climaxing with the final, feverish rendition of Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts 6-9. I would only like to mention David Gilmour, who for me reaches his crowning event in the midst of the maelstrom of this concert. Just listen for yourselves. The pre-Comfortably Numb Gilmour's finest hour. -ANON 991008*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Azimuth Coordinator part 3 Unique_Id: AZIMCOO3 Format: 2CD Catalog: Misc.: Produced: Date: 800207 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Front cover is a close-up picture of part of the wall just about falling apart. Sources: 07 Feb 1980; Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California (Disk 2, track 15:6 Jul 77; Olympic Stadium, Montreal,Quebec) Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Intro 1:08 2. In the Flesh? 3:28 3. The Thin Ice 3:27 4. Another Brick In the Wall I 4:03 5. The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:47 6. Another Brick In the Wall II 6:19 7. Mother 7:49 8. Goodbye Blue Sky 3:22 9. Empty Spaces 7:54 10. Young Lust 5:22 11. One of My Turns 3:51 12. Don't Leave Me Now 4:02 13. Another Brick In the Wall III 12:38 14. Goodbye Cruel World 2:29 Total Time: 67:48 Disc: 2 1. Hey You 5:16 2. Is There Anybody Out There? 2:54 3. Nobody Home 3:33 4. Vera 1:14 5. Bring the Boys Back Home 1:28 6. Comfortably Numb 7:25 7. The Show Must Go On 2:47 8. Isn't This Where We Came In? (announcement) 2:37 9. In the Flesh 5:23 10. Run Like Hell 6:50 11. Waiting For the Worms 4:32 12. Stop 0:31 13. The Trial 7:39 14. Outside the Wall 3:22 15. Drift Away-Blues Total Time: 67:43 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Azimuth Coordinator Quality: VG- -ANDRE Comments: First show of 'The Wall' Tour and you can tell. Lot's of things are clearly 'first-performance' errors. During 'Empty Space' a curtain caught fire, which made Roger stop the show in order to have it put out. After the fire was out, Roger sais :" Wasn't that Exciting?" 'Another Brick In The Wall Part 3' is a very long version with some great jamming in the middle. The band had to extend this song for a few minutes more because the brick-builders ran a little behind. (Gosh, they should do that more often. This song is the highlight of the show). I used to have a tape of this show, but either my tape came from a different taper or the makers of this roio did some very fine processing. On my tape, I could clearly hear people from the audience making comments on the (female) DJ-host ('What's That Chick Doing On Stage' and 'Take it Off' :-) ). On The Azimuth Coordinator, these comments can not be heard, so they either have 'cut' them out or a different source was used. The second 'announcements' (Here labelled as 'Isn't This Where We Came In?' is in 'straight' voice. At later performanced this announcement was a direct copy of what the host had said before the show, but with a 'distorted' voice, like a vocoder or something like that had been used. The 'drift aaway blues' does not belong to this show, but is the extra encore of the 6jul77 show in Montreal (which can be found on disks 3 and 4 of the Azimuth Coordinator and on the Azimuth Coordinator part 2 set). The sound quality is not to bad, but certainly isn't great either. There are a few disturbances now and again esp. during 'Another Brick In The Wall pt.2' and at the beginning of 'Comfortably Numb'. But it still is a great show to have. Not a perfect Wall show but, like said before, just the ABITW pt3 jamming alone, makes this a real treasure. This is part 3 of 3 of the already famous 6 CD set 'The Azimuth Coordinator' now also released as 3 double-CD's (But without the book, of course). -ANDRE 980121************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Azimuth Coordinator Unique_Id: AZIMUTHC Format: 6CD Catalog: Front Row Center Misc.: Produced: Date: 750408 Matrix: Disc 1: MG3362 Front Row Center P1 103379 IFPI LBGI Disc 2: MG3363 Front Row Center P2 103381 IFPI LBGI Disc 3: MG3364 Front Row Center P3 103391 IFPI LBGI Disc 4: MG3365 Front Row Center P4 103388 IFPI LBGI Disc 5: MG3366 Front Row Center P5 103380 IFPI LBGI Disc 6: MG3367 Front Row Center P6 103439 IFPI LBGI Cover: Individual disks stored together in black cardboard wallet which carries tracklist and source info. Also includes a 64-page illustrated book which tells the story of the WYWH, Animals and Wall albums, their genesis and the associated tours. The book and CD package are contained in a pink bubble-wrap pouch whose flap is sealed with a pink sticker bearing the legend: PINK FLOYD AZIMUTH COORDINATOR 1975-1980 The cover of the booklet consists of a pastiche of graphical motifs from the WYWH, Animals, and Wall albums, including a long and winding wall. At one point on this wall, written in indistinct script, are the words: "Syd was not here." ;-) Sources: 08 Apr 1975, 6Jul77, 7Feb80 CD1-2: 8 Apr 75; PNE Exhibition Park, Vancouver, BC CD3-4: 6 Jul 77; Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec CD5-6: 7 Feb 80; Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Raving and Drooling 13:39 2. You've Gotta Be Crazy 13:23 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V 12:44 4. Have a Cigar 5:08 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX [faded out] 13:38 6. Speak To Me 5:32 7. Breathe 3:06 8. On the Run [mis-cued] 4:17 Total Time: 71:29 Disc: 2 1. Time 5:11 2. Breathe (reprise) 1:03 3. The Great Gig In the Sky 6:45 4. Money 7:57 5. Us and Them 7:30 6. Any Colour You Like 9:46 7. Brain Damage/Eclipse 6:12 8. Echoes 23:53 Total Time: 68:20 Disc: 3 1. Sheep 12:15 2. Pigs On the Wing I 2:15 3. Dogs 18:16 4. Pigs On the Wing II 4:05 5. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 20:01 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V 14:11 Total Time: 71:06 Disc: 4 1. Welcome to the Machine 8:16 2. Have a Cigar 6:15 3. Wish You Were Here 6:41 4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX 24:06 5. Money 11:44 6. Us and Them 10:04 Total Time: 67:09 Disc: 5 1. Intro 1:08 2. In the Flesh? 3:28 3. The Thin Ice 3:27 4. Another Brick In the Wall I 4:03 5. The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:47 6. Another Brick In the Wall II 6:19 7. Mother 7:49 8. Goodbye Blue Sky 3:22 9. Empty Spaces 7:54 10. Young Lust 5:22 11. One of My Turns 3:51 12. Don't Leave Me Now 4:02 13. Another Brick In the Wall III 12:38 14. Goodbye Cruel World [mis-cued] 2:29 Total Time: 67:48 Disc: 6 1. Hey You 5:16 2. Is There Anybody Out There? 2:54 3. Nobody Home 3:33 4. Vera 1:14 5. Bring the Boys Back Home 1:28 6. Comfortably Numb 7:25 7. The Show Must Go On 2:47 8. Isn't This Where We Came In? (announcement) 2:37 9. In the Flesh 5:23 10. Run Like Hell 6:50 11. Waiting For the Worms 4:32 12. Stop 0:31 13. The Trial 7:39 14. Outside the Wall 3:22 15. Drift Away-Blues 12:10 Total Time: 67:43 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Vancouver 1975 Azimuth Coordinator Azimuth Coordinator Part 1 Azimuth Coordinator Part 2 Azimuth Coordinator Part 3 Quality: VG+- - THE HEDONIST CD1-2: VG - THE HEDONIST CD3-4: VG+ - THE HEDONIST CD5-6: VG- - THE HEDONIST Comments: For a huge number of comments, see the 'original' entry. I believe my disc's were produced by someone else. Each disc says Front Row Center, Not For Sale. Show # (P1-P6) For Radio Play Only. "This broadcast is for one time use by stations cleared by FRC on the designated date and time prearranged in writing. This disc is the property of FRC and must be returned after use." My box set was not numbered. Excellent book, cheap box. All disc's have "IFPI LBGI" and a bar code. Overall I would have to give it a VG. At times it pushes a VG+. The problem I have is the hiss, especially with the 1975 show. I think the stereo separation could have been better with the 1975 show. The hiss seems to be reduced with each show. Excellent Echoes for 1975. (I'm still looking for the definitive 75 show.) The 1977 show is good, but the crowd is really wild and rude. They piss Roger off during POTW and US and Them. More crowd noise for the 1977 show. The Wall show was actually better than I heard on a previous time. Originally I thought it was as bad as the rehearsals, but it is much better than that (Still not as good as Behind the Wall). These shows reflect a great period for Floyd, too bad I didn't catch them live. Unfortunately, I would have preferred less hiss! for this era. I can't complain though, I traded for the set. For me it was worth it. - JZ 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Before The Time Began Unique_Id: BEFTIBEG Format: CD Catalog: LLRCD 111 Living Legend Records Misc.: Produced: Date: 67 Cover: Sources: 1967- 1970 Live Tracks: 1. Remember A Day 2. Astronomy Domine 3. Interstellar Overdrive 4. Apples And Oranges 5. It Would Be So Nice 6. Candy And A Current Bun 7. Scream Thy Last Scream 8. Heart Beat, Pig Meat 9. Crumbling Land 10. Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up 11. Point Me At The Sky 12. Biding My Time 13. Embryo 14. Mademoiselle Knobs Band: Syd Barrett* Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Quality: Comments: Most of the tracks are recorded from legitimate sources like singles or CD. Scream Thy Last Scream is from a BBC session (12/20/67), Mademoiselle Knobs is from the Pompeii movie. Embryo might be from Picnics. -PATRICK 970914*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Behind the Wall Unique_Id: BEHIWALL Format: 3CD Catalog: STBX 022/23/24 Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 800228 Cover: ! Sources: 28 Feb 1980, Nassau Colisseum. 01 Feb 1980, Paramount Studios, LA (Wall Rehersals). Waters in Seville November 18, 1991 Tracks: CD1 (Nassau Coliseum, feb 28, 1980) CD2 (Nassau Coliseum, feb 28, 1980) Rest of the Wall CD2 (Rehearsals at Paramount Studios, LA, Cal, USA, Feb 1, 1980) The Thin Ice/Another..(1)/The Happiest../Another..(2)/Mother/ Goodbye Blue Sky/What../Young Lust CD3 (Rehearsals at Paramount Studios, LA, Cal, USA, Feb 1, 1980) One Of My Turns/Don't../Goobye Cruel World/Hey You/Is There../ Nobody Home/Vera/Bring The../Comfortably Numb/The Show.. CD3 Verder (Sevilla, Nov 18, 1991) The Happiest../Another..(2)/What God Wants 1 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Snowy White (guitar) Andy Bown (bass) Peter Wood (keyboards) Willie Wilson (drums) Xref: Brick By Brick Wallpower The Wall The Wall Rehearsals Pink Floyd The Wall (3LP), And The Walls Came Down (3LP) Quality: EX+ Ex/VG -PELLE Comments: What God Wants 1 is mislabelled as Comfortably Numb. It comes in a long box with a 24 page color book with lots of pictures from the Wall concert. Each disc is a picture disc. The Nassau concert is EX+ quality, the best that I have heard (100 times better that the Golden Stars Discs.) It could have been an actual release, an DG is really getting into his solos. -ECHOES A good set overall. But there is a lot of hiss during the rehearsal sections (what did you expect? It was probably someone who smuggled in a Walkman :-) Packaging is excellent! -ECHOES It should be noted that the same source tape has also surfaced on a 2CD set entitled "Wallpower" which, although significantly less exotically priced and packaged and with a less "mixed" feel, suffers from slight digital distortion problems. Cleaning up of the source tape during mastering...has taken place and the result is a duller but more uniform sound... - WHY A PIG? Very well packaged. Sound is ok, claims to be the best wall-performance out there. -HERWIG I like this box-set only for the NYC concert, an excellent reissue of the famous The Wall show, much better than LP release. I think the rehersals have too poor quality and little interest, boring in the long run. The last Sevilla song is wrong: not 'Comfortably Numb' but an ugly one from 'Amused to Death' (I do not know the exact title). I recommend it only to die-hard ROIO collectors. -PELLE This is an expensive 3CD set, with the complete show from the Nassau Coliseum (Feb 28th 1980), four songs from Roger Waters in Seville 1991 and the Wall Rehearsals. This could have been a great value, except for the rehearsals . Listen to them twice and you have enough. Lot of deep hiss, Mr. Waters out of tune and Mr. Gilmour forgetting the lyrics as never before. "Dave, why did you Stop? -No, I didn't stop, it was Nick". The Seville stuff is good (What God Wants is mislabelled as Comfortably Numb). The show from Nassau is a must have, however, better buy it from a cheaper 2CD source. - FERNANDO Excellent sound quality, at least equal to Brick By Brick. I am not sure if the source is the same. Excellent packaging. I don't care for the rehearsal portion, poor sound quality. Really only worth listening once or twice. This set seems to be available. I also question the date of the show, the LP database indicated a technical problem on Feb 26, with "call the schoolmaster" missing (The Trial). It is missing on Behind the Wall. - JZ 950326*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Bell Busters Unique_Id: BELLBUST Format: CD Catalog: SWIN 009/2 (Swindle Records) Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 940330 Cover: Front: stone heads Back: A bed floating in the air in London CDs are picture and reproduce the photographs of the cover Sources: 30 Mar 1994, Miami, Joe Robbie Stadium Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 3:58 2. Learning To Fly 5:13 3. What Do You Want From Me 4:17 4. Take It Back 6:11 5. Lost For Words 6:07 6. Sorrow 9:49 7. A Great Day For Freedom 4:59 8. Keep Talking 6:57 9. One Of These Days 6:09 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) 11:30 11. Breathe In The Air 2:51 12. Time 6:59 Disc 2: 1. High Hopes 8:15 2. Wish You Were Here 6:16 3. Another Brick In The Wall (part 2) 6:26 4. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:46 5. Us and Them 7:57 6. Money 8:56 7. Comfortably Numb 8:51 8. Hey You 4:36 9. Run Like Hell 7:25 10. Astronomy Domine 1 (soundcheck) 4:00 11. Astronomy Domine 2 (soundcheck) 5:15 Band: David Gilmour Nick Mason Richard Wright Tim Renwick Jon Carin Gary Wallis Guy Pratt Dick Parry Durga McBroom Sam Brown Claudia Fontaine Xref: A Great Day The Live Bell The 1994 West Coast Trip Quality: Ex -PATRICK Comments: I can confirm that it's a copy of The Live Bell, featuring the same loop during HH. -PATRICK 980823*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Bell Gets Louder Unique_Id: BELLLOUD Format: 2CD Catalog: KTS 339/40 KISS THE STONE Misc.: Audience, excellent stereo, slim double jewel case. Produced: DDD Date: 940611 Cover: Picture discs - close-up of one pig. Sources: 11 Jun 1994, live at Yankee Stadium in New York. Bonus track Eclipse from NJ 18 Jul 1994. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 4:26 2. Learning To Fly 5:47 3. What Do You Want From Me 4:11 4. On The Turning Away 7:03 5. Take It Back 6:00 6. Coming Back To Life 6:51 7. Sorrow 10:50 8. Keep Talking 7:39 9. One Of These Days 7:15 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 11:53 11. Breathe 3:02 Total: 75:04 Disc 2: 1. Time 6:54 2. High Hopes 7:52 3. Great Gig In The Sky 5:15 4. Wish You Were Here 6:22 5. Us And Them 6:12 6. Money 9:09 7. Another Brick In The Wall 8:07 8. Comfortably Numb 10:40 9. Hey You 4:56 10. Run Like Hell 7:54 11. [Brain Damage] / Eclipse* 5:34 Total: 79:03 Band: Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: The Return Of The Comet Quality: Ex -HERWIG 10 -ECHOES Ex -PELLE Comments: "The Bell Gets Louder" is the hottest performance by the boys, rates a flat out 10 on the "inspiration & improvisation" factor. Excellent digital fidelity (DDD) and stereo separation; I give it a 10 here too. Almost no close audience noise throughout, except for one instance early on when some fool yells "m*therf*cker" as loud as he can, in breathtaking full digital stereo fidelity, so this one's not for your sainted mother's Christmas present. No noticable ROIO flaws of the usual types. Packaging is on the simple side, but very good; nice picture discs of the pigs. The standard show (no Dark Side of the Moon set). I think it's New York Yankee Stadium on June 11(?), 1994. This one's worth finding at all costs; make this a Blues-Brothers-style "mission from God". -ECHOES I disagree with this comment. True, this is a remarkably clean recording although it has some minor flaws. Very few audience, in fact only between songs. BUT the stereo perspective is bad and the bass a little bit too thin! The whole recording has a "hollow" effect as if listening through a pipe. I usually don't like this sort of sound where there is no real "live" feeling. Call me crazy, I like "The Live Bell" more. In fact, I like the bonus track (Brain Damage / Eclipse) better just because of the great stereo. Admittedly, it has more hissing and one especially nerving guy singing along some verses. No, there _must_ be better records around from this tour, still no "Sup" rating from me ... Strange enough, the sound sometimes gets incredibly good when the taper seems to turn his head! "Brain Damage" is missing on the cover but also included as a bonus track. (There is also some sort of "hidden message" behind LtF 8^): "What are you doing?" - "I'm taping it ..." - "Can I have a copy?" -HERWIG I'll second Herwig's comment. In fact, far from having 'excellent stereo separation' I felt this CD sounded mono! - THE HEDONIST There's a great deal of disagreement about whether or not this is the "best roio of '94" The pro group cites the complete lack of hiss, the stellar performace (they were cookin'), and (some people) excellent stereo sound and dynamic range. From the sound of it, this is definitely a DDD recording. Additionally, there is very little to no crowd noise during the songs, definitely a hard thing to get in an audience recording. The con group says (1) the bass is too thin (2) the sound is hollow and not very close and (3) the recording sounds very mono-ish. I've listened to this recording quite a few times, and this is my take on it: The show is defnintely hot stuff, the band was celarly having a good night. The sound is stunningly clear, no annoying destortion or feedback, very little crowd noise (except for the M*therF----er guy). The drums come through nicely, especially nick's toms. This recording is not perfect, however. The bass does sound thin on the first few songs (like AD), but on others is very close (ABITW). The keyboards are faint at times, and the lead instruments often sound way too close. Some of the songs sound distant, and occassionly it sounds like Dave is singing through a pipe. Sometimes things sound mono, but it's clearly a stereo recording, as you can hear things in different channels, and the audience noise between songs is clearly in stereo. I think I know what's going on, though. The taper is sitting right in front of the rear quad stack, rather than in the center where the perspective would be better. So, any instruments mixed to the back are really close, while the others sound distant and hollow. The stereo is often thin because the person was so much closer to just one set of amps, while the others were on the other side of the stadium. For example, listen to the intro to 'Money' on this cd. One part of the cash register sequence sounds like it's right behind you, while the other three sound like they're in the next state. This is what was done on the recording for _In the Flesh_ (Oakland, 5/9/77). The taper merely held the mic near the PA to get a clear recording and avoid lots of 'ambient noise'. You can hear what I mean on this cd too, particuarly when rick's synth solos fade from one stack to another. (try Dogs, SOYCD, etc.) Having said all this both pro and con about the cd, I must say this surpasses all the other roios I have. Mind you, the rest of my roios are from the seventies and sixties, before the days of DAT, not to mention that the sound quality at the shows has no doubt improved. -ANON I do not think this is the best quality ROIO concert (Modena 1994 is better!!), but for sure this is an incredible performance, Pink Floyd in a peak form, so every song is thrilling. Hunt it if you want a jewel in your collection. -PELLE The recording is clearly stereo (audience sounds in different channels), but the music is mostly mono. Great performance. Highly recommended. - FERNANDO 941201*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Belle de Cologne Unique_Id: BELLKOLN Format: CD Catalog: PF 020894 - Matrix #'s 020894-A and 020894-B Misc.: ! Produced: 1994 Date: 940802 Cover: Booklet: Front: "PINK FLOYD" (yellow, kinda like '67 font), with a picture of the world in between. Two rocks below that (small gap in bweteen), with pigs facing each other on top of them. The pigs seems to be howling towards the world seen above them. Below the gap in the rocks is "Belle de Cologne". (pink) This whole picture is superimposed on top of a picture of the sky with lots of clouds at the bottom, all clear blue above that. Some mountains visible at the bottom, breaking through the clouds. Back: Picture of Rick, Dave (with white/black guitar) and Nick. Looks like the 87-89 era, Dave with long hair. Ricks hair is also much darker than now. Inside: Totally blank. Back: Inside (ie. under disc two) a picture of the new stage, mostly yellow and black colors. Equipment is all blue. Visible is the whole touring band, except for Dick Parry. Back: Blue background. Band (yellow) and title (pink) on top, large font. In two columns, in yellow are "PART 1:" and "PART 2:" with tracknumber, title and length. At the bottom, in the middle, is the TDB-'icon' (black/pink) and "PF 020894",. Below that (in black) is "Recorded Live At Mu"ngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany - August,8th,1994" and "Except Part 2, Track 10 From MTV's Pink Floyd Weekend." Sides: Band, title and calalog number in yellow, pink and black respectively. CDs: CD1: Red background, large black TDB 'icon', "Part 1" on center top. CD logo on the left, GEMA (in box) center bottom. Matrix number: 020894-A CD2: Yellow background, large black TDB 'icon', "Part 2" on center top. CD logo on right (partly visible), GEMA (in box) center bottom. Matrix number: 020894-B Sources: 02 Aug 1994, Mungersdorger Stadion (Cologne, Germany) Disc says 08 Aug 1994. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 4:30 2. Learning to Fly 5:39 3. What Do You Want From Me 4:44 4. Take it Back 5:34 5. A Great Day for Freedom 5:39 6. Sorrow 10:42 7. Keep Talking 7:06 8. One of These Days 7:16 9. Shine On... (I-V) 11:40 10. Breathe 2:37 11. Time/Breathe Reprise 6:56 Total: 72:23 Disc 2: 1. High Hopes 8:00 2. The Great Gig in the Sky 5:23 3. Wish You Were Here 5:36 4. Us and Them 6:20 5. Money 9:08 6. Another Brick... (II) 7:30 7. Comfortably Numb 10:22 8. Hey You 5:40 9. Run Like Hell 8:50 10. Keep Talking 5:28 Total: 72:17 Band: Rick, Nick & Dave, along with all the usual 1994 blokes. Xref: ! Quality: EX- -ECM Ex- -PIET Comments: All times as listed on packaging. Keep Talking is a bonus from MTV Special. Overall, the sound quality is quite good. You will, however, probably feel the need to boost the low end a little. Also, there were a few fades between songs, none of which affect the songs. There is one digital tick about 7 or 8 seconds into High Hopes that sounds like a CD skip, but isn't. I would rate this show in the top quarter of the concerts that I have heard from this tour. (I was at 5 and have about 10 DATs from this tour.) Those Germans are clap-happy! Synchronized clapping backs many songs, and adds a real feel to being there. The crowd is quite enthusiastic, and it's very easy to get worked up while listening to the CDs. All the fun of being there without the drunk slob next to you puking on your shiny new $15 tour program and the idiots in front of you standing, blocking your sight, when EVERYONE can see PERFECTLY while seated! -ECM CD indicates it is from 8th August 1994, but it really is from the 2nd of August 1994 (that's when they played in Koeln). The matrix numbers already reflect this, the cover is just in error ! Time includes "Breathe (Reprise)", but this is not listed in the tracklists. "A Great Day For Freedom" has lots of 'echoes' of Daves voices in the stanzas. Girls very much present during guitar solo ('oohing'). Good highs and lows. Between HH and GGITS (cd 1, tr. 1-2) is a cut. All three girls give a reasonably good performance in GGITS, esp. the first two (yes, even Sam !) The beginning of Money features the famous Alien sounds, which are clearly audible. Audience goes wild in CN if the ball opens and is bathed in light. Guy sings 'Mother' in RLH. Overall a very nice sounding audience recording. The added MTV-KT is live from San Sebastian ? -PIET Announcements: After LTF: "Gutenabend. Vielen dank... Gut, Ich weiB nicht was Ich Ir sagen, daB ist _What_Do_You_Want_From_Me_." (this looks as if he reads it form a sheet, telling them that he doesn't knwo what he says ...) After OOTD: "Vielen dank. Danke sehr... Danke schoen. Danke schoen... Wir nehmen ein kleir break, eh ... zehn minuten... Wir widerkommen. Danke sehr." After ABITW2: "Danke Shoen. Thank you very much... Right. Thank you again very much for coming tonight. It probably (?) we have a time for ... This is Comfortably Numb" After RLH: "Thank you very much indeed, thank you. We'll see you again. Goodnight." -PIET 971020*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Bells from Notredame Unique_Id: BELLDAME Format: 2CD Catalog: LBR 033/2 The Last Bootleg Records Misc.: ! Produced: In Italy by CD Company srl, 12/94 Date: 940730 Cover: Centered along the top edge of the front cover is the band name in a 3/4" blocky font, with the CD title directly below that in a font half as big. The cover art is of a cathedral at night, dominated by the spire in the foreground depicted at a slight angle and occupying the left third of the cover. A clouded moon appears behind the spire, but the cover is very dark overall--The moon is a white spot small enough to sit atop one of the letter keys on your keyboard without overlapping the sides, and it's the only color on the cover that could reasonably be called bright. Nice drawing, though. On the reverse side of this single-sheet front cover is a distant photo at about stage level showing Gilmour's half of the stage. Also a mostly bluish-green and black picture, broken only by white lights around Mr. Screen, some lights in front of the stage and Dave in a white T-shirt with his red Stratocaster standing about an inch tall on the paper, to give you some perspective. The inside back cover is a blank, white page. The back cover has the identical text in the same place as the front cover, but includes the vital information below that in a still smaller font: "Recorded live in Chantilly, Paris, July 30, 1994". The tracks are listed below that in the same font, and the encores are correctly noted as such. Tracks are listed correctly and times are included but only match my CD player on 4 of the 21 tracks. Centered below that we read a fanciful note indeed; that "All songs written and arranged by: Waters, Gilmour, Wright, Mason." While it's nice that their names are spelled correctly, the information is only partially true since Roger Waters had not a thing to do (sadly enough) with the material from the last two albums which dominates the first set. To the right of this note is a small circular symbol of 15 concentric black circles on a white background, roughly the size of a U.S. ten cent coin with no text around it. My copy has a bar code printed on a sticker which is affixed on the outside of the CD case. The CD's themselves both list the group name, CD title and disc number. They are both picture discs in the same dark motif as the cover, mostly black with some dark aquamarine detail. The first disc pictures the cathedral spire detail from the cover, while the second disc picture is of a cathedral viewed from the side at a distance. Very nice-looking package overall, certainly appearing to be commercial quality in every way--I just wish there was a booklet instead of one page for the front cover. Sources: 30 Jul 1994, Chantilly, Paris. Tracks: Disc 1 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1-5 12:27 2. Learning to Fly 6:10 3. What do You Want From Me 4:20 4. On the Turning Away 7:13 5. Take it Back 6:40 6. Coming Back to Life 6:29 7. Sorrow 10:58 8. Keep Talking 7:31 9. One of These Days 7:39 10. Astronomy Domine 4:27 11. Breathe 3:20 Disc 2 1. Time & Breathe Reprise 6:47 2. High Hopes 7:55 3. The Great Gig in the Sky 5:47 4. Wish You Were Here 5:57 5. Us and Them 6:22 6. Money 9:33 7. Another Brick in the Wall Pt2 7:17 8. Comfortably Numb 11:18 9. Hey You 5:23 10. Run Like Hell 9:32 Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: Ex- Comments: Track times from CD. This is a digital source with the bulk of the signal in the high end, it seems, though the bottom end of the signal is well represented nonetheless. The stereo effect is nicely preserved and the feeling of "being there" is captured. The main drawback to this otherwise very nice recording is the incessant arhythmic clapping and tuneless singing by the enthusiastic people near the mics. All tracks were recorded in their entirety despite a few mic movements at the predictable points in the show with accompanying slight drops in recording level. Luckily, these disturbances are the best kind--few and brief. What we have here is yet another great '94 tour 2CD set. Yes, there's some crowd noise, but the performance is certainly "up there" on the inspiration and improvisation scale, and the recording itself is really quite good despite the noise. Gilmour seems to be in a fine mood (wouldn't you be?) and speaks French 95% of the time, appearing to speak to the crowd more than usual and sounding quite comfortable with the foreign language. The show ends with a few bars hinting at the Who's "My Generation"-- It's that kind of night! All three principal members shine at various points in the proceedings, and the entire ensemble turns in another phenomenal night's work. The band is a well-oiled machine by this point, having been touring vigorously for 4 months, and the performance shows the benefit of lots of rehearsal. Gilmour and his mates are definitely enjoying playing for European audiences for the first time in several years, and they reward those assembled with a smooth and tight performance. The crowd is justifiably appreciative, and even entertains us a bit themselves when things are a little quieter--listen for the beginning of ABITW as an example! However, this gets to be a bit annoying, though this crowd is certainly not nearly as intrusive as the average American audience. The quiet, introspective fans of the early seventies have sent their children to view this tour, and the kids make a lot more noise than their parents did. Why didn't mom and dad teach them the virtue of quietly listening to a performance and saving the yelling, clapping, whistling and other noise for the breaks between songs? At least we still have the tapes mom and dad helped make so great! :) If you are going to be bothered by crowd noise (sometimes quite close to the mics) that doesn't necessarily overwhelm the music but is definitely evident, then you may want to look elsewhere. However, if audience noise doesn't bother you as much, then this is a fine performance that you will certainly enjoy. This isn't necessarily the first '94 set you should get, but there are certainly worse ones out there than this. If you already have a couple or a few '94 CD's and you like the ones you have, this one would not be a bad choice, since you know basically what you're going to get. I collect these more recent shows for the source quality, but I find I listen to the older shows more frequently because the performances are not as closely tied to click tracks, light cues and computer programs. Sometimes the term "Comfortably Numb" comes a bit too close to describing these recordings -- but they sure can blow the minds of the naive. "Bells From Notre Dame" will do the job and look good doing it. -ANON I thought that the sound quality was very good, albeit a bit quiet. The fan noise, I thought, only added the "being there" feeling. I know that this did not annoy the band as well because during the next night's show (which I attended) the band took the liberty to play along with the crowds chanting for about 15 or 20 secs. Overall, good sound quality and stong sense of being in the crowd. Worth buying, in my opinion. - ANoN Great show from Paris. Sound quality is excellent. However, there is a lot of audience clapping on this disk, especially at the begin and end of the songs. Fortunately, Floyd plays loud to drown out the crowd. Disk from CD Music Co, same as Kiss The Stone. The Who's "My Generation" is actually part of RLH finale (small portion). BTW, do we really need that much detail about the cover art? Nice picture disks. Anyone translate the French from Gilmour - JZ 000128*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Beset By Creatures of the Deep Unique_Id: BESETCRE Format: CD Catalog: HL194 Highland Misc.: Audience recording Produced: 1998 Date: 690905 Matrix: Disc: 1 Cover: Front: White bordering with Pink Floyd written on top and "Beset by Creatures or the Deep" written on bottom. Centered is a photo of the Floyd that looks '69ish where the bank is playing on a small stage in what appears to be a small venue. Back cover contains another photo from same show but different angle (front cover appears higher; back cover is lower than stage looking up from Gilmour's feet). Track listing and venue info listed in back. No booklet, but backside of front cover contains backstage photo and behind the CD the clear case reveals a photo from the Floyd's '68-69 publicity shot in front of the old bi-plane (as seen inside spread from "A Perfect Pair". Sources: 05 Sep 1969, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, Hempshire UK 5/9/69 (Late Evening Show) Not 100% sure it is 5 Sep, but that is most likely. Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Astronomy Domine 9:13 2. Careful with that Axe Eugene 7:46 3. Interstellar Overdrive 12:03 4. The Beginning (Green is the Colour)- 3:29 5. Beset by Creatures of the Deep 5:22 6. A Sauceful [sic] of Secrets 11:50 Total Time: 49:44 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: VG+ -PIG1DO Comments: Not sure if the date is presented in US format (month/day/year) or European (day/month/year); package says 5/9/69. Can use a crosscheck reference (Miles) to confirm if they were in UK at this time on. A GREAT performance. No cuts on all tracks. IO is great, albeit without Syd. Astronomy and ASoS are also great. A lot of improvisations on these tracks Definitely complements the first half of Ummagumma. Rogers introduces some tracks, and after CWtAE he lets out a crackle reminiscent of Several Small Creatures and/or PowR TocH. Slight tape hiss during quiet sections. I notices most just at the beginning before all instruments are heard on Astronomy. Otherwise not noticeable. All instruments and vocals are clearly audible. -PIG1DO There _are_ cut(s) in songs on this record, at least in my version. At 06:38 in ASoS (section 'Syncopated Pandemonium') there's a cut with 2 seconds of silence, and after that the song leaps back into 'Storm Signal'-section. Great performance though, despite this cut (which is btw the only I noticed on the record). Violent and haunting version of IO, really great (as the commentor above mentioned). Mason really seems to enjoy this song and this style of playing, and so do I. Sound quality is really good considering the age and origin of the master tape. Spoken parts/announcements: Between AD & CwtAE, Dave: "Thank you." Roger: "This is a much newer thing than that one, which is very old. And it's instrumental. It's called 'Careful with that axe Eugene'. It has got a very quiet start." Between IO & Green, Dave: "Thank you." Between Beset by creatures & ASos, Roger (or Dave): "Thank you." Roger: "This is going to be the last thing we do and it's the title [song/show?] of the last album we released, and it's called 'A saucerful of secrets'." After ASoS, Roger: "Thank you." The 2 seconds long cut in ASoS I mentioned earlier appears at 44:33 into the record, which makes me think that it's most likely caused when the person(s) recording the show inserted a new tape or switched sides of the tape (because of the 45-min standard there usually is on tapes). At the end of AD there it sounds like there are vinyl pops and clicks, like it's been remastered from a vinyl. There's even a larger click which makes the song go back 2 or 3 seconds, making you hear the applause for AD twice. However I don't think it's been mastered from vinyl, because I haven't noticed these pops and clicks on other tracks on the record. It's not a very disturbing thing, and I think the record is really great. Too bad about the cut in ASoS, though, because it's occurs just where Gilmour is showing off his cool guitar w/ feedback&echo stuff. The crowd is polite (as always at that time), no shouting or whisteling during songs. Only small talks here and there during the whole record, but it's never disturbing. Sounds just like the band's playing in front of a picnic or something :-) . Judging from the amount of applause it seems to be not a very large audience. -ANDREAS 971021*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Best Of Tour 72 Unique_Id: BESTOF72 Format: CD Catalog: TSP-CD-049 The Swingin' Pig Records Misc.: Audience (or soundboard?) recording, Remastered with NoNoise Produced: 1990 Date: 720217 Cover: Picture of pig (mother) with piglets (young pigs). Pink Floyd Live written on front cover, and tour program and track list on back cover. -TOR Sources: 17 Feb 1972, The Rainbow Theatre, London. Tracks: 1. Speak To Me / 3:30 Breathe 2. On The Run 6:31 3. Time 6:34 4. Breathe (Reprise) 1:05 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:38 6. Money 8:05 7. Us & Them 2:25 8. Any Colour You Like 4:46 9. Brain Damage 3:59 10. Eclipse 1:20 Total 41:03* Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: 8th RD From The Moon (BM 044/2) Dark Side Of The Sky (CO 25117) The Live Side Of The Moon (SG 013), Time, Forbidden Samples Quality: Sup -HERWIG The sound quality is very good -TAP (#50) 8 -OSO Sup -TOR Ex/Ex- -Greg Comments: Just another DSoTM RoIO? No, this one - containing one of the very first DSoTM preformances - is in fact, a historical recording! For example, the instrumentals that form On The Run, The Great Gig In The Sky and Any Colour You Like are completely different and very interesting. Some tracks are badly cut: Us And Them is reduced to under three minutes, Time has ben chopped too, and the end of Eclipse is faded out! However - thanks to the digital nois reduction system NoNOISE - the sound quality is very good; so listening to this CD is a real pleasure. In my opinion, any collection of Pink Floyd CDs is incomplete without this. -TAP (#50) On The Run jam & Great Gig w/preachers. Time abridged at 3.33. Us & Them abridged at 2.18. Mastering - vinyl. -OSO A great recording, absolutely no tape hiss evident. Only drawback with this one, is that Time and Us And Them is cut a bit, and that Eclipse is faded out a little early. -TOR Excellent sound quality, possibly from the soundboard. This CD presents the pre-release version of Dark Side of the Moon, which contains the original versions of On the Run and The Great Gig in the Sky. Other compositions are also slightly different from their Dark Side counterparts. -ECM During Eclipse, they were playing also a lot of tracks in the background. One of those you can hear very faintly is someone reading the beginning of the book of genesis. Exactly the same track can be found on "Songs of a distant earth" by Mike Oldfield, the only difference is that Mike was about 22 years later. Mike says, that this cut was taken from a Apollo Mission and this guy (can't remember the name) was orbiting the MOON while reading this ... -ANON After the glowing reviews and the SUP ratings on the database I couldn't wait to pick this one up. Boy was I dissappointed. The cuts were annoying and the sound quality is at best EX or EX-. This isn't the best 72 Darkside cd. Great Gig on the Moon is much much better as far as sound quality and length. - Greg Excellent sound, but as Greg pointed out, the cuts are annoying. At least they are faded out instaed of an abrupt cut. My cover art looks different than the scan. It is silver in color. The image looks like a black and white negative. It is hard to tell that those are pigs. The cd label indicates "OSA", the matrix says MON TSP-CD-049. The cd label includes the track listing and TSP's pig. I'll have to check out The Great Gig on The Moon (if I can find a copy). - JZ 971020************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Big Pink Unique_Id: BIG_PINK Format: CD Catalog: RXG CD 4401 Misc.: Produced: Date: 700312 Matrix: Disc 1: Cover: Sources: 12 Mar 1970, Audimax, Hamburg Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Embryo 2. Interstellar Overdrive 3. Atom Heart Mother 4. Echoes Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: 961023*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Black Glass Unique_Id: BLAKGLAS Format: 2CD Catalog: NK 008-1/2 (from CDs), Eclipse Music Misc.: ! Produced: 1995 Japan Date: 700429 Matrix: Disc 1: NK008-1 512059 Disc 2: NK008-2 512060 Cover: INSERT: Folded; front has small pictures of Rog, Rick, Dave and Nick, similar to the cover of Beatles 'Let It Be'; rear has photo of all four standing outside a caravan; inside has photo of band playing behind a ballet troupe. TRAY LINER: Plain white with tracklist, source and label info. DISCS: Split screen-printing; lower half has blue field broken by the legend "Psychedelic Dreams"; upper half contains a monochrome image of an arid desert landscape with a background consisting of six textured pyramids. In the close foreground a bound mummy regards the viewer through sunglasses. "Psychedelic Dreams" indeed... Sources: 29 Apr 1970, Fillmore West, San Francisco Disc One (70:46): Recorded live at the Fillmore West, Apr 29 1970 Disc Two (58:17): Tracks 1 & 2 same as Disc One Tracks 3-5 Out-takes from "Meddle" LP Track 6 Out-take from "WYWH" LP Track 7 Nick Mason Christmas Single 1974 Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Grantchester Meadows 6:30 2. Astronomy Domine 8:50 3. Cymbaline 9:28 4. Atom Heart Mother 20:42 5. Embryo (fades in) 10:40 6. Green Is The Colour/Careful... 14:32 Total: 70:46 Disc 2: 1. Set the Controls... (fades in) 12:00 2. A Saucerful of Secrets (fades out) 6:34 3. One of These Days #1 4:29 4. One of These Days #2 6:24 5. Echoes 20:03 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 6:34 7. Nick's Christmas Song 2:10 Total: 58:17 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Embryo (Wild Bird Records) Live at Winterland Psychedelicamania Quality: VG+ - THE HEDONIST Concert material - VG (some SP) Studio material - VG to Ex- (some SP) -- MT Comments: The 1st cd & the 1st 2 tracks from cd #2 are live. It claims to be the set from Fillmore West April 29 1970. The track listing is the same as the "Live In Winterland" ROIO for the live stuff. I'm assuming this is the same recording w/ the same sound quality as "Live In Winterland". The sound wasn't that great but with a big ugly EQ, I got it to sound o.k. I got cause I had never hear this particular set before & it was pretty cool. The review for "...Winterland" is right on the money so I won't repeat it here.... :-) On the back of the cd it claims that the live set is "...Much longer then previously released" I dunno if this is true or not... There is a hiss that is only on the first disk and it's only on the right channel (apparently the recording is in mono so it is possible to forego the hiss by splitting the left channel and taping it that way). The live tracks on the second disk (StCftHotS, ASoS) do not contain the annoying hiss. Track 3: Now.. this sounds like it could be a forgery. All this seems to be are the words "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces." repeated over and over again over a tape of a guy talking about apparently a whole lot of nothing. The original bass line is present, cymbals crashing here and there and the semi-familiar synthesizer, and some sound effects. The door knocking sound makes it's appearance about 3:30 into the track. Track 4: This is more like it. I can believe that this is a true outtake.. seems to be a ROUGH but listenable working version. Starts off with the wind blowing and the line "One of these days..". Unlike the album cut, this one has that line repeated deep in the mix throughout almost the entire track. A little tape warble at about the 4:00 mark. Strange noise comes in at the 5:00 mark and subsides quickly. Ends with the line repeated several times accompanied by some wierd quitar screech sounds. Track 5: Hmm.. sounds like a different mix. Nothing really DIFFERENT about it.. seems to be a little fast but intentionally so. It is a bit short, only runs 20:02.. fades out after the last verse. Nothing really special here.. Track 6: Apparently the "Hey-guys-I'm-tired-of-playing-in-the- studio-let's-go-try-it-in-the-large-empty-echoey-bathroom" version. Sounds like a run down of the parts that contain lyrics and omitted just about everything else. Again, I don't know if I can completely believe that this is a true outtake, but I'm leaning toward the "yes it is" on this one.. Track 7: HAHAHAH !! I love this one.. a snippet of Rick and Nick working on a Christmas tune.. breaks down a couple times but it's really a neat song. Definately Floydian material !! (The liner note says "Nick Mason Christmas Single 1974") The integrity of the outtakes is definately debatable but I would tend to believe that they are real. The sound quality is pretty damned good.. the live stuff isn't too bad, listenable if you drop the right channel of the first disc. -ANON If these are the same ones that circulates among collectors, then: Track 5. Echoes is a fake. It's the Meddel version but a bit faster. Track 6. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is a fake. For better quality try the CD 'A Collection Of Great Dance Songs' :) Track 7. Here Comes Santa. I belive the name is 'Merry Christmas Song' but I could be wrong. It is probably from late 1969, maybe from Rome during the ZP sessions? -TOR I think this it the Live at Winterland cd, but with the studio outtakes. The first 'One Of These Day's' take is Nick saying that line over a tape of a dj - we can all guess who it is! The 2nd is more like the album version, but a lot rougher sounding. The version of 'Echoes' is very similar to the 'Meddle' version, but perhaps a liitle bit faster. And 'WYWH' is the band running through the vocal sections of the song, without the Sax, or fancy effects. And The Christmas Song is Nick's attempt at a seasonal number, but it tends to break down several times into laughter! Overall, a good cd. The sound quality is ok, but be warned, some of 'STCFTHOTS' & 'ASOS' have been cut. -ANON The Fillmore material seems to be the same as on the "Live At Winterland" CD, but times out about 2mins. shorter. This is probably a result of the faster tape speed employed for "Black Glass" (comparing the pitch of Roger's voice during his intro. to AHM on both issues). My copy of "Black Glass" has hiss on both channels of both discs; "Winterland" has much less hiss. In addition, the STCFTHOTS excerpt here suffers several unpleasant channel dropouts which are not present on the "Winterland" discs. Bottom line: If you're looking for the better version of the Fillmore material, stick with "Live At Winterland." - THE HEDONIST Decent sound quality. Very good performance on the live stuff. Don't buy this title for the outtakes. Musically, Echoes is the same as the official (I did not compare the vocals). One of These Days (2 versions) is somewhat interesting and sounds like true outtakes. Even so, the song quickly gets repetitive and is not a song I would choose to have an outtake of. Shine On sounds like what the group used to lay the vocal tracks for the 2 sections. The vocals sound like the official version. In short, the supposed outtakes are very disappointing, and not worth the price of the second disc. As a result, this title has questionable value as a double cd. I picked it up for $28 (it was mismarked). I don't think I would want to pay $40 - $50 for it. The cd packaging is excellent. The picture of the band playing behind and above the ballet troupe is great. The shot of the band outside the trailer is an appropriate time period picture (no pig on Dave's shirt!). -Scott In the booklet, Rick Wright is credited with keyboards only, though I believe he does sing on this album. The man pictured on the discs is meant to be the Invisible Man, I think :-) The Fillmore material on this disc matches the description of TSP's "Live at Winterland" (sic) quite accurately. Not having heard that disc I can't vouch for whether Eclipse/NK merely copied it, or got their own source (though they both apparently misspell "Grantchester Meadows"). However, the material suffers from quality and pitch problems that aren't typical of Swingin' Pig, so I doubt they copied LaW directly (digitally). On the other hand, the date and venue on this disc are correct, whereas Live at Winterland was, obviously, mislabelled. I find the concert material listenable but, for the most part, not especially enjoyable, notching about a VG. The performance is competent but not terribly exciting (with certain exceptions, mentioned below), though the band seems in a very good mood. Many of the songs have an "echo" effect on the vocals, and on GM and GITC it's kind of annoying. Several songs (Cymbaline and STCFTHOTS especially) have up to 2 full minutes of tuning, equipment adjustments and the like, which though they may add to authenticity, could easily have been cut or re-indexed. In regard to sound quality, I prefer nearly any track on "Total Eclipse" (for example, compare the tracks from Pepperland); there's just about no audience noise, save between songs, and the instruments and vocals are always quite audible, but there's a sizeable amount of hiss, some distortion, and the sound is somewhat "compressed", muffled and murky, though it is stereo. It almost sounds as if someone made a really great soundboard recording (I hear just about no audience noise on this set), and then high-speed-dubbed a fourth- or fifth-generation copy. Also, a little more than half of the material is too fast (though it isn't really objectionable): Grantchester Meadows, Astronomy Domine, and GITC/CWTAE are all 1/2 step sharp, Cymbaline and Embryo are about 1/4 step sharp, and AHM, STC and ASOS are fine. As to edits and cuts, GM is faded in just after the beginning of the song (but before the verse), as is Embryo. Frustratingly, the two most interesting tracks are also the most chopped: STC is faded in about halfway through the song, and ASOS is faded out only seconds into Syncopated Pandemonium. STC also suffers some strange "shifts" in sound, as if one stereo channel had dropped out and the other one had been panned center (i.e. the sound jumps into mono); this happens very briefly at 1:07 and 1:12, and for a longer period at 1:19-1:41. Despite their problems, though, for me these tracks are the high points of the concert; the quiet, "free" section after the climax of STC is wonderful, and what we have of ASOS is fairly impressive -- less formulaic than in many other performances, with Gilmour in particular expanding the introduction to much longer than usual. It's the sort of thing I could listen to for hours, especially if the sound quality were better. Embryo is also somewhat interesting, despite shifting recording levels near the beginning, with a strange middle section that is fairly different from the studio or the Sept. 16, 1970 versions; and CWTAE (which has more severe problems with the levels, especially right before 8:00 and 11:15) has some wild vocals (more so than usual!) before the screaming starts. On the other hand, Gilmour buggers GITC up fairly royally; he switches the 2nd and 3rd verses and misses the beginning of the 3rd verse, and his voice cracks several times on high notes (though right after that, he sings as high as I've ever heard him sing on his guitar solo, so go figure). GM is disappointing, AD is hampered by low levels, and Cymbaline is a standard rendition with a noticeably short footsteps sequence and *loud* (occasional distortion) vocals. By the way, at the beginning of AHM, while Roger's talking, Rick Wright makes some sort of musical joke to the audience, but I don't get it -- anyone know what the reference is? Now on to the studio material. First we have two alternate versions of "One of these Days", ostensibly out-takes from the Meddle album. Both are of VG/VG+ sound quality, a shade better than the concert material but not enough to matter, and neither has any speed problems. I'm not going to get mixed up in the debate over whether these are genuine -- I believe them to be fakes -- but musically, they're completely uninteresting and not worth your time. Now we're offered a supposed out-take for Echoes. Well, I listened to this one fairly carefully, and as far as I can tell, it is literally nothing more than a direct copy of the album version, without even a *hint* of alteration save that the beginning is buggered up and the ending is faded out, but with the same thin, hissy sound as the rest of these tracks -- and, to top it all off, it's too fast, clocking in at a half-step sharp. A fake, and a dumb one at that. SOYCD is also a fraud, but at least it's a little trickier. The sound is better on this one, maybe scraping an Ex-, and it's a little bit slow, perhaps a quarter-step. It fades in at the beginning of Part 2 and back out early in Part 8 (I believe). Its claim to fame is that the two halves of the song are edited together, with all the verses appearing sequentially, bridged by the same guitar line that originally precedes one of them. Otherwise the track is identical to the WYWH version. Now, I don't own A Collection of Great Dance Songs, but SOYCD is on that album as a single track, the two halves having been joined on that album as well; I'm inclined to guess that this is nothing more than a copy of that cut. Even if it's not lifted from ACOGDS, any idiot with decent digital audio software on his computer could easily have pulled those edits off. Either way, it's lame. Finally, Here Comes Santa. Back to VG/VG+ sound, and it *might* be a touch fast (though I have nothing to which to refer to verify that save traditional concert tuning). It seems authentic (who would fake something like this?), and it's funny the first time you hear it -- but you've got to be pretty die-hard to want to pay RoIO prices for this sort of thing. Black Glass sits squarely on the line that divides RoIOs of historical/completist value from RoIOs you actually listen to more than once. The concert material is quite interesting at its best, but the mediocre sound, speed problems and annoying edits keep it from being more than an occasional listen; the studio material, however, is mostly fake or dubious, and though it was a laudable decision to increase the running time of the set by 40 minutes over the TSP release, the fraudulent nature of this "filler" material really drags down the overall impression of this RoIO -- and if comments above are correct and Winterland has better sound for the Fillmore gig, then it's just a $45 turkey. Buy it if you feel adventurous or can't get LaW, but otherwise save your money. - MT 970706*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Black Holes In The Sky Unique_Id: BLACHOLE Format: 2CD Catalog: GDR CD 9101 Great Dane Records Misc.: Audience recording, ADD, S.I.A.E, STEREO Produced: Made In ITALY, (P) 1991, Great Dane Records, Via L.Manara, 5-20122 MILANO/ITALY Date: 741115 Cover: Drawing of an eye, the blue of the eye is the SKY with clouds and the pupil is the BLACK HOLE. It's PINK FLOYD at top and the title at bottom, in blue on white. Back cover has a picture of PF on stage with circular screen showing clocks from the 'Time' film (from Miles book). Twenty page booklet with lots of pictures (from Miles book) and text about the tour and the different songs, signed by 'Ron Fleisher January 1991'. It also includes a great drawing (one of the first?) of the band by Scarafe, dated Oct. 74. Front of booklet is like a comic book with the text; "Super, all-action official music programme for boys and girls!" Booklet also includes a order form for other Great Dane CDs (see address above). The disc itself says; "Pink Floyd In The Flesh" as opposed to the 'In The Flesh' CD which have 'Black Holes...' on the disc. Sources: 15 Nov 1974, London Empire Pool, Wembley, London (The date is stated on the cover as 16 Nov 1974) Tracks: Disc 1 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 23:53 part one - part nine 2. Raving And Drooling (Sheep) 16:05 3. You've Got To Be Crazy (Dogs) 18:28 4. The Dark Side Of The Moon: 11:32 Speak To Me 3:15 Breathe 3:04 On The Run 5:16 Total time 69:59 Disc 2 1. Time 6:53 46:34 The Great Gig In The Sky 7:42 Money 9:15 Us & Them 8:27 Any Colour You Like 8:38 Brain Damage 3:56 Eclipse 1:42 2. Echoes 24:39 Total time 71:15 Band: Roger Waters Bass David Gilmour Guitar, Vocals Rick Wright Keyboards Nick Mason Drums Dick Parry Sax Carlene Williams Vocals Vanetta Fields Vocals Xref: Money (2CD) Quality: VG+(SP) -HERWIG 7.5 -PIET VG+(SP) -TOR B- -FERNANDO Comments: This is exactly the same recording as you get on 2CD 'Money'. but as 'Money' claims to be (but are NOT) this is the whole show. This one also includes more of Roger speaking with the audience; Audience: 1967!!! Roger: 1967!?! Well, you're wrong this is 1974!!! 'Money' also claims to be recorded on the 14th of November, I belive this is right. After comparing the DSotM part against the roio 'Brain Damage' (which IS from the 16th), I found that they could not be from the same show, even if the recording was fixed before they boadcasted it in 75. It also has the guitar 'trouble' on 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond as is described in comments for 'Money' (and in Miles book). Sheep is announced as "Raving And Drooling I Fall On His Neck With A Scream" and there is a tape played before the song starts. The versions of Sheep and Dogs is a little different from the 75 and 77 versions of these songs. Great Echoes (as always). Very little audience noise on this recording. All times are taken or measured from the CD timer. The tape used when making this CD, is going a bit slow I think. -TOR The wrong speed of the record is a pain, especially in the DSOTM parts and Echoes. Note that this is an audience recording and not from the BBC broadcast on 16 Nov 1974. Title printing on the discs says 'In The Flesh', the people at Great Dane must have switched the labels with the other recording, because that CD's are labelled 'Black Holes...'. 20-page booklet with many photos, cartoons, some explanatory text and a drawing of the PF members from Gerald Scarfe (1974!) The early versions of SOYCD (all nine parts are together, no split between part 5 and 6), Sheep and Dogs are interesting. -HERWIG Taken from the British Winter Tour 74 date at Wembely on the 15/11/74 (not 16th) this excellent package covers the entire show and features a superb 18 page colour booklet by one Ron Fleisher! The tape source is superb. -BD (#24) This CD has been one to suffer from degradation/browning of the aluminium. The following information goes some way to explaining the CD mix-up with In the Flesh as mentioned above. These are the matrix numbers of the GDR CDs 'In the Flesh' and 'Black Holes In the Sky'. Apart from the text 'MANUFACTURED...' and the long number '99195...' they are: old new Black 1: 1102-B 2411-B Black 2: 1102-A 2437-B Flesh 1: 1102-B 1418-B Flesh 2: 1102-A 2437-A 'Old' stands for the CDs that got a brown colour and 'new' stands for the CDs that were received from GDR in exchange for the brown CDs. My discs have some sort of static or fuzz on most of the tracks. It sounds a lot like listening to a radio without having it properly tuned in. "Shine on" and "Raving and Drooling are the only two songs without the static. -SK This is a great show, however the (very!) low speed of the recording makes it hard to enjoy. Besides that, the sound is good. Raving and Drooling and You Gotta Be Crazy are very interesting. Great Echoes as always. - FERNANDO 970324*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Black Wizard Unique_Id: BLACKWIZ Format: CD Catalog: RSC 070 CD Oil Well Misc.: Scancode: 8013013407027 Produced: Italy Date: 710918 Matrix: Disc 1: 9P1950125746 1509-B Cover: Front cover is a close up color photo of Nick Mason playing drums. Back cover is plain and lists songs and dates with no track times. Sources: 18 Sep 1971, Montreux Live at Altes Casino, Montreux, CH - September 18/19, 1971 Tracks: 1. Echoes 24:38 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 13:26 3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 14:47 Total Time: 52:53 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: Ex (SP) -GND Comments: Vol. 1 - I believe Vol. 2 is White Witch Wonderful quality, although it is a bit slow; I only noticed a drop in the recording levels once in Echoes. The songs are not cut during the intermissions between, and you get to hear all of the banter between Waters and the crowd. No crowd noise during the songs. Speed is slow. Excellent addition to any collection. -GND 980818*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Boston Gardens, 18/6-1975 Unique_Id: BOSTONGA Format: 2CD Catalog: Space Music PF001/2 Misc.: Audience, 2-CD slim-sized jewel box Produced: Back cover claims "Made in Germany" Date: 750618 Cover: Front: Warholishly colorized "Meddle" photos of the band Back: Same with song titles Booklet opens up to reveal vertical picture of David Gilmour biting his lip. Back cover of booklet is 1971-era band Inside of back cover is color photo of Syd printed wrong--the turntable visible on the left side makes this clear. Sources: 18 Jun 1975, Boston Gardens, Audience tape. Tracks: Disc 1 1. Raving And Drooling 09:24 2. You Got To Be Crazy (sic) 13:55 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) 12:08 4. Have A Cigar 05:02 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) 10:49 6. Speak To Me 03:14 7. Breathe 02:45 8. On The Run 04:58 Total 67:14 Disc 2 1. Time 04:52 2. The Great Gig In The Sky 05:54 3. Money 08:02 4. Us And Them 07:12 5. Any Colour You Like 08:26 6. Brain Damage 03:52 7. Eclipse 01:57 8. Echoes 21:50 Total 57:13 Band: David Gilmour (guitars, vocals) Nick Mason (percussion, vocals) Roger Waters (bass, vocals) Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals) Xref: Crazy Diamonds Quality: VG+ Ex -THE HEDONIST Comments: Once again, a generally nice recording marred by some very annoying editing: RaD fades up SOYCD I has a tape cut SOYCD II fades down and up and the CD track mark is wrong Later, SOYCD II features yet another cut UaT is missing a bit at the beginning due to a fade It's also annoying having a disc change in the middle of DSOTM, but I suppose that was the only way around putting the set on three CDs. This is presumably the same material as Crazy Diamonds, but I haven't heard that version and can't compare them. After they begin playing SOYCD, Roger decides to introduce it by name, but interrupts himelf to make bizarre choking noises: "This one...[strangling noises]...this is called 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'." This is the same "Echoes" as Total Eclipse, but here it's presented with the beginning and ending completely intact. Some of the best stereo I've ever heard in an audience tape. The cash register at the beginning of "Money" has some very clear separation. All in all, a good recording of a good show, but I have a feeling all those tape cuts are going to get very, very annoying in the long run. With regard to the Boston Gardens CD, I'd disagree with the VG ratings folk have been giving it. I'd rate it as Ex; would've been better still if it weren't for a wee bit too much hiss. -THE HEDONIST Good sound, a little dark (little treble) maybe. There are some very good versions of "Any Colour You Like" and "Echoes" (with a great sax solo). Recorded at the Boston Garden, the first CD to cover a complete 1975 US tour set. Songs a little bass-heavy. -MISC In as much I was asking about a comparison with the Random Precision CD, the responses I received were more or less given about the shows themselves. All responses were unanimously in favor of the Boston Gardens 16 Jun 75 show over the NY 18 Jun 75 show. Many thanks to those who did respond, in fact I'm listening to the Boston Gardens 16 Jun 75 roio as I type and I can attest to the performance at this show as being top notch. While I will agree on the comments in the roio db about the few edits (especially during SOYCD) as somewhat annoying, the sound and performance is better than I had hoped and more than outweight the deficiencies listed. I would even go so far as to say that if the NY 18 Jun 75 show is near the level of this show it would be a worthy one to have as well. -ANON Avoid this CD like the plague. The edits are annoying, to say the least. I have the Crazy Diamonds version of this concert, and the edits are not there for the most part. The maker of this CD apparently thought it would be cute to have a fade out at the end of each track and a fade up at the beginning of the next. The problem here is that, with material like Dark Side of the Moon, it is absolutely essential that the music be continuous. This doesn't happen on Crazy Diamonds (except in a couple of places). And, if memory serves, this seems to be two concerts edited together. The Raving and Drooling and You Gotta Be Crazy tracks are taken from one show, and the rest of the show is taken from another. R&D and YGBC are from the 16 Jun 75 show at Nassau Coliseum, while the rest of the show is from Boston Gardens (I checked them against Total Eclipse to be sure.). It sucks, trust me. Find Crazy Diamonds if at all possible. -PK I just wanted to say something to Boston Gardens. It's very good, but the editing makes it just okay. It really cuts a large part of it out and almost ruins the ROIO. But overall, it's okay. -ANON I think the differing opinions on the annoying editing on this CD set can be explained because there are two of this "seemingly same" disc set. My friend bought this disc (I have had a tape for years) and it sounded amazing. There were only a couple of fade out/in edits that seemed to make sense given analog recording and tape flips (it was also the same edits I have known for years). I ran out to the same store and bought the same disc and it had fade out/ins between every song on Dark Side and listening to it drove me nuts. We compared the two disc sets and the only differences we could find had to do with the pictures on the cover. On one of them the photos had better color and focus. I also seem to recall that one of them had pink discs and one didn't. I'm not sure though. I can't recall which was which but knowing there are two versions of this same disc (not same show) may help... I hope people that have this disc can write in with any comments on which is which as I have avoided buying it since I do not want to get stuck with the one that has VERY annoying edits. You just can't fade out and in between brain damage and eclipse (as well as every other song on DSOTM). 941112*************************************************************** Artist: Screaming Abdabs Title: Brain Damage Unique_Id: BRAINDAM Format: CD Catalog: Sigma 6 DSM-1972 Misc.: Special collectors series. Thanks to no. 6 Produced: 1989 Digital Junkie, Made in Japan (The pink (!) CD itself says (c)1985 -PIET) Date: 741116 Cover: Picture of Floyd outside Rainbow Theatre doing a 'sieg heil' greeting. Sources: 16 Nov 1974, London. Tracks: 1. Speak To Me 2:30 2. Breathe 2:49 3. On The Run 5:07 4. Time 5:27 Breathe (Reprise) 1:02 6:29 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 6:49 6. Money 7:49 7. Us And Them 7:51 8. Any Colour You Like 7:33 9. Brain Damage 3:42 10. Eclipse 1:58 Total: 52:39 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Dick Parry (Sax)* Carlene Williams (Vocals)* Vanetta Fields (Vocals)* Xref: Brain Damage Dark Night In Atlanta In The Sky London 1972 (From the Dark Side of the Moon) Other Side of the Moon Vol 2 Sampler 1992 (Breathe only) She Kisses Like A Machine Quality: Sup -TOR Comments: Cover claims that this is from London 1972, but it is from a BBC broadcast of the concert at Empire Pool, Wembley, London at 16 Nov 1974. The speaking at the begining of Speak To Me, saying; "I've been mad for fucking years...." a couple of times, is present as oposed to a vinyl version I've heard where this was edited away (censored by BBC ?). A must have. -TOR It is very good quality (Hip Cat billed it as the best live DS recording in existence), but the format is precisely that of the studio album. I much prefer the Kahoutek version becuase of its demonstrable differences from what eventually became the studio version.In this particular recording Roger has a hard time keeping a steady beat in his bass solo at the beginning of Money. At any rate, I would consider this boot to be a must-have only if you're a perfectionist in the completeness of your boot collection. -ANON Good stereo effects throughout the concert. The lady-speaker at the airport is very clear. The audience is only heard at the very ends of "On The Run", "The Great Gig In The Sky", "Money" and "Eclipse", and at the start of "Brain Damage" (just as the audience is supposed to behave). Nice version of "Any Colour You Like" -PIET It would be great if, just for once, a b**tlegger could get everything right. On this CD sound quality and packaging are excellent, yet the date suggested is out by two years: the catalogue number indicates Dark Side from 1972, but it's actually the Radio 1 broadcast of part of Floyd's November 16 '74 Wembely Arena gig. After a little tape hiss during the opening heart-beats, the recording is excellent quality stereo. "I've been mad for fucking years" comes out loud and clear - I bet BBC loved that! On The Run has some quite startling stereo effects, Any Colour You like is nicely improvised and Eclipse ends with loud applause and what sounds like gongs banging away. All in all, a very nice recording of a vintage performance and a slice of nostalgia for we older fans who remember taping the original FM broadcast in '75. The front of the insert is from the same sesion as the Italian 'Piper' cover, except the boys are giving Nazi salutes - it would have been interesting if the press had seen this when Mr Waters played in Berlin. The rear insert of the (jewel-box) CD case is a 1972 promo shot. Strongly recomended. -TAP (#54) It appears that there is a new version of this with an 11th track, of Shine On You Crazy Diamond. The new CD comes in an LP sized box with another box inside. Outside box has a Scarfe like drawing and back has a picture of someone with his hands over his face sticking out his tounge. Box opens with a wax paper (you know the things they use in albums) over it with the bax photo again and Brain Dammage smeared across it. Inside Back picture is repeated again and continued on to the CD sitting in the center. -MISC This recording is taken from the soundboard and is of excellent quality musically. CD is listed as being from 1972; it is really from the 1974 tour. -ECM 941112*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Brain Damage Unique_Id: BRDAMCAP Format: CD Catalog: CR-1001 Capricorn Misc.: CD says "CD 2001", Distributed by Trident East 23 Produced: Made in Australia by Capricorn Records Date: 741116 Cover: Front and Back: black-and-white pictures of the pyramids, from DSoTM photo shoot. No lettering on front, songs listed on back in white letters, with "Capricorn Records in red letters. Spine: "Pink Floyd Brain Damage" in white letters on dark background. Insert: includes all song titles, a listing of band personnel, photos from the _Shine On_ book, and a brief story on the recording history of DSoTM. Full-colour photos inside show signs of being "blown-up" from _Shine On_ material. Sources: 16 Nov 1974, London, BBC broadcast. Tracks: 1. Speak To Me 2. Breathe 3. On The Run 4. Time 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 6. Money 7. Us And Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse Total time: 52:38 (from both CD and disc player) Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Dick Parry Carlene Williams Vanetta Fields Xref: Brain Damage Dark Night In Atlanta In The Sky London 1972 (From the Dark Side of the Moon) Other Side of the Moon Vol 2 Sampler 1992 (Breathe only) She Kisses Like A Machine Quality: Sup - RUDI Comments: This is the same as the previous _Brain Damage_ by Sigma 6 records. In fact, I think it's probably made by the same company. The composer credits for many songs are way off the mark. For example: Speak To Me (gilmore [sic] - waters - wright - mason) Money (wright) No matter, because the performance is great, with incredible sound quality, thanks to its BBC broadcast origin. It's a good CD to have if you seek a post-release performance of DSoTM. All of the comments for the other _Brain Damage_ still apply. - RUDI I've finally had the opportunity to A-B the new Capricorn issue of "Brain Damage" against the original Sigma 6 issue. The latter seems to retain slightly higher fidelity and 'loudness' to my ears - perhaps Capricorn No-Noised their disk.... -THE HEDONIST 971020*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Brain Damage Unique_Id: BRDAMTSP Format: CD Catalog: TSP-CD-176 Misc.: ! Produced: Luxembourg Date: 741116 Cover: Light through a prism. Folded insert. Prism colors inside with band listing. Sources: 16 Nov 1974, London, BBC broadcast. Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak To Me 1:30 2. Breathe in the Air 2:59 3. On The Run 4:59 4. Time 6:31 5. The Great Gig in the Sky 6:51 6. Money 7:45 7. Us and Them 7:42 8. Any Color You Like 7:31 9. Brain Damage 3:40 10. Eclipse 1:37 Total Time: 51:13 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Dick Parry Carlene Williams Vanetta Fields Xref: Brain Damage Brain Damage Dark Night In Atlanta In The Sky London 1972 (From the Dark Side of the Moon) Other Side of the Moon Vol 2 Sampler 1992 (Breathe only) She Kisses Like A Machine Quality: EX+? Comments: There is yet another 11/16/74 DSOTM roio entitled BRAIN DAMAGE, made by The Swingin' Pig records. A few weeks ago, I ordered BRAIN DAMAGE, expecting to get either the Sigma 6 version or the Capricorn version.......BUT I ended up with a version by The Swingin' Pig. Were you aware of this? I cannot believe that there are now 3 roios of the same performance with the same title. At least TSP could have done like everyone else, and given it a different title. -ANON Excellent stereo recording. Crowd is very polite (no screaming here). All tape effects very clear. Of course, the remaining part of the show was not included. Nice, but incomplete. Minimum packaging. All tracks separately indexed. Swingin Pig should have used a different title. - JZ 971021************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Brain Damage Unique_Id: BRDAMWRK Format: CD Catalog: WORK 5520 Misc.: Limited Edition Produced: 1991 Date: 741116 Matrix: Disc 1: Cover: The packaging is of Superior quality and is 12" LP sized, slip case gatefold box. Front: Person (man) sitting in fetal position "PINK FLOYD" at top of cover "Brain Damage-Screaming Abdabs-London Wembley 16 Nov 1974" at bottom Sources: 16 Nov 1974 Wembley Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak to Me 2:03 2. Breathe 2:52 3. Time 5:11 4. On the Run 6:05 5. The Great Gig in the Sky 6:38 6. Money 7:39 7. Us and Them 7:37 8. Any Colour You Like 7:25 9. Brain Damage 3:33 10. Eclipse 1:59 11. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 19:43 Total Time: 70:49 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Brain Damage Brain Damage Dark Night In Atlanta In The Sky London 1972 (From the Dark Side of the Moon) Other Side of the Moon Vol 2 Sampler 1992 (Breathe only) She Kisses Like A Machine Quality: EX Comments: Back Cover has the following text: Live recorded in London Wembley Arena Palais Des Sports, Paris,France, 1974 by Dick Adams & P Moll. Assistant Engineer: Paul Rolf. Produced by Dick Adams for Men At Work. Line Up: David Gilmour Vocals, Guitar, VCS3. Nick Mason Percussion, tape effects. Richard Wright Keyboards, Vocals, VCS3. Roger Waters Bass guitar, Vocals, VCS3, tape effects. Note: Track 11: first live performance, completely different version. Also included with the box are: A yellow sticker that has the title etc on it. (probably attached to the shrink wrap at original purchase) A "business card" That contains the track listings and the material stated above as on the back cover. Also a small strip of paper containing all the "legal" b.s. This is an excellent recording... not sure about the origin of SOYCD. The quality of the packaging is second to none. The guys are in good form during this recording and the SQ is above average for the time period as far as recordings go. IMO this is definately worth searching for, if there's any still around. - PINK 981201************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Breast Milky Unique_Id: BREAMILK Format: 2CD Catalog: Highland 174/75 Misc.: Produced: Date: 700429 Matrix: Disc 1: Cover: Sources: 29 Apr 1970, 10Jun69 Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Grantchester Meadows 2. Astronomy Domine 3. Astronomy Domine 4. Cymbaline 5. Atom Heart Mother (small band version) 6. Embryo Disc: 2 1. Green is the Colour 2. Careful with that Axe, Eugene 3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 4. A Saucerful of Secrets 5. Careful with that Axe, Eugene 6. A Saucerful of Secrets 7. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 8. Green is the Colour Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: All but the last four tracks are listed as 29 Apr 70, evening show, Fillmore West The last four tracks (on Disc two) are listed as Ulster hall, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, June 10, 1969. This one is okay, but don't cross the street for it unless they're charging $20 for the double-disc set (I paid $45 with shipping and handling). It will pad your collection, but you can do without it (hey, if nothing else, the packaging is quite nice!). BARELY "listenable" for more than one or two plays little historical significance and audio quality is four to five to six (when you're lucky!). The disc is on the Highland "label." Highland is a bit of an enigma; they have some good, good stuff, but they also have some "question marks" this CD is a very good example of both. First, the bad news: "Breast Milky" contains two songs - "Saucerful of Secrets" and "Set the Controls" that appear to me to have been lifted directly from Ummagumma and "muffled down" to sound like RoIO's. I'm fairly certain this is the case, as Ummagumma is my second-favorite Floyd album (since you're wondering, "More" is the very favorite!) and I have listened to it easily thousands of times since its release. On the "good news" side of things, I own other RoIO's released by Highland, and they are quite good, especially "Pepperland in the West" and to a lesser degree, "The Journey Through the Past." But anyway, here are my notes on "Breast Milky." Overall, the discs are quite "hissy" and given that they are "regular" CDs (not CD-R's) I'm, I guess, surprised that some form of noise reduction wasn't used, along with some audio tricks such as a BBE maximizer or equivalent to pump the life back into the songs "Grantchester Meadows" - sounds very close to the "no audience" version from the public television taping, although at the conclusion you can hear audience applause and Rick Wright pulls off a very nice segue using his Farfisa organ bringing the Floyd into an excellent version of "Astronomy Domine." A typically solid "Cymbaline" follows. The small band version of "AHM" performance is also well-done, featuring some ambitious drumming by Nick, perhaps the most aggressive I've heard amongst the various RoIO's. The rest of the band seems to follow Nick's lead, providing what appears IMHO to be a most inspired rendition of one of my favorites, AHM sans brass and choir. Also apparent are Rick's left-hand organ lines; I couldn't help but notice that on this piece he seems to favor chording with his right hand and playing lines with his left. "The Embryo" starts off with some funny remarks which sound as though the come from Nick: "All together now (laughter), one, two, three, four!" and they launch this mid-70's staple. A weak version, however, due to a very poor harmony vocal - can't tell who it is. Gilmour is solid as always on lead. Disc Two begins with "Green is the Colour" and Dave screws up badly, he skips a verse and goes into the chorus prematurely, then goes to the second verse, all this whilst his voice cracks in a couple places no wonder bands hate certain RoIO's! In all, he seems quite lost the tune segues into "Eugene" which is a typical version. "Set the Controls" follows, and is very faint in volume, extremely low in relation to the tape hiss and for that reason immediately disposable. Tracks 5 and 6 appear to have been lifted directly from "Ummagumma" and muffled to sound as though they are RoIO's. Why? Track 7 is a decent version of "Set the Controls" although the sound is quite tinny (ah, I'm so jaded by awesome quality of the "Montreux Casino" CD!). Finally, another version of "Green is the Colour" ends this disc. This version contains the seagull cries and the audio quality starts off at about a 5+ and finishes at about 3+ with a clipped ending as the tune was segueing into "Eugene". Dave sounds tired on this one, which is how the tune itself is rendered here both in performance and audio quality. - Z-MAN 970914*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Brick By Brick Unique_Id: BRICKBYB Format: 3CD Catalog: GDR CD 9313/ABC Great Dane Misc.: SIAE/AAD, booklet says recorded from reel-to-reel tape Produced: Italy, 5/93 Date: 800228 Cover: Front: Top is a big yellow ink splotch with "Pink Floyd" written in red Scarfe lettering. Bottom is a small yellow rectangle with "Brick By Brick" written in the same red lettering. The artwork is best described as an orange background with black ink splattered across the bottom in an "X" with "Pink" standing in the middle of the "X". In the middle of the orange background is a purple silouette of Pink's wife--the cartoon image of when his wife turns into a monster. Back: Top is the same big yellow ink splotch with the track lists for each of the three disks. Bottom is a yellow rectangle which says "all songs by Roger Waters unless noted" and briefly states the date/venue of the concert and rehersals. The artwork is depicted as a desolate place, desertlike, like after a nuclear holocaust, with Pink in the midst sitting in his recliner watching TV with his reading lamp standing next to him. Booklet: Animation scenes from the show, photos of the live show and setup, text explaining the origins of The Wall concept (i.e. the 'Animals' tour) and description of the show. Sources: 28 Feb 1980, Nassau Coliseum, NY. Feb 1, 1980, Paramount Studios, LA (Wall Rehearsals) Tracks: Disc 1 1. Introduction 1:59 2. In The Flesh 3:32 3. The Thin Ice 3:10 4. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.1) 5:01 5. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives 1:46 6. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.2) 6:15 7. Mother 7:50 8. Goodbye Blue Sky 3:44 9. What Shall We Do Now? 4:36 10. Young Lust (Gilmour,Waters) 5:16 11. One Of My Turns 3:44 12. Don't Leave Me Now 4:06 13. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.3) 4:37 14. Goodbye Cruel World 1:51 Total 57:33* Disc 2 1. Hey You 5:30 2. Is There Anybody Out There? 2:58 3. Nobody Home 3:30 4. Vera 1:14 5. Bring The Boys Back Home 1:20 6. Comfortably Numb (Gilmour,Waters) 7:25 7. The Show Must Go On 2:37 8. Isn't This Where We Came In? 2:55 (announcement) 9. In The Flesh? 4:48 10. Run Like Hell (Gilmour,Waters) 7:50 11. Waiting For The Worms 4:04 12. Stop 0:30 13. The Trial 6:23 14. Outside The Wall 4:01 Total 55:05* Disc 3 1. The Thin Ice 2:55 2. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.1) 5:13 3. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives 1:28 4. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.2) 6:30 5. Mother 7:18 6. Goodbye Blue Sky 4:32 7. Empty Spaces 1:25 8. What Shall We Do Now? 1:48 9. Young Lust (Gilmour,Waters) 5:03 10. One Of My Turns 3:30 11. Sort Yourself Out James 1:53 12. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.3) 2:46 13. Goodbye Cruel World 2:59 14. Hey You 7:06 15. Don't Start The Tapes James 1:14 16. Is There Anybody Out There? 3:32 17. Nobody Home 3:50 18. Vera 1:26 19. Bring The Boys Back Home 1:36 20. Comfortably Numb (Gilmour,Waters) 7:04 21. The Show Must Go On 2:47 Total 75:55* Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Snowy White (guitar) Andy Bown (bass) Peter Wood (keyboards) Willie Wilson (drums) Xref: Behind The Wall Wallpower The Wall The Wall Rehearsals Pink Floyd The Wall (3LP), And The Walls Came Down (3LP) Quality: EX+ -THE HEDONIST EX+ -ADAM Comments: Excellent sound on the Nassau concert. The rehearsal material doesn't fare so well, with level fluctuations being the main irritant - interesting stuff though. -THE HEDONIST * Indexing is a bit off. Individual track times are not printed in the booklet or on the discs. The totals above are the sum of individual track times taken from the CD player. The following are the total times taken from the CD player when the discs first start up: Disc 1 - 57:33, Disc 2 - 55:12, Disc 3 - 76:06 This concert is considered probably the best live performance of The Wall. The songs are excellent, the transitions between songs are excellent, and the improvisations are excellent. What more can I say? This is definitely a must have! Hip Cat bills it as Best Sounding Live Wall CD!!! And I couldn't agree more. It is basically the same as Behind The Wall, except without the Roger's Seville '91 set. As with other Great Dane discs, the packaging is excellent. The colors stand out with vibrant yellow, orange, and red colors with the ink splattering stuff that is common in Scarfe artwork. The booklet text describes Roger's spitting incident, briefly analyzes The Wall concept, and talks about some of the venues where it was performed live. Disc 3 is probably my favorite of the whole package. There is no hiss and, when cranked up, sounds like they are performing just for you in a stadium with no annoying screaming fans spoiling it for you. It's in stereo, so it wasn't recorded on a cheap walkman. My guess is that it was someone who had a ghetto-blaster equipped with 2 mics and decided to sacrifice a tape by quickly filling in the punch-out wholes, popping it back in, quickly rewinding it, and pressing "Record". A Definite Must Have!!! - ADAM I question the date of the show. According to the LP database, the Feb 26 show had technical problems: missing 'call the schoolmaster' (The Trial). "call the schoolmaster" is missing on Brick By Brick, Behind the Wall, and Monopoly. All listed as Feb 28 shows. Brick By Brick out of print (Great Dane). Excellent sound quality - JZ 970324************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: British Winter Tour 74 Unique_Id: BRITWINT Format: CD Catalog: BWT-74 Misc.: "Promotional Copy NOT FOR SALE" written on disc... Produced: Japan Date: 741119 Matrix: Disc 1: BWT74 24165X IFPI L602 Cover: Front: Blue, with "Pink Floyd" written in red, and "74" made with pictures of the band. "7" is Wright+Mason, "4" is Waters+ Gilmour. Back: Blue, headline "British Winter Tour 74" and handwritten lyrics, copied directly from the roio-lp of same name. Sources: 19 Nov 1974, Trentham Gardens, Stoke on Trent. Taken directly from the roio-lp of the same name, which means that this is from Trentham Gardens, Stoke, 19 Nov 1974. Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Raving And Drooling 11:43 2. Gotta Be Crazy 15:21 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I - IX) 20:51 Total Time: 47:57 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: British Winter Tour 74 - LP Quality: VG+ - Oscar Comments: Finally, this gem of the '74 concert in Trentham Gardens shows up on cd. As it is copied directly from the lp, sometimes scratches and other unwanted noises appear. Not that is is too disturbing, the lp-source must have been in pretty good condition. Sound quality is VG+, a little thin on the bass and a bit muttered. Shine On is in one piece. The performance is pretty tight, and it's always nice to hear the nine parts of SOYCD together as they always should have been, imho. I recommend it. - Oscar 990909*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Brutish Temptation Unique_Id: BRUTTEMP Format: 2CD Catalog: WPOCM 1090 F059-2 World Productions Of Compact Music Misc.: Produced: Date: 701017 Cover: Front: Black with a brown and white cow "PINK FLOYD" in half-inch pink letters cewntered across the top "Brutish Temptation" in quarter-inch pink letters positioned about 2/3 across the bottom Back: Stageshot of Dave, Sowy White, and Nick, although Dave is the only one that is recognizable. Photo is from the '77 tour. Dave is wearing the Pig shirt. Track listing and other writing in pink lettering Inside: left side is stageshot of Rick right side is stageshot of Nick Sources: 17 Oct 1970, San Rafael. Tracks: Disc 1 1. Asrtronomy Domine (1st attempt) 1:41 (2nd attempt) 1:06 (3rd attempt) 5:36 2. Fat Old Sun 11:06 3. Cymbaline 10:13 4. The Embryo 8:32 Total time: 42:05 Disc 2 1. Atom Heart Mother 18:37 2. A Saucerful Of Secrets 19:34 3. Green Is The Colour 3:21 4. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:24 Total time: 52:38 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Pepperland in the West The Astronomy Incident Quality: Comments: Recorded in San Rafael on October 17 '70 (a week after the release of 'Atom Heart Mother'), this has what can only be described as typical b**tleg quality, i.e. most instruments audible most of the time but with serious distortion in places. There's a troubled start with a power failure during the first verse of Astronomy. "Thank you; now for our next number..." quips Roger. He then mumbles about splitting some power leads. We soon hear the familiar intro again... but the next breakdown occours even sooner. For the third attempt, Floyd abandon the intro and, after Roger's "1-2-3-4", starts almost immediately with the vocals. A quite decent version follows. Roger reminds the audience that Fat Old Sun is from the just-released album; nothing special otherwise. Now in one of his more talkative mods, Roger announces: "This next song has something to do with dreaming. It's called Cymbaline". This version includes the footsteps. Embryo, unfortunately, fades out just before the third verse. The vocals on the non- orchestrated Atom Heart Mother are better than those on, for example, 'Life Could Be A Dream' and although the psychedelic bit is missing, it is the full-length thing. Saucerful... isn't the best version I've heard. Celestial Voices sounds like a mix of different recordings (the sound fluctuates greatly). Green Is The Colour makes up for it with superb vocals by Dave (if only the quality was better). Finaly, Careful With That Axe is quite good but nothing to write home about (that's why I wrote to TAP instead). This isn't essential, but your cash could be spent on worse things. -TAP (#54) I give this roio an excellent rating, though the sound quality is not the best. You get a more relaxed version of AHM than on the fall 1971 shows (without the aweful orchestra and choir set up that ruins an excellent song) and you get to hear an early live playing of Fat Old Sun (new to this tour). Careful with that Axe has got some excellent vocals by Dave after Roger's scream. Considering that most if not all other currently available cd's from this tour seem to have the orchestra on AHM (which sucks), this is a must have cd from the wonderful 1970-1971 shows. -Scott I give this ROIO an excellent rating. This is the first Fat Old Sun ever played, and is quite unique. Cymballine has the footsteps sequence, and is very extensive. Atom Heart Mother is excellent. The entire song has a spaced out jam which goes on and on, Dave really outdoes himself. Green is the Color is incredible. Best one I have ever heard. Dave lyrics at the end are insane, as he sings with his guitar. And finally Careful with that ax Eugene is excellent. Roger just does not want to quit with his scream, and the buildup is awesome. All in all, I think that this is a must have concert. If you are true Floydians (which I know you are), you need this concert just for the Green. It is that incredible!!! - BD 961119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: By The Light of the Silvery Moon Unique_Id: BYLIGHTO Format: 2CD Catalog: 66111-30271, KTS of Australia 1995 Findon, South Australia Misc.: Purple CD's, Audience, slim double jewel case. Produced: Australia, 1995 Date: 940718 Cover: Front : Moon shines down from clouds on dark mountains, Back: moon and setlist. It also reads, "Recorded live at Giant Stadium in New Jersey on 7-18-94. This is their final concert in the USA & features the complete and unedited live version of The Dark Side of the Moon." Booklet : Just one sheet of paper with a pic of the boys from the Momentary Lapse tour CD's : Purple CD's that say "By Light of the Silvery Moon." They also have weird drawings of a moon and an odd sun. Sources: 18 Jul 1994, Recorded Live At Giants Stadium, East Rutherford New Jersey Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) 11:59 2. Learning To Fly 5:30 3. High Hopes 8:35 4. Take It Back 6:15 5. Coming Back To Life 6:39 6. Sorrow 10:13 7. Keep Talking 7:48 8. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) 7:00 9. One Of These Days 6:45 Disc 2: 1. Speak to Me/Breathe in the Air 4:26 2. On the Run 4:13 3. Time 6:50 4. The Great Gig in the Sky 4:56 5. Money 8:01 6. Us and Them 7:19 7. Any Colour you Like 3:06 8. Brain Damage 3:41 9. Eclipse 2:52 10. Wish you Were Here 5:35 11. Comfortably Numb 9:55 12. Run Like Hell 9:02 Band: David Gilmour Guitars, vocals Nick Mason Drums Rick Wright Keyboards, vocals Guy Pratt Bass/vocals Durga McBroom Backing vocals Jon Carin Keyboards/vocals Sam Brown Backing vocals Tim Renwick Guitars Claudia Fontaine Backing vocals Gary Wallis Percussion Dick Parry Saxophones Xref: By Light of the Silvery Moon Quality: VG+ -PFLOYDMAN Comments: Good audience recording of the last DSotM '94 USA Show. The sound quality is similar to the Tampa concert but it sounds somewhat far away at times. Sometimes the volume goes up and down as well. Not quite as good as "giants at giants." Audience can be heard, but mainly inbetween songs. Very nice are Dave's comments after the DSotM-set, in which he thanks Roger Waters! Though the sound quality is not as good as Giants at Giants, it is a better show than 17 Jul so if you want the best show,then this is for you. - PFLOYDMAN Quality is good (sometimes lots of applause, but not irritating) and the performance is better than 7-17. Lots of different solos, endings etc. The effects at the end of HH, TIB, KT, ABITW2, etc. are much more extended, especially KT. DSOTM starts out a little loud but quiets down and has a great version of Great Gig and Us and Them. Also Brain Damage/Eclipse are great! Overall, a much better RoIO than Miami, performance-wise. One of the best 94-performances I've heard. -PIET "By Light of the Silvery Moon" is a hot performance, and gets a 8 on the "inspiration & improvisation" factor. I too was curious about this roio so I ordered it. It is just an average recording of the 18 Jul 94 show on 2 discs. -ANON 961119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: By The Light of the Silvery Moon Unique_Id: BYLIGHT2 Format: 2CD Catalog: KTSOA 027A/B, Kiwi Records Misc.: Audience Produced: Australia, 1995 Date: 940718 Cover: ! Sources: 18 Jul 1994, Recorded Live At Giants Stadium, East Rutherford New Jersey Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) 11:59 2. Learning To Fly 5:30 3. High Hopes 8:35 4. Take It Back 6:15 5. Coming Back To Life 6:39 6. Sorrow 10:13 7. Keep Talking 7:48 8. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) 7:00 9. One Of These Days 6:45 Disc 2: 1. Speak to Me/Breathe in the Air 4:26 2. On the Run 4:13 3. Time 6:50 4. The Great Gig in the Sky 4:56 5. Money 8:01 6. Us and Them 7:19 7. Any Colour you Like 3:06 8. Brain Damage 3:41 9. Eclipse 2:52 10. Wish you Were Here 5:35 11. Comfortably Numb 9:55 12. Run Like Hell 9:02 Band: David Gilmour Guitars, vocals Nick Mason Drums Rick Wright Keyboards, vocals Guy Pratt Bass/vocals Durga McBroom Backing vocals Jon Carin Keyboards/vocals Sam Brown Backing vocals Tim Renwick Guitars Claudia Fontaine Backing vocals Gary Wallis Percussion Dick Parry Saxophones Xref: By Light of the Silvery Moon Quality: Ex - LIVE MUSIC REVIEW Comments: This CD was originally issued by an outfit who called themselves "KTS of Australia." Perhaps unsurprisingly, the original KTS in Italy, who are entirely unaffiliated with the Aussie company, objected to the appropriation of their moniker. So the erstwhile KTS of Oz have now renamed themselves "Kiwi Records" (although since this implies NZ....well, it's an ROIO co. innit?) and this CD is their reissue of the original "KTS of Oz" release, complete with new label name, etc. -THE HEDONIST 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Bytes Of The Talisman Unique_Id: BYTETALI Format: CD Catalog: NZCD 88002 Neutral Zone Misc.: Produced: Date: 700916 Cover: Front: sun rising from behind a pyramid ? Desert with palm tree in front Back: standard 'live' photo of the band with the huge screen in the back and a tracklist. This is the same picture as the top-back-side picture on the LP "Pink Floyd - Embryo" (San Diego 1971) Sources: 16 Sep 1970, London, England. 16/9/70, Paris Theatre, London, UK (1-4) 30/9/71, Paris Theatre, London, UK (5,6) Tracks: 1. Embryo 10:06 2. Green Is The Colour 3:38 3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 7:17 4. If 4:26 5. One Of These Days 6:32 6. Echoes 25:42 Total recorded time 57 minutes 22 seconds Band: David Gilmour* Nick Mason* Roger Waters* Richard Wright* Xref: Quality: Ex -F Comments: This is a great boot. There is strong bass throughout the recording, although it is sometimes slightly distorted. There is no audience noise and the recording is quite clean. No drop outs. It must have been taken from vinyl, as pops can be heard, but they are barely perceptable. Embryo is fantastic with a squealing guitar like the one in the strange middle part of Echoes. The scream in Careful With That Axe seems to hang forever, a good effect. One Of These Days and Echoes are also quite nice. The line "One of the days, I'm going..." appears at the end of the song rather than the middle. -F NOTE: This information was derived from a second generation tape (and thus the quality of the original may be better than Ex). I cannot be positive that it is Bytes, but I know that it is from Oct. 3, 1971. It could have been made from a vinyl source, but if the CD is taken from the same source, it is no doubt wonderful. -F Recording taken from vinyl as evidenced by pops and static. Otherwise, good sound; not great. -ECM 981201************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: California Moon Unique_Id: CALIMOON Format: CD Catalog: RSC CD 069 Oil Well Misc.: Very clear soundboard recording Scancode: 8013013406921 Produced: April 1995 Date: 700429 Matrix: Disc 1: 991950125581 1506-B Cover: Close up of Dave playing his guitar in his favorite blue tshirt. The background is red and gives the appearance of him playing in a bubble. Border of CD cover is about 1/2 inch of red all around. CD back is plain white with setlist written. CD is plain with song listing and oil wells to the left side and "PINK FLOYD" "CALIFORNIA MOON" written at top. Sources: 29 Apr 1970, San Francisco CD says "Live in San Francisco, CA - October 21, 1970 - 1970 - Vol. 1". but this is from the April 29, 1970 show at San Francisco's Fillmore West. Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Embryo 2. Green Is The Color 3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 4. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 5. A Saucerful Of Secrets (segment) Total Time: 44:26 Band: Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Roger Waters Xref: Live At Winterland Black Glass Embryo Psychedilcamania Quality: EX+ -ERIC O Comments: This is a very clean recording. If you are looking for a good version of the 1st show on April 29, 1970 this is the one to look for. It is far better than any other I have heard. Less audience noise plus the interaction that Roger has with the audience is left intact. Roger is very communicable with the crowd during this show. - ERIC O. Some years ago, "Oil Well" company bought out "Swingin' Pig Records". Then, several "new" RoIOs appeared, under the "Oil Well" label, but some of them were in fact digital copies of old "Swingin' Pig" RoIOs. Some examples: "Echoes" is a reissue of "One Of These Days", "Green Is The Color" is a reissue of "Amsterdam 69", "Black Wizard" and "White Witch" are a reissue of "Live In Montreux". This one is the perfect copy of "Live At Winterland", disc two! The timings are exacly the same. Even the date on the sleeve (21 Oct 1970) is the same wrong date as on the "Live At Winterland" RoIO! So, this is the April 29, 1970 show at San Francisco's Fillmore West. This is *not* the afternoon show at KQED TV studios that happened the same day (that TV show was performed without audience). - MARC-OLIVIER 981201************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: California Sun Unique_Id: CALIFSUN Format: CD Catalog: RSC CD 068 Oil Well Misc.: Very clear soundboard recording Scancode: 8013013406822 Produced: April 1995 Date: 700429 Matrix: Disc 1: 991950125580 1506-A Cover: Close up of Rick behind keyboard in some kind of neo-1970ish looking red vinyl or leather jacket with a paper cup and a pack of Marlboros on laying on the top of the keyboard. Border of CD cover is about 1/2 inch of red all around. CD back is plain white with setlist written. CD is plain with song listing and oil wells to the left side and "PINK FLOYD" "CALIFORNIA SUN" written at top. Sources: 29 Apr 1970, San Francisco CD says "Live in San Francisco, CA - October 21, 1970 - Vol. 1". but this is from the April 29, 1970 show at San Francisco's Fillmore West. Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Grantchester Meadows 2. Astronomy Domine 3. Cymbaline 4. Atom Heart Mother Total Time: 47:01 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Live At Winterland Black Glass Embryo Psychedilcamania Quality: EX+ -ERIC O. Comments: This is a very clean recording. If you are looking for a good version of the 1st show on April 29, 1970 this is the one to look for. It is far better than any other I have heard. Less audience noise plus the interaction that Roger has with the audience is left intact. Roger is very communicable with the crowd during this show. - ERIC O. Very plain white packaging, says that it is Vol 1. Gets a little bass distortion from time to time. Before Atom Heart Mother, DG says "when we're in England, we're making a new album, at the moment, and this thing we're going to play is going to be one side of it." Instruments are tuned, then "Also we're taking a break when we finish this, it seems to have gone very quickly this evening, maybe we've been playing really fast. Anyway we are, don't go away when we leave the stage we are coing back, it won't be very long. Ready?" Then AHM begins with airplane engine noises. Some years ago, "Oil Well" company bought out "Swingin' Pig Records". Then, several "new" RoIOs appeared, under the "Oil Well" label, but some of them were in fact digital copies of old "Swingin' Pig" RoIOs. Some examples: "Echoes" is a reissue of "One Of These Days", "Green Is The Color" is a reissue of "Amsterdam 69", "Black Wizard" and "White Witch" are a reissue of "Live In Montreux". This one is the perfect copy of "Live At Winterland", disc one! The timings are exacly the same. Even the date on the sleeve (21 Oct 1970) is the same wrong date as on the "Live At Winterland" RoIO! So, this is the April 29, 1970 show at San Francisco's Fillmore West. This is *not* the afternoon show at KQED TV studios that happened the same day (that TV show was performed without audience). - MARC-OLIVIER 971020*************************************************************** Artist: Roger Waters Title: Canada 1987 Unique_Id: CANADA87 Format: CD Catalog: LSCD 51562 (Live Storm) Misc.: ! Produced: Italy, 1994 Date: 871107 Cover: Front: Lower portion of a face, centred on mouth. "Roger Waters" and "Canada 1987" at bottom. Back: Brown swirl design with track listing. "Recorded Live In Quebec, Canada in 1987" at top. Sources: 07 Nov 1987, Colissee de Quebec Canada Tracks: 1. Radio Waves 2. Welcome to the Machine 3. Money 4. In the Flesh 5. Have a Cigar 6. Pigs 7. Wish You Were Here 8. Mother 9. The Final Cut 10. If 11. The Powers That Be 12. Breathe 13. Brain Damage/Eclipse 14. Another Brick (1)/Happiest Days/Another Brick (2) Band: Roger Waters et al. Xref: Roger Waters & The Bleeding Heart Band Goodbye Mr Pink Floyd Live Volume 1 Welcome to the Machine Quality: Sup -STU Comments: The Final Cut = Get Your Filthy Hands.../Southhampton Dock Brain Damage = Breathe Eclipse = Brain Damage/Eclipse Another Brick in the Wall = ABITW ptI/Happiest Days/ABITW ptII Seems to be identical to the cross references. Audio is as good as it gets: perfect stereo. Some rare, faint crackles make me wonder if this was mastered from an LP: if so, the noise reduction process used does its job well. Highly recommended. - STU The album Roger Waters: Canada 1987 was not mastered from an LP. In fact, the show that Waters did in Colisee de Quebec was retransmitted live in Los Angeles: a double show for the price of one! The recording was made by two radio stations, one from Quebec (FM 93) and one from Los Angeles (Westwood One Radio). These two stations were authorized to difuse the show on air, so the recording probably come from this transmission. 941207*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Caught In The Crossfire Unique_Id: CAUCROSS Format: CD Catalog: NZCD 89017 Neutral Zone Misc.: Produced: (p) 1989 Made In Korea Date: 770702 Cover: Cover is a full colour montage of PF action shots, back has a strange graphics that defies description. -BD (#23) Sources: 02 Jul 1977, Madison Square Garden, New York, (tracks 1-5) London, 1971 (track 6) Tracks: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5 13:47 2. Welcome To The Machine 8:26 3. Have Cigar 6:14 4. Wish You Were here 6:23 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 6-9 18:57 6. Fat Old Sun 14:04 Total: 67:53 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Snowy White* Dick Perry* Xref: Live USA New York Live 1977 Welcome To The Machine Quality: Good - Excellent -BD (#23) Ex+ -PIET Comments: Tricky to find now, this is taken from New York 2.7.77, a very nice quality audience tape and track 6 from the much used (and sometimes abused!) BBC sessions, this from 1971. A very nice 1977 CD to have and presently very little competition for this era. -BD (#23) Recording quality: Ex+ Musical quality: Sup+++ Very beautiful keyboard coda of WYWH into SOYCD 6-9; excellent version Singing quality: FALSE! It's absolutely horrible If this concert had been totally instrumental, it would have been my definite number-1 RoIO ! I still like it, but those voices... Yuck -PIET 950326*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: A CD Full of Secrets Unique_Id: CDFULSE2 Format: CD Catalog: BC 024 Baby Capone Country: Italy Misc.: ! Produced: 1992 Date: 670311 Cover: ! Sources: 11 Mar 1967, -1987 11 Mar 67 (1) ; 16 Jun 67 (2) ; 5 Aug 67 (3) ; 18 Nov 67 (4,5) 12 Apr 68 (6,7) ; 17 Dec 68 (8) ; Jan 70 (9,10,11) ; May 71 (12) 23 Nov 81 (13) ; 26 Jul 82 (14) ; Apr 83 (15) ; 7 Sep 87 (16) 5 Nov 87 (17) Tracks: 1. Candy and a Currant Bun 2:43 2. See Emily Play 2:50 3. Flaming (single version) 2:46 4. Apples and Oranges 3:01 5. Paintbox 3:28 6. It Would Be So Nice 3:39 7. Julia Dream 2:34 8. Point Me at the Sky 3:34 9. Heartbeat, Pigmeat 3:08 10. Crumbling Land 4:13 11. Come In Number 51, Your Time is Up 4:58 12. Biding My Time 5:14 13. Money (1981 dance version) 6:44 14. When the Tigers Broke Free 2:52 15. Not Now John (obscured version) 4:24 16. Terminal Frost (DYOL mix) 5:58 17. Run Like Hell (live version) 7:10 Band: Syd Barrett Roger Waters David Gilmour Richard Wright Nick Mason Xref: ROLO release A CD Full Of Secrets Quality: EX/Sup -PATRICK Comments: This CD is RoIO copy of the cd that was released by the Westwood-1 Network, intended for radio play only. 980818*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: A CD Full of Secrets Unique_Id: CDFULSEC Format: CD Catalog: AYCD69 Country: Luxembourg Misc.: On The Radio, Rarities on Compact Disc Produced: 1992 Date: 670311 Cover: Front: A picture of the group (five of 'em) taken in an outdoor setting. Upper right is the words "Pink Floyd" in pink, across the bottom is the words "A CD FULL OF SECRETS". Back: White. Has 3 lines of text 'On The Radio', 'Rarities on compact disc' and 'Pink Floyd - A CD Full Of Secrets' and track listing. Bottom line text: 'Engineered by Oddie, Made in EEC, Phantom Records, Luxembourg' Booklet: simple insert. track listin on both sides. Front is the following: * PINK FLOYD -- A CD FULL OF SECRETS * Rarities On Compact Disc Track 1: Candy And A Currant Bun S. Barrett 3/11/67 The B side from the first Pink Floyd single. Produced by Joe Boyd at Sound Techniques in Chelsea on February 27, 1967 with John Wood engineering. Nick Mason: "In fact, we really didn't want 'Arnold Layne' to be our first single. We were asked to record six numbers and pick the best two. We recorded the first two and they were snatched away and we were told, 'That's it.'" Track 2: See Emily Play S. Barrett 6/16/67 Recorded May 23, 1967, at Sound Techniques. After days of messing about trying to repeat the sound of "Arnold Layne" they finally returned to Joe Boyd's favorite studio. Sid Barrett: "I was sleeping in a wood after a gig up north, when I saw a girl coming through the trees, shouting and dancing. That's Emily!" Track 3: Flaming (single version) S. Barrett 8/5/67 As with the early Beatles' albums, Capitol Records (EMI's sister label in America) re-arranged "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" and held back this and two other songs to be used as future "new" product. "Flaming" was released as the A side of the third US single on Capitol's obscure satellite Tower label. Track 4: Apples And Oranges S. Barrett 11/18/67 Track 5: Paintbox R. Wright 11/18/67 The third UK single. The kaleidoscopic suburbia of Barrett's lyrics evokes a madcap return to the Beatles' "Penny Lane". Paired with Rick Wright's vinyl debut as a composer caused British magazine "NME" to anoint it as "The most psychedelic single Pink Floyd has come up with yet." Produced 11/2/67 by Norman Smith at Abbey Road Studios. Previously unreleased in the U.S.. Track 6: It Would Be So Nice R. Wright 4/12/68 Track 7: Julia Dream R. Waters 4/12/68 The Syd-less Floyd struck out on their own with the fourth UK/US single. Controversy arose over the A side due to the reference to the English newspaper "The Evening Standard". Some producers at the BBC would not play the record if the paper's name was left in. Special discs were made for the BBC with the name changed to "Daily Standard." This recording is from the BBC disc. Track 8: Point Me At The Sky R. Waters/D. Gilmour 12/17/68 After "Point Me At The Sky," Pink Floyd simply ignored the 45 rpm market to become something almost unheard of at the time: An album band. Never again would they record a song specifically for single release. Back is the following: Track 9: Heartbeat, Pigmeat Pink Floyd 1/70 Track 10: Crumbling Land Pink Floyd 1/70 Track 11: Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up Pink Floyd 1/70 Recorded as soundtrack music for Michaelangelo Antonioni's film "Zabriskie Point." David Gilmour: "One track was a remake of 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene'. The other was kind of a country and western number which he [Antonioni] could have done better by any number of American bands. But he chose ours, very strange." Track 12: Biding My Time R. Waters 5/71 In the middle of a busy tour schedule on July 9, 1969, the band took time off the day before they began their Holland performance dates to record this track. It remained unreleased until May of 1971 when the "Relics" LP was compiled from early singles, album cuts and unreleased recordings. Artwork for the "Relics" cover was drawn by Nick Mason. Priduced by Norman Smith at Abbey Road Studios. Track 13: Money (1981 dance version) R. Waters 11/23/81 Originally from "The Dark Side Of The Moon" L.P.. This is the "new" 1981 dance version because the original could not be re-released in the USA due to contractual reasons. Slated to be a single but canceled at the last minute. Re-recorded at New Roydonia Studios, mixed by James Guthrie at Producer's Workshop in Los Angeles and produced by David Gilmour. Track 14: When The Tigers Broke Free R. Waters 7/26/82 TThe one all-new song from "The Wall" movie. This single came out with the legend "From the forthcoming L.P.: The Final Cut." That L.P.'s original intention was to be a soundtrack containing songs that were different or not on the "Wall" album at all. Produced by David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin and Roger Waters. Co-produced and engineered by James Guthrie. Track 15: Not Now John (obscured version) R. Waters 4/83 Single from "The Final Cut." This track had a frequently repeated four-letter word replaced with something less likely to offend the compilers of radio playlists. Produced by Roger Waters, James Guthrie and Michael Kamen. Track 16: Terminal Frost (DYOL mix) D. Gilmour 9/7/87 The "Do Your Own Lead" mix having the guitar part removed from the "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" album cut. This is the "Waterless" Pink Floyd. Roger Waters later described this as "A pretty fair forgery." Produced by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour. Track 17: Run Like Hell (live version) D. Gilmour/ R. Waters 11/5/87 Pink Floyd's world tour launched September 9, 1987, extended through 1988 and 1989 and ended after 200 shows at Knebworth on JUne 30, 1990/ On November 5, 1987, the Atlanta concert was filmed to be included in a full length concert film. Most of this footage was scrapped, but it did yield video clips for "Dogs of War" and "On The Turning Away," plus live B sides of the latter, and "Run Like Hell," featured here. Recorded by Ringo Hyreynn. Mixed by James Guthrie and David Gilmour. Packaging: jewel box. Disc: Top has words "A CD FULL OF SECRETS" and AYCD To the left of the center hole is the "Compact disc Digital Audio" logo To the right of the center hole is (c)&(p) 1992. Under the hole is "Phantom records" round logo and catalog number AYCD69. Around the circumference of the disc are the words "All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work reproduced are reserved. Unauthorized copying hiring lending public performance and broadcasting of this record is prohibited" Finally, in the ring around the center hole is the following "AYCD-69 POCD*" backwards which can be seen from other side of disc. Sources: 11 Mar 1967, -1987 11 Mar 67 (1) ; 16 Jun 67 (2) ; 5 Aug 67 (3) ; 18 Nov 67 (4,5) 12 Apr 68 (6,7) ; 17 Dec 68 (8) ; Jan 70 (9,10,11) ; May 71 (12) 23 Nov 81 (13) ; 26 Jul 82 (14) ; Apr 83 (15) ; 7 Sep 87 (16) 5 Nov 87 (17) Tracks: 1. Candy and a Currant Bun 2:43 2. See Emily Play 2:50 3. Flaming (single version) 2:46 4. Apples and Oranges 3:01 5. Paintbox 3:28 6. It Would Be So Nice 3:39 7. Julia Dream 2:34 8. Point Me at the Sky 3:34 9. Heartbeat, Pigmeat 3:08 10. Crumbling Land 4:13 11. Come In Number 51, Your Time is Up 4:58 12. Biding My Time 5:14 13. Money (1981 dance version) 6:44 14. When the Tigers Broke Free 2:52 15. Not Now John (obscured version) 4:24 16. Terminal Frost (DYOL mix) 5:58 17. Run Like Hell (live version) 7:10 Band: Syd Barrett Roger Waters David Gilmour Richard Wright Nick Mason Xref: ROLO release Quality: EX Comments: This CD is RoIO copy of the cd that was released by the Westwood-1 Network, intended for radio play only. Has been produced on CDR with the catalogue number changed to AYCD70. 980818*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Celebration Unique_Id: CELEBRAT Format: CD Catalog: SWN SP 003 Swindle Records Misc.: ! Produced: Italy, 1994 Date: 941020 Cover: Front: Photo of PF stage, taken during the concert (front view). Top center is the word "CELEBRATION" in white letters. Back: Another photo of the stage. Top center are the words "PINK FLOYD" in red, "CELEBRATION" in black. Center are the track listing and the words "PINK FLOYD", "Richard Wright: keyboards/vocals", "Nick Mason: drums", "Dave Gilmour: giutars/vocals" (it's not an error of mine!). Bottom right is the Swindle Records logo). Booklet: Twelve pages of photos of the concert (all the photos are from TV images). Disc: Picture disc (same photo as the front cover). Top are the words "PINK FLOYD" in red; bottom is the word "CELEBRATION" in white; left are the words "SWN/SP 003", "S.I.A.E.", "Made in Italy", "by Phonocomp", "11/94"; right is the "Compact disc Digital Audio" logo. Around the circumference of the disc are the words "All rights of the manufacturer and the owner of the recorded work are reserved, unless otherwise specified. Unauthorized copying hiring loaning and public performance broadcasting of this record are prohibited" Finally, in the ring around the center hole is the following "SWNSP 003 PHC 1447-B" backwards which can be seen from other side of disc. Sources: 20 Oct 1994, Earl's Court Concert (Broadcasted by TV) Tracks: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 11:43 2. Breath In The Air 3:37 3. On The Run 4:22 4. Time 6:42 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 5:20 6. Money 8:30 7. Us And Them 10:15 8. Brain Damage 5:46 9. Wish You Were Here 5:01 10. Comfortably Numb 10:55 11. Run Like Hell 7:57 Band: David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Sidereus Nuncius Quality: Ex Comments: Stereo recording, from TV broadcasting. Short lowering of volume at the beginning of Money This CD contains a complete performance of TDSotM, plus other tracks from the same concert (it is not the complete concert). Beginnings of SOYCD and WYWH are cut. Also available as a CD+VHS package. -ANON I have a copy of this album. Mine is horrid. It has a giant skip in Breathe (lose a verse) and lots of wow and flutter. Like they put a flanger on the whole thing. For the era maybe good... My cover is just a Turquoise sheet with a face (I guess Kahoutek). Nothing else. -ANON 991216*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Chicago Auditorium 1972 Unique_Id: CHICAUDM Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: Produced: 1998 Date: 720428 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Disc: 2 CDR Cover: Front: Picture of Roger w/ bass singing into mic. Picture is taken from the Crystal Palace on May 15, 1971 Book: has a quote about the acoustics and esthetics of the Auditorium Theater. The quote is unrelated to the Floyd show. Sources: 28 Apr 1972, Auditorium Theater - Chicago, Illinois Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak to Me 2. Breathe 3. Travel 4. Time 5. Mortality Sequence 6. Money 7. Us and Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse Total Time: 48:30 Disc: 2 1. One Of These Days 8:30 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 14:00 3. Echoes 24:30 4. Set The Controls for the Heart of the sun 5. various radio ads for Pompeii movie Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: VG++ -TimV Comments: Times given are taken from A Journey Through Time And Space, which usually rounds up to the nearest half minute. I'm not sure if Eclipsed is indexed, as I do not have the disc. The creator of the disc mentioned a couple of items to me about the disc: 1- the theologian speaking part during the Mortality Sequence (in what later became Great Gig In The Sky) is very clear and up front, the best he's heard from the Eclipsed shows; 2 - during the beginning of money, the coin sounds are different from other shows and is out of synch with the band. For a while the band attempts to get in synch with the sounds before turning the sounds off; 3 - during Eclipsed you can hear Roger talking to a roadie. -Scott 991220*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Childhood's End Unique_Id: CHLDHOOD Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: CDRs! Produced: December 1997 Date: 730307 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Disc: 2 CDR Cover: Back: track listing w/ track times in pink type, with source detail and the signatures of all 4 band members; the background is a slightly dim shot of the cover of Obscured By Clouds. Book: Folded, made of standard paper stock; front has 4 small pictures of the band taken from the March 11, 1973 show at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada. The picture arrangement is very reminiscent of the Black Glass cover. The cover has Pink Floyd across the center and Childhoods End at the bottom. Lettering is green and the font looks very similar to that on the cover of the Obscurity cd. The rear of the insert has a cutout from the Bugle American advertisement for the Floyd's March 4, 1973 show in Madison, Wisconsin and two other newspaper cutouts, one from a March 17, 1973 publication. The insert is blank on the inside. Discs: gold fronts with teal backs. Discs are void of any details except for a hand written 1 or 2 (depicting disc one or two) on the gold fronts. CD's are in a slim lined 2CD jewel case, with the cd holding panel swinging like a page (as opposed to folding out) Sources: 07 Mar 1973, 06Mar73, 08Mar73 Disc 1, Disc 2 1-11, 07 Mar 1973, International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois Disc 2 12, 6 Mar 1973, Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri Disc 2 13, 8 Mar 1973, University Fieldhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Echoes 22:05 2. Tune Up 1:36 3. Obscured By Clouds/When You're In 12:57 4. Tune Up 1:18 5. Childhood's End 7:49 6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 12:18 Total Time: 58:03 Disc: 2 1. Speak To Me 1:42 2. Breathe 2:53 3. On The Run 5:25 4. Time w/ Breathe (reprise) 6:24 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:57 6. Money 6:20 7. Us And Them 7:23 8. Any Colour You Like 6:59 9. Brain Damage 3:29 10. Eclipse 1:30 11. One Of These Days (encore) 7:45 12. Childhood's End (w/ 1:30 tune up) 10:26 13. Childhood's End 7:48 Total Time: 73:11 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: VG/EX Comments: At last, a live recording of the rare Childhood's End! This is the first roio I know of to have it. Not only that, we get two additional performances of it. Depending on your preferred reference source (A Journey Through Time And Space or the newly released and, for me, somewhat inaccurate and misleading Pink Floyd: In The Flesh) there were only 4 - 8 (or so) performances of Childhood's End. The presence of three of these limited performances makes this disc invaluable to collectors. The disc also contains the somewhat less rare Obscured By Clouds/ When You're In. This is one of the few roio's that contains a complete performance from the 1973 shows. The source is an audience recording that is of very good quality. I have not listened to this cd that much, so at this point I cannot give a detailed analysis. I am not a big fan of the DSOTM, (though I do like the early Eclipsed performances), so I tend to stay away from the June 1972 -> 1973 shows. As a result, my points of reference would not be extremely relevant in comparing the March 7 show to other shows in this time frame. Nevertheless, the sound quality is high and song performances are strong. The BIG problem for collectors is that this roio may not be available on a large scale. Though commercially available, the creators of this cd are not really in the business of manufacturing roio's. As a result, availability may be somewhat limited. On the positive side, this is the first release of a possibly continuing series of hard to find Floyd performances. Word from the source is that they may release these shows on a monthly basis. If this release is any indication, we could be in store for quite a treat. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Given that this is the only currently available roio (as far as I know) that contains the elusive Childhood's End (let alone 3 performances of it), I highly recommend you get it - that is, if you can find it. Rated as essential collection material. -SCOTT The Chicago performance is above average throughout, and a complete ‘73 with Childhood’s End is certainly a rare treat. Sound quality, however, was a big disappointment on this one, and detracts significantly from my enjoyment of the disc. It is clean and probably close to the master, but the recording just wasn’t that great to begin with. Audibly, the taper was nowhere near the stage. The music primarily found the microphone via the ceiling and walls of the venue. VG- in my book. The two extra versions of CE both sound better than the Chicago source, though they aren’t outstanding either. -EL 970706*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: A Clear View Unique_Id: CLEAVIEW Format: 2CD Catalog: KTS ( Kiss the Stone ) Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 870928 Cover: ! Sources: 28 Sep 1987, Rosemont Horizon, Chicago. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Shine on you Crazy Diamond Parts 1 -5 2. Signs of Life 3. Learning to Fly 4. Yet Another Movie 5. A New Machine (part 1)/ Terminal Frost 6. A New Machine (part 2) (Sorrow*) 7. Dogs of War 8. On the Turning Away Disc 2: 1. One of These Days 2. On the Run (Time*) 3. Breathe (On the Run/Breathe*) 4. Wish you Were Here 5. Welcome to the Machine 6. Us and Them 7. Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) 8. Comfortably Numb Band: David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Welcome To Chicago Now And Forever Quality: Sup- (SP) -PATRICK EX -ABDABS Comments: The listing above is what came with the CD but contains some errors. On disc one song 6 is really Sorrow. On disc two song 2 is Time and Song 3 is On the Run/Breathe. This is one of the best roio's I've seen yet (I haven't seen many). The CDs are both picture discs showing a far away shot of the band on stage. Included is a booklet with several good photos of the band in concert. The quality of the recording is also good, but the voices sound a tad weak. Welcome to the Machine is really good, and Comfortably Numb features a five minute guitar solo at the end. Too bad Gilmour can't sing ABitWII to save his life. ( Please no flames from Gilmour fans. I really like his singing, but on every version of ABitWII I've heard him sing on the DSoT tour sounds dreadful.) -MISC This one is the audience recording that has the best sound quality I've ever heard. -PATRICK Many roio's are given great reviews for great sound quality when they have noticeable pitch problems. A Clear View is slow. -ANONYMOUS It differs from DSoT with the addition of Welcome to the Machine. which is very good. It is missing Run Like Hell among others Money). It gives you a feeling of being there as opposed to a collection of live songs, like Pulse and DSoT. A Clear View isn't too bad, with some background noise. -ANON Overall I think the disc is a good one of the DSoT tour. Excellent versions of WTTM and CN. WTTM was not included with DSoT. Fades out a bit early on The Turning Away. Some crowd noise, but not too intrusive. The CD's are from KTS, which rate this one as average sound quality (don't know what they/re comparing it to) -JZ The packaging and picture discs are typical excellent KTS quality -- except for the track indiscretions. An fairly good recording from the MLoR tour, although "One Slip", "Run Like Hell" and, of all songs, "Money" are excluded from the recording. A Clear View does; however, contain fantastic versions of "Welcome To The Machine" and "Comfortably Numb". - ABDABS 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Cold Front Unique_Id: COLDFRON Format: CD Catalog: AS 91PF001 Aphrodite Studio Misc.: excellent audience Produced: Milano, Italy 1991 Date: 720313 Cover: Front - Nick upper left, David upper roght, Roger lower left, Richard lower right. "Pink Floyd Cold Front" in the middle. No booklet, just cover insert. Back - Picture of Nick's drums (with waves) and track listing Sources: 13 Mar 1972, Nagazhima Sports Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido Island, Japan - Most likely listed on cover: 13 Feb 1972, Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido Japan. Tracks: 1. Dark Side of the Moon 46:25 Speak to Me Breathe in the Air [sic] On the Run Time The Great Gig in the Sky Money Us and Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse 2. One of These Days 10:03 3. Careful with that Axe, Eugene 13:48 Total 71:00 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Horizons, Think Pink, Live in Hokkaido, Speak To Me, Live Vol 1 PF Quality: EX - excellent audience recording, very little noise Comments: Times from back cover A great disc! Excellent sound and excellent performance. Incredible screams from Roger on Eugene. -JEFF This is the 'early' DSotM set. It has the unedited 'On the Run' jam and all the other 'stuff' from the 'Best of tour '72' show. I am not sure, but I suspect that this is the same show as the new RoIO cd 'Horizons'. Overall the best recording that I have heard of this time period. The only thing that is annoying is that DSotM is indexed as one track. -MISC Recorded at the Nakajima Sports Centre, Sapporo, Japan on March 13th 1972, this well rehersed DSOTM performance with the addition of One Of These Days and Axe, lacks the full show that would have included Echoes and AHM--hence the single CD. A one sided panel insert sleeve serves as a cover with shots of the band and a nice colour shot of Mason's Water Waves bass drums. Sound is best described as clear but lacking in brightness with a constant moderate tape hiss. All in all an interesting document of this period for fans of an embryonic DSOTM. -BD (#26) Great sound quality, but the fact that the whole Dark Side set is on one track is somewhat annoying. -ECM Cold Front contains a fantastic "One of These Days" and a blood-curdling "Careful With That Axe, Eugene." -ECHOES 990909************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: COLD FRONTIERS Unique_Id: CLDFRNTR Format: CDR Catalog: TRADE MARK OF QUALITY Misc.: Produced: Date: 720313 Matrix: Disc 1: Cover: Sources: 13 Mar 1972, NAKAJIMA SPORTS CENTER, SAPPORO, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Dark Side Of The Moon (Speak To Me - Eclipse) 2. One Of These Days 3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Cold Front Great Gig on the Moon Color of Money Quality: Comments: 970324************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Cold Side of the Bow Unique_Id: COLDSIDE Format: 2CD Catalog: TM-2-1/2 TIME MACHINE Misc.: Produced: Japan Date: 720313 Matrix: Disc 1: Cover: Basically the new remastered DSoTM cover, with PINK FLOYD at the top (Pink Underlined) and COLD SIDE OF THE BOW at the bottom (Bow underlined) in pink hand painted text. Sources: 13 Mar 1972, NAKAJIMA SPORTS CENTER, SAPPORO, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak To Me 2. Breathe 3. On The Run 4. Time & Breathe Reprise 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 6. Money 7. Us And Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse 11. One Of These Days 12. Careful With That Axe, Eugene Disc: 2 1. Echoes 2. Atom Heart Mother Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: 960421*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Collection 1968-1972 Unique_Id: COLLECTN Format: CD Catalog: EOL CDE 049101 Misc.: ! Produced: 1991? Date: 68 Cover: Photo of band, Dali-esque tree, blue background, red lettering Sources: 1968- 1972 Six official LPs Tracks: 1. Cirrus Minor 2. If 3. Burning Bridges 4. A Pillow of Winds 5. The Narrow Way Part 3 6. Mudmen 7. Crying Song 8. Fat Old Sun 9. What's ... Uh the Deal 10. Fearless 11. Green is the Colour 12. See Saw 13. Cymbaline 14. More Blues 15. San Tropez Band: David Gilmour Nick Mason Roger Waters Rick Wright Xref: ! Quality: ! Comments: My first thought on seeing this ROIO was that it might be an officially-licenced disc produced in a central or east European country, but there is nothing printed on it to suggest that is the case. The tracks are taken from six official LPS - ASOS, Ummagumma, More, AHM, Meddle and OBC. Some of the track titles are mis-spelt on the back cover, inside cover and on the disc - although not the same errors in all three places. The date 1991 is printed on back cover, which may be the production date. No country of manufacture is mentioned; my copy was found in the Czech Republic, but this is merely circumstantial evidence. - ANON 990405*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Colmar 1974 Unique_Id: COLMAR74 Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Misc.: Produced: Hip Cat Records 1998 Date: 740622 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Flying Clocks animation from DSOTM films with Pink Floyd and Colmar 74 in red lettering. Back: Photo from 1974 British Tour program of a cartoon drawing of Rick Wright Sources: 22 Jun 1974, Parc de Expositions, Colmar, France Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Tune Ups 2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 3. Raving and Drooling 4. Echoes Disc: 2 1. Speak to Me 2. Breathe 3. On the Run 4. Time 5. The Great Gig in the Sky 6. Money 7. Us and Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Ex- -TimV Comments: The French 1974 tour featured the debut of Shine On (with the two halves played as one, as on the British 1974 tour) and Raving And Drooling (aka Sheep). Using In The Flesh as a guide, this show appears to be the fourth performance of the two songs. The Colmar show appears to have been the last performance of Careful With That Axe, Eugene, until the one-off performance on May 9, 1977. The French tour was the first time Floyd used their circular screen. The producer of the disc mentioned to me that some of the lyrics and guitar parts of Shine On and Raving And Drooling different from the British 1974 performances. Overall, the British 1974 performances of these two songs are more similar to the 1975 performances than they are to the French 1974 ones. -Scott 990909*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Color of Money Unique_Id: COLORMON Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: Produced: Hip Cat Records Date: 720313 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Handdrawn and coloured dollar bills with the faces of the four floyds Sources: 13 Mar 1972, 20Jan72 13 Mar 72, Nagazima Sports Center, Sapporo, Japan; Disc two tracks 3-8 from 20 Jan 72, the Dome, Brighton, UK Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak to Me 2. Breathe 3. Instrumental Jam 4. Time/Breath (reprise) 5. The Mortality Sequence 6. Money 7. Us and Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse 11. Tune ups 12. One of These Days 13. Careful With That Axe, Eugene Total Time: 69:33 Disc: 2 1. Echoes 2. Atom Heart Mother 3. Speak to Me 4. Breathe 5. Instrumental Jam 6. Time 7. The Mortality Sequence 8. Money (Equipment failure) Total Time: 72:30 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Great Gig on the Moon Cold Front Cold Frontiers Quality: VG -TimV Comments: Quality is VG (probably from 3rd+ gen source tape) Pretty much the same as the xrefs, but includes Echoes and AHM from the same night. Hip Cat lost a bit of creativity and included the aborted Brighton DSOTM as bonus tracks again. -TimV 960908*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Colourful Meadows Unique_Id: COLMEADO Format: CD Catalog: PYCD 040 Triangle Records Misc.: AAD Produced: Lordisc? -BD (#23) Date: 700429 Cover: Cover front has a small full colour shot of PF onstage 1977 bordered by a psychedelic swirly pattern and enlarged on the back of this singel sheet. -BD (#23) Sources: 29 Apr 1970, San Francisco, U.S.A. PBS broadcast commonly dated 29.4.70* -BD (#23) Tracks: 1. Atom Heart Mother 16.39 2. Cymbaline 8.29 3. Granchester Meadows 7.22 4. Green Is The Colour 3.30 5. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 8.55 6. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 12.15 Total 57.13 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Darkness Over Frisco Quality: G -BD (#23) 7 (out of 10?) -OSO VG -Scott Comments: The disc is basic with full track details. Pretty easy to get, this disc comes from the PBS broadcast commonly dated 29.4.70 with PF in a studio with no audience. Unfortunately the quality could have been a lot better. -BD (#23) From TV special "Pink Floyd" by KQED TV Ch 9, SF, USA. High end depressed. -OSO Same show that kicks off the video "Pink Floyd Rarities" -ECM A good performance. Sound quality is not the best. I like the transition between Green and Careful. Cymbaline has possibly the shortest walking sections at 30sec!!! Cover shot of the disc is the same as Heart of the Sun (except Heart is the negative shot). I recommend this disc. The video of this same performance is a must have. -Scott 981202************************************************************* Artist: Roger Waters Title: Complete Hitch Hiking Performance Unique_Id: COMPHICH Format: 2CD Catalog: HIGHLAND Misc.: SOUNDBOARD Produced: Date: 850328 Matrix: Disc 1: Cover: Sources: 28 Mar 1985, Live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY, USA Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Welcome to the Machine 2. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 3. Money 4. If 5. Wish You Were Here 6. Pigs on the Wing Part 1 7. Get You Filthy Hands Off My Desert 8. Southampton Dock 9. The Gunner's Dream 10. In the Flesh? 11. Nobody Home 12. Have A Cigar Disc: 2 1. Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 2. The Happiest Days of Our Lives 3. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 4. 4:30am (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad) 5. 4:33am (Running Shoes) 6. 4:37am (Arabs with Knives and West German Skies) 7. 4:39am (For the First Time Today - Part 2) 8. 4:41am (Sexual Revolution) 9. 4:47am (The Remains of Our Love) 10. 4:50am (Go Fishing) 11. 4:56am (For the First Time Today - Part 1) 12. 4:58am (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin) 13. 5:01am (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking) 14. 5:06am (Every Strangers Eyes) 15. 5:11am (The Moment of Clarity) 16. Brain Damage 17. Eclipse Band: Roger Waters Xref: Quality: Comments: The packaging is decent, there's a couple nice photos of Roger performing live, the set list is shown on the back cover. I was glad to see that someone finally released the complete version of this concert. I originally had the 'Roger' LP and then later purchased the 'Let's Open the Doors to Perception' CD. Thanks to Highland Records for releasing the Pros and Cons material, it sounds great! The live renditions of the Pros and Cons CD sound excellent, there's even an additional verse just before the "Arabs with Knives" track performed only live. I would definitely recommend this CD if you can get it. - ROBERT 991208*************************************************************** Artist: Roger Waters Title: Complete KAOS Unique_Id: COMPKAOS Format: 3CDR Catalog: DFP-200 Digital Floyd Project Misc.: Produced: 1997 Date: 871113 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Disc: 2 CDR Disc: 3 CDR Cover: Front: Roger Waters from P+C tour. Back: Ticket stub from the concert. Sources: 13 Nov 1987, Mecca Arena, Milwaukee, WI Disc 3 Tr. 7: Atlanta, 02 Sept 87 Disc 3 Tr. 8: Hamilton, Ontario, 10 Nov 87 Disc 3 Tr. 9: London, 22 Nov 87, with Clare Torry Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Introduction (with Jim Ladd) 2. The Firm: Radioactive 3. Call from the hall #1 4. Club Nowhere 5. Call from the hall #2 6. Paul Carrack: Tempted 7. Radio Waves 8. Welcome to the Machine 9. Who Needs Information 10. Money 11. Professional Bimbo School 12. In the Flesh 13. Have a Cigar 14. Pigs 15. Wish You Were Here 16. Mother Disc: 2 1. Molly's Song 2. Me or Him 3. The Powers that Be 4. Intermission (with Jim Ladd) 5. Calls to Roger 6. Shredding Alternative 7. Going to Live in LA 8. Sunset Strip 9. Fish Report with a Beat 10. Take Your Filthy Hands off my Desert 11. Southampton Dock 12. Arnold Layne 13. If 14. Every Stranger's Eyes 15. Not Now John 16. Another Brick in the Wall part 1 17. Happiest Days of Our Lives 18. Another Brick in the Wall part 2 19. Nobody's Home Disc: 3 1. Home 2. Four Minutes 3. The Tide is Turning 4. Thank Yous 5. Breathe 6. Brain Damage/Eclipse 7. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking 8. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 9. Breathe/The Great Gig in the Sky Band: Roger Waters The Bleeding Hearts Band Xref: Quality: Ex -TimV Comments: A complete KAOS concert from start to finish. One stanza of HAC lost to tape flip. -TimV 970914*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Complete Top Gear Sessions 1967-1969 Unique_Id: COMPTOPG Format: 2CD Catalog: GDR CD 9206 Great Dane Misc.: ADD Stereo Produced: Made In Italy 1/1992 Date: 670930 Cover: Front- A megalith structure under an overcast sky Back - The sun setting in Egypt with the silouette of a pyramid Sources: 30 Sep 1967- 16 Jul 1970. Tracks 1-5 : September 30, 1967 Tracks 6-9 : December 19, 1967 Tracks 10-13 : June 25, 1968 Tracks 14-17 : January 14, 1969 Tracks 18-22 : May 12, 1969 Tracks 20-21 : Jul 16, 1970 Track 22 : May 12, 1969 Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Flaming 2:38 2. Apples and Oranges 2:57 3. Scarecrow 2:07 4. The Gnome 2:12 5. Mathilda Mother 3:25 6. Vegetable Man 3:15 7. Pow R. Toc H. 2:56 8. Scream Thy Last Scream 3:41 9. Jugband Blues 3:50 10. Julia Dream 2:22 11. Let There Be More Light 3:44 12. Murderistic Women 2:18 13. The Massed Gadgets of Hercules 6:41 Total 42:06 Disc 2: 14. Point Me at the Sky 4:21 15. Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major 4:11 16. Embryo 3:30 17. Interstellar Overdrive 9:12 18. Daybreak 3:39 19. Cymbaline 3:35 20. Green is the Colour 3:50 21. Careful with that Axe, Eugene 7:00 22. The Narrow Way/Part Three 4:36 Total 43:54 Band: Syd Barrett (?) Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Londonfields, Rhapsody in Pink Quality: Ex+/Sup studio recordings -DAN Vg-/Vg+ -MISC Comments: Excellent stereo version of Interstellar Overdrive "Daybreak" is an earlier name for "Grantchester Meadows" This is the *only* RoIO that I've seen that includes a bar-code The bar-code number is: 8 013013 920625 -DAN Contains all recordings from the Top Gear Show. Nice Collection. -MISC I just got a cassette copy of the Great Dane Complete Top Gear sessions. Just thought I would comment on a few things. If this stuff is really directly from the master tapes its time to drop the bomb, let the human race re-evolve, then make sure someone is around to make all digital recordings when a Pink Floyd re-emerges so people won't have to deal with this! It is definatly the best quality I've herd of the early Barrett sessions. I still can't see how the Masters Of Rock version of Apples And Oranges is so much better ( unless the masters got fucked up ). It is nice to hear cymbals on these recordings for the first time. To try to give a better picture of the quality... if Psychedelic Sessions or Last Screams are about 20 generations from the master tapes, Top Gear would be somewhere around 8. One thing that was pleasing to me, the version of Vegtable Man is the longer version ( extended guitar solo ) and Scream Thy Last Scream ( Vocal is more layed back, band is slower and no overdubed high voice ). These versions are the best I have heard and seem to be harder to find ( different from the Early Singles versions ). The quality on the stuff with Gilmour seems about the same as Embryo except that the vocals seem to be a little more up front in the mix ( oh God could these really be the master tapes?!) - MISC The sound is somewhat muted and plagued by hissing. Some tracks suffer from a noticable "wow" effect. Better sounding versions of these tracks can be found from other sources, so seek them out. -ECM "Green is the Colour"/"Careful with that Axe, Eugene" are NOT from the 1969 show alleged on the cover. They're definitely from the July 1970 John Peel show. "Apples and Oranges", for all that the cruddy sound quality and noise make it appear to be a radio broadcast contemporary to the other September 1967 material, sounds EXACTLY like the standard studio version to me. "Interstellar Overdrive" is very definitely NOT in stereo on my CD. The recording imperfections are not the same in both channels and neither are the sound levels, but there's no genuine separation. It is, however, a very good and different version! -ANON Green & Careful are from the John Peel session 16.07.70. You can compare easily the guitar solo. There is ##no## record of the complete 12.05.69 session. As far as I know, this session was in fact Daybreack/Cymbaline/Narrow/Green/Careful. All the tracks are linked with seabirds are sea sounds. On this CD Green and Careful are not linked with this sounds. By the way, as this session is not listed in teh BBC In Session tonight book it remains a sort of a mystery to me. -ANON 960317*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Concert in Modena Unique_Id: CONMODEN Format: 2CD Catalog: CD ON 2363 On STAGE RECORDS Misc.: Audience, exc stereo (DDD??) Produced: Distribuited by Discomagic srl - Made in Italy Date: 940917 Cover: Front: Very nice picture of four red colums with black plinths on a yellow basement, and a green, dark red and orange cloudy sky. At the top 'Pink Floyd' in yellow and '2 CD Super Value' (in fact only cost $12.3) Back: "Pink Floyd The Concert in Modena" and title track on a red background. Sources: 17 Sep 1994, Modena : "Festival dell'Unita" (Complete Show!!) Tracks: Disc 1 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 12.55 2. Learning To Fly 5.48 3. High Hopes 8.09 4. Take It Back 5.39 5. Coming Back To Life 7.11 6. Sorrow 11.27 7. Keep Talking 7.37 8. Another Brick In The Wall 2 6.58 9. One Of These Days 8.41 Total 74.25 Disc 2 1. Speak To Me 2.08 2. Breath In The Air 2.40 3. On The Run 4.25 4. Time 6.49 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 5.20 6. Money 8.40 7. Us And Them 7.15 8. Any Colour You Like 3.31 9. Brain Damage 3.46 10. Eclipse 2.26 11. Wish You Were Here 5.26 12. Comfortably Numb 10.58 13. Run Like Hell 8.01 Total 71.25 Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Mutinae Quality: Ex++ -PELLE Comments: A reissue of "Mutinae", well done!! The sound is great (no bad remarks to make, even audience is not disturbing) and a well inspired performance (DSOTM complete !!). Due to low price, I have forgiven the poor packaging and some mistakes in timing and confusion in indexing the tracks. Hunt it !! -PELLE Distribuited by Discomagic srl- via Mecenate, 78/A-20138 Milano tel. 02/58012071 R.A: - fax 02/55400364 /58012566- Made in Italy 950218*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Controls Are Set Unique_Id: CONTRSET Format: CD Catalog: LA. CD 102 (Live & Alive) Misc.: ! Produced: 7/1993 Date: 700916 Cover: ! Sources: 16 Sep 1970, 17 Oct 1971, 1969 Track 1: 16 Sep 1970 (Playhouse Theatre, London) Track 2: 17 Oct 1971 (Golden Hall, San Diego) Tracks 3 and 4: BBC Radio, 1969 Tracks: 1. Atom Heart Mother 24:33 Father's Shout Breast Milky Mother Fore Funky Dung Mind Your Throats Please Remergence 2. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 12:16 3. The Narrow Way 4:17 4. Green is the Color 6:00 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: EX -MBD Comments: ! 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Conversation Disc Series Unique_Id: CONVERSA Format: CD Catalog: ABCD 013 Misc.: Picture CD Produced: England Date: 690321 Cover: Cover is full colour with PF in horrible satin garb circa 1967 -BD (#23) Sources: 21 Mar 1969, Interviews, Blackpool Tracks: 1. Interview 23:29 2. Interview 30:48 ----- Total time: 54:17 Band: Xref: Quality: Good -BD (#23) Comments: This is hard to find now being a limited edition of 2,500 many of which were sold in normal record shops! A very interesting off-the-cuff interview taken on 21.3.69 in Blackpool for the local student rag. Nice to have. -BD (#23) Unless you just gotta have old Floyd interviews, this thing is a turkey - just raw portable cassette deck stuff. In its defense, it *does* have the Ummagumma question on it. -WD 991119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Copenhagen Sequence Unique_Id: COPENSEQ Format: 2CD Catalog: HL-291/2 Misc.: Audience Produced: 1999 Date: 701112 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Sources: 12 Nov 1970, 20Nov71? 12 Nov 1970, Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark 20 Nov 1971, Taft Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio ? Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Astronomy Domine 2. Fat Old Sun 3. Cymbaline 4. Atom Heart Mother Disc: 2 1. Green Is The Colour 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 4. Saucerful Of Secrets 5. Libest Spacement Monitor 6. The Embryo Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: Given the date, AHM is the band-only version. I'm unsure about Libest Spacement Monitor, given the date. As far as I know, the Nov 20, 1971 show has the long version of Embryo, without anything in front of it. Maybe Highland is referring to the improv jam Floyd does during Embryo. However, why would they put it in front of Embryo. My only reference for the Nov 20, 1971 show is Obscurity, which starts off with Embryo. Possibly Highland found a source that has LSM (aka Corrosion) being played before Embryo. I'm curious to find out what Tracks 9/10 are. The site I saw this title at gave it a sound quality of B, which is pretty low for this site. So, if you are concerned with sound quality, you may want to pass on this one, though I cannot say what it actually sounds like. I just saw another listing on this title that said that tracks 9/10 are really from February 26, 1971 (Stadthalle - Offenbach, Germany). -EDEN 980807************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Cosmic Music Unique_Id: COSMICMU Format: CDR Catalog: LZCD 042 Lizard Misc.: Limited to 500 Produced: Date: 710701 Matrix: Disc 1: 6292 3071 0636 Cover: This CDR comes in a clear soft vinyl slip cover with a wrap around paper insert printed front and back. On the front is a picture of the band with "PINK FLOYD" in white letters above the picture and "cosmic music" in white letters below the picture. On the back is a picture of the four Floyds with the songs listed below, and "recorded live at Shuppen, Ossiach during September 1971". On the inside are six pictures of the Floyds on stage. Discs: Goldish-colored "Kodak Writable CD". The CDR is painted in mottled blue, red and green tones, with "PINK FLOYD" above the hole and "cosmic music" below the hole in white letters. It's a hand-numbered limited edition of 500. Sources: 01 Jul 1971, Stiftshof, Ossiach Tracks: Disc: 1 1. The Return Of The Son Of Nothing 22:31 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 11:24 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 12:01 4. Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra) 27:54 Total Time: 73:55 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Ex- -CHOSKY VG+ -ASAF Comments: mono audience recording (claims to be stereo); it has been sourced either from tape or from digitally de-clicked vinyl. - CHOKSY I'm especially amazed that no one has yet commented on the quality of this roio (that I've noticed), so I'm going to. First, it's an ancient audience recording from 1971, so I guess I should invoke the usual caveat "for hard-cores only." HOWEVER, I've noticed a few posts lately asking what roios a person should sample first from the category "for hard-cores only," and I urge *everyone* to try to locate this one, for three reasons: (1) Our Lads were *especially* white-hot and adventuresome that night, and whipped out some of the best renditions of these tunes that I've ever heard. (2) This CD was NOT SOURCED FROM VINYL! It has obviously been mastered from either the master tape recording, or some low generation copy of the master tape, and its fidelity and clarity and shear volume are as good as it gets for early-70s audience recordings. (3) And last but certainly not least, this sucker is a *GOLD* CD which sells for a normal roio price (I paid $22). Here's some more information about "Cosmic Music": Atom Heart Mother is performed with a full orchestra, damned near flawlessly and with boundless enthusiasm. The Return Of The Son Of Nothing (aka Echoes) has the alternate lyrics and some unusual and stunning guitar improvisations from David. And the psychedelic passages in CWTAE and Set The Controls are some of the most beautiful spaced out Floyd wiggling that this old burned out COD has ever heard...and I was straight and sober when I listened to it last night. Honest, guys, I HIGHLY recommend that you make an all out effort to obtain this excellent roio; make it a Blues Brothers-style Mission From God. You won't be dissappointed. - GEORGE "Echoes" has the alternate lyrics. There is so little audience noise that it could be mistaken for a soundboard recording. The "orchestra soundcheck" is actually the beginning of AHM, and so there are only four tracks on the CDR instead of the five which are listed. The tight fit of the vinyl slip cover is prone to putting scuff marks on the CDR, so it is advisable to put the CDR into a jewel case instead. Spirited versions of all the songs. -CHOKSY It has the early version of Echoes, and it's quality is better than the other two RoIOs with the early version of Echoes. No tape hiss, and no audience noise. - ASAF 950528*************************************************************** Artist: Various Title: Cowdray Ruins Concert 1993 Unique_Id: COWDRAYR Format: CDR Catalog: ! Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 930918 Cover: ! Sources: 18 Sep 1993, Cowdray Ruins, Midhurst, England Benefit for the Kind Edward VII Hospital. Tracks: 1. A Kind Of Magic 2. I Want To Break Free 3. We Will Rock You 4. Another One Bites The Dust 5. Radio Ga Ga 6. Turn It On Again 7. I Can't Dance 8. Invisible Touch 9. Run Like Hell 10. Wish You Were Here 11. Comfortably Numb 12. Stone Free 13. Old Love 14. Gimme Some Loving Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: VG? Comments: It was inevitable that the Cowdray Ruins gig, of which we reported extensively in the previous Echoes, would turn up on CD. This CD however is not a regular one. It's a CD-Recordable. This system, through which you can put your own recordings on CD, has been on the market in Japan for some time. From there is also this CD. The Japanese have been doing some work in the sitting-room on more than one occasion, witnessing the several roio acetates that have emerged in the past. But that on the side, back to the CD. What you can hear is a nearly complete registration of the concert in a reasonable sound quality. Besides tracks from Genesis, Queen and Eric Clapton, a trio Pink Floyd songs can be found on it. Especially the first song, "Run Like Hell", sounds very 'tight', with a different intro, compared to the World Tour versions. "Wish You Were Here" also sounds very nice, but "Comfortably Numb" is now and then overcast by too fanatic singing-along of the audience. The CD ends with a song by all bands together, as "The Cowdray Ruins Band". This CD doesn't contain essential material but would have been a nice embellishment to a box like Total Eclipse. The number of printed CD's is hard to estimate, but it can't hardly be more than a few tens, so grab your chance if you run across a copy. - (Charles Beterams) Dutch Fanzine "Echoes" # 8 950528*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Cracked Unique_Id: CRACKED Format: 3CD Catalog: 010/1-2-3 Seagull Records Misc.: S.I.A.E Produced: Made In Italy bye OPTI.ME.S, 1989 Date: 720922 Cover: Cover is nice with an 8 page booklet with tined b/w photos, mostly stage shots. Front cover is a pic of PF where Nick is using a hat. Sources: 22 Sep 1972, Hollywood Bowl. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Breathe 2:42 2. On the Run 4:16 3. Time / 6:22 Breathe (Reprise) 4. The Great Gig In The Sky 3:12 5. Money 5:50 6. Us An Them 7:08 7. Any Colour You Like 4:20 8. Brain Damage 3:34 9. Eclipse 1:39 Total: 39:03 Disc 2: 1. One Of these Days 7:41 2. Careful With That Axe Eugene 10:29 3. Echoes 20:57 Total: 39:07 Disc 3: 1. A Saucerful Of Secrets 16:07 2. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 12:54 Total: 29:01 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Staying Home To Watch The Rain Scratch the Silence Quality: Good -BD (#23) VG-(SP) -HERWIG G-/VG- -TOR VG+ (SP) -PATRICK Comments: The same recording is available on the 2CD Staying Home To Watch The Rain and with far better quality. Relatively easy to find. Concert is from Hollywood Bowl 22 Sep 72 except CD1 from London 17 Feb 72, due to defects on the original tapes. This is the same as Crackers vinyl RoIO, complete with numerous crackles. -BD (#23) I don't think that CD1 is from the 17.2.72 concert as the magazine Brain Damage (#23) claims, it does not sound at all like that concert. The CD is of bad quality, been mastered from a very worn out vinyl. Especially disc 1 is of poor quality, disc 2 and 3 is a little better. Echoes is cut half way through. And it's poor playing time on all 3 discs. Not recomended. -TOR Cracked is dreadful. It was copied from a poor vinyl copy of Crackers and uses 3 (!) discs. The original recording sounds like it's pretty good. -JEFF To make things clear: Only 'Breathe' is from 17.2.72. The rest is indeed completely from 22.9.72. All in all, don't bother. The CD is not worth a single cent. It is completely recorded with wrong speed and therefore a pain to listen. Watch out for 'Staying Home to Wath the Rain': Same concert and _much_ better quality!. -HERWIG Sound quality is fair; this show is obviously taken from its vinyl counterpart, the well-known Cracked box set. This show could have fit on two CDs, three is unnecessary and a rip-off. If you want this show, buy the better-sounding Staying Home to Watch the Rain. -ECM Seen listed as "Hollywood Bowl '72". 960317*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Crazy Diamonds Unique_Id: CRAZYDIA Format: 2CD Catalog: PYCD 059-2 Triangle Records Misc.: AAD, S.I.A.E Produced: Made in the EEC, 1990 Date: 750618 Cover: Picture of Rick Wright in red light. Pink Floyd is written in big yellow letters. One page booklet with same picture as on front cover, other side contains source and line up. Sources: 18 Jun 1975, Boston, USA. Tracks: Disc 1 1. Raving And Drooling 09:24 2. You've Got To Be Crazy 13:55 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) 12:08 4. Have A Cigar 05:02 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) 10:49 6. Speak To Me 03:14 7. Breathe 02:45 8. On The Run 04:58 9. Time 04:52 10. Breathe Reprise 01:07 Total 67:14 Disc 2 1. The Great Gig In The Sky 05:54 2. Money 08:02 3. Us And Them 07:12 4. Any Colour You Like 08:26 5. Brain Damage 03:52 6. Eclipse 01:57 7. Echoes 21:50 Total 57:13 Band: David Gilmour (guitars, vocals) Nick Mason (percussion, vocals) Roger Waters (basguitar, vocals) Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals) Xref: Boston Gardens, 18/6-1975 Quality: VG+ Good sound, a little dark (little treble) maybe. -TOR VG+ -HERWIG The sound quality is good, though marred by some audience noise (especially during the quiet parts). -TAP (#50) Comments: Booklet claim that Nick Mason does vocals, and on the cover it is stated that "You Gotta Be Crazy" is written by Waters/Wright. The group is not at their best (is this the absence in the band, that WYWH is about?) but there are some very good versions of "Any Colour You Like" and "Echoes" (with a great sax solo). -TOR Recorded at the Boston Garden, the first CD to cover a complete 1975 US tour set. Most enjoyable are the preformances of "Gotta Be Crazy", which is different to both the 74 and 77 (Dogs) versions, and one of the last pre-87 "Ecoes", with very nice sax solos. -TAP (#50) Great sound quality. This concert is a little heavy on the bass. Each song is a notably good version, especially Echoes and Any Colour You Like. -ECM In as much I was asking about a comparison with the Random Precision CD, the responses I received were more or less given about the shows themselves. All responses were unanimously in favor of the Boston Gardens 6/16/75 show over the NY 6/18/75 show. Many thanks to those who did respond, in fact I'm listening to the Boston Gardens 6/16/75 roio as I type and I can attest to the performance at this show as being top notch. While I will agree on the comments in the roio db about the few edits (especially during SOYCD) as somewhat annoying, the sound and performance is better than I had hoped and more than outweight the deficiencies listed. I would even go so far as to say that if the NY 6/18/75 show is near the level of this show it would be a worthy one to have as well. -ANON Not much to say, except that it's great. I recommend it highly.- PK 950924*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Cymbaline Unique_Id: CYMBALIN Format: CD Catalog: CD 9014 Alegra Misc.: SIAE Produced: 1995 Date: 680625 Cover: ! Sources: 25 Jun 1968, '69, '70, '71 1 - ? 2 - 14 January 1969, BBC Top Gear 3 - 17 October 1971, San Diego 4, 7 - 25 June 1968, BBC Top Gear 5 - 30 September 1971, BBC Playhouse Theatre, London 6 - 12 May 1969, BBC Night Ride Tracks: 1. Set The Controls Of The Heart Of The Sun 12:17 2. Point Me At The Sky 4:11 3. Cymbaline 11:03 4. Murderistics Woman 2:09 5. Echoes 23:23 6. The Narrow Way 4:20 7. Julia Dream 2:02 Total: 59:25 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: VG-Ex Comments: Sources given on the cover are unreliable. This is yet another Italian ROIO which comprises a seemingly random mix of tracks from BBC Sessions and the San Diego '71 gig. At best, it serves as a sampler of other ROIOs, and it should be very cheap (I paid the equivalent of US $6) - ANON 960908*************************************************************** Artist: Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, Jokers Wild Title: Dark Globe: Syd Barret and the dawn of Pink Floyd Unique_Id: DARKGLOB Format: CD Catalog: ! Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 670120 Cover: ! Sources: 20 Jan 1967, UFO Club; 1965-1969, Various studio sessions Tracks: 1. Love You (fast version, 1969 outtake) 1:18 2. Love You II (slow version, 1969 outtake) 1:23 3. Long Gone (no backing track, 1969 outtake) 1:45 4. Rhamadam (sic; believed to actually be Lanky Pt. 2, outtake, 6May68) 1:34 5. Octopus (1969 outtake) 2:42 6. Clowns and Jugglers (1969 outtake with backwards guitar) 1:34 7. Untitled instrumental, supposedly from Syd's final session, 1975 1:19 8. Dark Globe (1969 outtake) 0:24 9. Singing a Song In the Morning (Kevin Ayers outtake with Syd on guitar and backing vocals; 1969) 2:34 10. Intro/Mathilda Mother (UFO Club, 20 Jan '67. From Granada TV documentary 'Underground' broadcast 7 Feb 1967) 2:24 11. Interstellar Overdrive (same source as 10) 4:00 12. Interview of Syd & Roger by Hans Keller, "Look of the Week," 14 May 1967; complete) 3:36 13. Sunshine (unreleased instrumental from PATGOD sessions, Abbey Road Studios, 29Jun67) 1:29 14. Interstellar Overdrive (alternates with interview from July 1967) 7:06 15. Arnold Layne (Advision Studios acetate) 2:29 16. Candy and a Currant Bun (Advision Studios acetate) 1:54 17. Interstellar Overdrive (10" Emidisc acetate) 4:59 18. Don't Ask Me (Joker's Wild 7" single, 1966) 3:18 19. Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Joker's Wild 7", 1966) 2:11 20. Interstellar Overdrive (live) 14:48 Band: Syd Barrett Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour (and Jokers Wild) (18,19) Kevin Ayers Jerry Shirley Mike Rateledge Hugh Hopper Robert Wyatt Xref: Steel Breeze (LP) Feed Your Head (LP) Feed Your Head Magnesium Proverbs Sophisticated Colours Rhamadam Quality: ! Comments: I'm pretty sure it's just an exact copy of the Rhamadam CD, only with a different title. -ANDRE 971117*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dark Night In London Unique_Id: DARKNLON Format: 2CD Catalog: Red Robin Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 741116 Cover: ! Sources: 16 Nov 1974, 01 Nov 1994 London 16 Nov 74 and Earl's Court 1 Nov 94. Tracks: ! Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: EX/SUP - ABDABS Comments: Darkside songs from London 9/24/73 and Earl's Court 11/1/94 This is an EX+ RoIO or at least the "1973" show is. The 1994 CD has some recording problems. In the middle of the CD some rap music can be heard for a few seconds*#@#$ I'm not sure the "1973" is from 73. It sounds like the radio broadcast from 1974 and is exactly the same length too Overall a nice set. -ANON "Dark Night In London" is a superior RoIO recording of the 1973 tour. ANON is correct regarding the 1994 show; too many problems that annoy (purchase "Pulse" for the ultimate 1994 version). The package does, however, provide a nice comparison between the 1973 and 1994 performances of "Dark Side". - ABDABS = Disk one of this two disk set is incorrectly labeled as September 24, 1973. It is actually from the BBC broadcast of the Dark Side set from November 16, 1974. 960728*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dark Night In Atlanta Unique_Id: DARKNITE Format: CD Catalog: WKP-0030 Whoopy Cat Misc.: FM, Picture CD Produced: 1994 Date: 741116 Matrix: WKP0031 60619XK1 Cover: INSERT: Front has design featuring a pyramid refracting a white beam into a spectrum with the CD title and band name; Rear and centerspread have 'silk screened' photos of band. TRAY LINER: 'Silk screened' band photo overlain by tracklist and the words "Recorded live in Atlanta, Sept. 24, 1973." CD: Picture disk with pyramid and planets design. Sources: 16 Nov 1974, Wembley Empire Pool, London Disc says 24 Sep 1973, Atlanta. Tracks: 1. Speak To Me 2. Breathe 3. On The Run 4. Time 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 6. Money 7. Us And Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse Total time: 52:52 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Dick Parry (Sax) Carlene Williams (Vocals) Vanetta Fields (Vocals) Xref: In The Sky Brain Damage Brain Damage London 1972 (From the Dark Side of the Moon) Other Side of the Moon Vol 2 Sampler 1992 (Breathe only) She Kisses Like A Machine Quality: Sup - THE HEDONIST Comments: Number on CD: WKP-0031 This CD should be renamed "Dark Day for Whoopy Cat". The venue info. given on the liner (Atlanta 1973) is completely bogus; one cursory listen reveals the source to be our old friend the '74 Wembley DSOTM FM broadcast. - THE HEDONIST The entire CD, which consists of Dark Side, is on ONE track! -ECM 970329*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dark Side Of The Sky Unique_Id: DSIDESKY Format: CD Catalog: CO 25117 Chapter One Misc.: AAD Produced: USA? Date: 720217 Cover: Cover is a lovely 4 page booklet with photos live on stage 1974 - 1977. -BD (#23) Front cover shows the clock with the pendulum, from the end of the film segment for Time. -TOR Sources: 17 Feb 1972, London ./ BBC 1970* -BD (#23) (1-10) Rainbow Theatre, London, 17 or 20 Feb 72 -OSO (11, 12) Paris Theatre, London, 16 Sep 1970. Tracks: 1. Speak To Me / Breathe 3:30 2. On The Run 6:31 3. Time 6:34 4. Breathe Reprise 1:05 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:38 6. Money 8:05 7. Us & Them 2:25 8. Any Colour You Like 4:46 9. Brain Damage 3:59 10. Eclipse 1:20 11. Atom Heart Mother 25:04 12. If 4:40 Total 72:03 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Best Of Tour 72, Time, 8th RD From The Moon, The Live Side Of The Moon, Forbidden Samples Quality: Ex -HERWIG Good-Excellent -BD (#23) 7.5 -OSO Comments: Hard to find this disc is another issue of the 17.2.72 concert in reasonably good quality although Best Of Tour 72 is better. The other 2 tracks are from the 1970 BBC session in pretty good quality. -BD (#23) On The Run jam & Great Gig w/preachers. Time abridged at 3.33. Us & Them abridged at 2.18. A superset of "best of tour 72" (bot72 is better.) Mastering - vinyl. -OSO This version of Dark Side is the 1972 version from before the studio album was released. Excellent sound quality, and a particularly good version of the pre-release On the Run; very jazzy. -ECM HUNT THIS ONE DOWN WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT!!! What a phenomenal performance, an absolute musical Picasso. This rendition of "Dark Side of the Moon" is completely different and just so refreshing because of its uniqueness. There are a few complaints however; a few lines missing from "time", "the great gig in the sky" is not likeable, and "us & them" is cut too short for my taste. But otherwise a very superb performance. "Atom heart mother" sounds like the studio version and "If" is not too shabby. This Roio MUST be had! 941201*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dark Side of the Pig Unique_Id: DSIDEPIG Format: CD Catalog: HB 001 Misc.: Audience Produced: Germany, 1993 (GEMA) Date: 770129 Cover: Folded insert with cow and mirror ball, frog and clock slices; Tray liner features band with the pig and track listing. Sources: 29 Jan 1977, Berlin and 01 Feb 1977, Vienna. Tracks: 1. Sheep 2. Dogs 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 7-9) 4. Money 5. Us and Them Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: ! Quality: Ex -PATRICK VG Comments: Top quality soundboard recordings from the 1977 'Animals' tour. The material is culled from two shows in Europe (Berlin 1/29/77 & Vienna 2/1/77) but there are no liner notes to identify which tracks are from which show. -LIVE MUSIC REVIEW I have to disagree with the description of this disk given in "Live! Music Review". While it could be argued by some that these recordings are 'board, there is no way that the quality can be regarded as "_top quality_ soundboard". In fact, the evidence suggests that the source is audience; a _good_ audience recording, but not up to the standard of "In The Flesh" (GDR). - THE HEDONIST 990909*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dark Side Premier Unique_Id: DARKSIPR Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: Produced: Hip Cat Records Date: 720121 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Green psychedelic cocktail glasses picture nicked from the remastered Meddle Sources: 21 Jan 1972, 20Jan72 21 Jan 72, Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK; Disc two, tracks 3-8, 20 Jan 72, the Dome, Brighton, UK Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak to Me 2. Breathe 3. Instrumental Jam 4. Time 5. The Mortality Sequence 6. Money 7. Us and Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse 11. Tune-up 12. One of These Days 13. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Total Time: 68:08 Disc: 2 1. Echoes 2. A Saucerful of Secrets 3. Speak to Me 4. Breathe 5. Instrumental Jam 6. Time 7. The Mortality Sequence 8. Money (equipment failure) Total Time: 73:16 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Darkside Rehearsals Quality: VG+ Comments: Fairly decent production of this show. It also includes the incompleted darkside from the previous night as bonus tracks. The quality is comparible to Darkside Rehearsals -TimV 000128*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dark Side of Radio City Unique_Id: DARKRADI Format: 2CDR Catalog: pf1010073 jpn98007 Pigs on the Wing Misc.: Audience recording Produced: Date: 730317 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Disc: 2 CDR Cover: Front: Enlarged prism on black background. Above the prism, a la Meet the Beatles cover style, are the heads of the band members. From left to right are Roger, Nick, Rick and Dave. Photo looks '77ish, not '73 but don't know for sure. Tracks are listed on backside which is on white background with photo of a VSC3 Synthi in lower right corner. Japanese characters written near bar-code. The font for all text is a "bubbled space-aged" text. Case is folded glossy cardboard with a collage of on stage, backstage, and studio photographs in the inside spread. Sources: 17 Mar 1973, Radio City Music Hall, NYC and "Paris 1968 (first two songs)" Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Let There be More Light 2. Flashing [sic] 3. Obscured by Clouds 4. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 5. Careful with tha Axe, Eugene 6. Echoes Disc: 2 1. Speak to Me 2. Breathe 3. On the Run 4. Time 5. The Great Gig in the Sky 6. Money 7. Us and Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse 11. One of These Days 12. Saucerful of Secrets Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: VG+ -PIG1DO EX -GREEN MAN EX/VG+ -HERWIG Comments: Another complete show from the 73 tour (minus Childhood's End??) as performed in New York City, according to the package. The date and location match with Miles accounting. Sounds great, almost like a bare mix from a soundboard. All instruments come in clear and sharp without stadium/theatre reverb. The quality of the two songs supposedly from Paris 68 are not as clean, but definitely enjoyable (VG- maybe). Flashing should be title Flaming and Obscured by Clouds contains both ObC and When You're In, although not indicated on the sleeve. Apparently a Japanese production. -PIG1DO This is a MUST BUY. It's from an early show of the American tour of 1973, although the first two tracks of Disc One are listed as performed in Paris in 1968. Audio quality is an "8" and packaging is a gorgeous gatefold "digi-pak", sturdy and very glossy, with the front cover being that of the MOJO magazine "Dark Side Anniversary" cover story; the inside being a collage of familiar photos, and the back listing the tracks with a great photo of a VCS-3 (or whatever those letters are) synthesizer. The package is indeed like a mini-double LP from the "olden days"? "Let There Be?" is very clean and almost appears to be from a radio show, perhaps BBC(?). There is some curious phase shifting going on, especially during the audience applause. "Flashing" ("Flaming", that is) has an extended Rick Wright Farfisa organ solo. "Obscured" has a neat Moog intro, going into a jam with Gilmour playing some excellent slide and Wright playing some funky seventh chords on Hammond, then returning to his Moog. "Set the Controls" offers a very nice Farfisa spacescape courtesy of Mr. Wright, and is the only version of this song I have ever heard with Mini Moog in it. "Eugene" is closer to the studio version than any others I've heard, and has extended whispered vocals by Waters and very animated screams. "Echoes" features excellent sound, most noticeably great kick drum which is normally the first thing to "go" in audience tapes. Quite good quality recording of DSotM, replete with the female vocals although it still contains the "lying supine" lyric. "Saucerful" is magnificient, worth the price of the double set alone, although curiously there are no vocals at the end? Again, a must-have disc. -Z-MAN Stay away from Dark Side of Radio City (2 cdrs on a Japanese label I believe is called Pigs on the Wing). The performance is 3/17/73. The first disc is actually very good-nice and clear, no hiss. The second disc is very "fast" , something happened to their source tape - a real shame because the 1st disc was so good (although the 1st disc starts with 2 BBC tracks for some reason.) Just wanted to let you know. -MIKE This release comes on CDR however the packaging is very good being based on the mojo dark side special artwork and the discs although CDR's have printed backs and come in slips to prevent scratching. The sound is the best of any of the 73 shows being upfront and with a real kick to it. However the whole show runs fast (the first two tracks and SOS do not as they're from different sources). This speed problem can not be heard on instrumental tracks so all of disk one is ok however one or two tracks on disk 2 are spoilt, mainly money which is obviously sped up. Other than money the only thing you hear is that the vocals are slightly more high pitched although not enough to spoil it. Regarding the performance this is an excellent show CWTAE is amazing as is OBC/WYI. However the highlight is SCFHOS which is the best ever version by a mile. The middle section keyboard solo is out of this world being the only one with mini moog in it and also some improvised bass playing for roger with a number of "false start" returns to the main theme. All in all this is a excellent release but due to the speed problems I'd still rank Yeskhull as the best 73 show if you like to listen to the whole show at once but this show has more highlights and better sound. -GREEN MAN This is recommended. I was definitely astonished by the overall good sound quality. The first two songs are a mystery but they are not the BBC ones. Nevertheless incredibly sound quality considering the age, at least VG+. The source material for the 73 concert is of breathtaking quality. I would rate it EX+, sometimes even SUP-. Unfortunately the record is destroyed by a neverending switching between stereo and mono for no apparent reason. The mono parts are hollow sounding and reduce the overall rating to EX. There is a bad cut in TGGiTS. The last song (ASOS) is also not from 73 but sounds great. -HERWIG This set is a peculiar oddity. The first two songs are from French TV (not BBC Radio) in late 68'. Floyd performed these 2 tracks on 3 different occasions in Sept, Oct and Dec 1968 for channel ORFT2. Your guess is as good as mine which one these two are from. The Radio City tracks are puzzling: Disc one is nice and at the correct speed except my copy switches between mono and stereo making it almost unlistenable (try listening on headphones if you don't believe me). There are also some nasty edits, in particular right at the end of "Echoes". Disc two is way too fast with more bad edits ("Us & Them", "O.O.T.D.") and mono/stereo switching. I'll bet my hat that "Saucerful ..." is not from this show, the reverb quality changes from large hall to small room, plus O.O.T.D was the standard encore at this time. "In the Flesh" book does not list this as part of the set. In fact I have suspicion that it's not even Floyd. There are no vocals (which would give it away) and there are peculiar effects you can hear on headphones. It just doesn't sound right. I hope I'm wrong. A shame really as the packaging is luscious. -TUZZSTER What a shame. It's a good perfoemance of Dark Side, but the speed seems a little to fast. At times, David Gilmour sounds like one of The Chipmunks when he is singing. According to the book In the Flesh, ASOS was not performed at this concert. It's probably from a 1972 show. These shows featured Celestial Voices with no vocals. For a better quality show with the same setlist (minus ASOS), look for Yeeshkul. -KDS 970329*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Darkness Over Frisco Unique_Id: DARKFRIS Format: CD Catalog: TGP-CD-129 The Genuine Pig Misc.: Produced: CDT - Berlin Date: 700429 Cover: Cover is a 4 page booklet with poor colour pics of PF onstage early 70's. -BD (#23) Sources: 29 Apr 1970, San Francisco, U.S.A. Reported as 08 Mar 1970 SF Fillmore West (This is not correct -TOR) Tracks: 1. Cymbailine 2. Granchester Meadows 3. Green Is The Colour 4. Careful With That Axe 5. Atom Heart Mother 6. Set The Controls Total 57:17 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Colourful Meadows Quality: VG+ -HERWIG VG+ -PELLE Good -BD (#23) Comments: Pretty easy to get, this again is the PBS broadcast 29.4.70. Due to crackle suppression technique used, the music suffers, but is still slightly better than Colourful Meadows. -BD (#23) The date could be 29th April 1970, as reported in an old Italian book about Pink Floyd interviews and rarities. A good performance, the only remarkable drawback is the terrible vocals in AHM. The sound quality is enough good, it was '70, do not forget. A collectable item, for sure. -PELLE Darkness Over Frisco does appear to be different from Psychedelicamania. At least the song Green is the Colour is different because on Psychedelicamania Dave doesn't bother to sing Green but goes straight to coulor of her way. In Darkness he clearly does sing green and the pace is much slower on this Roio or else the tape speed is wrong. I always thought they were the same so I never bothered listening to Darkness Over Frisco. It's on a crappy label anyway. If you gave a soundboard DAT to World Productions they would have to add vinyl pops and tape clicks just because of tradition. You heard of No-Noise, well these people have the technology of Mo-noise as in More-Noise. 960317*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Darkside II Unique_Id: DRKSIDII Format: CD Catalog: HB02 Misc.: Desk tape Produced: ! Date: 770129 Cover: Pink Floyd in pink letters up the right hand side of the cover. Picture of a man standing on a barren landscape with a big pink pig floating in the air behind him. Sources: 29 Jan 1977, Berlin and 01 Feb 1977, Vienna. Tracks: 1. Pigs On The Wing (part 1) 2:09 2. Pigs On The Wing (part 2) 2:37 3. Pigs (3 Different Ones) 16:52 4. Wish You Were Here 5:48 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (part 6-9) 17:41 6. Brain Damage 3:54 7. Eclipse 1:47 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: ! Quality: Ex - with hiss -PATRICK Comments: These tracks are from the same source as Dark Side Of The Pig. Pigs (3 Different Ones) is on the CD but does not appear on the cover. Brain Damage and Eclipse don't seem to be from these concerts but from one of the 74/75 tour -PATRICK Has ticks and pops so I assume it was mastered from vinyl. Pigs (3 diff. ones) is not listed on the sleeve. There is quite a lot of hiss throughout the recording. Not the best recording of the 1977 tour, and not recommended. -ANON The sound quality at the beginning of the CD is extremely poor, a lot of background noise and tape hiss. POTW can be identified, but it is a pain to listen to! SOYCD sounds much better, and is quite enjoyable. Brain Damage is conceptually the best I have heard, a duet by RW and DG (RW singing the main melody, while DG sings the 'alto/tenor'-part). 961023*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Darkside Rehearsals Unique_Id: DSIDEREH Format: 2CD Catalog: PYCD 065-2 Triangle Misc.: AAD, Made in the EEC Produced: Manufactured in Italy by Opti.Me.S Date: 720120 Cover: Floyd on stage lit with lights from overhead. Large circular screen behind the band lit from 13 angles. On the top written in yellow letters is PINK FLOYD, then in red letters and half the size is THE DARKSIDE REHEARSALS. Back: the track listing with line up and source. Included with this is "The Darkside Of The Moon Rehearsals. All Different Versions." "These historic recordings may contain surface noise or distortion due to age of the master recordings being used." Sources: 20 Jan 1972, The Dome, Brighton, UK Tracks: Disc One 1. Speak To Me 2:08 2. Breathe 3:01 3. On The Run 8:09 4. Time 6:36 5. Breathe (reprise) 1:46 6. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:35 7. Money 2:44 8. Atom Heart Mother 15:26 9. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:45 Total Time: 55:14 Disc Two 1. One Of These Days 9:09 2. Echoes 26:31 3. A Saucerful Of Secrets 17:03 Total Time: 52:44 Band: Roger Waters: Vocals, bass David Gilmour: Vocals, guitar Rick Wright: Organ Nick Mason: Drums, percussion Xref: Quality: VG+ (SP?) -TOR Ex -Scott Comments: This is a recording of the premier show of DSotM. Due to some equipment failure, the DSotM part is abandoned a couple of minutes into Money. They continue with older material. A nice Speak To Me includes the sounds of the cash register and cows low'ing. The guy who taped the show is obviously very impressed with what he see's up on stage, as he commentate with; "Look at that.. Brilliant... Fucking Jesus!" during Speak To Me. On The Run is the jam version, Time is very slow (with Gilmour humming on the guitar solo) and TGGITS has the preacher tape. Sound quality is quite good, though there is some tape hiss evident and it sounds like the tape used was going a bit slow (but I'm not sure). Very litle audience noise. An truly historic recording. -TOR Great sound quality. Purported to be the first time Dark Side was played for a live audience. Song cuts off during Money due to technical problems. Particularly excellent versions of Echoes and A Saucerful of Secrets. -ECM Contains the first performance of Eclipsed (early version of DSOTM). Eclipsed is cut short by a power outage during Money. As a result, the band plays AHM, which was not part of this tour's set list (except for Japan). AHM has no tractor (?) introduction; the band just gets right into the song. The performances of AHM were beginning to wind down (with about 10 or so more performances before being permanently dropped from the set list). Saucerful has no ending vocals by Dave. Sound quality is high and all song performances are strong. It was the beginning of a new era. This is a historic show. Rated as essential collection material. -Scott 000105*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: De Doelen Unique_Id: DEDOELEN Format: 2CD Catalog: Digital Floyd Misc.: Audience recording Produced: Date: 701107 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Roger with his arms crossed on the podium, behind him Nick and Rick, and the gong. Looks not like a pic from the Doelen (which is a hall). Back: Kinda psychedelic background, handwritten Pink Floyd - De Doelen. Sources: 07 Nov 1970, Grote Zaal, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Astronomy Domine 14:05 2. Fat Old Sun 16:10 3. Cymbaline 11:11 4. Atom Heart Mother 18:59 5. Embryo 11:24 Total Time: 71:51 Disc: 2 1. Green Is The Colour 4:41 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 12:29 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 15:26 4. A Saucerful Of Secrets 20:35 5. Blues 9:05 Total Time: 62:18 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: G -CRAZY D Comments: I'm very happy to have this one, since I live in Rotterdam, it's cool to have recordings from Floyd playing here. The quality is not very great though, although, looking at the date, and it's an audience recording, it's not very bad either (there are worse :-). It sounds sometimes as if the stage was very far away (but De Doelen aren't *that* big...), but since I love this playlist, it's a pleasure to listen. The songs don't really have any exciting moments of jamming, but are played very very descently, very cool :-)). I think they were having a good day :-) At the end of Fat Old Sun, a Dutch voice is asking on behalf of the fire department if the people in the aisles want to go back to their places. As reaction to that, someone says 'lul' (dick). While Floyd is taking their time for tuning... Atom Heart Mother is played without orchestra. After AHM it seems they're taking a break ("Thank you, we'll be back soon"). The track continues though, it's tune up time again, and the audience finds that pretty amusing. During Embryo you hear some Dutch talking, but I can't figure out what. Something about party... at almost 10 minutes though is the sound pretty screwed up for few seconds, which made me kinda dizy... Cool version though. Green Is The Colour starts with some talking too, but I couldn't really hear it. The Celstial Voices part of Saucerful is becoming my favorite, it's a very nice version, David is really in the mood... hehe they are all actually :-) If you're not really looking for great quality sound, this is definitely recommended. -CRAZY D 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dogs and Sheeps Unique_Id: DOGSHEEP Format: 2CD Catalog: FLASH 01.93.0197/1 & 2, FLASHBACK WORLDPRODUCTIONS Misc.: ! Produced: 1993, Luxemburg Date: 750426 Cover: ! Sources: 26 Apr 1975, LA, USA. Tracks: Disc 1 1. Sheep 13:31 2. Dogs 14:31 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1-5 12:43 4. Have a Cigar 4:36 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 6-9 13:28 ----- 58:51 Disc 2 1. Speak to Me 2:17 2. Breathe 2:59 3. On the Run 4:35 4. Time 5:30 5. Breathe - Reprise 1:05 6. The Great Gig In the Sky 6:04 7. Us and Them 7:58 8. Any Colour You Like 7:39 9. Brain Damage 3:41 10. Eclipse 2:58 11. Echoes 22:51 ----- 67:39 Band: David Gilmour (guitars, vocals) Nick Mason (percussion, vocals) Roger Waters (basguitar, vocals) Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals) Xref: Movin' Time Quality: EX- Comments: "Dogs and Sheeps" is almost identical to "Crazy Diamonds". The only difference is that Dogs and Sheeps doesn't contain the song Money, whereas the Crazy Diamonds does... The liner notes say that the recording on this CD was done at a LA show on April 26th 1975... -ECHOES_1 It's a pity that Money is missing because it would have fitted on the disc but then again Money was the best choice when leaving out a song from DSotM. The quality of the sound is ex- IMO making this 2CD one of the best roios. According to Jon Rosenberg's book (which every Floyd fan should have) there was a concert on 26/4/75. I cannot verify if this recording is taken from that day but I can say for sure that this concert never has been released on a roio CD before (it is different to Crazy Diamonds). Apart from the omission of Money this one is a complete recording of a great concert. You can hear Roger announcing the songs and shouting at people who wander around in front of the stage. I really love it when the breaks between the songs are recorded as well because this gives you the feeling that you are in the audience as well. And this is the best way to enjoy the Pink Floyd of the seventies when one become a fan of their music too late (in the eighties). The songs I like most are Echoes with saxophone and Any Colour You Like with vocals from the background singers. Strongly recommended to everybody who is interested in roios. -ECHOES_2 This is an excellent show with great sound quality, and is marred only by the fact that Money is missing from the Dark Side set. You've Got to be Crazy is particularly good, as are Shine On (I-IX) and Echoes. -ECM 941128*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dogs of War Unique_Id: DOGSOWAR Format: CD Catalog: MOJO-036 Misc.: Australia, legal. Sold openly in record shops. Produced: 1993 Date: 87 Cover: The cover shows a photo of an outdoors concert which has no connection to Pink Floyd (I don't think PF have had someone on stage playing a flute, nor having two large doves behind them!). The front cover has three large tickets for Mojo Music for a Pink Floyd concert. The usual Australian warnings about this being an unauthorised recording and sound quality are spread along the top and bottom of the cover in red ink. The word unapproved is also spread across the middle of the cover in red. The back cover has an identical photo to the front, but in a lighter shade with no tickets obstructing the stage. A track listing is also on the back. Sources: 1987? Tracks: 1. Welcome to the Machine 7:08 2. Yet Another Movie 7:33 3. Dogs of War 7:47 4. On the Turning Away 8:50 5. Wish You Where Here 5:20 6. Us and Them 7:12 7. Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) 5:23 8. Confortably Numb 9:18 Band: Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Pink Floyd Live UNAPPROVED Quality: EX -MARK Comments: An excellent audience recording with very little audience noise. There is a small amount of tape hiss, but it is only noticable between tracks. It should be noted that the title of the CD is not displayed on the CD covers at all. It is only on the CD itself. The only titles visible are "Pink Floyd Live" on the outside of the CD. -MARK 941128*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dogs of War Unique_Id: DOGWARPP Format: CD Catalog: PPL 551 Pipeline Misc.: ! Produced: 6/1994 Date: 870928 Cover: Front: Photo of Mr Screen and band, DG in the spotlight. Mr Screen has green and magenta lights, and red lasers in the background. PINK FLOYD is across top in yellow, with "Dogs of War" just below. Back: Track listing with "PINK FLOYD DOGS OF WAR live at the Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 28, 1987" Sources: 28 Sep 1987, Chicago Tracks: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5) 12:20 2. Signs of Life 3:57 3. Learning to Fly 5:41 4. Yet Another Movie 7:35 5. A New Machine (Part 1) - Terminal Frost 8:31 6. A New Machine (Part 2) (and Sorrow) 9:56 7. Dogs of War 8:13 8. On The Turning Away 8:52 Total: 65:08 Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Guy Pratt Tim Renwick Jon Carin Scott Page Gary Wallis Margaret Taylor Rachel Fury Durga McBroom Xref: On the Turning Away Quality: EX- (stereo) Comments: Sound quality is excellent for an analog recording. The audience is well behaved, with no whistlers or yellers near the taper. Sorrow is not listed on the cover. The second half of the concert is the CD Welcome to Chicago. 951126*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dream's Factory Unique_Id: DREAMFAC Format: CD Catalog: New Keruac Line Misc.: Ltd. Ed. and Regular release? Produced: Italy Date: 72 Cover: It has a rounded shape with a label insided reporting "Limited edition". Sources: 1972? Tracks: 1. Breathe/On the Run 9:01 2. Echoes 25:16 3. Green is the Colour 3:02 4. If 4:23 5. Us and Them / Any Colour You Like 7:02 6. Careful with That Axe Eugene 5:28 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: Ex? Comments: ERROR in CD track list: Track 3 is a piece of Embryo! All tracks were recorded with a good quality; Echoes version is simply wonderful. -ANON The CD has a rounded shape (there are normal CD shape, also) with a label inside: "Limited edition, warranty certificate, 1011 Pink Floyd, copy n. xxxx" and SIAE logo stamped on it. All tracks are wonderful, with good listening. There's a mistake on track list: "Green is the colour" is the end part of Embryo. I think this RoIO was filled with the best version of every track, special mention for Echoes (what I call 'guitar version') and Breathe/On the Run. Careful with... is the best version so far. I think every Pink man MUST purchase this RoIO. -MATRO 980121************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Dynamic Live Unique_Id: DYNAMIC Format: CD Catalog: DL-30 Misc.: Made in Australia, but sold only in Japan. Produced: Date: 710930 Matrix: Disc 1: DL-30 820 Cover: Sources: 30 Sep 1971, 16Nov74, 15Jul89 30 Sep 1971 PARIS THEATRE, LONDON, BBC IN CONCERT (2)(6) 16 Nov 1974 WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON (1)(4)(5) 15 Jul 1989 St. Marys Square Laguna, Venezia, Italy (3)(7)(8)(9) Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Money 7:48 2. One Of These Days 6:11 3. Time 5:39 4. Eclipse 1:46 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 6:46 6. Echoes 18:31 7. Run Like Hell 6:55 8. Dogs Of War 8:07 9. Comfortably Numb 9:33 Total Time: 71:10 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: G+-VG Comments: 970304************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Earl's Court 94 Unique_Id: EARLCO94 Format: 2CD Catalog: SYD001/SYD002 Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 941020 Matrix: Disc 1: 940746A SYD001 Disc 2: 940745A SYD002 Cover: ! Sources: 20 Oct 1994, Earls Court? Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I - III, V, VII) 2. Learning To Fly 3. High Hopes 4. Take It Back 5. Coming Back To Life 6. Sorrow 7. Keep Talking 8. Intro & Another Brick In The Wall (II) 9. One Of These Days Total Time: 72:52 Disc: 2 1. Speak To Me 2. Breathe 3. On The Run 4. Time 5. Breathe Reprise 6. The Great Gig in the Sky 7. Money 8. Us And Them 9. Any Colour You Like 10. Brain Damage (I) 11. Brain Damage (II) & Eclipse 12. Wish You Were Here 13. Comfortably Numb 14. Run Like Hell Total Time: 72:49 Band: Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: ! Quality: ! Comments: ! 980823*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Earl's Bells Unique_Id: EARLBELL Format: CD Catalog: VOX1003/04 Vox Records Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 94 Matrix: CD1: F.DISC VOX 1003 1505-B CD2: F.DISC VOX 1004 1504-A Cover: ! Sources: 20 Oct 1994, PPV. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I - III, V, VII) 2. Learning To Fly 3. High Hopes 4. Take It Back 5. Coming Back To Life 6. Sorrow 7. Keep Talking 8. Intro & Another Brick In The Wall (II) 9. One Of These Days Total Time: 71:41 Disc 2: 1. Speak To Me & Breathe 2. On The Run 3. Time & Breathe Reprise 4. The Great Gig In The Sky 5. Money 6. Us And Them & Any Colour You Like (I) 7. Any Colour You Like (II) 8. Brain Damage 9. Eclipse 10. Wish You Were Here 11. Comfortably Numb 12. Run Like Hell Total Time: 70:06 Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Out Of This World Celebration Earl's Court 94 Earls Court - October 20th 1994 For Whom The Bell Tolls Greatest Hits Live Quality: A+. Excellent -FERNANDO Comments: The exact same recording on several other roios from the 1994 ppv. The sound is great, almost as an official, except in SOYCD I-V,VII, (noise in the left channel). The P*U*L*S*E video was from this same performance, but it was polished a bit. - FERNANDO 960815*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Earls Court - October 20th 1994 Unique_Id: EARL1994 Format: CD Catalog: LAR4 Lords of Archive Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 941020 Cover: ! Sources: 20 Oct 1994, Earls Court, London, US PPV sourced? Tracks: ! Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: ! Comments: This apparently _does_ have the US PPV as the source. 970308*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Early Singles Unique_Id: EARLYSIN Format: CD Catalog: SPA 02-CD-3321 The Early Years Misc.: AAD Produced: CDT, Berlin Date: 6703 Matrix: Disc 1: CDT BERLIN 02-CD-3321 01 Cover: Cover is nice , very colourful 8 page booklet, shots of PF 1967-68 plus singles covers reproduction (with Columbia logo's blanked out!). -BD (#23) Sources: Mar 1967- 1968, Studio. First Single, Mar, 1967 (tracks 1,2) Second Single, Jun, 1967 (track 3; B-side on first LP) Withdrawn Single, Oct, 1967 (tracks 4,5) Third Single, Nov, 1967 (tracks 6,7) Fourth Single, Feb, 1968 (tracks 8,9) Fifth Single, Nov, 1968 (tracks 10,11) Tracks: 1. Arnold Layne 2:51* 2. Candy And A Current Bun 2:38* 3. See Emily Play 2:54* 4. Scream Thy Last Scream 4:39* 5. Vegetable Man 2:32* 6. Apples And Oranges 3:00* 7. Paintbox 3:35* 8. It Would Be So Nice 3:39* 9. Julia Dream 2:35* 10. Be Careful With That Axe, Eugene 5:40* 11. Point Me At The Sky 3:38* Total 38:08* Band: Syd Barrett* Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Tracks 1,3,7,9,10 Relics Tracks 1,2,3,6,7,8,9 Master Of Rock (LP Holland) Track 3 Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP US) Quality: Sup/VG+ -HERWIG Excellent -BD (#23) 9.75 (out of 10?) -OSO Sup- -TOR Comments: This is starting to become scarce and is a very good wrap up of early single recordings taken from pristine copies of the vinyl. One of the necessary naughty CD's. BD (#23) Mastering [very clean] vinyl. REQUIRED. - OSO A great collection of the first five singles from Pink Floyd, plus one withdrawn single. Mastered from very clean vinyl. Sound varies a little from track to track. For those interested in the early period of Floyd, I guess this is a must have. -TOR Very good sound quality. This CD presents much the same set as the bonus CD from the Shine On box set, but includes Vegetable Man and Scream Thy Last Scream, both of which will most likely never be released officially. The Early Singles CD from the Shine On box set includes The Scarecrow, which this CD does not. -ECM 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Early Tour Years Unique_Id: EARLYTOU Format: 2CD Catalog: QCP 70004/QCP 71005 Quality Compact Productions Misc.: Produced: Korea Date: 70 Cover: Cover is an unusual graphic design, a 4 page fold out with biographical details written in early 70's! Disc is basic, plain black with silver lettering, full track listings. -BD (#23) Sources: 1970, -1971, Recorded Live Tracks: Disc 1 1. Fat Old Sun 14:21 2. One Of These Days 7:32 3. Echoes 22:27 ----- Total time: 44:22 Disc 2 1. Embryo 10:23 2. Green Is The Colour 3:26 3. Careful With That Axe Eugene 7:24 4. If 4:53 5. The Atom Heart Mother 24:43 ----- Total time: 50:51 Band: Dave Gilmour - Lead Guitar and Vocals Nick Mason - Drums Roger Waters - Bass Guitar Rick Wright - Keyboards and Vocals Xref: Quality: Poor/G -BD (#23) G -PIET Comments: Not too easy to find now but is from the 1970-71 BBC sessions in suprisingly poor quality - disc 1 is muffled and distorted and disc 2 harsh and crackly. The CD company's name is the biggest joke of the package! Avoid unless a completist. -BD (#23) So I'm a completist :-) And I like the CD's too -PIET 961024*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes Unique_Id: ECHOES Format: CD Catalog: RSC 010 CD Oil Well Misc.: ! Produced: 7/1993 Date: 710930 Cover: ! Sources: 30 Sep 1971, (most likely) Disc says Oct 12, 1971 Tracks: 1. Fat Old Sun 14:13 2. One Of These Days 6:52 3. Echoes 26:18 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: One of These Days (probably identical!) Quality: Ex. -DAN VG -Scott Comments: Swingin' Pig Records has been bought out by another company called Oil Well. -DAN Excellent sound quality. Very good performance, especially on Fat Old Sun and Echoes. Fat Old Sun is the extended version, with an extra verse sung before the jam. The only fault with this title is that it is short (3 songs, 46min) and is not the complete performance (Embryo and Blues were also played but are not included). This is a recommended title. -Scott I believe that OoTD and Echoes are the same as on LONDONFIELDS or the John Peel Show while FOS is from some other concert. I think I am right because I have Londonfields and the songs sound identical to me. Please respond to this. This is a great disc, it's a shame that Embryo and Blues aren't on it however. -ANDREW 960609*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes of Atom Heart Mother Unique_Id: ECHOSAHM Format: CD Catalog: ! Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 71 Cover: On the front of the CD case, it's got (in the lower left corner), a grey silouhette of a Harley, and says, in red, "The easy rider years Live" It has a drawing which looks like a picture taken through a stone arch of a buisinessman who has a grey upside- down triangle instead of a head, and there is some water in the background. Sources: 1971 Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Atom Heart Mother 2. Set The Contols For The Heart Of The Sun 3. The Narrow Way 4. Green Is The Color Disc 2: 1. Echoes 2. Fat Old Sun 3. One Of These Days 4. Embryo Band: Roger Waters: Bass, Vocals David Gilmour: Guitar, Vocals Richard Wright: Keyboards, Vocals Nick Mason: Drums Xref: ! Quality: Good -ANON Comments: Full title is "The Easy Rider Generation In Concert: Pink Floyd: Echoes of Atom Heart Mother". 991119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes By The Lake Unique_Id: ECHOLAKE Format: 3CDR Catalog: Misc.: Produced: Date: 870916 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Disc: 3 Cover: Front: Both front and back graphics are on stage pictures of (Gilmour's) Floyd, complete with lasers and Mr. Screen. Sources: 16 Sep 1987, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Echoes 20:45 2. Signs Of Life 4:36 3. Learning to Fly 5:14 4. Yet Another Movie 6:35 5. Round And Around 1:03 6. A New Machine - Part I 1:35 7. Terminal Frost 6:10 8. A New Machine - Part II 0:50 9. Sorrow 9:20 10. Dogs Of War 8:04 11. On The Turning Away 9:36 Disc: 2 1. One Of These Days 8:00 2. Time 5:05 3. On The Run 4:47 4. Wish You Were Here 5:00 5. Welcome To The Machine 8:59 6. Us And Them 7:15 7. Money 7:09 8. Another Brick In The Wall, Part II 6:41 9. Comfortably Numb 8:21 Disc: 3 1. One Slip 6:43 2. Run Like Hell 8:19 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 13:48 Band: David Gilmour - Guitar/Vocals Rick Wright - Keyboards Nick Mason - Drums/Percussion Guy Pratt - Bass Jon Carin - Keyboards Tim Renwick - Guitar Gary Wallis - Percussion Scott Page - Saxophones/Guitar Rachel Fury - Backing Vocals Margaret Taylor - Backing Vocals Xref: Quality: EX Comments: Another good recording from the Momentary Lapse tour. I'm having difficulty determining where the taper was, as the sound is a bit distant. My best guess is that he was a pretty good distance from the stage and his mic was aimed at the main PA (stage), but ended up getting some inherent reverb (the "stadium" effect), which is VERY noticeable on "Round And Around", and a few other places. Some of the sound effects are clear and can be heard quite easily, while others are distant. Maybe the taper was located near one of the rear PA stacks? Some of the louder volumes (during A New Machine, Dogs Of War, Sorrow) cause a slight overdriven distortion, which is a little annoying, but nothing to worry about. On several songs, the instruments are slightly murky (probably due to the distance), and the bass needs a slight boost, but it's nothing that a few tweaks of the 'ol EQ can't fix. The crowd is active (and at times, pretty damn loud) but is not too obtrusive, making you feel that you are at the show! In my opinion, this recording is a notch below A Clear View and comparable to Prism, which still makes this a very good ROIO. Plus, you get a GREAT (complete) version of ECHOES!!! The Floyd's playing seemed to be "on" that night. Rick takes some creative keyboard liberties during the intro to OTTA, doodling about while holding the main chord. During the keyboard intro, Gilmour: "Thank you very much... Good Evening... We're gonna take on one more song here, then we're gonna take a few minutes break, and we'll be back, again. Thank You. Take her away guys..." After OTTA, "Thank you, we'll be back in a few minutes." At the end of Money, Floyd plays the 4-bar into to ABITW2, stops for a few seconds, and then begins with "We don't need no ed-u-ca-tion". Great jam session! After ABITW2, Gilmour: "Thank you! Wow. What fun, eh? That's right, do it. There is always a way . . . All right, thank you very much for coming, all you people! Woooo! This is a big place isn't it? We haven't been here in a few years. Anyway, one more, and, it will be time to go." Dave: "Hello! Thank you! Well we have time for one more. (???) We hope you remember this one." From what I can tell, it's the ONLY Momentary Lapse-tour disc to contain both Echoes and One Slip!!! A great performance by The Floyd and a very good recording make this essential Gilmour-era Floyd material. A solid addition to any collection!!! -SUNDOG 981202************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes in the Canadian Wood Unique_Id: ECHCANWD Format: 2CD Catalog: CDX 1596418 MPH Megaphone Misc.: Produced: Date: 750628 Matrix: Disc 1: 1-81 MPH Disc 2: 5-81 MPH Cover: A picture of the four members imposed over a picture of the stage during a show. Sources: 28 Jun 1975, Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Raving & Drooling (Sheep) 2. You've Got to Be Crazy (Dogs) 3. Shine on You Crazy Diamond Part 1-4 4. Have A Cigar 5. Shine on You Crazy Diamond Part 5-9 6. Speak to Me 7. Breathe 8. On the Run 9. Time Disc: 2 1. The Great Gig in the Sky 2. Money 3. Us and Them 4. Any Colour You Like 5. Brain Damage 6. Eclipse 7. Echoes Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Holes in the Sky Ivor Wynne Quality: VG -CRA Comments: 970119*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes From Osaka Unique_Id: ECHOSAKA Format: 2CD Catalog: BS-10/11, MY PHENIX CO. Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 720309 Cover: Front: Pink Floyd written in pink on top, Echoes From Osaka below. In between a picture of PF on stage early 70's. Strange mosaic in green and blue is below. Back: A mosaic in blue including a watch in white. Pink Floyd written in pink on top, and also the tracks on the discs. Sources: 09 Mar 1972, Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Speak To Me 2. Breathe 3. On The Run 4. Time 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 6. Money 7. Us And Them 8. Any Colour You Like 9. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse 11. One Of These Days. Total Time: 60.06 Disc 2: 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 2. Echoes Total Time: 40.39 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: VG- Comments: Being the only cd out with the March 9, 1972 concert, you'll have to take it or leave it. Soundquality is only vg, and the vocals are not very clear. It sounds as if is it has been taped a bit distant from the stage. Still, it is listenable, and there is not much tape hiss. Standard-early DSOTM with jam-session, preacher etc. One could have wished for a better editng of the discs, putting OOTD on the second disc. Nothing very interesting, and not one of my favourits. - OSCAR 991220*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes in the Gardens Unique_Id: ECHOGARD Format: 3CD Catalog: HB-801-1/2/3 Heart Breakers Misc.: Produced: Date: 750618 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Disc: 3 Cover: Sources: 18 Jun 1975, Boston, USA Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Raving And Drooling 2. You've Gotta Be Crazy 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt 1-5) 4. Have A Cigar 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt 6-9) Disc: 2 1. -10. The Dark Side Of The Moon (Speak To Me - Eclipse) Disc: 3 1. Echoes Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Crazy Diamonds Quality: SUP -HERWIG Comments: AWESOME!! It's from a different and better source tape (on back of the CD it states their source is directly from the master reel to reel) than Crazy Diamond! The down note is that its spaced out onto 3 CD's for no reason whatsover. An extra 25.00 for nothing. They easily could have fit it onto 2 CDs. -MIKE I never thought that there will ever be an audience recording which could be rated SUP, but here it is. This is simply the best sound quality you will ever encounter not coming from a soundboard or broadcast. I got goosebumps listening to this flawless RoIO and great performance. Listen to "Any Colour you like" and you will never be the same. Get it, get it. -HERWIG 991216*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes In The Auditorium Unique_Id: ECHINAUD Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: Produced: 1998 Date: 711027 Matrix: Disc: 1 CDR Disc: 2 CDR Cover: Sources: 27 Oct 1971, Auditorium Theater - Chicago, Illinois Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Embryo 12:38 2. Tune ups 1:39 3. Fat Old Sun 14:41 4. Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun 14:15 5. Atom Heart Mother 17:45 6. Tune ups 2:57 7. One Of These Days 9:23 Total Time: 76:31 Disc: 2 1. Tune ups 1:29 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:52 3. Cymbaline 11:39 4. Echoes 24:52 5. A Saucerful of Secrets 14:48 Total Time: 63:40 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: V. Good -Scott VG++ -TimV Comments: It seems like it's been awhile since there's been a release from the Autumn 1971 tour of North America. This is a complete show, including the tune-ups between songs, which helps give the listener a more realistic listening experience . Of my (currently) nine live versions of Fat Old Sun (I'd like to have more), this is the only one that includes the bells in the opening, though Heart Of The Sun includes a quick bell toll or two before the song kicks in. Fat Old Sun is the full version, as opposed to the abbreviated version (only one verse before the jam) they occasionally played The overall tempo of the show is somewhat aggressive, though not as much as Obscurity (which I think is very aggressive). Dave has another good laughing attack during Cymbaline. The recording is decent, though slightly muffled. I think the problem is not due to the recording itself, but the hall acoustics. During the tune ups, the band is very clear. You can also clearly hear the two guys who recorded the show (they do not interfere with the music at all). However, once they all kick in, the hall acoustics seem to interfere with the clarity of the recording (though it may sound great if you're there). The only other negative thing is what sounds like a speed problem. Somewhere between the echo section of Echoes and the last verse, the speed seems to have increased. It is most noticeable when Gilmour and Wright sing. It sounds like they hit the helium tanks and drank a little too much coffee. The problem continues for the rest of Echoes and all of Saucerful. Again, the speed problem is most noticeable during the vocal section at the end of the song, making Dave sound a little like a chipmunk. During the section where the drums sort of roll over the chaos of the rest of the band, Nick seems to be drumming really quickly. Technically, I am not sure what is causing the problem. Whatever it is, though, has the effect of the music being played too quickly by the stereo. Who knows, maybe it is just my copy. The end result is roughly 20 minutes of music that can be hard to enjoy. Fortunately, I am not a major fan of Saucerful (though it would have been nice if it happened to One Of These Days instead). Overall, I like the disc and am glad I got it. Then again, I practically drool over the 1970-1971 shows. The sound is passable and the performance is very good. If you like the Autumn 1971 shows and are willing to put up with some flaws with your boots, you may want to pick it up, though there are better shows from that tour available. -Scott 950218*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes Unique_Id: ECHOESLA Format: CD Catalog: LA. CD 103 Live & Alive Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 710916 Cover: ! Sources: 16 Sep 1971, 17 Oct 1971 16 Sep 1971 for tracks 1,3,4 (Playhouse Theatre, London) 17 Oct 1971 for track 2 (Golden Hall, San Diego) Tracks: 1. Echoes 23:20 2. Fat Old Sun 14:47 3. One of These Days 6:28 4. The Embryo 9:53 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: Ex. -MBD Comments: One of These Days is listed with 'On' instead of 'One' on the CD. The quality is excellent. -MBD 960408*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Eclipse Unique_Id: ECLIPSE Format: CD Catalog: GDR CD 8904 Great Dane Records Misc.: Broadcast Produced: Optimes, Italy Date: 700916 Cover: Cover is quit nicely designed with a single fold out showing suprisingly, an eclipse. Disc is same design as cover notes. -BD (#23) Sources: 16 Sep 1970, - Mar 10, 1971 London. John Peel Show, BBC/Paris Theatre, London, England 16 Sep 70 - 1,2,3,4 / 10 Mar 71 - 5,6,7 Tracks: 1. Embryo 9:12 2. Green Is The Colour 3:15 3. Careful With That Axe Eugene 7:20 4. Atom Heart Mother 14:15 5. If 4:50 6. One Of These Days 7:25 7. Echoes 25:14 Total 73.03* Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Londonfields, Rhapsody in Pink Quality: Ex -BD (#23) Ex -HERWIG 9.5 -OSO Comments: Quit scarce now this is from the BBC 1970-1 sessions (as are so many). This is good value being a nice sounding disc with long playing time. Note for completist - the second pressing has matrix # 991950000372 2950 as opposed to 991950000372 1903, but it is not known if this affects or differs the sound in any way. -BD (#23) Indexing is off - track 2 still Embryo Indexing is off - track 3 is Green/Careful 1st public of Echoes. Playlist matches Westwood One Radio Network vinyl. A subset of 'Rhapsody In Pink' vinyl (which is cleaner.) -OSO My pet hate seems to be the constant stream of BBC material re-re-re-re and re-released until it's had the shitty death taken out of it. Again we have another set culled from the 16 Sept. 70 session and it's not even taken from a tape, but an album. How it maintains it's EX stereo status is beyond me, but at least it has the decency to put out the whole performance. The packaging is basic, with drawings of solar eclipses. Overall, with GDR's track record, this appears to be the joker in the pack. -BD (#24) Obviously taken from a vinyl source. Pops and other noise can be heard. Echoes is plagued by an annying hiss. Also, the track numbers are slightly screwed up. -ECM The DJ introduction for One of These Days is as follows: This next one is described by Roger Waters as a poignanted appraisal of the contemporary social situation, make what you will of that. And it will be on the new LP called Meddle. During the course of it too, Nick Masons vocal debut will come around, and, although you will hear his voice, at no time, if you're here in the studio folks, at no time will you see his lips move, which is somewhat of a technical tour de force. And it's called _One of these days I'm gonna cut you into little pieces_, or, for the benifit of the LP, _One of These Days_. This CD does not include the whole performance. The song 'Fat Old Sun' is missing from the CD, and from the LP source as well. But the song excists on a CD called 'One Of These Days', TSP-label. Put it between 'If' and 'One Of These Days' and you will have the complete set. -ANON 991117*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Eclipse of the Dark Side: A Piece for Assorted Unique_Id: ECLIDARK Format: CD Catalog: Misc.: Produced: Date: 720120 Matrix: Disc: 1 Cover: Front: Pictures on the cover include 2 pictures the band on stage and one of the band with a very large, uneven cigarette. Back: Back cover has the band looking up in a field. Sources: 20 Jan 1972, 21Jan72 Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak To Me 2. Breathe 3. On The Run 4. Time 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 6. Money (halted during the beginning) 7. Speak To Me 8. Breathe 9. On The Run 10. Time 11. The Great Gig In The Sky 12. Money 13. Us And Them 14. Any Colour You Like 15. Brain Damage 16. Eclipse Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: The quality in my opinion is poor but this is the first ROIO I have ever heard. Crowd noise and tape hiss are very noticeable. Excellent performance though. -ADAM 990607*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Eclipsed By The Moon Unique_Id: ECLBYMOO Format: 2CD Catalog: HL 206/207 Highlands Misc.: Produced: 1998 Date: 720121 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: The picture on the front insert shows three pyramids in a dark background with the prism colors from the DSotM album flying all about the foreground in streams. Sources: 21 Jan 1972, 20Jan72 21 Jan 1972, The Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 20 Jan 1972, The Dome Brighton, East Sussex, England Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Speak To Me 1:20 2. Breathe (Breathe In The Air) 2:41 3. Instrumental Jam (On The Run) 7:10 4. Time 3:38 5. The Mortality Sequence (The Great Gig In The Sky) 3:38 6. Money 7:55 7. Us And Them 6:34 8. Any Colour You Like 1:23 9. Brain Damage 4:13 10. Eclipse (Intermission) 1:50 11. One Of These Days 13:01 12. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 12:00 Disc: 2 1. Echoes 29:37 2. A Saucerful Of Secrets 14:38 3. Speak To Me 2:26 4. Breathe (Breathe In The Air) 2:54 5. Instrumental Jam (On The Run) 7:57 6. Time 8:33 7. The Mortality Sequence (The Great Gig In The Sky) 4:25 8. Money (abandoned at this song due to technical 3:31 problems) Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: Comments: Disc One and the first two songs of Disc Two are from The Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 1/21/72. Disc Two songs three through seven are from The Dome Brighton, East Sussex, England 1/20/72. Times are taken from the back insert. Second disc lists the 8 tracks as 7 - it lists track 4 for both Breathe and Instrumental Jam. -BRIAN 991220*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Electric Factory 1970 Unique_Id: ELECFACT Format: 2CDR Catalog: Infinate Sound Misc.: Remastered on 24 bit tec from master tape Produced: Date: 700926 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Front: Simple photo copied picture, back cover is maxell CDR Sources: 26 Sep 1970, Electric Factory, Philadelphia PA Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Astronomy Domine 8:55 2. Cymbaline 11:38 3. A Saucerful Of Secrets 20:02 Disc: 2 1. Interstelar Overdrive 18:59 2. Fat Old Sun 13:57 3. Green is the Colour/Carful with that Axe Eugene 13:55 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: EX+/SUP- -GREEN MAN EX+/EX -AL Comments: This is a truly exellent recording from the 1970 us tour. the sound is clean all the way though with no loss of volume and the bass is good and deep. The only thing wrong sound wise is that crowd and be hear faitly in the background although at very low volumes. All in all its one of the best sounding roios ever if you like to feel as though you where there at the concert. The performace is exellent with the vocal being the best i have heard 1970 and a good amount of exepermention going on. It also has IO (the longest performace i have ever seen or rather heard) and SOS in the best quality i have heard on any roio. This cdr can only be brough direct from the producers at the time of writing. I would consider obtaining it in some form to be a top priority for any floyd fan. -GREEN MAN Excellent show. Highly recomended. Whom ever let this one out of the bag deserves a big pat on the back. I don't know how he or she was able to perserve the sound quality of this show, but whatever they did, WORKED WELL. A nice mix of sound from the band and the audience... not really audience noise that affects the show, but you can tell it's clearly an audience recording. It feels like you're in the room with Floyd when you listen with headphones. What a score, considering how old it is! Every song is played beautifully from start to finish. My favorite version of 'saucerful' is from Switzerland 9/18/71, and this one is right up there with it. 'Intersteller Overdrive' is reason enough to grab this ROIO. It's clean, very spacey, and it's one of the few that I've come across from this time period that plays in it's entirety... without fade-outs or cuts in the recording. I'm not quite sure on the date. It's 1970, but I don't know if it's April 18th, 19th, or September 26th. No way of knowing yet. I must say again: "Who the hell taped this show?" Whoever you are, you did a very good job... Keep your eyes open for this one folks, it belongs to any Floyd-fan who loves great-quality audience recordings with a wonderful set list. Find it. -AL 970706********************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Embryo San Diego, 1971 Unique_Id: EMBRSD71 Format: CD Catalog: PICD 1020 Golden Stars Misc.: Audience recording, SIAE Produced: (P) 1990 On the road, Made in EEC Red Line S.r.l. - Via Trentacoste, 32-20134 Milano (ITALY) Date: 711017 Cover: Cover is full colour with reasonable, but strange graphics that represents ancient and modern! -BD (#23) Drawing of the upper part of Michelangelo's staue David, with some light beams going round him. A anicent and modern town built on a wallboard, is driving past him. All is happening out in space. Pink Floyd written in white inside a red rectangle at the top. Very nice colours. Four side booklet with same drawing on inside and backside, as on front cover. Sources: 17 Oct 1971, Golden Hall, San Diego, CA. Tracks: 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 13:12 2. Fat Old Sun 15:20 3. Atom Heart Mother 15:56 a) Father's Shout b) Breast Milky c) Mother Fore d) Funky Dung 4. Embryo 10:58 5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 6:28 6. Cymbaline 11:37 7. Blues Jam 5:11 Total: 78:46 Band: Roger Waters - bass, vocals David Gilmour - guitars, vocals Rick Wright - keyboards, vocals Nick Mason - drums Xref: Embryo San Diego, 1971 The Heart Of Sun Life Could Be A Dream Quality: Fair - Good -BD (#23) VG-/G+ -TOR Comments: Easy to get and is good for it's long playing time. Not a bad preformance either making it good value. -BD (#23) Same recording as 'The Heart Of The Sun' CD, but this one includes 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene', and it has a choped down 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun'. Tape hiss and distortion on the louder tracks, sound effects is clear and good. Good stereo. This is a really good performance by Pink Floyd, especially 'Atom Heart Mother' and 'Cymbaline' with a long segment where PF shows of their quad sound effects; The music fades out and somebody enters through a door, walks around in the room opening doors with different sounds behind them, after awhile Cymbaline fades in again, just greate. -TOR Very good sound quality. Embryo is cut off slightly at the beginning before the lyrics start, and is a different version than from any other show. -ECM I was listening to the San Diego 71 show (Embryo) and during cymbaline they had a tape, with effects, playing in the background. Part of the tape sounded like it was being played backwards. So I sampled part of the song into my Mac and then reversed it. This is what I heard: The ?red one? blows my mind. -ANON I have the recording you do, and i've heard the backwards snippets. I've been planning to sample it through my computer to figure out what's being said. my guess is that it's just little bits from the song, nothing else. but i'll find out sometime soon... and yeah, the San Diego 71 show is the only cymbaline i've heard that has these backwards snippets. -ANON Overall, I like this one a lot. It has an excellent version of "Fat Old Sun," with an Echoes-like middle section and a lot more punch to it than the studio version. AHM sounds pretty good, as does Embryo (also with a funk section in the middle, unlike any I have heard before). I too tried to decipher the backward masking in Cymbaline (with the aid of a Sound Blaster 16), but had little success. It does seem like a lot of editing was done to get it to fit on one disc, but most everything is there. Sound quality is about as good as other discs I have heard from this era. -ANON There's something elusive about this roio that makes it one of my perennial favorites. Sure, there's some hiss, and Embryo is missing a few seconds from the opening. But IMO any possible complaints are pretty trivial. Not only is the band *HOT* on this night, but the songs are mixed the way I like it. Each instrument is clear, and for a change, Rick's organ is played up in the mix. The gem of this disk is AHM, which IMO sounds even better than the KQED film version. Here in particular, Rick's organ is very clear; it's a rare treat to be able to hear what he plays on AHM. Cymbaline and Fat Old Sun are in their finest form here: top-notch energetic performances, and outstanding extended jams in the middle of each. This is post-Syd pre-Dark-Side Floyd at the height of their jamming power, captured in a recording which would make a nice starting point for new collectors. Although not without fault, IMO, it's a "must-have." I've compared notes with a few other traders regarding the backwards message in Cymbaline, which extends (subtly) over quite a bit of the song. This backwards masking is definitely not present on any of the other source recordings of this night. It seems that it was added by the roio makers and not by the band. - SpacePig 941128********************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Embryo San Diego, 1971 Unique_Id: EMBR71LS Format: CD Catalog: Live Storm LSCD 51020 Misc.: SIAE Produced: Made in Italy, 1994 Date: 711017 Cover: ! Sources: 17 Oct 1971, Golden Hall, San Diego, CA. Tracks: 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 13:12 2. Fat Old Sun 15:20 3. Atom Heart Mother 15:56 a) Father's Shout b) Breast Milky c) Mother Fore d) Funky Dung 4. Embryo 10:58 5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 6:28 6. Cymbaline 11:37 7. Blues Jam 5:11 Total: 78:46 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Embryo San Diego, 1971 The Heart Of Sun Life Could Be A Dream Quality: ! Comments: A reissue of the Golden Stars CD with minimal change to the packaging. - ANON 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Embryo Unique_Id: EMBRYTSP Format: CD Catalog: TSP-CD-020 The Swingin' Pig Misc.: GEMA Produced: 1989 SWINGIN' PIG S.A.R.L. Luxembourg / S.R.L. Italy Made in W. Germany Date: 68 Cover: Cover is a superb full colour 1967 shot in a park and inside a colour pic of PF on stage c.1973 -BD (#23) Sources: 1968- 1969. Recorded live in session for BBC Radio. Tracks: 1. Let There Be More Light 3:34* 2. Point Me At The Sky 4:18* 3. Murderistic Woman 2:16* 4. Julia Dream 2:08* 5. The Embryo 3:01* 6. A Saucerful Of Secrets 6:42* 7. The Narrow Way 4:23* 8. Green Is The Colour 6:12* Total 32:36* Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Tracks 1,2,3,6,7,8 Music For Architectural Students. Quality: EX-/VG The quality is very good, but I do think it could have been better because it is after all taken from a radio brodcast. -TOR Pretty good quality, but poor playing time. -BD (#23) VG+ -HERWIG Comments: This CD offers very short playing time. The cover shows a picture of PF from the Syd days, although I don't think that he played on any of tracks. -TOR 960421*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Embryo Unique_Id: EMBRYOWB Format: CD Catalog: WBR CD 900110 Wild Bird Records Misc.: Produced: Date: 700429 Cover: This is distinguished by a cover with what appear to be two barrels tipped over, drowning in red liquid. The back is red with Woodstock font lettering. Sources: 29 Apr 1970, Fillmore West, S.F. Tracks: 1. Grantchester Meadows 6:38 2. Astronomy Domine 8:33 3. Atom Heart Mother 18:40 4. Embryo 10:47 5. Green Is The Colour 3:55 6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:26 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Live at Winterland Black Glass Psychedelicamania Quality: 7 -OSO Comments: Mastering - vinyl. Tape hiss evident. -OSO One of the better b**tlegs in my collection. Sound quality is fair to good; no crowd noise or distortion, but with tape hiss throughout. The date is given as Filmore West SF., 1970 (Can anyone confirm? - Eds). Roger and Dave alternate vocals on Grantchester Meadows, which fades into a kickass Astronomy Domine; much better than on Ummagumma. AHM is okay: longer than the usual, 14-minute live version, but not as tedious as the album cut. Embryo is good but not particularly unusual. Green Is The Colour is the best I've heard: Dave's voice sounds full-bodied and gorgeous, while Careful... is great but not exceptional. At 58 minutes, this is a pretty good investment. -TAP (#54) 980805************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: En Chair Et En Os Unique_Id: ENCHAIR Format: 2CDR Catalog: MARE 9403-2 Marooned Records Misc.: Gold CD-R Produced: ! Date: 770706 Matrix: Disc 1: H5380-CDWO 12 4406B423B Disc 2: H5380-CDWO 12 4406B404B Cover: ! Sources: 06 Jul 1977, Montreal Olympic Stadium Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Sheep 2. Pigs On The Wing (I) 3. Dogs 4. Pigs On The Wing (II) 5. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I - V) 7. Welcome To The Machine Total Time: 74:05 Disc: 2 1. Have A Cigar 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (VI -IX) 4. Money 5. Us And Them 6. Blues Total Time: 67:57 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Snowy White (2nd Guitar) Xref: Azimuth Coordinator Azimuth Coordinator Part 2. Quality: ! Comments: ! 971020*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Enjoy The Silence Unique_Id: ENJOYSIL Format: CD Catalog: WPOCM 1190 D 066-2 World Productions of Compact Music Misc.: AAD Produced: Optical, Italy Date: 701022 Cover: Cover is a 4 page booklet, front and back in colour action shots, inside is B+W pic of a shaggy Roger on stage. -BD (#23) Sources: 22 Oct 1970, Santa Monica's Civic Auditorium. (Santa Monica Oct. 23 or Oct. 16 1970* -TAP (#50)) 22 October 1970. - SCOTT Tracks: 1. Atom Heart Mother 24:33 2. Fat Old Sun 11:25 3. Cymbaline 9:13 Total 45:23 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Quality: VG- -HERWIG The sound quality is fair enough for a RoIO, although a little distortion and the occasional crackle suggest that it's been mastering from a record. -TAP (#50) Pretty poor quality. -BD (#23) 6 -OSO Comments: Atom Heart Mother is orchestrated....it's Gilmour playing on Funky Dung which saves the piece. Fat Old Sun is drawn out to twice the lenght and features the floyd improvising like mad around the basic theme. Cymbaline is similary extended and feature the famus 'footsteps' sequence, which allowed the group to show off their quadrophonic sound system. -TAP (#50) Pretty easy to find, but, pretty poor quality, not helped by a relatively short running time. Little to recommend except to completists. -BD (#23) Fat Old Sun clipped at start. Moderate acoustics. Mastering - vinyl. -OSO After a speed correction it clocked in at about 50 minutes and sounded much better. - Correctionist 980121*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Eugene Unique_Id: EUGENE Format: CD Catalog: RSC 105 CD Oil Well Misc.: Audience, SIAE - ADD, Volume II, Scancode: 8013013410523 Produced: Made in Italy (P), 5/1995 Date: 711116 Matrix: ! Cover: Color shot of Waters and a shirtless Gilmour looking just off camera as if interupted while playing. Sources: 16 Nov 1971, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC Tracks: 1. One Of These Days 8:50 2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 13:31 3. Cymbaline 12:03 4. Echoes (Part 1) 11:59 5. Echoes (Part 2) 12:43 Total Time: 59:08 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Return of the Sons of Nothing Fat Old Sun Quality: Ex- -CEBBY Comments: This is Volume II of the set. Volume I is "Fat Old Son". The two comprise the complete 711116 DC show. Track listings are off. ROIO actually opens with OOTD. Tracks 3 - 5 are actually track 4 and ir is...surprise...Echoes. I like this ROIO very much. Better quality production that ROTSON ROIO. - CEBBY Pretty good stereo audience recording. Very quiet audience. The tracklist on the rear of the CD is TOTALLY wrong! Track 1 is listed "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", but it's in fact "One Of These Days" (OOtD was listed on the Volume 1 "Fat Old Sun" ROIO but didn't appear). Track 2 is listed "Cymbaline", but it's "Careful..."! Tracks 3-4 on the tracklist are "Looking Through The Knothole" and "Granny's Wooden Leg". It refers to the strange title Roger Waters once used, to introduce "Echoes" during the Boblingen's show (15 Nov 1972). So all this is very confusing. Excellent performance! "One Of These Days" is a killer! They played it with an extended part (just before the "One Of These Days I'm Going To Cut You Into Little Pieces" words), Rick playing strange effects with his keyboards. One of the very last live performances for "Cymbaline", never played after 1971. The "footsteps sequence" during "Cymbaline" is the longest I've ever heard, with a laughing woman in the middle. During the last verse, David Gilmour misses some lyrics two times, probably because of something "funny" that made him laugh. "Echoes" is very similar to the "Live At Pompeii" version (the Pompeii's sessions took place one month before, in October 1971). Even the splitting in two parts is the same (part 1 ends just before the "pterodactyls" sounds). -MARC-OLIVIER. 970430********************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Exploding In Your Mind Unique_Id: EXPLMIND Format: CD Catalog: Big 032 Big Music Misc.: Produced: 1992 Date: 720922 Cover: Purple and pink "Pink Floyd" outlined by white at the top against purple background. Blue diamond in picture in lower right with "Exploding In Your Mind" written circularly out from the picture with pink dashes across whole purple background. Fold out booklet mostly contains CD listings for KTS and related CDs. Back of the cover insert has a picture of Waters and a picture of Gilmour. Sources: 22 Sep 1972, Holywood Bowl, Los Angeles. (cover says Jun-12-1973), Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY Tracks: 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 11:33 2. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 12:45 3. Echoes 26:02 4. Speak to Me 18:47 Breathe On the Run Time The Great Gig in the Sky 5. Money 6:23 (Times from cover) Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Staying Home To Watch The Rain Cracked Scratch the Silence Quality: VG+ Comments: An pretty good recording, but distortion and frequency response (too bassy) keep it from being better. There's also some tape hiss during the quiet parts. The audience recording is from fairly close it sounds like and there is some crowd noise between songs, but not much during songs. At the start of "Echoes" somebody (the recordist?) taps the mics to see if they are working correctly. A pretty good artifact from the '73 US tour (previously undocumented in roio form as far as I know). Where's the rest of it? -JEFF I think the correct date is Sept 22, 1972, Holywood Bowl, Los Angeles, because the recording is exactly the same as the Cracked and the Staying Home To Watch The Rain roios. This is why there is the jam version of On The Run on it. - PATRICK Rip Off Alert: Exploding In Your Mind does not feature a LIVE Saratoga New York performance June 12 1973 (there was no such gig). This is a cut up and rearranged package of STAYING HOME TO WATCH THE RAIN (Hollywood Bowl, September 22, 1972). It's worth holding out for the double CD Great Dane package. -"Top Ten Boots by Performance" Hot Wacks Book Supplement 2 I can verify this info (the mic taps at the start of "Echoes" that Jeff noticed are also on SHTWTR...) -MIKE 960908*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Falkoner Teatret 25.09.71 (VOL.I & II) Unique_Id: FALCTEAT Format: 1+1CD Catalog: LL CD 9102, LL CD 9103 LIFE LIVE Misc.: Produced: Date: 710925 Cover: VOL.I: Front: Falkoner Teatret entry (seems to be faked) VOL.II: Front: The famous statue in Kopenhagen Inside: Black & White reproductions of well known photos Sources: 25 Sep 1971, Falkoner Teatret (Denmark) Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 2. Fat Old Sun 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 4. Cymbaline Disc 2: 1. Echoes 2. A Saucerful Of Secrets 3. Pink Blues (Part I) Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Quality: VG+ (Differs between VG and Ex-) -HERWIG Comments: Echoes has an unusual abrupt ending (not a tape cut, but a musical ending). I have never heard it on any other record. "Atom Heart Mother" (VOL.I) and "Pink Blues Part II" (VOL.II) are listed on the cover, but are missing on the CD. The sound is somewhat "far away" as if recorded from the last row. -HERWIG Pink Blues is pretty cool, and sounds rather More-ish. (they label ASoS: Celestial Voices as PinkBlues part 1, tho). High quality, and some neat stuff. This is my favorite version of ASoS. Celestial Voices is the best I've heard (unfortuneately, also the shortest) -MISC One of the most laid back performances by Floyd from the Fall 1971 shows. Sounds like a small venue and crowd. Sound quality is passable. I find this performance to be uninspired, lacking any real enthusiasm by the band. AHM is not included, though it is listed. Though I recommend this title, there are much better titles (shows) to be found from the Fall 1971 shows. Some vendors sell each of the 2cds separately. If you can, you may want to buy one cd first, to see if you like the laid back approach. -Scott 950624*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: A Family Affair Unique_Id: FAMILAFF Format: 2CD Catalog: AS 30/2 ALL OF US Misc.: audience, excellent stereo. slim double jewel case, colored discs. Produced: ! Date: 940531 Cover: ! Sources: 31 May 1994, live in Pittsburg Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 2. Learning To Fly 3. What Do You Want From Me 4. On The Turning Away 5. Coming Back To Life 6. Sorrow 7. Take It Back 8. Keep Talking 9. One Of These Days 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 11. Breathe Disc 2: 1. Time 2. High Hopes 3. Wish You Were Here 4. Great Gig In The Sky 5. Us And Them 6. Money 7. Another Brick In The Wall 8. Comfortably Numb 9. Hey You 10. Run Like Hell Band: Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: ! Quality: 10 -ECHOES Comments: "A Family Affair" is also a hot performance, and gets a 9 or 9+ on the "inspiration & improvisation" factor. Excellent fidelity (the package doesn't say, but it sure sounds like it must be DDD) and absolutely mind-blowing stereo separation; it gets a 10 here too. Almost no close audience noise throughout. No noticable ROIO flaws of the usual types. Packaging is simple, but good; simple picture discs. The standard show (no DSoTM set). I think it's Pittsburg on May 31, 1994. This one's worth finding at all costs -- definitely "mission from God" stuff. -ECHOES "A Family Affair" (31 May 94/Pittsburgh) contains errors such as: - Billing Coming Back to Life as Lost for Words - Misspelling Pittsburgh and song titles ("Deep Talking", "Us and Theme", "Comfortably Nump") -ECM Although "A Family Affair" is a GREAT show, the audience noise is irritating. In the Comments section of the PF Roio Database, it is misleading when it is said that the audience noise is minimal. If anything, I thought it was annoying, especially when it ruined "On the Turning Away." Still, it is worth the effort and would place just behind "The Live Bell." -ECHOES Great performance, I think it's better than The Live Bell. Audience noise is similar IMHO. Recommended. - FERNANDO 980121*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Fat Old Sun Unique_Id: FATOLSUN Format: CD Catalog: RSC CD 104 Oil Well Misc.: Audience SIAE - ADD, Volume I, Scancode: 8013013410423 Produced: Made in Italy (P) 5/1995 Date: 711116 Matrix: ! Cover: Color facial shot of Gilmour looking down (playing?!) Sources: 16 Nov 1971, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC Tracks: 1. Embryo 12:20 2. Fat Old Sun 14:30 3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 14:24 4. Atom Heart Mother (Part 1) 12:25 5. Atom Heart Mother (end) 3:32 Total Time: 57:13 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Return of the Sons of Nothing Eugene Quality: Ex- -CEBBY Comments: This is Volume I of a 2 disc set. Track 5 is listed as One of These Days. Sound is better than on ROTSON ROIO. Second half of recording is on "Volume II, Eugene". -CEBBY This is a pretty good stereo audience recording. The audience is very quiet, and doesn't affect the listening during the songs. During "Set The Controls", it seems that the tape source had a problem with the left channel. At 5:48, the left channel is totally lost for about 2 minutes, then it reappears, but with a very low level. This problem disappears with the next track ("Atom Heart Mother"). "Atom Heart Mother" is the version without the brass section. It fades out early, after the "Funky Dung" part. Track 5 is listed "One Of These Days", but it's in fact the very end of "Atom Heart Mother" ("Remergence"). BTW, this is the same mistake as for "The Return Of The Sons Of Nothing" (Gold Standard) ROIO. "One Of These Days" can be found on the second half of this concert (see "Eugene" ROIO). The performance is excellent. This is one of the last concerts from the "Meddle" tour. Two month later, the Floyd began their 1972 tour, playing the "Dark Side Of The Moon" for the first time. Here, we have one of the very last live versions of "Embryo" and "Fat Old Sun". "Set The Controls" is very good, and is very close to the "Live At Pompeii" version (the Pompeii's sessions took place one month before, in October 1971). -MARC-OLIVIER. 950507*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Feed Your Head Unique_Id: FEEDHEAD Format: CD Catalog: ! Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 660508 Cover: ! Sources: 08 May 1966, + others (see comments) Tracks: 1. Interstellar Overdrive 2. Scream Thy Last Scream 3. Vegetable Man 4. Candy and a Currant Bun 5. See Emily Play 6. Looking Through The Knotholes In Granny's Wooden Leg Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: ! Comments: It is basically a mixed bag of assorted tracks. Most of them are taken from acetates, I think there are only two live tracks on the record. I think it might be the same as the Sophisticated Colours roio. (SC has more tracks - DAve.) I think the track listing is accurate, as I'm doing this from memory. Interstellar Overdrive is an extremely fast version which I've never heard elsewhere. I think the date on it is 8 May 1966. Track 6 is either from 25 Oct 1971 or 15 Nov 72. The acetates aren't very interesting, but the two live tracks are worth getting the roio for. -ANONYNOUS 000105*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Fire Works Show In The Canadian Walls Unique_Id: FIREWORK Format: 2CD Catalog: I.T.F. 001/002 Misc.: audience recording Produced: Date: 770706 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Discs: The discs themselves are silver and simply have "Montrewall" and "disc 1" on them. "disc 2" on the second disc. Sources: 06 Jul 1977, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Sheep 2. Pigs On The Wing Pt.1 3. Dogs 4. Pigs On The Wing Pt.2 5. Pigs 6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts. 1-5 7. Welcome To The Machine Disc: 2 1. Have A Cigar 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts. 6-9 4. Money 5. Us & Them 6. Blues Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Azimuth Coordinator Azimuth Coordinator 2 Quality: Ex Comments: Alternative title "Montrewall"? This in my opinion is the best 77 show recording. All instruments are more equally leveled then on the Oakland show that has too much bass. The performance is much better than the Oakland or Fort Worth shows. Roger complains at the audience during pigs on the wing Pt. 2 and the famous taunting the audience member during the best version of pigs I have heard. even though this is a hard to find disc I would recommend searching for it because it is more enjoyable than any other 77 recordings out there. -LEE 970119*************************************************************** Artist: Syd Barrett Title: A Fish Out of Water Unique_Id: FISHOUT Format: CD3 Catalog: SONIC.002 Misc.: SIAE Produced: Book: Italy, CD: Austria (1996) Date: 660000 Matrix: DADC AUSTRIA IFPI L553 A0100198726-0101 13 A2 Cover: CD packaged in plain white cardboard sleeve; accompanies a jewel box-sized booklet about Syd entitled "A Fish Out of Water." Sources: 1966, Studio Tracks: 1. (I'm a) King Bee 2:56 2. Lucy Leave 3:07 Total 6:05 Band: Syd Barrett Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: Lucy Leave & Other Stories Magnesium Proverbs Quality: Sup - THE HEDONIST Comments: Regarded by some as the best available transcriptions of these early demos to appear so far. The accompanying book contains an interesting interview with Syd's sister Rosemary Breen (dated 15Aug95), a psychoanalytical discussion of Syd's state, and some intriguing reproductions of Syd's own artwork. The interview appears to have been translated from English into Italian and back again! This makes for some problematic language in places, but this flaw should not discourage the serious collector - the material contained here is unique. - THE HEDONIST 950507*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Floyd In Europe Unique_Id: FLEUROPE Format: 2CD Catalog: AS 36/2 (All Of Us) Misc.: ! Produced: 94 Date: 88 ,94 Cover: Front: Black with 9 photographs of the 94' stage The Title is written in white, at the top. Fack: Photograph of the stage, title and tracks written pink. Sources: 1988, Nassau Coliseum, 1994 the Division Bell Album Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Yet Anther Movie/Round And Around/Sorrow 2. The Dogs Of War 3. On The Turning Away 4. Comfortably Numb 5. Run Like Hell 6. One Of These Days Disc 2: 1. Take It Back 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Us And Them 4. Money 5. Another Brick In The Wall 6. High Hopes 7. Time Band: Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Delicate Sound Of Thunder The Division Bell Quality: Sup Comments: Another great fake. Some additional crowd and noises on some tracks. -PATRICK According to the May issue of Live Music Review, All Of Us - having been alerted to the bogus nature of their "Floyd In Europe" CD - have deleted it from their catalog. -HEDONIST 981201************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Floyd's of London Unique_Id: FLOYDLON Format: CD Catalog: PFM Front Row Center Misc.: Metal box package Produced: 1997 Date: 710930 Matrix: Disc 1: MG4176 104660 IFPI LB6I Cover: The cd comes in a tin can that is a square with rounded corners. It has a sticker on the top which has an astrological grid covered with a scene of outer space. The most obvious item on the cover is a purple ear. It appears to be a collage in the form of A Saucerful of Secrets. Later versions have Pink Floyd Meddler stamped on the front cover. It comes with an extremely informative 18 page book, which talks about the BBC shows, with the same cover as the tin container. Discs: The disc itself has, at the top, Front Row Center with 3 circles below it. On the right side it has Show #PFM For Radio Play Only. At the bottom it says Not For Sale, then in small print: This Broadcast is for one time use by stations cleared by FRC on the designated date and time prearranged in writing. This disc is property of FRC and must be returned after use. Sources: 30 Sep 1971, Paris Cinema, London Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Fat Old Sun 15:36 2. One of These Days 6:58 3. Echoes 26:24 4. The Embryo 10:32 5. Blues 5:24 Total Time: 64:54 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Meddler Eclipse Rhapsody In Pink Londonfields Echoes Total Eclipse One of These Days Quality: Sup -TS Comments: The 'Floyds of London' roio has now been seen labelled as Pink Floyd Meddler with what looks like some kind of black inked rubber stamp. This perhaps confirms the rumour that Floyds of London is the 'original packaging' version of Meddler. Previous versions had no mention of Meddler at all. This is one of the best ROIO's that I have in my collection. Before every song there is an announcement about the next title to be played. This performance, according to the booklet and commentation within the cd itself, was the first time the Floyd had expanded FOS. Also, they say that it was the first public performance of Echoes, after the album was released - I can not verify this, so I am only going by what the disc said. OoTD is different than what was released on the album, with Nick Mason saying his line after the entire song is over. This specific concert was played on September 30, 1971, but was broadcasted on John Peel's "In Concert" program on October 12, 1971. According to the booklet this was an entire performance in front of a live audience, which you can hear between every track. The first three songs was taken from the master source, but Embryo and Blues was taken from a second generation copy to finish the show. This was done because the original broadcast was chopped in order to air the performace. Never have I heard anything so clear as this BBC recording. The only way to tell it is not studio is by the crisp sound. This could most definitely be a legalized recording of old PF material. The ROIO is a MUST HAVE to any serious PF collecter! - TS This is the packaging originally planned for the Meddler roio, but it's not from the person who supplied Meddler's master. At the time Meddler orders were being taken in advance, there were some problems with the production and a different manufacturer was chosen; so Meddler was sold in jewel boxes. The manufacturer whose deal fell through has now apparently copied it and sold it in a metal box. Inside the box is a 20-page booklet. The booklet front duplicates the outside art, and the booklet back cover has the track list. Inside is the source information and a collection of photos. The quality is very good. This roio entry gets the title from a prominent phrase above the band portrait on page 3 and again above the concert photo on page 15, "THE FLOYD'S [sic] OF LONDON". There's no title on the disc itself, which is held by a very well-designed plastic tray insert. The CD has a white printed flame design and black text and logos. - OWL Here is the complete text of the insert: The Floyd's of London As far as discerning Rock aficionados were concerned, the BBC was an institution made up of three smaller ones: "Top of the Pops," "The Old Grey Whistle Test," and "Top Gear" were three groundbreaking shows and key outlets for new music. "Top of the Pops" was BBC-1's flagship Top-40 show. "The Old Grey Whistle Test" (BBC-2's TV alternative to the Top-40 format of "TOTP") was hosted by "Whispering" Bob Harris, who each week introduced a live studio session of some of Rock's classic acts. "Top Gear" hosted by John Peel, was the BBC Radio equivalent of "Whistle Test," the key difference between the shows being that John Peel's sessions usually featured a live audience. Peel, at the time, was something of a maverick. Bucking the Top-40 format, he was more interested in promoting almost anything that was not in the mainstream, and had been a huge admirer of the Pink Floyd. On the 25th of September and the 20th of December [1967], the Floyd performed many of their early classics live on John Peel's "Top Gear" show (each broadcast a week or so later). The latter session was the last in which the band would be accompanied by Sys Barrett, whose latest material, ("Vegetable Man," "Scream Thy Last Scream," and "Jugband Blues") began to indicate the eventual demise of his creative genius. His legendary daily doses of LSD certainly inspired him to write some of the most original psychedelic masterpieces this side of Sgt. Pepper, but was also inevitably a factor in his breakdown. David Gilmour, an old mate of Syd's, made his BBC debut with the band on the 25th of June, 1968, on "Top Gear." Searching for a new musical direction, the Floyd started working on extended pieces, debuted many of these songs ("Murderistic Women," "Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major," "The Embryo,: et al) on this show and also later that year on the 2nd of December. These two sessions illustrated how much the band had changed in such a short period of time. In 1967 they were trying to be psychedelic "pop stars," recalls Roger Waters. It didn't work out that way Two years later they were re-establishing a new niche for themselves, relying on touring and appearances on Peel's show as their main exposure to the public. On the 16th of July, 1970, the Floyd made a landmark appearance on the "Peel Sunday Concert" from the Paris Cinema in London. Performing well developed versions of "The Embryo" and "Green is the Colour" seamlessly sequeing into "Careful with that Axe, Eugene" (three lives staples from that era), they also premiered two new pieces, "If" and the grandiose "Atom Heart Mother" suite. The latter, which was the title track of their new album (taking up an entire side of the vinyl), saw the band accompanied by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble performing before a live audience, and was 1st broadcast on the 19th of July (and repeated throughout the 1970's). On the 30th of September, 1971, Pink Floyd returned to London's Paris Cinema to promote their new album, "Meddle." The songs featured were "Fat Old Sun," "One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces, "Echoes," "The Embryo," and finally a blues instrumental. This show was also performed before a live audience and was later broadcast on Peel's "In Concert" program on the 12th of October. This was the first time that two key songs from their new album were performed on the BBC. "Echoes" had been through a number of iterations, originally starting out as a collection of unrelated segments stitched together and originally titled "The Return of the Son of Nothing." Peel's dry sense of humour can be heard as he introduces this song, casually mentioning that the group's roadies Pete and Scott find it to be "a rather good number." Likewise, he sarcastically puts down Roger Waters' equally sarcastic contention that "Echoes" was about "modern contemporary society." [Peel makes this comment for "One of These Days" actually - ed] "One of These Days" was introduced as "Nick Mason's Vocal debut, which I am assured," announces Peel, "he will do without moving his lips." While "Echoes" and "One of These Days" would soon appear on "Meddle, "Fat Old Sun" had been previously released on "Atom Heart Mother," and was expanded into a fourteen minute epic, showcasing the instrumental talents of Gilmour and Wright. "The Embryo" has only been ever released on hte EMI/Harvest sampler "Picnic," in the UK (to the dismay of the band who regarded this track as "an unfinished demo"), and on the U.S. compilation "Works." This version of "The Embryo" is vastly different than the official releases as well as the version played on "Top Gear" in 1968, and is similar to the one played a year earlier on Peel's show. "Blues" is just that, and as such it is a rarity. Recent Floyd shows have been such tightly timed visual extravaganzas, that there is little, if any room for musical interludes. Also note that this "Blues" number was never broadcast except for it's original airing on veteran Rock station WNEW in New York. This is classic Pink Floyd, well on the way to becoming the mature band that would soon reach world-wide fame with it's 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon." What we have on this performance is a tight, professional band, who unlike in later years, found room for improvisation and a looseness that would slowly disappear from their repertoire. Fans of the latter day Pink Floyd might be disappointed with this show, considering that the songs are slower and do not feature any of Gilmour's blistering guitar solos or Roger's biting and dark lyrics. But long-time fans of the band will delight in this golden era recording. This was a Pink Floyd performance without the aid of a sopisticated light show, lasers, back-up performers or inflatable pigs. This was purely the talents of Roger Waters on bass, David Gilmour on lead guitar and vocals, Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals and Nick Mason on drums (and pre-recorded vocals). The celebrate the 25th anniversary of this show, only the highest quality sources were used to reproduce the original concert onto CD. The original BBC transcription LP's were comprised of "Fat Old Sun," "One of These Days" and "Echoes." This was later combined with their 1970 performance on John Peel's show by Westwood One, who acquired the rights in the mid 1980's (these two shows were independantly rebroadcast throughoout the 1970's on the syndicated "King Biscuit Flower Hour" and "The Best of the BBC Rock Hour"). Unfortunately, combining these shows also involved limited air time, and ultimately, "Fat Old Sun" and the first half of "Atom Heart Mother" were sacrificed and omitted from future broadcasts. "Fat Old Sun" was recorded off an original BBC transcription LP directly onto DAT as well as the introductions to the new material from "Meddle." The first forty-five seconds of "Echoes" has also been restored, which remains edited, (as well as Peel's intros) from the combined shows. "The Embryo" and "Blues" originate from a second generation analogue tape from WNEW's initial broadcast ("The Embryo," although broadcast in the UK, was never included on any of the radio transcription disks). This CD was digitially remastered from these sources, in hopes of reproducing the finest and most accurate version of this historical show. - BEAKER My disc sounds stereo to me! It is packaged with a booklet about BBC radio in the 70's (The John Peel show, Top of the Pops, and The Old Grey Whistle Test). It is packaged in the "tin can" referred to in the database. Track listing the same as Meddler. The Embryo has the WNEW announcement at 8:12. All other announcenments are on the disc. Cover art differs from Meddler, looks like various constellations. Excellent disc now in stereo. Nice packaging. The Embryo and Blues have a little hiss from the analogue tape. - JZ There may be more than one version of this disc around. The one I have seen is practically identical to Meddler and sounds mono to me. - DAve. This is totally identical to "Meddler". So one can say exactly the same comments as for "Meddler": superb sound quality, BUT some annoying things that disappointed a lot of people (myself included). The three opening bass lines, at the beginning of OOTD, are missing. During the "Echoes" intro (at 0:49), some applause can be heard (this was due to a mix between a BBC vinyl, used for the first minute of the song, and the Westwood One CD, that doesn't contain the whole intro). In the middle of "Embryo", there is a WNEW radio station ID (the two last tracks are taken from the WNEW's initial broadcast). But there's another thing _very_ annoying: the whole CD is in mono, and not "well balanced" mono! I compared the first three tracks to the Swingin Pig's versions ("One Of These Days" RoIO, where the tracks are in stereo). I noticed that the mono sound in "The Floyd's Of London" was not a mix between the left and right channels of the stereo broadcast, but ONLY THE LEFT CHANNEL! So, Gilmour's guitars are far louder than Wright's keyboards! This is particulary sad during the "solid rhythm" section in "Echoes" (that begins at 8:52): Rick's organ seems to have disappeared (Rick begins to play at 9:25, but he's very distant). So, to _really_ enjoy FOT, OOTD and Echoes, I still listen to the Swinging Pig's version. Its' a pity, because the overall sound quality is better here. Having say that, I'm very happy to own this RoIO, for the last two tracks. It seems that the man who provided the DAT for "Meddler" has stereo masters (see comments' section for "Meddler"). Something happened during the mastering of the DAT, that lost the right channel and duplicated the left channel onto the two channels of the DAT, explaining the mono sound. It seems that this man re-mastered his masters to a new DAT, adding the missing bass lines at the beginning of OOTD, and adding John Peel's comments before "Embryo". He ran off 10 CDR's from it and gave them to people he knew. Let's hope these stereo versions will see the light of day (a future RoIO CD pressing?). If that happens, this could be the best RoIO of all times, reproducing the whole BBC concert with a breathtaking sound quality, in stereo. - MARC-OLIVIER. 970308*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Fly Again Unique_Id: FLYAGAIN Format: 2CD Catalog: EGG-2001-1-2 Misc.: SIAE Produced: Italy Date: 940830 Matrix: Disc 1: NL0815A Disc 2: NL0816 Cover: INSERT: Folded; inside blank. Front consists of black field with color central panel depicting a desert landscape with two curiously patterned spheres suspended in the air. Border carries the legend "PINK FLOYD" and "FLY AGAIN." Rear has a related design, this time with a white border, and with a more panoramic view of the desert landscape; the two spheres are again seen, but in the middle distance, rather than in the foreground as before. TRAY LINER: Black field with tracklist and source info. Graphic represents the two spheres from the insert apparently submerging beneath water to bury themselves in submarine vegetation. Sources: 30 Aug 1994, Valle Holvin, Oslo. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 4:06 2. Learning To Fly 5:36 3. What Do You Want From Me 4:11 4. On The Turning Away 7:14 5. Poles Apart 7:27 6. Take It Back 6:23 7. Sorrow 10:46 8. Keep Talking 7:10 9. One Of These Days 8:06 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V 11:32 11. Breathe In The Air 2:56 Disc 2: 1. Time 5:24 2. Breathe (reprise) 1:11 3. High Hopes 7:53 4. The Great Gig In The Sky 5:29 5. Wish You Were Here 5:42 6. Us And Them 6:22 7. Money 9:48 8. Another Brick In The Wall II 7:44 9. Comfortably Numb 10:45 10. Marooned 5:57 11. Run Like Hell 8:24 Band: David Gilmour Guitars, vocals Nick Mason Drums Rick Wright Keyboards, vocals Guy Pratt Bass/vocals Durga McBroom Backing vocals Jon Carin Keyboards/vocals Sam Brown Backing vocals Tim Renwick Guitars Claudia Fontaine Backing vocals Gary Wallis Percussion Dick Parry Saxophones Xref: ! Quality: VG- -PATRICK VG- -THE HEDONIST G/VG -Tor Comments: Clear but the recording level was a bit too high, generating heavy distortion. -PATRICK This disk is just a tragedy. The taper was clearly very well positioned with a clear sound mix at his/her disposal. But as Patrick points out, the recording equipment was overloaded and the sound suffers accordingly. A splendid opportunity squandered.... Of special note, "Breathe (reprise)" has been separately indexed on this CD. -THE HEDONIST 961023*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Focus Unique_Id: FOCUS Format: CD Catalog: BIG 095 Big Music Misc.: BBC Broadcast Produced: ! Date: 700916 Cover: Close-up color photo of a human eye (profile). Back has blurry photo of band standing (posing) ca. 1969. Sources: 16 Sep 1970, Paris Theatre, London, Sept. 16, 1970 Tracks: 1. Atom Heart Mother 24:54 2. If 4:57 3. The Embryo 10:14 4. Green is the Colour 3:23 5. Careful w/that Axe, Eugene 7:27 Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: Sup. Good/VG -Scott Sup -MT Comments: Big Music is basically KTS. Absolutely nothing new here. Yet another release of the John Peel broadcast, this one is very close if not identical in sound quality to the Swingin' Pig version. The booklet is multi-fold with psychedelically enhanced photo of Dave, Nick and Roger in various states of performance. -ANON Excellent sound quality. Not a very inspired performance. Atom Heart Mother is the orchestra version and is horrendous when compared to the band only version. This is the first performance of the song under the official title of AHM. The cd lacks the between song commentary by John Peel that is on my taped source. Given that half this disc is taken up by the orchestrated AHM, this title is not really worth getting, unless you like the orchestra version of AHM. -Scott Though the back cover claims "Live in Europe 1971", this is almost certainly a (digital?) copy of TSP's Libest Spacement Monitor disc from the Paris Theatre, Sept. 16, 1970 (with the tracks re-arranged and an incorrect back-cover date). As such it has the same breathtakingly clean sound, courtesy of the BBC, and is easily the cleanest-sounding RoIO I have heard (though overall I prefer "One of These Days"). There are only a few minor blemishes -- an 8-second dropout of one channel on CWTAE (which is present on LSM but not native to the original source material -- cf. "Total Eclipse", where it is mistakenly listed as part of "Top Gear" -- so perhaps someday some enterprising RoIO maker could "patch" the hole [hint, hint] ;-); a "scritch" sound five minutes or so into AHM; and an oddly fuzzy timbre, like an radio not quite in tune, to Roger's guitar (but not his vocals) on If (on which Dave also has some sort of guitar trouble). But these only stand out because of the extremely high quality of the sound (an *unequivocal* Sup), and you have to listen pretty carefully to hear the vinyl mastering. The speed is perfect and the hiss is just about nonexistent. While perhaps the performance is less inspired than some (though I don't agree with Scott that AHM is "horrendous"), the performance is technically excellent, and Embryo and GitC/CWTAE are very strong (Dave doesn't miss any high notes!). In a nutshell, this could easily have been a legit release. Every time I play this disc for a friend, when I tell them it's a RoIO, their jaws drop :-) Assuming you don't have LSM or a comparable source, snap this cookie up (especially as I've seen it selling for as little as $19). -- MT 950205*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: For Whom The Bell Tolls Unique_Id: FOWHOBEL Format: CD Catalog: PLR CD 9413/AB, Pluto Records Misc.: Distributed by Great Dane, audience Produced: Italy 1994, ADD Date: 940414 Cover: Square fold-out deluxe digipack and booklet. Now also available in a standard jewel box. Sources: 14 Apr 1994, Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy Domine 4:50 2. Learning To Fly 5:12 3. What Do You Want From Me 4:30 4. A Great Day For Freedom 4:54 5. Sorrow 9:48 6. Take It Back 6:05 7. On The Turning Away 7:08 8. Keep Talking 6:50 9. One Of These Days 6:00 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 10:40 11. Breathe 2:55 12. Time 5:40 13. Breathe (reprise) 1:10 Disc 2: 1. High Hopes 8:08 2. Wish You Were Here 5:45 3. Another Brick In The Wall (part 2) 6:15 4. The Great Gig In The Sky 5:00 5. Us And Them 7:40 6. Money 8:05 7. Comfortably Numb 8:34 8. Hey You 4:25 9. Run Like Hell 7:32 Band: David Gilmour Nick Mason Richard Wright Tim Renwick Guy Pratt Gary Wallis Jon Carin Dick Parry Durga Mc Broom Sam Brown Claudia Fontaine Xref: ! Quality: Ex -PATRICK Comments: Complete Concert. The bass is very strong and one can hear the sub bass. The Equalization is nearly the same as it is in the concert. So the sound is very good if you listen to this record at a high volume, but the bass is too strong at low volume. -PATRICK Sound quality is between very good and excellent. The person who made the recording did a good job and was well centered. Stereo separation is good. I can compare this only to the concert I attended (12 July, Chicago) but it compares well. The only other fair comparison is to "A Delicate Sound of Thunder" and IMHO it is a close second in quality. I have not heard "Live Bell" and probably won't so I can't make that comparison. Since Floyd is the only group or performer I like live better than the studio I think this package is great IMHO. -ANON Assuming this CD is from the same source as the tapes I have, this one is better in sound quality and overall enjoyability then The Live Bell. -GERHARD "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is very good; actually, I feel that there's a subtle "odd" quality to the "inspiration & improvisation" on this one, that makes it pleasantly unusual; I'll give it a 7+ or 8 here. This one also has excellent fidelity and stereo separation (cover says ADD, but the excellent booklet that comes with it indicates that it was recorded on a DAT machine, so it may in fact be DDD); I'll give it a 9+ or 10 for fidelity and stereo. No close audience noise. No noticable ROIO flaws, except for a split second of minor distortion a few times throughout the openning and closing parts of the song "Sorrow". The packaging is unusual and superb; you'll be amused for an hour or longer by the stuff to read and look at, some of which requires a magnifying lens. The standard show (no DSoTM set). It's San Diego, 14 Apr 94. Find this one too. -ECHOES 950514*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: For Whom The Bell Tolls Unique_Id: FORWHOM3 Format: 2CD Catalog: BGS029/2 Misc.: Audience recording Produced: Italy, 1994 Date: 940330 Cover: Front: Strange landscape, with a toll in the top center. Around the toll are the words: "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS". Bottom are the words: "Pink Floyd". Back: Photo of David with a white Stratocaster. Top are the words "Pink Floyd", "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS", "RECORDED LIVE AT JOE ROBBIE STADIUM, MIAMI, FL. March 30.1994", below is the track listing. Bottom right is the Bugsy Records logo. Booklet: Photo of David. Left are the words "Pink Floyd". Disc1: Picture disc, with front cover image. Bottom are the words "Pink Floyd", "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS"; left is the "Compact disc digital audio" logo; right are the words "CD1", "BGS 029/2", "S.I.A.E.", "Made in Italy by", "CD COMPANY srl", "06/94". Around the circumference of the disc are the words "All rights of the manufacturer and the owner of the recorded work are reserved, unless otherwise specified. Unauthorized copying hiring loaning and public performance broadcasting of this record are prohibited" Finally, in the ring around the center hole is the following "CD COMPANY ITALY SWN 009/2CD1" backwards which can be seen from other side of disc. Disc2: Picture disc, with back cover image. Words like Disc1, except "CD2" and "CD COMPANY ITALY SWN 009/2CD2" backwards. Sources: 30 Mar 1994, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Astronomy domine 3:58 2. Learning to fly 5:13 3. What do you want from me 4:17 4. Take it back 6:11 5. Lost for words 6:07 6. Sorrow 9:49 7. A great day for freedom 4:59 8. Keep talking 6:57 9. One of these days 6:09 10. Breath in the air 2:51 11. Time 6:59 Disc 2: 1. High hopes 8:15 2. Wish you were here 6:16 3. Another brick in the wall 6:26 4. The grat gig in the sky 4:46 5. Us and them 7:57 6. Money 8:56 7. Comfortably numb 8:51 8. Hey you 4:36 9. Run like hell 7:25 10. Astronomy domine I 4:00 11. Astronomy domine II 5:15 Band: David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Bell Busters A Great Day The Live Bell The 1994 West Coast Trip Quality: VG Comments: 10 & 11 are from the Soundcheck. Good audience recording, with some kind of stereo recorder (listen to the beginnings of Time and Money). The sound is sometimes "oscillating". -ANON 950205*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: For Whom The Bell Tolls Unique_Id: FORWHOM2 Format: 2CD Catalog: CT 50011/12, Cosmic Thrills Production, Luxembourg Misc.: European telecast Produced: 1994 Italy/Luxembourg Date: 941020 Cover: INSERT: Folded; front has color stage photo of Dave on a black field, the words "EXCELLENT SOUND QUALITY" and "PINK FLOYD" above, and "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" below; rear has source, tracklist and timings on a black field; plain white centerspread containing same info. as rear. TRAY LINER: Source, tracklist and timings on black field. Sources: 20 Oct 1994, Earls Court, London. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V,VII 11:39 2. Learning To Fly 5:07 3. High Hopes 8:03 4. Take It Back 6:23 5. Coming Back To Life 6:24 6. Sorrow 11:45 7. Keep Talking 7:23 8. Another Brick In The Wall II 6:43 9. One Of These Days 6:36 Disc 2: 1. Speak To Me/Breathe In the Air 4:06 2. On The Run 4:26 3. Time/Breathe Reprise 6:32 4. The Great Gig In The Sky 5:43 5. Money 8:53 6. Us And Them 7:06 7. Any Colour You Like 3:15 8. Brain Damage 3:52 9. Eclipse 1:51 10. Wish You Were Here 4:57 11. Comfortably Numb 10:25 12. Run Like Hell 8:00 Band: David Gilmour Guitars, vocals Nick Mason Drums Rick Wright Keyboards, vocals Guy Pratt Bass/vocals Durga McBroom Backing vocals Jon Carin Keyboards/vocals Sam Brown Backing vocals Tim Renwick Guitars Claudia Fontaine Backing vocals Gary Wallis Percussion Dick Parry Saxophones Xref: Out Of This World Serious Intermission Quality: Sup - THE HEDONIST (some interference spoils SoYcD) Comments: The fluffed guitar note just before the start of "Syd's Theme" at the beginning of SoYcD means that the European live broadcast, as opposed to the edited US PPV telecast, was the source for this CD. Unfortunately, SoYcD is faded in just in time for the opening guitar line and is furthermore afflicted by interference more-or-less throughout its duration. OOTD is faded out while Dave is doing his slide down the fret at the end of the piece - kind of spoils the effect IMHO. The same thing happens at the end of DSOTM, so that we also miss Dave's acknowledgement to Roger. Run Like Hell is also faded out during its close so that the explosion of Mr. Screen's perimeter charges is less a bang and more of a whimper. ):-| This issue is not to be confused with that of the same name on the Pluto label, which is from San Diego, 4.14.94. - THE HEDONIST This description matches exactly what "Premiere" (Germany) gave us at the first broadcast, the announcer talked througout SoYcD Part I (the latter ones fixed the problem with crackling in SoYcD). -HERWIG 940814*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Forbidden Samples Unique_Id: FORBSAMP Format: CD Catalog: NZCD 89007 Neutral Zone Misc.: Produced: Date: 720217 Cover: Front: Pyramid in a desert. In the left hand top corner is a bright shining sun (?), on the right hand top corner is a moon which partly eclipses a second sun. Back: Standard photo of Roger with his bass-guitar. This is the same picture as the bottom-back-side picture on the LP "Pink Floyd - Embryo" (San Diego 1971) Sources: 17 Feb 1972, Rainbow Theatre, London, UK (1-10) 16/9/70, Paris Theatre, London, UK (11) Tracks: 1. Speak To Me - Breathe 3:00 2. On The Run Improvisation 6:31 3. Time 6:34 4. Breathe Reprise 1:05 5. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:31 6. Money 8:05 7. Us & Them 2:25 8. Any Colour You Like 4:46 9. Brain Damage 3:59 10. Eclipse 1:20 11. Atom Heart Mother * 25:04 Band: Roger Waters* David Gilmour* Rick Wright* Nick Mason* Xref: Best Of Tour 72, Dark Side Of The Sky, 8th RD From The Moon, The Live Side Of The Moon Quality: VG+ Comments: There is a good deal of hiss, but overall an enjoyable disc. A great On The Run Improv, TGGITS uses the preacher tape. Us and Them is unfortunately cut right at "Forward he cried..." (at just about the 30 minute mark -- I guess it was originally recorded on a 60 minute tape) and resumes at "...cheese and a slice...". There are also a few occasions where the lyrics are almost indistinguishable from the instruments and the background tapes. Standard orchestrated AHM sounds great. One last curiosity is that the Artist and Album listed on the disc is The Architectural Abdabs "Moon Atom". -jeff 981201************************************************************* Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Foreign Legion Unique_Id: FOREIGNL Format: CDR Catalog: HEAD Misc.: Produced: Date: 700808 Matrix: Disc 1: 1N7F1083857 Cover: Dark photograph of The Great Sphinx with Giza pyramids in background. The photograph is at night with a pitch background and several stars. "Pink Floyd" is outlined across the top with the "O" missing from Floyd. In its place is an eclipse-like event (a star coming around the side of an astral body). "Foreign Legion" is written in white and is right justified immediately below "PF". The CD is completely gold with "Foreign Legion" written in black across the bottom; that is a signature of all HEAD productions. Sources: 08 Aug 1970, 12Jun71 Tracks 1-3: soundcheck from San Tropez Music Festival, France 8 Aug 70 Tracks 4-6: Palais de Sports Lyons, France 12 Jun 71 Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Embryo 10:50 2. Cymbaline 2:58 3. Atom Heart Mother 13:13 4. Set the Controls 15:04 5. Cymbaline 9:55 6. Atom Heart Mother 12:45 Band: Roger Waters Nick Mason David Gilmour Rick Wright Xref: Quality: VG -PIG1DO Comments: Embryo and Set the controls are the only complete songs; good versions. The first Cymbaline has ~1-2mins of jamming with Wright and Mason, so not much Cymbaline exists to warrant the title. Both AHM are faded in about 5mins into the song. The 1st AHM is without orchestra; the 2nd is with. Not a must have, but a nice oddity. Looking at the database, there are no other entries for these two dates. So this isn't available elsewhere, or the dates listed on the CD are inaccurate. - PIG1DO Avoid this one. El Stinko Grande. Audio quality is crap, and much of it appears to be tape scraps which fell to the floor during an editing session. Unless you're a completist (and need to hear every possible example of someone tuning a guitar or checking overall instrument mix levels), this offers very little. Roger Waters makes a number of noticeable out-and-out mistakes. However, Nick Mason's drumming performances are quite good, as is Wright's Hammond work (more overdriven, distorted, growly than normal), and Gilmour is faithful (always good). A shame, as the packaging is quite attractive but ultimately is only a tease as I would give the audio quality a 3+ or a 4. In addition, Atom Heart Mother begins with Gilmour's first slide solos - the entire beginning of the song - from the powerful opening chord sequence through Wright's/Waters' arpeggios-is lopped off! Again, avoid it. It's dredging the bottom of the barrel. - Z-MAN 960211*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Forever And Ever Unique_Id: FOREVER Format: 2CD Catalog: PF 001/002 Misc.: audience recording Produced: 1994 Date: 940403 Cover: The artwork is an audience shot, with the metal heads on either side top of the picture. Sources: 03 Apr 1994, San Antonio. Disc says Live in San Antnio (yes, it says Antnio) 2 Apr 1994 Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Asronomy Domine 2. Learning to Fly 3. What Do You Want From Me 4. Poles Apart 5. Sorrow 6. Tack It Back 7. Lost For Words 8. Keep Talking 9. On the Turning Away 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Disc 2: 1. Breathe in the Air 2. Time 3. Breathe in the Air reprise 4. High Hopes 5. Wish You Were Here 6. One Of These Days 7. The Great Gig In The Sky 8. Us and Them 9. Money 10. Comfortably Numb 11. Hey You 12. Run Like Hell Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: VG Comments: Apparently a "well done analog recording" spoilt by tape drag towards the end of the tape. -THE HEDONIST The sound quality is not excellent by any means but I thought it was worth the 39.00 (USD?) I spent. It seems to be an audience recording and sounded quite like being there. I have no other roio so I have nothing to compare it to. It is a double Cd set, the first set being Forever, the second being Ever, and is marked for promotional use only not for sale. No indication of manufacturer, just pf-001 on one cd, and pf-002 on the other. pf-001/2 on the cover. -ANON The track listing is somewhat unique, with OOTD in the middle of the second set, and both PA and LFW included. The CDs also have the tracks listed on them, but with a slight twist: the titles are reworded (eg, Sorrow is listed as "Sadness", On the Turning Away as "Far Away", Time as "The Clocks"). The sound quality is good for an analog recording (good bass, not much hiss), but the person doing the recording seemed to get the mike muffled every now and then, and the tape warbles for the second half of the second CD. -STU 990922*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Fort Worth 77 Unique_Id: FORTWO77 Format: 2CDR Catalog: Hip Cat Records Misc.: Produced: Hip Cat Records Date: 770501 Matrix: Disc: 1 Disc: 2 Cover: Sources: 01 May 1977, Fort Worth, Texas Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Sheep 2. Pigs on the Wing 1 3. Dogs 4. Pigs on the Wing 2 5. Pigs (Three different ones) 6. Shine on You Crazy Diamond I-V Disc: 2 1. Welcome to the Machine 2. Have a Cigar 3. Wish You Were Here 4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX 5. Money 6. Us and Them Band: Roger Waters David Gilmour Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Ft Worth Texas Quality: VG? -TimV Comments: Sound quality would be VG+ but very fast. Hip Cat productions can be a real crapshoot. This one is plagued by a terrible speed problem that almost makes it unlistenable. -TimV 981027**************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Fountains Of Roma Unique_Id: FOUNROME Format: CD Catalog: BPCD 033 Black Panther Misc.: Produced: Date: 680506 Cover: A light-green-and-black border surrounds a black-and- white photo of the Fontana de' Trevi in Rome. At the top is "PINK FLOYD" in red and "FOUNTAINS OF ROMA" is written in green flowing letters across the photo. The Black Panther logo is at the lower right. The back cover is light-green with black stripes along the bottom along with the Black Panther logo. There is a small b/w fountain picture at the right under which is written (their spelling): "Pink Floid are: Syd Barrett - Roger Waters Nick Mason - Rick Wright". On the left side is "PINK FLOYD" in red, "FOUNTAINS OF ROME" in green, "PIPER CLUB 06/05/1968", and the song titles with credits and times in black. The inside is a single page of the standard CD care message in German, English, French, and Italian. No band photos. Sources: 06 May 1968, Piper Club, Roma. Tracks: 1. Scream Thy Last Scream 2. Astronomy Domine 3. Interstellar Overdrive 4. Let There Be More Light 5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Total Time: 37:38 Band: Dave Gilmour Roger Waters Nick Mason Rick Wright Xref: Quality: VG mono -BOOK/DAN G+ -GOLGO Comments: A rather rough recording. The vocals are all but inaudible on the first few tracks although the instruments come thru well. The last two tracks have better vocals with StCFtHotS being the best on the disc. The last two tracks also have a lot of vinyl pops and clicks, but this is understandable considering the age of the recording. The audience is, as usual, very well behaved and there are no extraneous annoy- ing conversations during the songs. The times shown above are from my disc player and match the back cover exactly, except for STLS which is listed at 5'37". Overall, while not the best recording, it is still an important part of the history of PF and will probably be of interest to the more serious completists seeing as how so few recordings from the Syd days exist at all. -GOLGO After all that has been said about the International Pop Festival in Rome, the date and location for the Floyd's performance seem clear: 6 May 1968, Palazzo Dello Sport. Last month I got Andre's GREAT tapetree "Music When You Are Sleeping", with AD and STCFTHOTS. I've got a tape copy of "Fountains Of Roma" RoIO CD (Black Panther), and on the CD cover, they mention "PIPER CLUB 06/05/68". So, yesterday, I decided to listen to my "Fountains Of Roma" tape, to compare with Andre's tape "Music When You Are Sleeping". Here's what I found about the 5 "Fountains Of Roma" tracks: - "Astronomy Domine" and STCFTHOTS are definitely different from the versions on the tapetree. So, these 2 tracks DON'T come from May 6, 1968. - "Scream Thy Last Scream", "Astronomy Domine" and LTBML are about the same sound quality (mono, G). So maybe these 3 tracks come from a single concert. It seems that it was a rather small venue (listening to the applauses). - IO and STCFTHOTS are better quality (mono, Ex) and seem to have been recorded in a larger concert hall. Again, maybe these 2 tracks come from a single concert. - STCFTHOTS is similar to the "mysterious" version on "Around The Mystic" RoIO CD. The source is the same, but the version on "Around The Mystic" seems to have some stereo separation. -MARC-OLIVIER Here are the sources of the tracks: 1.) Scream thy Last Scream 2.) Astronomy Domine These 2 tracks are from 13sep67 Star Club, Copenhagen, Denmark. Also on "StarClub Phyco" CD 3.) Interstellar Overdrive As recently discussed, this is probably from a BBC TV broadcast of 06may68 First International European Pop Festival, Palazzo Dello Sport, Rome, Italy. 4.) Let There Be More Light This is from 23may68 (early show) Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Also on "The Live Pink Floyd" CD) 5.) Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun I don't know what gig this is from. It is structurally most like the 1972 performances but I can't pin it down. This is a classic roio bastardization of several performances. Yet another reason not to spend good money on CD roios. -JOHN 960728*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: France 1994 Unique_Id: FRANCE94 Format: 2CD Catalog: RLCD 32004 Red Line Misc.: ! Produced: ! Date: 940911 Matrix: ! Cover: ! Sources: 11 Sep 1994, Stade Du Gerlande, Lyon. Tracks: Disc 1: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I - V) 2. Learning To Fly 3. What Do You Want From Me 4. On The Turning Away 5. Poles Apart 6. Take It Back 7. Sorrow 8. Keep Talking 9. One Of These Days 10. Astronomy Domine Disc 2: 1. Breathe 2. Time & Breathe Reprise 3. High Hopes 4. The Great Gig In The Sky 5. Wish You Were Here 6. Us And Them 7. Money 8. Intro & Another Brick In The Wall (II) 9. Comfortably Numb 10. Hey You 11. Run Like Hell Band: David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason Xref: ! Quality: ! Comments: ! 981202*************************************************************** Artist: Pink Floyd Title: From Oblivion Unique_Id: FROMOBLI Format: 2CD Catalog: NE 6.22 CD Never End Misc.: Produced: Date: 711017 Cover: Black velvet triangle package. Picture discs. Round paper disc with information. Sources: 17 Oct 1971, 25Jun68, 12May69 30Sep71 CD1, CD2 1&6: 17 Oct 1971, Community Concourse, San Diego. CD2 2-3: Sep 30th 1971, Paris Cinema, London CD2 4: June 25th 1968, 201 Piccadilly Studio 1, London CD2 5: May 12th 1969, BBC, Paris Cinema, London Tracks: Disc: 1 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 13:09 2. Fat Old Sun 16:04 3. Atom Heart Mother 16:05 4. The Embryo 12:02 5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:13 Total Time: 70:35 Disc: 2 1. Cymbaline 11:55 2. One Of These Days 6:13 3. Echoes 24:07 4. A Saucerful Of Secrets 6:29 5. Green Is The Colour 6:00 6. Pink Blues 5:30 Total Time: 60:16 Band: Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason David Gilmour Xref: Embryo San Diego 1971 Embryo San Diego 1971 Life Could Be A Dream The Heart Of The Sun CD2 2-3: Echoes Eclipse Floyd's Of London Londonfields Meddler One Of These Days Rhapsody In Pink CD2 4-5: The Complete Top Gear Sessions 1967-1969 The Embryo Music For Architectural Students Phenomena Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 3 Quality: Ex- -HERWIG Ex Stereo -BOOK/DAN Ex-/Ex+ -FERNANDO Comments: Not all tracks on FO are actually from San Diego. However, FO is a superset of LCBAD and Embryo and others. The others are incomplete. Yes, FO has a better sound! I would also give it an EX-. It is amazing for an audience recording of this age. -HERWIG This is an amazing audience recording. Sound is very clear and instrument are well defined, and the performances are great This is absolutely a must have. Hunt it! - FERNANDO Echoes seems to be exactly the same as Echoes on Rhapsody in Pink, which implies that it has been taken from the BC sessions. Also, A Saucerful Of Secrets is more similar to 1968 versions that 1970's versions. -FERNANDO San Diego tracks: Ex-, Bonus BBC tracks Ex/Ex+ I must add some of the tracks are not from the San Diego show, but from the BBC sessions. Green Is The Colour is actually The Beginning from May 12th 1969, broadcast by BBC on May 14th. The track ends some seconds into Beset By Creatures Of The Deep (CWTA,E). A Saucerful Of Secrets is actually The Massed Gadgets Of Hercules, from June 25th 1968, broadcast by BBC on August 11th. This version is very similar to the one on the album. Echoes and One Of These Days are from Sep 30th 1971, also from the BBC sessions, available on countless roios. Clearly mastered from vinyl, but the sound is amazingly clear. - FERNANDO. 4 tracks are not from the San Diego show. "One Of These Days" and "Echoes" are taken from the 1971 BBC show, Paris Theatre, London, September 30, 1971. "A Saucerful Of Secrets" is from the first Top Gear session with David Gilmour, that happened on June 25, 1968. "Green Is The Colour" was also recorded for Top Gear, on May 12, 1969. I compared 3 different RoIOs of the San Diego show: "From Oblivion", "The Heart Of The Sun" and "Life Could Be A Dream". First, about the sound quality. All these RoIOs come from the same source: an excellent stereo audience recording. One can hear the same people clapping and chatting between songs (BTW, audience is very quiet). So I think they all come from the same recording, but probably from di