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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