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Artist:    Pink Floyd
Title:     Grooving With A Pict
Unique_Id: GROOVPCT

Format:    2CDR
Catalog:   Hip Cat
Misc.:     
Produced:  1998/1999
Date:      701114
Matrix:    Disc: 1 
           Disc: 2 

Cover:     

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

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

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

Band:      Roger Waters
           David Gilmour
           Nick Mason
           Rick Wright

Xref:      

Quality:   XXX -EDEN

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