Pink Floyd – Paris, France (02/22/77)

Pink Floyd
Pavillion de Paris
Porte de Pantin
Paris, France
February 22, 1977

Pavillion de Pigs
Free Range Pigs (FRP CDR-028/29)

Disc One:

Sheep
Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)
Dogs
Pigs On The Wing (Part 2)
Pigs (Three Different Ones)

Disc Two:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
Welcome To The Machine
Have A Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)
Intermission
Money

Comments:

From Pigland East – This tape is complete and with only one minor
cut–a very brief tape flip at 44:03 into the second set, which
indicates the taper was using a 90 minute cassette. As usual, FRP strives
to bring you the best possible sound without destroying the archival value
of the source tape by attempting a heavy remastering job.

The audience claps after the 3rd verse during ‘Pigs (3DO)’ and Roger did
not squeal a number. The audience is generally very quiet and respectful,
which is a refreshing change from the standard audience recording of this
tour. Not a single firework to be heard! David performs an incredible jam
during ‘SOYCD (Pts. 6-9)’. This is truly a recording of a band playing at
its peak.

From Pigland West – I’m listening to the show again. What strikes
me the most is the amazing clarity of the recording and the polite and
obviously captivated audience. They are like a Japanese audience–quiet
when they should be and clapping/cheering where appropriate. Hard to believe
they are French (just kidding Pigland Europe!). The performance, I think,
is rather uninspired but certainly an excellent and competent one. A bit
mechanical, maybe. Does David mess up the words in one of the songs?

Other Comments: So what do YOU think, dear listener? If you get a copy of this
release, please feel free to post a short review to the PF fan group of your
choice.

Lineage:
The lineage for this recording is: Analog Master>DAT(?)>CDR(0)>SHN

Credits:
The Big Pig (bigpig@freerangepigs.com) and Free Range Pigs would like to thank
the following people for their contributions to this effort:

The Taper(s)
The Pentagon Pig for providing Project Coordination and Quality Assurance.
Aleksi Manninen for providing us with his awesome Artwork Services.
The Hirsute Swine for providing Administrative Services.

And a big thank you to the Big Pig for a masterful job of remastering this one.

Without these guys, none of this would have been possible.

Pink Floyd – Leeds, England (01/28/72)

Pink Floyd
The Town Hall,
Leeds, Yorkshire
January 28, 1972

You Are Number Six
Free Range Pigs (FRP CDR-030/31)

Disc One:

Speak To Me
Breathe
The Travel Sequence
Time
Breathe (Reprise)
The Mortality Sequence
Money
Us And Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
One Of These Days

Disc Two:

Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Echoes
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Blues

Rating: VG-/VG

Comments: Recorded at The Town Hall in Leeds. This one is another amazing find. It’s one of the earliest Dark Side shows – the sixth to be exact. This tape captures the entire show, including a lengthy ‘Speak To Me’ punctuated by members of the crowd calling to each other. You can hear cash register sound effects and a cow mooing as well. Or was that a sheep?

There is a fair amount of hiss, which is not unusual considering the age of this tape. Over 32 years! The last two tracks of the Dark Side should be called “warped” versions, since there is a ton of warble. Even Mo Becks would be challenged to work this one out. It finally lets up a minute or so into One Of These Days.

The original taper copied his source and sent it to a friend, who forwarded it on by his friend to our good friend JCE, who took sterling care of it over the years. He was kind enough to share it with us all. More precisely, the lineage is; Cassette(1 or 2)>Edirol UA-3FX>HDD>CEPro>WAV>SHN.

Show Notes:
The crowd is very quiet, which is not surprising, since we’d be too, if we had the chance to hear one of the first Dark Side performances.

‘Money’ is a fun listen, especially since the boys don’t get the harmony quite right during the opening. There is a small break in the recording during ‘Brain Damage’. It’s obvious from the sound that the taper was moving around for some reason — maybe to see the effects? We also suspect he was starting to have battery problems.
This is unfortunate because a good bit of ‘Eclipse’ suffers from speed issues that would have taken another 32 years to fix! This lingers a little bit into ‘One Of These Days’ although it is not as bad; it slowly resolves itself and is gone by the end of the track.

It’s great that the taper captured the break after ‘Dark Side’ even though it is sometimes muffled, probably from hiding the mic. You can hear wind effects, a dog howling, and the boys tweaking their instruments in between. This is rare for an early 1972 recording.

During ‘Echoes’, there is a small break, with no loss of music. The tape includes the entire band break with audience applause after ‘Echoes’. Seamless.

Credits: Jim Canale (bigpig@freerangepigs.com) and Free Range Pigs would like to thank the following people for their contributions to this effort:

JCE for donating this rarest of jewels for us to enjoy.
The Pentagon Pig for providing Project Coordination and Quality Assurance.
The Hirsute Swine for providing Tree Admin Services, and a kick in the pants where needed.
Busy Day Productions for creating the Ambient Artwork.

Without these guys, none of this would have been possible.

Pink Floyd – Cleveland, OH (11/06/71)

Pink Floyd
Emerson Gym
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
November 6, 1971

For Reasons I Don’t Understand
Free Range Pigs (FRP CDR-022/23)

Disc One:

The Embryo
Fat Old Sun
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Atom Heart Mother
One Of These Days

Disc Two:

Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Cymbaline
Echoes
Blues

Roger Waters: Bass, Vocals
David Gilmour: Guitar, Vocals
Rick Wright: Keyboards
Nick Mason: Drums

Comments:
A long, strange trip for this gem. It ended up in our intrepid hero’s hands as the surprise diamond in a trade.

In his own words–

“The person who I received this show from was not able to provide me with any useful information. He actually told me it was from a radio show in 1967 with the songs Astronomy Domine and Green is the Colour among others. There was no artwork, just multi-colored stick on labels with the name Pink Floyd, the letters CWRU, and 1967 on them. When I inquired about the source he just said that he was glad I liked it. Further inquiries were given answers unrelated to the question or not answered at all… Either he was just reluctant to reveal anything or was just unaware of what it was he had.”

So for once we have no lineage information for you. However what we do have is an amazing and complete document of the Floyd in their prime giving us an utterly stunning performance. Of special note is the “jam sessions” mid-song that seems to take place during each track. FOS gets a bit of a Beatlee-sque/Abbey Road type of treatment, Set The Controls is a free for all about half way through, and is that a bow solo ala Jimmy Page during the break during One Of These Days? Careful With That Axe is full of angst and just… well, rocks! Echoes is perfect as well! Finally, we get a rare treat with Blues included for good measure.

As a result of our cleanup efforts there’s great definition of the instruments and you can hear some things that I know I’ve never heard before in these live recordings. These surprises make this one a keeper and a welcome addition to the collection.

Technical Notes:

It looks as though some NR was performed in the past as part of the upper end has been completely removed (from 165000 Hz -22050 Hz).

Credits: Jim Canale and Free Range Pigs would like to thank the following people for their contributions to this effort:

The Taper (whoever he is and wherever he may be).
Ted Mast for providing the source recording to us all.
The Pentagon Pig for providing Project Coordination and Quality Assurance.
Doug Collins for providing Tree Admin Services.
Aleksi Manninen for providing the Cover Art.

Pink Floyd – Yorkshire, England (10/10/71)

Pink Floyd
The Great Hall, Bradford University, Yorkshire, England
Date: 10 October, 1971

Title: One Of These Days In Bradford
Free Range Pigs (FRP SCS-CDR001/002)

1-01 Careful With That Axe, Eugene
1-2 Tuneups
1-3 Fat Old Sun
1-04 Tuneups
1-05 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Intro)
(Tape Flip)
1-06 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
1-07 Tuneups
1-08 Atom Heart Mother
(Tape Flip)
1-09 Atom Heart Mother (Outro)

Disc 2-

2-01. Echoes
2-02. Cymbaline (Pt. 1)
(Tape Flip)
2-03 Cymbaline (Pt. 2)
2-04 Tuneups
2-05. One Of These Days I’m Going To Cut You Into Little Pieces
2-06 A Saucerful Of Secrets
2-07 Pink Blues

This is how I received it:

Source: Fuji Film FX Pure-Ferrix C-60 Cassettes(2)>Onkyo TA-RW 244>
Tascam DA-20 MkII>DAT(48Khz)>Monster Coaxial Cable>Cool EditPro>
WAV(48Khz, 16 Bit)>SHN

This is what I did to comply with Dime’s Policy as it was in 4 large files and not split into seperate tracks:

SHN>DBPoweramp>WAV(48Khz, 16 Bit)>Direct WAV Splitter 2.4.0>DBPoweramp>Flac Level 8>Traders Little Helper(Fixed Sector Boundry Errors)

Rating: VG+

Comments: From a very clean clone of the master cassettes. These tapes are the source for every Bradford release that you have heard. This is a direct transfer from the first generation tapes which date from 1971.

The recording includes all tune-ups and band chatter between tracks. The boys are in a playful mood, as you can tell by their interaction with the audience, which is very quiet during the songs. There is no appreciable hiss. The taper also used 60 minute cassettes, 30 minutes to a side, which is obvious by the breaks.

‘Careful With That Axe, Eugene’: The recording begins with the first few notes of the song. I
especially like Roger’s scream since it is–by my count–a full 19 seconds long!
‘Fat Old Sun’: A great jam session. Vocals are not perfectly clear, but you can hear every word. There are some interesting guitar licks during the tune-ups.
‘Set The Controls’: The first tape flip occurs during the intro. After the song, Roger introduces ‘Atom Heart Mother’ then says the band is going to take a break, followed by what sounds like
“then we’re going to have a drink.”
‘Atom Heart Mother’: During the intro, there are several pops which sound as if they might have
been due to a loose microphone lead.
‘Echoes’: The opening pings to this “new piece” just pierces your skull.
‘Cymbaline’: The “footsteps” sequence goes on for quite a while. The third and final tape flip
occurs during this sequence.
‘One Of These Days’: David introduces this new song using its full title. This was the second
performance of this song, the first was at the BBC 0n 30 September.
‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’: The final break in the tape occurs prior to ‘Celestial Voices’.

Pink Floyd – The Extraction Tapes, Vol., 1

Pink Floyd
The Extraction Tapes, Vol. 1
Britannia Row Studios – June, 1976

Pigs On The Wing Parts 1&2 (Extended Version)
Dogs
Raving and Drooling
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Blues (Montreal July 6th 1977)
Message From The Sheep (Field Recording)

Linage: Cassette(?)>LP> VPI 16.5 Cleaning Machine>Empire 698 w/Grado Gold Cartridge> Dell PC> FLAC 96K/24bit

No Compression
No EQ
No Noise Reduction

Note: POTW 1&2 not on ‘Extraction’ LP. Source: A Tree Full of Secrets (44.1/16bit)

Many thanks to my wonderful Emmylou for making all this happen!

Pink Floyd – Studio Archives and Other Dreams (1967-1972)

PInk Floyd
1967-1972 “Studio Archives and Other Dreams”

01 – Breathe In The Air (Demo, 2/17/70)
02 – On The Run (Demo, 2/17/70)
03 – On The Run (Outtake, Abbey Road Studios, London, 11/72)
04 – Time (Demo, Abbey Road Studios, London, 06/72)
05 – Money (Acoustic Demo, ’72)
06 – Us & Them (Demo, Abbey Road Studios, London, 06/72)
07 – Brain Damage…Eclipse (Demo, Abbey Road Studios, London, 06/72)
08 – Embryo (Top Gear Session, 1/14/70)
09 – Point Me In The Sky (Top Gear Session, 06/25/68)
10 – Brain Damage (Outtake Pt 1, Abbey Road Studios, London, 11/72)
11 – Brain Damage (Outtake Pt 2, Abbey Road Studios, London, 11/72)
12 – One Of These Days (Studio Demo #1, ’71)
13 – One Of These Days (Studio Demo #2, ’71)
14 – Free Four (Us Promo Single ’72)
15 – Fearless (Mono Mix Us Promo )
16 – Candy (Demo Version)
17 – Scarecrow (Syd Barrett Bbc Broadcast ’67)
18 – Corporal Cleg (Belgian Video Version ’68)
19 – Bob Dylan Blues (Syd Barrett Demo)
20 – Late Night (Sid Barrett Without Vocal, 5/28/68)
21 – On The Road Again (Soundcheck, Praterstadion, Wien, 07/01/88)

From Richie Unterberger on Allmusic.com

“While this RoIO is something of a grab bag of material from numerous sources, mostly from the years 1967-1973, the sound quality is very good, and some of the tracks not common even to unauthorized releases.

Of most interest are the numerous studio demos and outtakes with early version of songs from Dark Side of the Moon, even though it seems like the February 17, 1970 dates given for demos of “Breathe in the Air” and “On the Run” are awfully early. Those two particular recordings are more rock-oriented, straightforward, and less technologically ornate than the familiar official ones. But the 1972 demos/outtakes are closer in nature to the Dark Side of the Moon productions — less ornate and polished, certainly, but with the structures and arrangements nearly complete. The acoustic guitar-and-voice demo of “Money” is an exception.

Also mixed in are superb-fidelity BBC radio renditions of “Embryo” and “Point Me in the Sky”; a odd pair of “studio demos” of “One of These Days” that use ugly distorted voices in the mix; a 1972 “US Promo Single” version of “Free Four”; and a mono mix of “Fearless.”

Going back to the Syd Barrett era and its immediate aftermath, there’s also a demo version of “Candy and a Currant Bun,” a BBC airshot of “Scarecrow,” a “Belgian video version” of “Corporal Clegg,” Barrett’s demo “Bob Dylan Blues,” and a recording of Barrett’s “Late Night” with the “original backing track without vocal.”

In the only chronologically jarring entry, there’s also a 1988 soundcheck of “On the Road Again” — yes, the old blues song made into a hit by Canned Heat in the late 1960s.

Even considering this is a RoIO, it would be nice if there were notes explaining just how these songs differ from both official versions and other performances of the tunes floating around; even serious Pink Floyd fans will likely have a hard time identifying all the specific variations. Otherwise, however, it’s well packaged in both its graphics and fidelity aspects.”

Syd Barret – Psychedelic Freak Out

Syd Barrett
Psychedelic Freak Out
(Demos, Acetates & Mixes)

The Godfatherecords GR 483
Matrix Disc : G.R. 483

Tracks: Time:

1 Interstellar Overdrive 14:56 October 31, 1965 – Demo
2 See Emily Play 2:52 May 21, 1967 – Acetate With Alternate Ending
3 Scream Thy Last Scream 4:40 August 7, 1967 – Malcom Jones Mix 1987
4 Vegetable Man 2:37 October 1967 – Malcom Jones Mix 1987
5 Vegetable Man 2:47 1967 Mix From Mason Interview, March 1969
6 Silas Lang 2:47 May 6, 1968 – Backing Track
7 Lanky 1:36 May 14, 1968 Part Two
8 Golden Hair 1:56 May 28, 1969 Instrumental – Gareth Cousins Mix 1988
9 Swan Lee 2:43 June 20, 1968 – Backing Track
10 Clowns & Jugglers 2:45 July 20, 1968 Take 1 – Alternate Mix With Studio Chat
11 Love You 1:17 April 11, 1969
12 Clowns & Jugglers 1:34 May 3, 1969 Take 2 – Keyboard Mix
13 Long Gone 1:45 July 26, 1969
14 Dark Globe 2:58 July 27, 1969 Choral Version – Peter Jenner 1987 Echo Mix
15 Dark Globe 2:57 July 27, 1969 Choral Version – Malcolm Jones 1987 Clean Mix
16 Maisie 2:51 February 26, 1970 – Alternate Mix With Extra Vocals
17 Slow Boggie 2:58 August 12, 1974
18 John Lee Hooker Inspired 3:52 August 12, 1974
19 In The Beachwoods 4:49 1967 – Backing Track

Bonus Track:
20 Interstellar Overdrive 14:55 Pink Floyd Live Supporting Jeff Back Group, Shrine Exposition Hall,
Los Angeles, CA, July 27, 1968

Total Time: 55:47

Pink Floyd – Before Time Began (1967-1970)

Pink Floyd
Before Time Began
Express (11) – EXP-88202

A1 Remember A Day
A2 Astronomy Domine
A3 Interstellar Overdrive
A4 Apples&Oranges
A5 It Would Be So Nice
A6 Candy And A Currant Bun
A7 Scream The Last Scream

B1 Heart Beat, Pig Meat
B2 Crumbling Land
B3 Careful With That Axe, Eugene
B4 Point Me At The Sky
B5 Biding My Time
B6 Embryo
B7 Mademoiselle Knobs

Side A: Lineup: Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason. Studio outtakes and unreleased tracks May 1967- March 1968.

Side B: Lineup: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason. Studio outtakes and unreleased tracks April 1968 – Nov 1970.

Pink Floyd – Top Gear Sessions, 1968-1969

PInk Floyd
BBC Top Gear Sessions 68 and 69 – BBC Masters
BBC master tapes >CDR

Rome 6th May 1968:

Interstellar Overdrive [6:55]

Top Gear 25th June 1968

Murderistic Woman [3:12]
The Massed Gadgets Of Hercules [7:17]
Let There Be More Light [4:23]
Julia Dream [2:39]

Top Gear 12th May 1969

Green Is The Colour / Careful With That Axe Eugene [6:55]
Cymbaline [3:37]
The Narrow Way [4:48]

this is from a reliable trader who get them directly from a friend who works/ed at the BBC
the first track is probably part of the BBC’s doc. “Rome Goes Pop”
the Top Gear Sessions are from the BBC master tapes and are of a wonderful quality.

Pink Floyd – Secrets

Pink Floyd
Secrets
Label: Men At Work – WORK 5527-2
Italy Released: 1991

1 Embryo 10:21
2 Green Is The Colour 3:40
3 Careful With The Axe, Eugene 7:17
4 Let There Be More Light 3:41
5 Murderistic Woman 2:17
6 Point Me At The Sky 4:28
7 The Narrow Way 4:18
8 Julia Dream 2:23
9 A Saucerful Of Secrets 6:39
10 One Of These Days 7:22
11 Echoes 22:22

“Paris Theatre, London October 3, ’71”

Tracks 1 to 3: Live at Paris Cinema, London, July 16, 1970
Tracks 4, 5, 8, 9: Live at BBC 210 Piccadilly Studios, London, June 25, 1968
Track 6: Live at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, Dec 2, 1968
Track 7: Live at Paris Cinema, London, May 12, 1969
Tracks 10, 11: Live at Paris Cinema, London, September 30, 1971