Pink Floyd – Somerset, England (07/27/70)

Pink Floyd
Bath And West Showground, Shepton Mallet
Festival of Blues & Progressive Music
Somerset, England
June 27, 1970

Tracks:

  1. Green is the Colour 3:31
  2. Careful With That Axe Eugene 9:59
  3. A Saucerful of Secrets 18:43
  4. Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:46
  5. The Amazing Pudding 25:23

“Amazing Pudding in Bath 1970” / “Master 002” (Mr Yeeshkul, Master-002)
http://pinkroioshn.myftp.org/database/rightRoio.php?concert=223#1332

Notes:

Source: Audience
Quality: Very Good
EAC’d by sydb, seeded on PinkRoioShn

CD Reference:
Bath Festival 27.6.70, Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music
Wanna Take A Bath?, Bath, Animals Over Europe, Paris Fete de L’Humanite
LP Reference:

Comments: (from ‘Embryo – A Pink Floyd Chronology’ by Hodges & Priston)

Two tapes are available, both from the same master, but of varying quality.
The first, available for some time, is incomplete, while the second more
recent copy features ‘The Amazing Pudding’ with orchestra for the first time,
and is of better quality.

A Copy of the poster for this gig may be found in Le Livre Du Pink Floyd

[Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe Eugene 13:07,
A Saucerful Of Secrets 17:51, Set The Controls For The
Heart Of The Sun 13:16, The Amazing Pudding 24:05]

Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe Eugene

A Saucerful Of Secrets

[Guy in audience: “Good, that’s two my, two mine two favourite songs that
there, is good. Oh fantastic, they’ll di this much better”]

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

“…together it’s going to be one whole side on our next album, and it has a
tentative working title which is ‘The Amazing Pudding’.”

The Amazing Pudding

Pink Floyd – Zabriskie: What’s the Point

Zabriskie: What’s the Point?
Erwin Frankel Productions
Show Number: Sound on Film, Radio Program 5, May 1970

Matrix Numbers: (side 1 / side 2)
1) SOF #5-A SON K-4160 / SOF #5-B SON K-4161 (both written)

Broadcast Date: May 1970

Release Information: A radio show LP distributed to colleges featuring a discussion about the movie, Zabriskie Point, by Al Lees, WBAI film critic, John Simon, The New Leader film critic, Joseph Gelmis, Newsday film critic, Martin Last, Pacifica Stations art critic, and Harrison Starr, the movie’s executive producer. Features music by Pink Floyd at the beginning and end. Includes a 23-page transcript of the discussion.

Lineage: LP > ? > Maxell XLII-S 100 Cassette > DAT > 48khz WAV > FLAC 8

DAT transfer using Sony SDT-9000 (12.2 Firmware http://kickme.to/sdt9000) and DAT2WAV. No soundcard or EAC extraction within lineage.

The recording is not perfect, but highly listenable. There is some evidence of at least 1 or 2 cassette generations, but no NR and the sound is balanced and enjoyable.

The content is for Floydian completists, but as obscure artefacts of Floydian projects go, this is one of my favourites. On the music front, the show opens and closes with “Come In Number 51” but otherwise there’s little of a Floydian nature to get excited about.

What is interesting though is the subject of the discussion, and the context to which it puts the Floyd’s soundtrack, and the historical / cultural context within which they were composing the music. Zabriskie is a dense, and pretty impenetrable movie, and a lot of people write it of as a ‘too much talk not enough action’ show… I think the discussion in this show helps reveal some of Antonioni’s intentions and make the movie a more enjoyable watch. Both the movie and this radio show, are probably more for the die-hards, evenso.

I have kept the show in it’s native DAT resolution 48Khz, feel free to downsample to burn to CD but if you only listen on your computer don’t worry about it.

I tracked the show into the two-sides of the LP, and corrected an 8 minute section (from 20:27 at the end of Side A) where the Right channel dipped dramatically in volume (for this 8 minute section I copied the Left channel into the Right). Unless you know it’s coming, you probably won’t notice the transition.

If anyone has a better copy of this show I would love to hear it. If anyone else has any obscure stuff pre-71 I’d love to hear that too.

Prepared and posted to the Yeeshkul Tracker by Beechwoods, December 2006.

Pink Floyd – Santa Monica, CA (05/01/70)

Pink Floyd
Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, CA, USA
May 1st 1970

  1. GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS (0:31m)
  2. ASTRONOMY DOMINE (10:00m)
  3. CYMBALINE (11:52m) *little patch at 1:59m-2:17m with 70-10-23
  4. ATOM HEART MOTHER (21:47m) *listed as Echoes on the artwork (LOL)
  5. THE EMBRYO (12:53m)
  6. GREEN IS THE COLOUR (3:38m)
  7. CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE (9:23m)
  8. SET THE CONTROLS (15:05m)
  9. INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE (14:51m)
  10. A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (20:47m)

Pink Floyd – Some More Secrets (1967-1988)

Pink Floyd
Some More Secrets – 1967-1988

CD1
01 – Introduction – 1:12
02 – Daybreak I – 8:12
03 – Work – 3:55
04 – Afternoon (Tea Break) – 3:35
05 – Afternoon (Biding My Time) – 5:14
06 – Doing It – 4:04
07 – Sleep – 4:38
08 – Nightmare – 9:15
09 – Daybreak II – 1:23
10 – The Beginning – 5:58
11 – Beset By Creatures Of The Deep – 6:28
12 – The Narrow Way – 5:14
13 – The Pink Jungle – 4:49
14 – The Labyrinth Of Auximenes – 6:40
15 – Behold The Temple Of Light – 5:32
16 – The End Of The Beginning – 6:47
CD2
01 – Echoes – 23:29
02 – Careful With That Axe, Eugene – 12:49
03 – Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun – 14:11
CD3
01 – Cymbaline – 12:28
02 – Atom Heart Mother – 30:01
03 – A Saucerful Of Secrets – 20:33
CD4
01 – Tuning & Intro – 3:29
02 – Raving And Drooling – 11:59
03 – Tuning & Intro – 1:43
04 – You Gotta Be Crazy – 13:28
05 – Tuning & Intro – 1:51
06 – Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V – 12:31
07 – Have A Cigar – 4:37
08 – Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts VI-IX – 13:28
09 – Speak To Me – 6:09
10 – Breathe – 2:55
11 – On The Run – 4:32
CD5
01 – Time – 6:29
02 – The Great Gig In The Sky – 6:05
03 – Money – 8:08
04 – Us And Them – 7:53
05 – Any Colour You Like – 8:40
06 – Brain Damage – 3:44
07 – Eclipse – 2:12
08 – Tuning & Intro – 1:56
09 – Echoes – 22:21
CD6
01 – Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1-5) – 11:44
02 – Signs Of Life – 4:27
03 – Learning To Fly – 6:16
04 – Yet Another Movie/Round And Around – 7:12
05 – A New Machine (Part 1) – 1:43
06 – Terminal Frost – 6:21
07 – A New Machine (Part 2) – 0:33
08 – Sorrow – 10:17
09 – Dogs Of War – 8:17
10 – On The Turning Away – 8:59
CD7
01 – One Of These Days – 6:59
02 – Time – 5:40
03 – On The Run – 4:41
04 – Wish You Were Here – 6:15
05 – Welcome To The Machine – 7:10
06 – Us And Them – 7:39
07 – Money (End Cut) – 8:25
08 – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) – 6:33
09 – Comfortably Numb – 10:35
CD8
01 – Murderistic Woman Or Careful With That Axe, Eugene – 3:57
02 – The Massed Gadgets Of Hercules (A Saucerful Of Secrets) – 8:01
03 – Let There Be More Light – 4:33
04 – Julia Dream – 3:34
05 – Point Me At The Sky – 4:25
06 – Baby Blue Shuffle In D Major (Narrow Way Part One) – 4:12
07 – Embryo – 3:11
08 – Interstellar Overdrive – 8:34
09 – Grantchester Meadows – 3:46
10 – Cymbaline – 3:38
11 – Green Is The Color – 6:54
12 – Narrow Way Part Three – 4:43
13 – Vegetable Man – 3:35
14 – Scream The Last Scream – 3:47
15 – Jugband Blues – 3:52
16 – Pow R. Toc H – 4:37
CD9
01 – Intro By John Peel – 0:42
02 – Fat Old Sun – 14:59
03 – One Of These Days – 7:43
04 – The Embryo – 10:46
05 – Echoes – 26:29
06 – Blues – 4:57

Disc ten has been officially released, therefore not included in the torrent. Also, both dvd’s are not included in this torrent. It’s a nice collection of sbd’s, though. No setlist on the info file, so I’ll post the cover art below so you can see what the dates are; and the setlists.
Soundboard Collection

Pink Floyd – The Sights and Sounds of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd (1967-1971)

Pink Floyd
The Sights and Sounds of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd (1967-1971)

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: 66:49

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 2
  17. June 1970

Band:
Syd Barrett
Roger Waters
Rick Wright
Nick Mason

Xref: Rare

Antiques – A Rare Collection Of Oddities

Quality: G-Ex

Comments:
Track 3 has a CBC Radio story/interview with Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason
with unreleased “Astronomy Domine”

Quality track by track: 1. G 2. G- 3. G- 4.-8. VG 9. F 10.-12. Ex 13. VG (dropout) 14. VG
(dropout) 15. Ex 16. F 17.-21. Ex 22.-24. F- 25. F

A very frustrating CD! There is some really great stuff on here, but in most cases there’s
something screwing it up, usually editing or dropout (as in intermittent silence!). As you
can see from the running times, many of the selections are cut to smithereens, though in the
case of “Interstellar Overdrive” and “Pow R Toc H” it appears to have been done prior to
the broadcasts that this disc reproduces. It has the cleanest “Scream Thy Last Scream”
I’ve ever heard, and I’d say the same about “Vegetable Man” if it weren’t laden with some
really annoying dropout. Tracks 17-21 are the already commercially-available BBC material
and tracks 11, 12 and 15 are simply the “Masters of Rock”/”Relics” versions. The CBC
interview has been released in a longer version on “Stoned Alone” but here it just comes to
a sledgehammer halt after a few minutes. Paul McCartney may or may not have been
talking about Pink Floyd–he sounds like he could have had them in mind, but he never says
their name once. I’m unconvinced that “See Emily Play” is different, though it may be. The
liner notes claim it’s a “rough mix with the backing track (notably organ) mixed louder and
the vocals too low”. Well, maybe. “Jugband Blues” sounds like it may just be from the
mono mix of ASOS. I’m glad I have it for “Astronomy Domine” and “Scream Thy Last
Scream”, if you don’t need those then it’s probably not worth it.

The tracks as they really are (with snide comments):

1) Introduction by Paul McCartney (I first heard this clip on the Magnesium Proverbs CD.
Whether or not the stated source is correct, I’ll leave to the hard core Beatles fans out there.
However, it’s presence on a Pink Floyd CD is rather baffling. To have appeared here, on a
second Pink Floyd CD, is even more baffling.)

2) Interstellar Overdrive (I doubt very much that the stated source is correct, as this version
of IO is of alarmingly good quality & sounds like every other 5 minute IO I’ve ever heard.)

3) Interview with Syd Barrett & Roger Waters on Canadian radio (This bit was almost
certainly taken from the Stoned Alone CD. Quite a good cut.)

4) Pow R Toc H (Look Of The Week 14 May 1967) 5) Introduction by “serious” musician
Hans Keller (see 4) 6) Astronomy Domine (see 4)

7) See Emily Play (This acetate mix first appeared on the Artefacts From The Psychedelic
Dungeon CD. Any differences to the released version are miniscule.)

8) Flaming (US 7″ mix – first appeared on the Westwood One sampler disk)

9) Reaction In G (Carlisle, 23 July 1967 – Why this track continuously appears on CDs
without the companion Set The Controls (the earliest known performance) staggers my
mind. Still, for the 30 seconds that it lasts, it’s a decent track.)

10) Scream Thy Last Scream (the studio version – better quality than most but worse than
the version on Artefacts and Magnesium Proverbs)

11) Apples and Oranges (taken from vinyl, this version of the song sounds pretty good,
but I really couldn’t promise you that it’s truely in stereo)

12) Paintbox (taken from CD or tape source – thank goodness. This version is exactly like
the one on Relics)

13) Jugband Blues (This tune is the stupidest one on the disk. It’s taken from flawed vinyl.
There are multiple dropouts. To make matters worse, apart from the flaws, it’s no different
from the version that was released on A Saucerful of Secrets. It’s inclusion here is simply
stupid.)

14) Vegetable Man (This VM is pretty good. It’s taken from a good vinyl source.)

15) Julia Dream (exactly the same as the version on Relics)

16) Clowns and Jugglers (two takes not included on Syd Barrett boxset, first solo-session, May 1968 – both of these outtakes are incomplete, mediocre quality, and not terribly enlightening. Still, for the terminally obsessed (like me), they’re nice to hear. They have previously appeared on the Vegetable Man LP and he Magnesium Proverbs CD.)

17) Terrapin (“Peel Sessions”, 24 February 1970 – Why must every Syd CD contain these
songs with faulty source info ?? Buy the official CD, dammit.)

18) Gigolo Aunt (see 17) 19) Baby Lemonade (see 17) 20) The Effervescing Elephant (see 17) 21) Two Of A Kind (see 17)

22) Dominoes (“Sounds Of The Seventies”, 16 February 1971 – Of course, they left off
“Terrapin”, just like the Magnesium Proverbs CD did. Otherwise, it’s nice to see this radio
broadcast issued again.)

23) Love Song (see 22) 24) Baby Lemonade (see 22)

25) Octopus (This track was probably also taken from the MP disk. Syd puts up a
powerful struggle, but eventually he gives up and goes home. Most people give the date as
6/6/70. However, I’ve recently found a press clipping which would seem to state that Syd
was booked for 6/1/70. Believe what you like!)

This is a nice disk. The sound quality is generally pretty good. Unfortunately, it seems to
be a rehash of previous Syd CDs without anything new or exclusive as a selling point. All
things consydered, I’d say that this disk is Magnesium Proberbs’ ugly sister. Buy S & S if
you can’t find MP. – SCOTT

Pink Floyd – The Unmissable Tracks 1966-1982

Pink Floyd
The Unmissable Tracks 1966-1982

02:44 lucky Leave First Pink Floyd Studio Session 1966
02:59 I’m a kingbee First Pink Floyd Studio Session 1966
03:05 Milky Way Studio Ottake
03:41 it would be so nice Single Released 04.12.1967
03:05 apples and oranges Third U.K. Single Released 18.12.1967
03:58 baby blue shuffle in D major Recorded Live for BBC Radio 1967/68
05:39 moonhead Recorded Live for French TV 1967/69
04:23 The narrow way Recorded Live for French TV 1967/69
08:10 oneone/Fingal’s Cave Outtake Dec.1969
07:00 rain in the country Outtake Dec.1969
04:33 the violence in sequence Theater Champs Elysees 23.01.1970
08:40 corrosion Studio Outtake 1970
03:26 brain damage/eclipse Quadrophonic Mix 1973
05:48 pink blues French Tour 1974
02:37 comfortably numb Demo Version 1978
02:52 when the tigers broke free U.K. 12-Inch Single Version 1982

Total Time: 73:25

Pink Floyd – Ummagumma Revisited

Pink Floyd
UMMA & GUMMA (Ummagumma Revisited)

~UMMA~
DISC ONE: STUDIO ALBUM

  1. Sysyphus Part 1
  2. Sysyphus Part 2 /
    The Violent Sequence (aka The Riot Scene, early Us & Them – from The Ultimate Zabriskie Point)
  3. Sysyphus Part 3 (pitched down half a step)
    Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave (backwards)
  4. Sysyphus Part 4 (1st half) / Grooving With A Pict
    (vocals only)
  5. Sysyphus Part 4 (2nd half = part 1 reprise)
  6. Oenone (from The Ultimate Zabriskie Point)
    / Selene (aka Moonhead aka Corrosion – BBC TV 7/69 documentary on the moonlanding)
  7. Dythyramb from Grantchester Meadows (ripped from KQED DVD soundtrack 71_04_28)
  8. Careful with that sickle, Cronus
    (aka Come In #51, Your Turn Is Up – film version for intro and end + soundtrack version

for middle section – from The Ultimate Zabriskie Point)

  1. The Narrow Way, Part 1
    (unknown song – soundtrack version – from The Ultimate Zabriskie Point)
  2. The Narrow Way, Part 2
  3. The Narrow Way, Part 3 (69-05-12 Paris Cinema London – from BBC archives)
  4. The Embryo (from Works)
  5. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party: Entrance
  6. Heart Beat, Pig Meat (from The Ultimate Zabriskie Point)
  7. Nick’s Boogie (London 66-67) / The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party: Entertainment
  8. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party: Exit
  9. Biding My Time (from Relics)

TOTAL LENGTH: aprox. 78min!

~GUMMA~

DISC TWO: LIVE 1ST SET

  1. Grantchester Meadows
    Recorded live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA on 70-04-29
  2. Astronomy DominÈ
    Recorded live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA on 70-04-29
  3. Impro on Interstellar Overdrive and Moonhead
    Recorded live at Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg, West-Germany on 70-11-14
  4. Grooving With A Pict
    Recorded live at Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg, West-Germany on 70-11-14
  5. The Embryo + Roger Introducing The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes
    Recorded live at Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg, West-Germany on 70-11-14
  6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
    Recorded live at the Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switserland on 72-12-09

TOTAL LENGHT: aprox. 60min

DISC THREE: LIVE 2ND SET

  1. Sysyphus
    Recorded live at the Town Hall, Birmingham, England on 70-02-11
  2. The Narrow Way Part 1 aka Baby Blue Shuffle In D Major
    Recorded in the BBC Maida Vale Studios on 68-12-02
  3. The Narrow Way Part 3
    Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England on 69-04-14
  4. The Pink Jungle-intro of The Labyrinth of Auximenes
    Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England on 69-04-14
  5. Heart Beat, Pig Meat
    Recorded live at the Town Hall, Birmingham, England on 70-02-11
  6. Piano Impro
    Recorded live at te Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England on 70-01-18
  • The Violent Sequence
    Recorded live at the The‚tre des Champs-ElysÈes, Paris, France on 70-01-23
  1. Biding My Time
    Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 69-09-21
  2. Doing It
    Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 69-09-21
    Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England on 69-04-14

ENCORES:

  1. Green Is The Colour
    Recorded live at the University of Southampton, Southampton, UK on 69-05-09
  2. Beset By Creatures of The Deep
    Recorded live at the University of Southampton, Southampton, UK on 69-05-09
  3. Biding My Time (reprise) aka Just another 12-bar
    Recorded live at the Altes Casino, Montreux, Switserland on 70-11-22

TOTAL LENGHT: aprox. 65min

=======================================================================================

  1. WHAT IS IT?
    Revisiting UMMAGUMMA as if it was a band-album, including left-overs and alternate versions, plus some home-made edits. Giving it a brandnew concept. (So this could have been PF’s first concept album!)
  2. WHY?
    The idea for this project came in mind when I considered it was a pity that “The Embryo” and “Biding my Time” were recorded for Ummagumma but left out in spite of the concept of making it a ‘four-men-solo album’. My first thought was then to burn a copy of Ummagumma for myself, just including those songs at the end of the album. But then I thought: “Why not making it an extended alternate version?” Inspiration also came from Muabdib’s studio remix of “The Man & The Journey” (which I recommand!) and the enhanced Wall version “Every Brick In The Wall”.
    It’s obvious that the original concept of Ummagumma didn’t work out like the band wished it to. Quotes from the band members are clear on this subject:

“We all believed it was going to be one of the best things we’d ever put onto record, which I think it was at that time, but the stuff on the album isn’t half as good as we can play.” -Rick
“For me, it was just an experiment. I think it was badly recorded, the studio side could have been done better. We’re thinking of doing it again.” -David
“This was absolutely not a band album. The live stuff sounds incredibly antiquated now […]. We were looking for new ways of constructing an album, although I think what this demonstrates is that our sum is always better than the parts.” -Nick

  1. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?
    Well, I took the liberty to get rid of that solo-concept, and tried to mix what Ummagumma might have been if it was a real teamwork, giving it a different concept. I don’t pretend I improved it, but I wished to include left-outs, unreleased material (principally from ZP, but which fits perfectly in the spirit of Ummagumma) and alternate versions. I had plenty of material (of different quality) to choose from, for 1969 was probably their most prolific year. Therefore I used as far as possible the best sources for those alternate versions, but except for the Zabriskie Point outtakes, quality failed in most of the cases. It’s a pity even the audio rip of Grantchester Meadows from the Harvested’s KQED DVD is only 19OKbps, hissy and had an annoying hum in the beginning. Other sources had less hiss but much more microphone noise! I tried the best I could to erase this hum and de-hiss it a bit withoput denaturating the audio spectrum with Noise Reduction.

Another thing I permitted myself is to rename some tracks in order to give it the mythological concept I conceived for the occasion. I took inspiration by the example of Sysyphus and Oenone and gave Greek mythological references to the whole album, hence Cronus instead of Eugene, Selene (goddess of the moon) for Moonhead, and a Grand Vizier’s Garden party which became an authentic Roman orgie! I recommend you to read the liner notes while listening, for I tried to make it more or less conceptual with a storyline. In contrary, I left the original titles for the live set.
The choice of including ‘Careful…’ is less obvious, since this is a 68 song. But, I found it a shame that only the single version was available on official sources, and no version of this tune appears on the regular albums. This december 69 take of Careful for the ZP soundtrack is radically different and much closer to what we use to hear on live roio’s. The sound effects aer from the film itself, only the stereo effects for the footsteps and the riding car are mine. Other things that could be considered as ‘sins’ to some purists: I messed a lot with Sysyphus, integrating ‘The Riot Scene’ from ZP (aka The Violent Sequence, early Us & Them), ‘Several Species…’ backwards and the Pict rant without animal noises in it. Hence ‘Several Species..’ has

disappeared from the tracklist! But figure out in case of teamwork, Roger would maybe have done the same. Moreover you can clearly hear Roger rant more or less in the same part on the live version of Sysyphus (a fact I discovered AFTER mixing the studio album!!!)
The same ‘dammages’ occured to Nick’s piece.
Figure out Syd came to help him get this piece a little more attractive!

  1. WHAT ABOUT THE LIVE SET?
    The live set isn’t a gathering of alternate takes of what was originally on the live set of Ummagumma, but more what it would have sounded like if the band had once played (my) Ummagumma live. So here is a REAL live Ummagumma album, assembled from the most “mythic”

shows from 69-70 where the Floyd performed their strangest bits with an incredible energy. Especially on that night in Hamburg 70-11-14, Roger was in an incredibly talkative/rantic mood! Notice that powerful ‘Embryo’ including some jungle noises ‡ la ‘Several Species…’ and ‘Pow R. Toc H.’ Alas and again, the shows featuring the rarest tracks like ‘Moonhead’ or ‘Sysyphus’ were badly recorded, and most sources are hissy, muffed, etc. The huge quality difference between the different sources I used, forced me

to use fades between some tracks, which I don’t like but was the only way to make it sound acceptable. The SQ skips are more particulary noticeable in the ‘meddley’ I made.

A special note about ‘The Narrow Way Part 3’ though. The best recording is the one from the Amsterdam venue of ‘The Man & The Journey’
. Musically, however, Dave’s vocals are probably the worst he ever did in his whole life! His voice fails on all live performance of ‘The Narrow Way’. That’s why I choose this recording from the London premiere of ‘The Man & The Journey’: it’s not the best source, but at least the vocals are barely audible, which is not a real loss in this case! 🙂

CONCLUSION
I still hope you’ll enjoy listening as I enjoyed mixing and compiling this.

Furry Animal – May 2004

Charlie Parker Quintet – Waukegan, IL (12/xx/47)

Charlie Parker Quintet (w/ Miles Davis)
12-xx-47
Unknown venue
Waukegan , Illinois

Project ID – LL90

Source: Audience Recording
Lineage: Audience recording > ?? > cd (Peter Losin’s Archive) >
cd duplicated (burner to burner) > eac > flac (lvl8)

Miles Davis (tpt); Charlie Parker (as); Irving “Duke” Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b);
Max Roach (d)

disc 1

d1t01. Dexterity
d1t02. The Way You Look Tonight
d1t03. All the Things You Are
d1t04. 52nd Street Theme
d1t05. Diggin’ Diz/
d1t06. Embraceable You

Notes:

  • *** all tracks are fragmented
  • d1t01 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • d1t03 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • d1t04 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • d1t06 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • I was hoping to get some clarification upon receiving Peters masters of this
    date. I would most certainly believe that this is the correct version. It is
    very hard to tell what is what and where it belongs on this date. I would
    consider this the source to have based on Peter Losin’s take on what belongs here.
  • The sound is a little brighter on this version.
  • Thanks to Peter Losin for the source!!
  • “Very fragmentary; edited to Parker solos for the most part. These may be dubs of
    wire recordings — the fidelity is very poor throughout.” – Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com
  • Although these tunes are usually dated (as on Philology) in December 1947, this is
    doubtful. The Parker Quintet was booked for two weeks at Chicago’s Argyle Show Lounge
    (November 11-23, 1947), then for four nights at the Pershing Hotel Ballroom (January 3-6,
    1948). The group played a Saturday night dance at the New Savoy Ballroom on January 3,
    and two items from this date appear on Philology Volume 14.”- Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com
  • Three other tunes — “Barbados,” a longer version of “Embraceable You,”
    and “How High the Moon” — are usually listed with these tunes
    (as e.g. on Philology Volumes 1/4), but they are probably from
    the Pershing Hotel Ballroom, March 28-April 10, 1949, with Kenny Dorham on trumpet.
    Two of these items are issued on Philology Volume 14, although the speed is different
    and “Embraceable You” is incomplete. But the music is the same.- Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com
  • QC done by bgreen

The Band – Jericho Demos

The Band
Woodstock, 1991 and/or 1992
Jericho demos, rehearsals, outtakes

  1. Caves of Jericho (5:42)
  2. Shine A Light (4:44)
  3. Move to Japan (4:53)
  4. Country Boy (3:21) REMOVED
  5. Night On The Town (3:54)
  6. The Same Thing (4:02)
  7. Amazon (5:36)
  8. Atlantic City (4:47)
  9. Circle of Time (5:22)
  10. The Tide Will Rise (3:51)
  11. Nobody Sings ‘Em Like Ray (4:42)
  12. Remedy (4:22)
  13. Keep The Home Fires Burning (4:48)
  14. Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:53)
  15. Blind Willie McTell (7:33)
  16. Atlantic City (4:47)
  17. Soul Deep (4:24)
  18. Remedy (live) (5:36) REMOVED
  19. Blind Willie McTell (live) (4:11) REMOVED

Rick Danko
Levon Helm
Garth Hudson
Richard Bell
Randy Ciarlante
Jim Weider
and the ghost of Richard Manuel

with
Colin Linden
John Simon (?)
Bobby Strickland (?)
Dave Douglas (?)
Aaron Hurwitz (?)
Others (?)

Note: these tracks were received as a double cdr set in a trade, with tracks from three different sources. The original Wav files were not named (just Track 1, track 2, etc). I changed the track names after extracting, before compressing. The log files included here reflects the discs as i received them.

I cannot detail the lineage, but I did check to ensure these are not from a lossy or cress-encoded source. The lineage I can offer is:

Studio demos > cassette (unknown generation) > digital conversion > CDR > WAV files with extracted & compressed to FLAC level 8 (verified) with xACT 1.71. Log file & fingerprints included in torrent.

I have removed “Country Boy” from this torrent. Although the overdubs are all different on the version released on “Jericho”, the base track is the same, which violates two separate Dime polices of what’s not allowed:

  • The audio of any performance used as the sound on officially released video material – even if the recording is from another source than that of the sound in the officially available material;
  • Remixes, remasters, alternate mixes, and alternate edits of any official material;
    I also dropped the final two songs which were from an official, if somewhat obscure, release:
    http://theband.hiof.no/albums/remedy_blind_willie_mc_tell.html

Notes, mostly stolen from
http://theband.hiof.no/articles/demos_viney.html
which you should read in it’s entirety if you’re interested in this sort of thing:

These are all different versions to the released album. These are said to be out-takes, but none of them are final mixes. There seems little overdubbing and backing voices are less pronounced. There’s an almost live feel – rehearsals rather than out-takes. The bass is over-present throughout, a common problem with live recordings. As bass isn’t directional it leaks onto every mic and over-amplifies itself. There rarely seem to be two drummers, and Garth plays a lot of accordion throughout the first half. These tracks can’t have been sequenced as an album, as the four numbers with horns are in a row together. They might well be the earlier versions of the album with John Simon.

Caves of Jericho
Levon lead vocal.

Shine A Light
Rick takes the first verse, then hands over to someone else for the next. This could be Randy Ciarlante or John Simon (who plays piano and does backing vocal on the final version) or someone unknown. Great slide guitar which was dropped from the final version. the unknown voice and slide guitar sound a lot like Colin Linden.

Move to Japan
This has a very live feel. Garth’s accordion is prominent.

Country Boy
Richard Manuel. This is the older tape that they preserved for the final album.

Night On The Town (Bruce Hornsby)
Title track of a Bruce Hornsby album. Lead vocal is Randy – Rick and Levon can be heard in the background. It starts with ‘shave and a haircut- two bits’ rhythm. Then this version takes too many directions and is ultimately too messy to get anywhere, There’s a great bit of wild Garth organ.

The Same Thing
Levon counts this in and sings. A looser feel than the final cut.

Amazon
‘tikki tikki’ birds sound effect starts before Same Thing finishes and runs right into this – suggesting some post production effort. Rick sings.

Atlantic City
This has some odd and interesting breaks where only a drum flourish is heard. A nice idea that got dropped (probably for the best though). Levon’s vocal is not quite as subtle.

Circle of Time
This is new and it’s a loping mid-sixties style soul influenced song. Think about mid-period Robert Parker or Levon & The Hawks to get the feel. Rick Danko sings lead, supported (I think) by a female singer. The prominent instruments are bass, drums and guitar with less piano and a touch of synth with a horns sounds. I’d guess an unfinished demo rather than a finished out-take, the bass is so over-prominent that it can’t be a final mix, though all the elements are there. Jim Weider bends some very un-Band like guitar sounds. If this had made it through to Jericho. it would definitely have been one of the best tracks on the album. The bass on Circle of Time doesn’t sound like Rick Danko; my guess is that it’s Rob Leon. Guitar is likely Colin Linden again.

The Tide Will Rise (Music: Bruce Hornsby / Words: Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby)
Levon sings lead. This song found its way to Hornsby’s January 1993 Harbor Lights album, and is a song to his ancestors, the watermen of Virginia. This is presumably an earlier version then. With words like ‘they say we’re a dying breed, they say we’re gonna disappear’ it reminds me of Cahoots, complete with tinkling orientalish synth and guitar sounds. They put out worse than this in the past (most of Islands and Cahoots for starters). Also it’s hard to tell how different a clean final mix would be.

Then next four songs run after each other, and all feature Garth on horns rather than keyboard. There are usually multiple horns. On the final versions on Jericho Bobby Strickland added sax, and Dave Douglas added trumpet. They (or others) may well be on these sessions too.

Nobody Sings ‘Em Like Ray
Co-written by Jim Rooney. Jazzy tribute to Ray Charles with Garth Hudson performing powerfully on horns. Either there’s overdubbing or assistance. Three voices share equal honours, Levon, Rick and probably Randy. It’s also very catchy, and has great lyrics. It’s incomprehensible that it wasn’t used.

Remedy
The bass sounds more prominent than the final version. The piano is terrific.

Keep The Home Fires Burning
This opens with a jaunty sax lead. Vocals are shared. The harmony chorus has a C&W feel.

Stuff You Gotta Watch
Opens in Sgt Pepper style with a voice announcing ‘the triumphant return of the Kenny Wayne Orchestra!’ then goes into a very live sounding big band pastiche version of Stuff You Gotta Watch which is faster and better than the album cut. Phenomenal!

When the Crossing The Great Divide bootleg appeared, it had the demo versions of Blind Willie McTell and Atlantic City, together with The Box Tops cover Soul Deep. These are dated 1991.