Pink Floyd
Lucy Leave & Other Rarities

Tracks:

1. Gigolo Aunt
2. Terrapin
3. Baby Lemonade
4. Effervescing Elephant
5. Two of a Kind
6. Rat Race
7. Interstellar Overdrive
8. Interstellar Overdrive
9. Interstellar Overdrive
10. Interstellar Overdrive
11. Lucy Leave
12. King Bee
13. Dominoes
14. Milky Way
15. Swan Lee
16. Word Song
17. Birdie Hop
18. Long Gone
19. Dark Globe
20. Madcap’s Embrace

Sources:
15 May 1965,
31 October 1966,
24 February 1970

Tracks 1-5: 24 February 1970, BBC
Tracks 6-10: 31 October 1966, Thompson’s Private Recording Company
Tracks 11,12 (?) as The Screaming Abdabs, 15 May 1965
Tracks 13-20: various studio outtakes.

Band:
Syd Barrett

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Quality:

Comments:
Sound quality is remarkably good on tracks 1-12, especially for recordings of that era.
Tracks 1-5 also appear on official releases of the John Peel sessions. The first two
Interstellar Overdrive tracks are short studio takes of the intro; the third is an extended
16:46 version; the fourth is a short 2:40 version. Rat Race, at over 11 minutes, is an
excellent track. The sound quality on tracks 13-20 is not quite as good as the rest of the
CD. This CD is highly recommended for any Syd freak or Floydologist. A must have! -ECM

If you are a Syd-o-phile, then yes, you’ll want to buy it. Otherwise, it would probably be
best to leave it sit on the shelf (or in the bin).

This CD more or less has 3 distinct portions. 1) The Peel Sessions – these are the exact
same takes that have appeared on the RoLO of the same name. On LL & OR the quality is
remarkable for these tracks. It would seem that the legal product was used as the master.

Portion 2) Tonight Let’s All Make Love In London Soundtrack – Although named Rat
Race, the first track of this portion is really Nick’s Boogie. Following this track are 4
different versions of Interstellar Overdrive. The first two appear on the official TLAMLIL
soundtrack CD named “Interstellar Overdrive (reprise 1 & 2)” The 3rd IO is the extended
version that appears on the TLAMLIL soundtrack CD for the first time (the 16 minute
version). The 4th IO is the version of the song that appeared on the original vinyl version
of the TLAMLIL that was released following the movie. It’s about 3 minutes in length. The
quality of these recordings varies somewhat. There is more tape hiss than I’d expect if
they’d used the official CD as a master for these tracks. However, I don’t hear any pops
or crackles to indicate a vinyl source. The short version of IO (3 minute version) is slightly
worse quality than the other 3, but they’re pretty close.

Portion 3) Outtakes – The quality here varies immensely. The versions of Lucy Leave and
King Bee that appear here sound exactly like the versions on A Saucerful Of Outtakes.
I’d go so far as to say that one of the two copied the other. There are several songs that
appear here (ie: Word Song and Birdie Hop, possibly others) which have surfaced on
Opel, but stupidly the copies presented on this disk weren’t lifted from Opel. Instead, they
chose some vinyl source. Also, a few of the songs (Dominoes and Milky Way especially)
seem to be presented at the wrong speed! Anyone with facilities to produce a CD should
have equipment enough to present their recordings at the proper speed. There’s a
wonderful version of Long Gone on this disk, but, stupidly, it is faded out before the
end of the tune! I believe that the whole version appears on the vinyl RoIO “Vegetable
Man”. It really upset me to learn that it was mutilated for this CD. Swan Lee (or Untitled
Instrumental #1 from Vegetable Man) is presented here in its entirety (unlike on A Saucerful
of Outtakes, where they faded it out about half way through..) Damn good song.

If you are able to buy this disk (serial number DIYE 16) and Syd Barrett’s Last Screams
(DIYE 15), you’ll be happy to notice there there is no repeated material. If you buy these
as well as Syd’s official albums, you’ll have a pretty good overview of his career. -SCOTT

Recently, a copy of the RoIO Lucy Leave & Other Rarities was found containing music
thought to be from the Glen Miller Orchestra, rather that the expected Syd Barrett.
Otherwise, it was intact (with correct liner notes & picture of Syd on the disk.) -SCOTT

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
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.”

Pink Floyd
Bear In Tree – 6 Rarities

1. Pow R Toc H – Recorded 20th December 1967 for BBC Radio Programme “Top Gear”. Most copies of this session in circulaton are from a recording of the Febrary 1968 rebroadcast which omits the ending of this number. This is a completely untruncated version taken from a recording of the original December 1967 broadcast.
2. Behold The Temple Of Light / The End Of the Beginning – Recorded 14th April 1969 Royal Festival Hall. Most copies of this performance in circulation are taken from a recording which is cut during this section. This is the complete segment via an alternative audience recorded source. From a mouldy old cassette with a drum heavy sound.
3. Breathe (reprise) – Recorded December 1971/Janauary 1972? Very early instrumental version from a lyricless run-through rehearsal.
4. Run Like Hell (demo) – Recorded 1978. Instrumental from the same session as the “Comfortably Numb” demo. From an old cassette labeled “DG Demos”.
5. Wearing The Inside Out (demo/backing track) – Recorded 1993? An instrumental version with David Gilmour to the fore. Originally from a cassette labeled “EMI/Sony premix ’93”.
6. Money – Recorded 1994. Toe-tappingly to the point live rehersal version. Originally from a cassette helpfully labelled “Oddments”.

Thanks to Bear, Ron, Mr. Phloyd, “Big-Ed”, “MOB”, Sally, Jeff, and Mr. K.

Better late than never.