The Orb and David Gilmour -- Metallic Spheres

haven't heard any of those early Floyd animals shows -- they played it live during the Wish you Were Here tour, right? any you would recommend?

My favorites are any of the shows from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_1974_tours

The "work in progress" version of "Shine On" is tremendous

D1mead0zen has acres of good Floyd boots and a seperate torrent site called Yeeshkul! as well, tons of great stuff.

I would say that '70, '73 and '74 are my favourite years. On the 73 tours the band did When Your In, Childhood's End and Obscured By Clouds and they sounded pretty great. Cymbaline, Fat Old Sun and Green Is The Colour always sounded fantastic and the Man/Journey suite from '69 is tons of fun, with a great jammed out version of Biding My Time with Wright doing some really awful trumpet playing.

There apparently is a fair amount of stuff in the vaults, lots of works in progress, even listenable chunks of the abandoned Household Objects project.

speaking of things lingering in the vault: just heard the "interstellar overdrive" that was an outtake from ummaguma -- so monstrous.

I've got a boot from 69-73 that I haven't listened to in ages. I'll investigate and report if there's anything of interest.

this is an old boot, but has a lot of the good stuff on it: http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=561

3D60 version utterly worth the extra $$$ (and significantly better than the original mix). Comparison points are the Global Communication/Chapterhouse remix album.

Would loved to have heard this as a Pink Floyd album, especially with Wright's input.

mark prindle otm

Oh, that Mark Prindle review was really funny. One of his "greatest hits" in my opinion.

But I'm actually reviving this thread in lieu of a proper general David Gilmour discussion thread.

After hearing it once or twice when it was new and kind of glossing it over, I've been playing On an Island a lot the past few days. It just has a very content, nocturnal sound. It certainly conjures up Pink Floyd vibes (especially on the title track), but really pushes towards a quieter, folky feel on the second half. With his voice sounding surprisingly great, it makes for what is most likely the prettiest album he's ever been involved with.