PINK FLOYD

someone please make sure Roger sees this

what an asshole

All in all we must throw bricks at Rand Paul

Several species of small minded reactionaries and grooving with a prick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=aWTzNpWN7rM

^^^^(Minimoog settings on "Welcome To The Machine")

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Can anyone advise, what is the best recording/boot from that funny period in early 1970 when they were playing Main Theme From More, Violent Sequence, Heart Beat, Pig Meat, Sisyphus and so on. Thanks!

there are no good boots from that period. the recordings that exist are lo-fi and difficult to listen to. the go-to one is birmingham feb 11 1970, which contains all of the tracks you mention, runs at a wonky speed, and lacks anything remotely resembling treble. if you want something of even worse quality you can check out croydon jan 18 1970, which has a better version of "main theme" and an extremely strange version of "the embryo", but it is a tough listen.

Thanks! I had feared that might be the case, I think I read somewhere that the Harvested guys did a remastering job on the Birmingham recording, I will track it down.

1970-01-18 Fairfield Halls, Croydon is a decent one too. Long description here:
http://yeeshkul.com/forum/showthread.php?27749-Pink-Floyd-1970-01-18-Fairfield-Halls-Croydon-gen5-24-96-revA

Doh! Adding to what rushomancy said, apparently Croydon was the first time "The Embryo" was played.

Concertgebouw '69 is amazing.

technically floyd did embryo for a bbc session in '68, but that was the "works" version... croydon was its revival as part of the regular set for the next two years (and you can tell it's the first time because they hadn't really worked out a standard structure for it yet- the opening riff shows up somewhere in the middle- which they had by feb 11).

those who are into strange versions of "the embryo", incidentally, should check out the bizarre ernst-merck halle 1970 version with the lengthy "corrosion"/pict rant intro, as well as some of the last versions- the final recorded performance from nov 20 1971 reaches up to a good half hour, but i prefer the hunter college take from earlier in the month, which touches on some of the same themes but is slightly less padded (only 20 mins).

Concertgebouw '69 is amazing.

So great! My first PF boot too, the version of Biding My Time is hilarious, for the last two years I've been trying to persuade EMI/Warner to put it on the fabled Early Years Box Set

What's the Early Years box set?!

fabled.

It is fabled because it's been talked about since before EMI got fucked. I know somebody who is part of the team, but I can't say much unfortunately :(

I've concluded it doesn't matter much if it ever comes out or not. The Immersion Editions that did show up pretty conclusively show that they don't really have crap sitting around in their archives that you can't hear in pristine quality on bootleg.

If there is such stuff lying around I would buy it on an official release but not a bootleg, so it does matter if it comes out.

We need a official Pink Floyd Bootleg Series of Ruling more than any more Immersion sets. Probably make more money too.

Immersion set of just like Relics with three cds of singles live cuts alt version would rule so hard

expanded deluxe Relics is a great idea

YES
also YES to a bootleg series.
#pinkfloydrules

Staying up late downloading PINK FLOYD bootlegs. Unbelievably I don't have a copy of that Town Hall gig.

Staying up late downloading PINK FLOYD bootlegs RULES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT8xvqtRYUs

That's quite interesting.

listening to this song from some band i've never heard of, but it kinda rules ... https://soundcloud.com/batheticrecords/nest-egg-set-the-gps-to-the-heart-of-the-sun

Ripping off Pink Floyd is harder then you think..

https://soundcloud.com/alanmaguire/riping-off

*sigh* so it's 1986 again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=16&v=eHP7l0EaouM

Absolutely dire. Sounds like an outtake from About Face.

There's also a "making of" featurette going around in which Gilmour says the main riff was inspired by a jingle he heard at a French railway station. Maybe keep that to yourself, eh David?

I think all the old guys from prog bands (or even people like brian wilson) need one young, advant garde, funky/grungy rocker to turn an old, sterile sound into something with teeth.

I expected worse from a new solo Gilmour song. The keyboard theme makes a nice groove. It just isn't enough to bring this song out of retirement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaA_-53H1LI
The problem here is that this merely features Brian and the indie band sounds millenial as opposed to 60's, 70's or 90's

I can't expect to find any good, young, artsy, funky/grungy skronkers these days

Any frenchman will recognise the riff as the national railways jingle (SNCF):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIMT7JImkHc

looool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLnVcWg3nw
For comparison of what modern day Genesis solo guitarist sounds like next to modern day Gilmour music

baaderonixx, that's dead on to the part I like in Rattle That Lock. lol

I didn't mind a lot of 'On An Island', there was a charm about that kinda somnambulant, hushed dadrock. But this new thing is all pastel colours, suit jackets with shoulder pads and bassists with colourful ethnic waistcoats, hope the rest of the record isn't a hopeless pile of junk.

I'd be really happy if he took more notes from Manzanera and went all early 80s Roxy Music.

that'd be good.
feel like gilmour is the kind of guy who should just be locked in a studio for a day w/ his guitars/amps -- what he'd come up with that way would probably be better than this blando stuff.

I think all the old guys from prog bands (or even people like brian wilson) need one young, advant garde, funky/grungy rocker to turn an old, sterile sound into something with teeth.

A remixer du jour might be more beneficial in this case. Hey, quite a few Balearic heads loved The Endless River.

what was the consensus on Metallic Spheres?

Not sure but this article mentions a full recitation of Metallic Spheres at Cafe Mambo (at sunset but sans Gilmour, sadly) and further explores the Floyd/Balearic link.

what did the folks that post on this thread think of it? I gave it a couple of listens and it didn't register. My wife (a floyd fan) asked why I was listening to Joe Satriani.

I thought it sounded better on paper.

The Orb and David Gilmour -- Metallic Spheres

Critical reading: http://www.markprindle.com/gilmour.htm#metallic

That Prindle review rules.

I miss Prindle, actually. His reviews weren't for everyone, but I always found 'em entertaining.