PINK FLOYD

In the Wish You Were Here BBC documentary, Gilmour says that he and Waters disagreed over two songs that Gilmour wanted on the record but Waters did not. Anyone know more about this?

I heard Grantchester Meadows in a shop yesterday, thought I was having a stroke.

Answering my own question: the songs were 'Sheep' and 'Dogs.'

i was listening to Piper on headphones recently and the super wide stereo mixing leaves decent chunks of some tracks completely silent on one side, it is most distracting, I wonder if Piper and Saucerful were both mixed Mono first/Stereo later like the Beatles.

Pretty sure Piper was; the mono mix sounds more carefully considered (and fucking tremendous -- it enhanced my appreciation of this record like no other alternate mix of anything, ever).

^^^me too. I mean the Beatles and Village Green mono mixes are amazing but I already loved those records. The Piper mono mix takes a record I never quite loved and brings it finally to life.

re: odds and sods discs, I used to have an 'import' version of Relics that appended the Syd-era singles tracks. Wish I hadn;t sold that.

Supposedly, Saucerful was also mixed in mono, but has yet to be reissued as such.

I don't get the hate for It Would Be So Nice, well Mason & Gilmour's at least, it's ace.

XP - I have a vinyl rip of Saucerful in Mono if you'd like one.

An early classic thread of mine

Pink Floyd's Richard Wright, forgotten genius?

Grabbing this from D1m3 right now.

Pink Floyd
Taft Auditorium
Cincinnati, Ohio
November 20, 1971

Last date of 1971 and last ever performances of Cymbaline and The Embryo, the latter of which is 28 MINS LONG, sound is apparently EX, pretty sure this will RULE..!

would like to hear that...

well of course it will RULE

Happy to make a WeTransfer link for anyone who is interested, send me a PM.

I would also like to hear that.

As amazing as I'm sure their arena/stadium spectacles were, I bet it would have RULED to have seen Floyd in a club or small theater.

Will make a link tomorrow at work, where I have swole internets.

Happy to make a WeTransfer link for anyone who is interested, send me a PM.

― MaresNest, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:01 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*raises a hoof*

MaresNest rules!

floyd really taking over ilm in 2k13

ty! will throw in the Mono Saucerful also, for those that PM'd me upthread.

Woo-hoo! Thanks, MaresNest!

Floyd podcast well worth putting in your podcast reader: http://floydpodcast.com

Okay, links are up & mails are sent, listening now myself. Quality is quite solid, def not an Aud EX in my book, but good for a 41 yr old audience recording.

I'd like the Saucer mono, not fussed about the rest..

It's on it's own link, PM'd you.

Brilliant, thanks!

I got a PM from somebody that I can't track down, the robot said the name was "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds, can you send me a message again with an email address, thanx.

Guys, is 'Point Me at the Sky' really not in print on anything? Again regretting having sold that Australian version of Relics >:[

Oh, I saw it on something recently...

It's in print on permanent rotation in my head.

I got a PM from somebody that I can't track down, the robot said the name was "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds, can you send me a message again with an email address, thanx.

That was me, will do, thanks!

I'm listening to this Boston '77 show, and man, it's firecrackers ahoy! I find that phenomenon utterly random and baffling. No wonder Waters wanted to build a wall.

That said, as a band, they were infinitely looser and more engaged/engaging than on record. I'd take live Animals over the studio version in a heartbeat.

Man this Cincinnati '71 is just SUCH A WEIRD CONCERT. It's simultaneously such bullshit and so awesome.

terms like classic and dud become quite useless

i haven't listened to it all yet as I got distracted by a really good Manchester '74 gig that I grabbed at the same time, but kicking the gig off with a 28 min version of The Embryo is a pretty odd move.

Bought yesterday off emusic because my time for wtf-era Floyd has come:

Meddle
More
Atom Heart Mother

Can't be a Barrett snob forever. Also it is apparently a savvy biz move for them to keep their stuff entirely off spotify as that prob wld have satisfied my itch for free...

Oh man, some of More is the best shit EVER.

a savvy move is to put on "Fearless" pronto

it rules

Fearless does rule! If I participate in the PF tracks poll, it will be near the top of my ballot.

MORE is an almost perfect blend of the Syd-era weirdness with full-metal rock and spooky sounds.

Funny how they never played Fearless or A Pillow of Winds live.

yeah Fearless rules p hard

LOVE "Fearless." I had a roommate who was a massive fan of post-DSOTM Floyd, but ignored everything prior. When I played him "Fearless," not only did he hate what he assumed was a twee indie band, but assumed I was lying/joking when I told him it was Floyd. It took him about 7-8 listens to finally admit it *might* be Floyd.

pretty sure that Embryo is 28 min because of equipment probs and rather than stopping the show while Rick's keyboards are fixed they just decide to go on and jam

could be wrong on that tho

I wondered why Rick was largely absent from that. Still great.

Thanks again to MaresNest for this and mono Saucerful!

I was digging into 'momentary lapse' and 'division bell' kinda rece, trying to see if there were overlooked treasures the likes of which soto might rep for, but they're almost unbearable. I had ok memories of the former but the two consensus salvagables from that one ('learning to fly' and 'turning away') are weak. The latter in partic sounds more like that crappy Styx gulf war anthem than the Floyd.

I dig Lapse, "Terminal Frost" is nice, it's no lost classic but it's a good ride except for the abomination that is "The Dogs of War"