That tune is gold.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 18 January 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
Summer '68 is so great
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 January 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 18 January 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-interview-guitar-charity-auction-779721/
Selling all that shit.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 15:05 (five years ago) link
Seems like an elegant way to bow out.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
Dave rules
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
Dibs on the Zemaitis acoustic bass guitar.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
Leeds University 1970 - solid recording and a good performance, sending to a friend who's Dad was at the gig - https://we.tl/t-bWm8dRKcAk
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link
thx — not sure if i've heard that one!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 23:09 (five years ago) link
I'm plugging gaps between 69-72 to see if there's anything I've missed and this is a good one, it's been de-hissed a little, but very well, I hear no artefacts.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link
Thanks! I've never heard that one.
Proud that my teenage guitar hero aged out to be a super mensch. RULES
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 06:55 (five years ago) link
From a player's perspective, I dunno if this is really that huge a sacrifice (don't get me wrong -- he didn't have to do this for charity, and it's good that he is.) If you're a professional player who isn't doing huge international tours, 10 guitars is probably too many, and you don't really need many more than that even if you are one. My main instrument, which I adore, is getting too old and precious to take out when I can't have my eyes on it at all times; if it could be easily duplicated (and it can't be, not like a Strat) by folks who know what they're doing, I'd take that one out and not worry about loss or failure of the old one. And I don't have a million billion instruments or children worrying about me having too many guitars I don't play that their kids might knock over when they visit.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 11:37 (five years ago) link
listened to that Leeds 1970 tape on the bus ride home yesterday — it ruled! i love the Floyd at this period ... just a bunch of slow lumbering build-ups to thunderous freakouts. guess you could really see some good shows if you were going to Leeds University in 1970.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
Found a list at https://alumni.leeds.ac.uk/Live-at-Leeds
1969-70
Autumn termOctober 4 Fleetwood MacOctober 11 Moody Blues with SpiceOctober 18 FamilyOctober 30 Deep PurpleNovember 6 Chicken ShackNovember 8 T-Rex; Idle RaceNovember 15 Bonzo Dog Band; Deep PurpleNovember 22 Christine Perfect (became Christine McVie); The FreeNovember 29 Graham Bond Initiation; Art Wood’s Quiet Melon
Spring termJanuary 17 Joe CockerJanuary 24 Led ZeppelinJanuary 31 Ten Years AfterFebruary 2 Liverpool Scene, Killing FloorFebruary 7 Small Faces; Keef Hartley BandFebruary 14 The WhoFebruary 21 John Hiseman’s Colosseum; Marsha HuntFebruary 28 Pink FloydMarch 7 Blodwyn Pig; YesMarch 14 Mott the HoopleMarch 21 Ginger Baker’s Air Force; Nice Summer termApril 25 Roy Harper; Matthews Southern ComfortMay 2 Tom PaxtonMay 9 Procul Harum; Humble PieMay 10 Alex HarveyMay 16 Leonard CohenMay 23 TrapezeMay 30 Principal Edwards Magic TheatreJune 6 Hard MeatJune 13 TimeboxJune 20 Fairport ConventionJune 27 Moody Blues
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:52 (five years ago) link
haha there you go, not a bad lineup of acts. good Leeds stones bootleg from 1971 too.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
Jfc that is unreal
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
live from leeds it's saturday night
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:53 (five years ago) link
leeds '70 is ok, but man the two months before that they were playing some _really_ crazy shit. i would've loved to have seen them in birmingham a couple weeks earlier doing "main theme" from "more", a 25 minute version of "the violence sequence", which was some themes from "zabriskie point" including "heart beat pig meat" and "us and them", "sysyphus", and brand new material like "atom heart mother" (which didn't even have a title yet)! wish there were more tapes from this era and what there was sounded better.
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Thursday, 31 January 2019 00:43 (five years ago) link
One of the reasons I love the Raconteurs is because their best moments ("Hands", "Sunday Driver", "Solute Your Solution") sound like Jack White wanted to form a Greta Van Fleet but just based on "The Gold it's in the...".
― Prefecture, Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:36 (five years ago) link
XP - It's a shame that Birmingham recording isn't a little better, although a lower generation recording was found and tweaked to listenability, I would have enjoyed it if they had kept a few more tracks from More and Ummagumma. The Narrow Way, for instance, never got a fair shot and it sounded great live, then they could have put stuff like ASoS, Set The Controls and Careful to bed a bit sooner.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 31 January 2019 11:46 (five years ago) link
So glad they ditched the drum solo in "Atom Heart Mother".
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 January 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
the idea that there was a pink floyd concert with _two_ nick mason drum solos in it does make me laugh a little
i don't know about putting asos and careful to bed sooner, though! those epic 20 minute plus versions of asos in '70 and early '71 are fantastic, i wouldn't want to lose them, and for my money careful didn't really hit its peak until fall of '72 when they were throwing in the pict rants. it even sounded great when they busted it out in '77!
set the controls never really took off for me in concert, though. i think this is down to nick mason, who was always limited in what he could do in terms of furious intensity.
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Thursday, 31 January 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
the downloaded boot i have is called 'Project Birmingham', is there a newer better sounding one?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 31 January 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
If that is a 3rd Gen tape you have then yeah, they released a transfer of a 2nd Gen copy in Oct 2017 which is marginally better.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 31 January 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
PINK FLONG
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 31 January 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, January 30, 2019 6:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Some of the images in this video give a good idea of the size of the room at Leeds, which held maybe 1500. It was the university's cafeteria, and the stage was a bunch of tables pushed together.
https://vimeo.com/71138850
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
some good shots of the floyd live at leeds
http://www.pinkfloydz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pinkfloydleedsrettie011.jpg
http://www.pinkfloydz.com/concerts-tours/pink-floyd-leeds-university-28-february-1970/
― tylerw, Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
typical of roger to monopolize the gong
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
Gilmour's white Strat is the one that gets stolen in in three months - leading to the purchase of the famous black one. Fuzz Face -> Binson -> Hi Watts is a kick-ass combo.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 1 February 2019 00:30 (five years ago) link
I can't listen to this at the moment, but having loved their take on Metallica's Orion, I'm really looking forward to some free time when I can check this out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8iO1kmY8A8
― peace, man, Friday, 1 February 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws38mFWmOl8
― MaresNest, Friday, 1 February 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
https://sohimages.com/images/images_soh/MC619-2.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 1 February 2019 23:26 (five years ago) link
Don't give me that goody good money clip
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 February 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link
Here's another outside the canon one that I came across in my quest to plug gaps in the collection -
McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX, USASeptember 10th 1972
Untracked, incomplete, some jumps but the remaining half of DSotM has a lovely, very wonky version of Great Gig with that ascending riff they ditched but it's pretty good quality and a nice listen.
https://we.tl/t-wkTuwhyRJR
― MaresNest, Friday, 1 February 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 February 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
wow this tape might even be better than 1972-09-22, though i haven't heard that one in a while and it's more complete at least.
that ascending riff reminds me a lot of the intro to "la carrozza di hans" by pfm.
also really enjoyed the rodrigo y gabriela, starts off pretty "classical guitar tribute to pink floyd" but gets creative quickly enough, which the california guitar trio version doesn't ever do.
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Saturday, 2 February 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
Until recently I've only paid scant attention to 1972 recordings, my favourite period has always been 69-71, I found this interesting post on the live evolution of DSotM and when I have some time I might follow the line to see just how much changed.
"I read somewhere in this forum (but it's impossible to find it again now) that Dark Side of the Moon had several different stages of development, of which the studio album is, if I remember correctly, the second of a total of four. Is that correct?
And most importantly, regardless of how many stages it had — what are the best and/or most representative shows I should listen to? Which are the most interesting performances? I think five or six will do, unless you guys consider that's definitely insufficient."
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"I'll have a go at this! Hehe
I would say there's actually more.
In 1972 alone, i would say that there are substantial changes all throughout the year. These are the ones that I think that would best illustrate that:
1/22/1972 Bornemouth2/20/1972 Rainbow3/13/1972 Soporro4/28/1972 Chicago6/28/1972 Brighton9/22/1972 Hollywood Bowl12/9/1972 Zurich
Then, beyond 1972, it continued to change in concert through 1975, and finally once again in 1994:5/19/1973 Earls Court11/1974 Wembley6/18/1975 Boston10/20/1994 Earls Court"
― MaresNest, Saturday, 2 February 2019 11:37 (five years ago) link
Decisions decisions out there for a wealthy collector out there:
Soundboard tape of 1971 Santa Monica gig (with bonus Zeppelin): https://www.ebay.com/itm/173810675201
Atom Heart Mother poster and autographed inflatable udder:https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/entertainment-and-music/pink-floyd-atom-heart-mother-poster-and-inflatable-udder-signed-by-the-band-1970-total-2-items-/a/7198-89590.s
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 February 2019 23:40 (five years ago) link
"Pink Floyd Plastic Surprise"
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 February 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
"Udder is the size of a regular cow udder."
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:00 (five years ago) link
Christies has a pre-order up for Gilmour's guitar catalog: https://catalogues.christies.com/christies-shop/Product.aspx?offerId=52694
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 8 March 2019 07:25 (five years ago) link
So Mason's book still considered the best?
This new Mojo 2-parter loks great
http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/images/stories/2019/pink_floyd_bundle.jpg
I wonder if in light of the Lewisohn 'Tune In' Fabs triple-book series anyone is attempting something similar with the Floyd, Queen, Stones etc?
― piscesx, Friday, 8 March 2019 12:12 (five years ago) link
I really enjoyed the Mark Blake book, can't imagine wanting to read another one tbh.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Friday, 8 March 2019 12:31 (five years ago) link
Ah yeah that looks brilliant.
― piscesx, Friday, 8 March 2019 12:55 (five years ago) link
This is the best PF book I've read, but it stops at 1973 -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reinventing-Pink-Floyd-Barrett-Dark/dp/1538108275/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=pink+floyd+reinventing&qid=1552070728&s=books&sr=1-2-fkmrnull
― MaresNest, Friday, 8 March 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
John Cavanagh's 33 1/3 book on The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is a good one too.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 8 March 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
Pink Floyd Rules!: A People's History of Pink Floyd by ILX is great
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 March 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Live at the Paradiso) 1969
hoooooooooooooooooooly cow this RULES
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
lol upper miss
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
we should get tshirts made
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link