Thursday, March 31, 2011

PF - 1970-12-22 - Disgusting, Hardly Music

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Dr. Forrester said...

Artist: Pink Floyd
Date: 22nd Of December, 1970
Venue: City Hall, Shefield, Yorkshire, Uk
Bootleg Title: "Disgusting, Hardly Music"
Company: Fat Old Sun Records
Serial: FOS-CDR-001
Artwork: "Damn!t" from NPF

Lineage: 2nd Gen tape > NAD tapedeck > M Audio Soundcard via phono lead > Adobe Audition (dehiss & equalize) > Flac Level 7


Disc 1:
1. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast [29:21]
2. The Embryo [14:33]
3. Fat Old Sun [15:06]
4. Careful With That Axe, Eugene [15:59]

Disc 2:
1. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun [12:21]
2. A Saucerful Of Secrets [25:21]
3. Atom Heart Mother [32:54]
4. Atom Heart Mother (encore) [2:48]



backround info:

This was a very special performance by the band. This is the only known live recording of Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
but also hosts an amazing performance by the band which included them making morning tea on stage which is audible.
Just like most of their earlier performances, the performance of Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast slightly differs from the
album version due to some nice jamming done by the band, especially Gilmour with his delay pedal.

The rest of the show is very spacey and relaxed. A Saucerful Of Secrets is a stand out due to being such a strong
performance compared to most other live 1970 renditions. In many renditions, the third part "Storm Signals" never really
is a strong point of their performances but its given a good ol' heave ho in this performance with the help of Gilmour
and Wright but is unexpectedly drawn to a hault by a power failure during the fourth part, "Celestial Voices". It didn't
take the road crew long to quickly correct the problem but while the power was out, Wright treated the audience to a nice,
accoustic and slightly up-beat version of Celestial Voices on the grand piano. He must've really hit the keys on that
piano hard because it is clearly audible on the recording.

The performance ends in a massive and powerful version of Atom Heart Mother in which the band was joined on stage by
an ensemble of brass and a small choir for one of very few performances they gave of the song with the "full band album
version" of the song. Most live versions of the song was done by just the four band members on stage, and from memory,
only eight performances of the song were played with the brass ensemble and choir which makes this recording a must for
all fans.

March 31, 2011 at 3:33 AM
Osvaldo said...

This one sounds much better than Alan Psychedelic Christmas ... my ears appreciate it and me too, thank you.

February 5, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Anonymous said...

The back cover art is hilarious! Brilliant!

Claude

February 18, 2012 at 6:56 PM

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