'WallLive' - 1981 06 17 - Earl's Court, London

Sound Quality: A-
Performance: B+
Overall: 3/5 Storage

This show was the last time 'The Wall' was performed by Pink Floyd so it has historical value in that regard and the performance is a pretty good one. The problem I find with the bootlegs from this tour is that they released a version commercially that has the same versions of the songs and the show is pretty standard to that model, there is nothing in here which really sets this show apart from the rest so my recommendation would be to stick to the released one. I will keep looking though, they played this a number of times and I have a lot more versions to go thru!

This version is mainly let down by audience talking, there are a number of quiet sections in the overall piece and there is way too much talking and chatter around the recorder.

First of all how many of you find the interruption of the announcer anything more than barely amusing? This version just gets annoying, the poor guy is left babbling for just over two and a half minutes and then later on, before the second version of In The Flesh, we get treated to it all over again, this time slowed down!

Best thing about this ROIO is the clarity of the vocals evident on the gentler tracks like 'The Thin Ice' and 'Goodbye Blue Sky'.

I am not going to go thru all the tracks individually but I will pick out some notable points good and bad that I found.

• 'Another Brick In The Wall (part 2)' has a great guitar solo and the guitar line is very clear
• There is a slight drop towards the end of 'Mother' but it is not too distracting.
• 'Goodbye Blue Sky' has a different, extended, ending that is different from the album and the live album too.
• Love the crack at Neil Diamond at the beginning of 'Young Lust', I don't like his music so I don't have an issue with it, he does apologize.
• The sound effects at the start of 'One Of My Turns' are very clear and this is a great version of the track, lots of energy.
• 'Another Brick In The Wall (part 3)' is blended in with 'Last Few Bricks' but is a good version. There is a bad transition at the end of this track but I can't tell if it is on the recording or the actual concert itself. It is not major though.
• 'Hey You' is a very good rendition.
• 'Nobody Home' has some great piano work.

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Original info file...

PINK FLOYD
WALLLIVE
Seagull 016 Seagull Records
(P) 1989     Made in Italy
Audience Recording
Xref:     Livewall (GSCD 2100)       Livewall (CD TDM 03/04)

  Disc 1: Time:
 
  1. In The Flesh  5:48
  2. The Thin Ice  3:00
  3. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.1)  5:23
  4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives  1:42
  5. Another Brick In The Wall (pt.2)  6:24
  6. Mother  8:27
  7. Goodbye Blue Sky  4:13
  8. What Shall We Do Now  4:16
 
Total Time: 38:54
 

Disc 2: Time:
 
  1. Young Lust  5:34
  2. One Of My Turns  4:10
  3. Don't Leave Me Now  4:16
  4. Empty Spaces  4:13
  5. Another Brick In The Wall(pt.3)  6:17
  6. Goodbye Cruel World  1:00
  7. Hey You  5:00
  8. Is There Anybody Out There  3:05
  9. Nobody Home  3:43
10. Vera  2:18
11. Bring The Boys Back Home  1:26
 
Total Time: 36:46
 

Disc 3: Time:
 
  1. Comfortably Numb  7:24
  2. The Show Must Go On  2:48
  3. In The Flesh  8:50
  4. Run Like Hell  7:52
  5. Waiting For The Worms  5:34
  6. Stop  0:30
  7. Trial  6:24
  8. Outside The Wall  2:55
 
Total Time: 41:37
 
Band:

Roger Waters (Bass/Vocals)
Rick Wright (Kyboards/Vocals)
Nick Mason (Drums)
David Gilmour (Guitars/Vocals)

Andy Bown (bass)
Snowy White (guitar)
Willie Wilson (drums)
Peter Wood (keyboards)


Comments:

Audience recording.

Sounds like it have been mastered from vinyl, but the sound is very good; especially CD3.

The cover claims that this is a recording from Nassau in April 1980.
First, the shows at Nassau was performed 24-28 February.

Second, the announcer says "Welcome to Earls Court" and one can hear people with British accent talk in the audience.

Empty Spaces is misplaced in the track list.

Last Pink Floyd Concert with Roger Waters

This is a recording of the last show on 'The Wall' concert tour.

It is also the last Pink Floyd concert with Roger Waters.

Referred to as the last "real" Pink Floyd concert by some.

This is a piece of rock history and highly recommended for Pink Floyd collectors.

'Messin The The Blues' July 27th 1968 - Shrine Exposition Hall - Los Angeles, CA

Sound Quality: B+

Performance: B-

Overall: 2/5 Storage

This was a short set from the Floyd, just a couple of songs dated from about 6 months after Syd 'left' the band and Dave took over all the guitar duties. 

This one is for the improv hounds out there, 'Interstellar Overdrive' follows the usual trend of beginning, improvisation and end where as 'A Saucerful Of Secrets' is pretty much improvisation all the way thru until the end section.

'Interstellar Overdrive' is a good rendition and the sound quality is good, I enjoyed this track and it was also slightly longer than usual clocking in at around 15 minutes.

'ASOS' on the hand wasn't as good quality, or maybe just because it was a lot quieter then the full on assault to the senses of the previous track. The familiar drum section a little ways in was really low volume and short which is a shame because I like this part. The vocal line at the end was also a little bit low and there was a background hiss to the track was was noticeable.

If you like the the early improvised stuff then this is worth checking out for the first track but not a keep for me.

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Original info:

Pink Floyd

Shrine Exposition Hall

Los Angeles

California

27th July 1968

Source: Bootleg Jeff Beck Group 'Supporting Pink Floyd' Messin With The Blues (EVSD-489-491)

01. Interstellar Overdrive

02. A Saucerful Of Secrets

creamcheese additional info:

I speed corrected this one, it ran about 25 cents slow. I tuned the first organ chord of celestial voices to B and took that pitch change for IO aswell so it was tuned exactly to E. I did a little EQing, just to pull away the curtain before the music.

This was done on walter romanus' request on 2009-01-03.

'P3 (Pulse Disk 3)' - Various Sources from March to September 1994

Sound Quality : A-
Performance: B+
Overall: 3/5 iTunes, a few tracks anyways

This ROIO is basically an addendum to the Pulse CD that was officially released by the band, it includes tracks from various live performances along with some other novelty stuff.

The sound quality overall gets an A-; see the breakdown of tracks for any sound quality/performance deviations from the general ratings. This is definitely a recommendation if you like Division Bell album, there are some nice versions of those songs on this and those are the ones I will be adding to iTunes along with One Of These Days sadly there is not a lot tracks on the album and half are seemingly included for fun.

1. Soundscapes: This is just some of the sound effects played over the PA before the show starts, the Floyd don't need an opening act! ;-) Good for the flotation tank but nothing much happens and it clocks in at over ten minutes.

2. Take It Back: Not my favorite track from the album and this version is a faithful recreation, no extras. The sounds muffles out in a couple of places but nothing that would distract too much.

3. Lost For Words: I loved this track on the album and I like this version too, acoustic guitar solo is nice and is a pleasant deviation from the original album, being extended and sounds a little improvised too. I get the feeling Dave really likes to emphasize the expletive in the lyrics, he doesn't get the chance too often (unless they start playing 'Not Now John' from 'the final cut'!) and I think he relishes it which gives the track a little more poinantcy.

4. One Of These Days: They played this at the concert I went to at Earl's Court and I was disappointed it was not on the PULSE CD, the dancing pigs on the left and right of the stage were awesome. (Pick up the DVD if you haven't seen it, amazing!) The middle section is extended on this version and just as the epic single line vocal is said and the pigs come out then the crowd responds with cheers and claps but it is not too loud to be annoying. Great version of a classic track.

5. Poles Apart: Great track, good version with a little improvisation on the solo, the mark of a good live performance in my book.

6. On The Turning Away: This is one of my favorite post Roger tracks, the sound quality is overall good but the guitars are a little faded compared to the rest of the band. (maybe Dave needs them amps that go up to eleven!) Not a particularly great rendition of this track I have to say.

7. Great Gig In The Sky: The handful of notes are good. Until the keyboard quit anyway, included for novelty value no doubt, Dave explains the problem, track ends. Not much more to say.

8. One Slip: Seems a little muffled but then this is pretty upbeat song so it might just show that more than the other tracks. Has a nice warmth to it though and the percussion is crisp enough the ending is a little abrupt, noticeably so.

9. Marooned: Hard to get a good version on an ROIO of this type because the song is very atmospheric so this basically turns into a guitar solo, not that I mind! The track is let down again by equipment failure which is a real shame. I am not sure if this track only had one possible source but I am disappointed we didn't get a full run thru.

10. Rain Like Hell: All sorts of equipment issues makes this sound bad in places, they have fun substituting the word 'Rain' for the word 'Run' and again included for novelty value and is cut short, they do not make it very far into the track before Dave has to wish the crowd a good evening.

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Format: CD

Catalog: pf p 3

Misc.: Audience recording

Produced: Sean Frederick

Date: 940330

Matrix: Disc: 1

Cover: Front: 3 panel drawing on a black structured surface. Back: artwork (eyeball in an ear), track-listing

Sources: 30 Mar 1994- 17Sep94 1. 28 Apr, Dallas 2. 30 Mar, Miami 3. 30 Mar, Miami 4. 17 Sep, Modena Italy 5. 02 Jun, Philadelphia 6. 14 Apr, San Diego 7. 05 Apr, Houston 8. 22 Apr, Oakland 9. 30 Aug, Oslo Norway 10 05 Apr, Houston

Tracks:

      Disc: 1
       1. Soundscape
       2. Take it Back
       3. Lost for Words
       4. One of These Days
       5. Poles Apart
       6. On the Turning Away
       7. The Great Gig in the Sky
       8. One Slip
       9. Marooned
      10. Rain Like Hell


Band:
      Roger Waters
      David Gilmour
      Nick Mason
      Rick Wright


Xref: <no info>

Quality: Ex+/Ex-, One Slip VG+

Comments: This ROIO is apparently taken from different shows and put together on this record. The soundquality is really good for an audience recording, which i think it is and the crowd is never really annoying.

TGGITS is nothing more than a few cords due to some piano problems and could have been omitted. The collection of songs is a very good completion of pulse, as the title indicates and except Rain/run like hell there are no track dublicates. The renaming of run like hell is obvious.

I think this Roio is worth getting as an addendum to PULSE, but I'm not able to compare it with the large numbers of the other 94-show ROIO's.

Me and the Floyd

I wanted to take a minute to talk about how I came to know and love the music of Pink Floyd. My brother had a friend who was an obnoxious SOB but he mad just one redeeming feature - he leant me a tape of 'The Wall', it threw me. I had been listening to crap like A-Ha (I hang my head in shame, but I was 11!) and this was it, I found one of the best albums ever made and that led me to find more. I don't remember a lot from my childhood but these events I recall.

At that time I was about 11 (around 1985) and I used to walk a mile to and from school and this was my time to throw on my walkman and crank up the Floyd. Wish You Were Here was always my favorite but I ended up buying all (or close to it) their albums on tape, sadly back then I was dumb and worshipped my walkman not vinyl! (Later on I would donate these tapes to my father in law to spread the word, a lot of them wore out from constant playing.)

I grew up too late to see the Floyd in their prime, I got to see them just once in 1994 Earl's Court and they took my breath away it was the best concert, hands down, that I have ever seen. I saw quite a few back then, Metallica, Def Leppard as well great guitarists like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Michael Schenker, front row for some of them but nothing came close to the spectacle of Floyd.

If I had a time machine, there are not very many historical events I give a damn about, maybe the Moon Landings, Man's greatest EVER achievement. I would go to as many Pink Floyd shows as I could! It's hard to say how much appreciation I have for the music those guys put out. Such great stuff, a few misses along the way, but a great catalog of simply stunning work.

Best band, musical artists, in the world, ever. End of story. Better than the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, most of their albums are formulaic to say the least and better than Led Zeppelin who like to over complicate things.

I turned off comments on this post, you wont change my mind so I will just take it for granted you agree. ;-)

Thanks guys!

'Yesterdays Triumph' - 5th July 1975 - Knebworth Park, UK

Sound Quality : B-
Performance: B- (mainly due to equipment problems)
Overall:  3/5 Storage

The famed Knebworth concert location, The Floyd played here a few times, including one in 1990 which, with other artists, was recorded and is available on DVD. This one was the first time they had performed there and is special because Have A Cigar featured vocals by Roy Harper who provided the vocals when the track was recorded around that same time. Although SOYCD and HAC had been fleshed out in previous gigs, this was the first time it was played as a piece similar to the flow on the album.

It is an audience recording and seems distant so it kind of blends together, vocals are not that clear and the timing seems a little off but a highly energetic performance none the less. Overall worth a listen but I will find better shows with less talking and no equipment problems, but if you get a chance to give this listen then go for it, both halves of SOYCD are excellent. Info also states this is the last time the four man Floyd played the DSOTM suite so it is pretty historic in general.

Here is some other info on the gig from wiki:
Singer Roy Harper was performing at the same event, and upon discovering that his stage costume was missing proceeded to destroy one of Pink Floyd's vans (injuring himself in the process). Unfortunately this contributed to a delay in the setup of the band's sound system; a pair of World War II Spitfire aircraft were due to fly over the crowd during their entrance, and the performance could not be delayed.

Tracks breakdown...

1. Raving and Drooling: We start of with some tunes ups for about 2 and a half minutes and end with another 3 minutes of tune ups, it is evident there are issues.  Biggest problem, for me, is that it sounds like the recorder or a person very close has a cold, which doesn't really add anything to the song but I love this track, even more so that the version that was put out on Animals, and this is a good version, even with the problems they were having.

2. You Gotta Be Crazy: Generally a good version, maybe adjustments were made by the sound guys, this track seems clearer but the vocals are a little muffled again which makes them tough in this track especially, The track ends with 9 minutes left on the clock, hence the long running time. The remaining time is spent again doing tune ups, they talk about the problem which turns out to be, according to wikipedia, a power supply problem pushing Wright's keyboards completely out of tune. It transpired that each time the master volume was turned up, the keyboards went out of tune. At one point Wright left the stage, but they continued with a less sensitive keyboard, a piano, and a simpler light show.

3. Shine On 1-5: Good sound, good sax, overall great performance of this track and the sound quality is pretty good. I love the guitar section in the original that was missed when the song was condensed later on.

4. Have A Cigar: Awful vocals, not sure what the heck happened but they are torturous to say the least, Roy Harper killed this one for me. Gilmour's guitar work is funky as ever but the sound is dull, also the track cuts off at the end.

5. Shine On 6-9: There is talking thru this one which spoils an otherwise great version of this track. Sound seems clearer too like the first section of SOYCD on this bootleg. Disappointing!

6. Dark Side Of The Moon: Listed and indexed as one solid track, again suffers a lot from muffled vocals and a slow beginning which leads to more talking. Gilmour was in good form for this whole show but the solos in Time, Money and Any Color You Like were great. However the wailing on Great Gig was horrendous, screaming in places rather than singing, they were clearly out of their comfort zone. Any Colour You Like was great in general and really stood out for me, funky guitars, a keyboard solo and some great bass work from Roger. The keyboard, due the problems I am sure, were ragged on Us and Them and the lyrics on Brain Damage/Eclipse were a little lackluster.

7. Echoes: Good version here, even includes a sax solo!

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Pink Floyd
1975-07-05
Knebworth Festival
Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire England
Pinkroioshn CDR-010 (PRS-CDR-010)

Master Audience Cassette - Recorder 1
Recorded in 1975 by
and DAT Transfer in 2006 by
"Old Grumpy Bastard"
aka "lordsnooty"

And here we finally have it, the actual MASTER of Knebworth, transferred in 2006 to DAT directly from the Master Cassettes by the recorder himself, a self-proclaimed "grumpy old bastard" who is actually a supremely generous individual--and to whom we owe much gratitude not only for providing the master DAT, but for recording the concert 31 years ago.  Additional kudos to fatoldpig who communicated with the recorder and received the DAT from England for release by Pinkroioshn.

Unfortunately, the DAT was recorded at fairly low volume, so that a significant boost of the levels was necessary.  As a result, there is a bit more hiss in these 31 year old cassettes than there should be. No noise reduction was performed, however, in order to maintain the recording in its purest form. Additionally, absolutely no edits were done, so that this flac file contains all the lengthy tune-ups, stage chatter, and indeed the entire event as it was captured by the recorder that day.  The Floyd surely took their time at this concert. This is the final performance of the Dark Side of the Moon suite by the four-man Pink Floyd.

DAT Master acquired for Pinkroioshn label by fatoldpig.
Produced by danlynch 2006-09-30

Further notes from the Recorder as posted at Dimeadozen: "The taper and friends are not heard on this recording. People nearby are heard chatting. 'More music and less audience' hmm... I only missed 30 secs while  I turned the tape over. Not bad for a show that was 160 odd minutes, but we are talking about the Floyd community here and they seem to moan about just about everything. BTW the original master tape has no cut in DSOTM"

Tracks:
Set 1:
01 Raving and Drooling
02 You Gotta Be Crazy
03 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)
04 Have a Cigar*//
05 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)

Set 2:
06 Dark Side of the Moon

Encore:
07 Echoes

*Roy Harper lead vocals
//end of HAC is cut on Master

'BBC 1970' - 16th July 1970 - Paris Theatre, London

Sound Quality : A+

Performance: A-

Overall: 3/5 (not keen on the setlist) Storage 

This is about as good as it gets for ROIO quality, mainly because it was broadcast by the BBC so its as close to an album as you are going to get. A few cracks and pops, to me it sounds like a transfer from vinyl but then I am not an audiophile. The main reason I will put it into long term storage is the track selection, half of the ROIO is made up of Atom Heart Mother, played in it's entirety and includes choir and orchestra. This is the tracks downfall in my opinion, I much prefer the traditional live version with just the band. 

Because there are not a great deal of songs on here, I will break it down by track.


1. The Embryo : Pretty good version but here they go with the whale calls again, I can stand it in Echoes but this is not my favorite track to begin with. Other than that is some great guitar work and only a couple of distractions - the sound gets muffled for a few seconds and there is a tiny bit of garbage at the end of the track so if you are listening to this in an isolation tank, don't be calling the nurse when you get thrown out of your mediative state.


2. Green Is The Colour : This is a good version of this underrated track, it has some great lyrics and this is great quality. In fact this version is a little better than the one from the album ('More') that version is a little too happy go lucky. The live version is darker and more melancholy which I prefer, plus it doesn't have the pan pipes! 

Heavy hung the canopy of blue
Shade my eyes and I can see you
White is the light that shines through the dress that you wore
She lay in the shadow of the wave
Hazy were the visions of her playing
Sunlight on her eyes but moonshine beat her blind every time
Green is the colour of her kind
Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
Many is the bond between the hopeful and the damned

3. Careful With That Axe, Eugene : There are some minor ticks at the beginning of this track but it isn't too distracting. This is a very haunting version of the song that will find on pretty much every performance from this time but there is something to be said for the rawness of an unpolished performance with this track. This, in some respects for this track, is too refined. 

4. If: I love this track, it was always my favorite from the Atom Heart Mother album and seldom found on ROIO, this is overall a good version the high hats are a little over-stated, just a little compared to the vocals and guitars.

5. Atom Heart Mother: Not one of my favorite tracks but this is the track, warts and all 25 minutes of it. 

Bottom line is, if you like the track line up - get the ROIO, you will not be disappointed.

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Info from the ROIO...

Pink Floyd Paris Theatre 1970-07-16 

reel to reel PHENOMENAL SOUND QUALITY

This show was broadcast by the BBC, and is known among Pink Floyd traders as "BBC 1970". But, you've never heard it like this.

The rumor is that this reel came as a direct copy from the BBC master reel. It shows...

Setlist: Runtime about 50 minutes

The Embryo

Green Is The Colour

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

If

Atom Heart Mother (with choir and orchestra)

'The Black Knight featuring The Fishermen' - Copenhagen, Denmark - August 1st 1988

Sound Quality : B- (Sound guy sucked)

Performance: C+ (unplanned, odd selection of tracks, what can you say)

Overall: 2/5 Storage

I figured I would start with some very strange for my reviews and this fits the bill, see the info at the bottom of the post but basically on the MLOR tour in '88 the band played a little impromptu jam session at a club in Amsterdam. The backing vocalists from the tour did the singing on all tracks. The vocals are strong but sadly the guitar work (as mentioned in notes) really gets drowned out most of the time. I love Gilmour yelling at the sound guy but he never gets it right.

For me this just has novelty value, its good to see the band let their hair down and have some fun, I wish the song selection would have been better though, more blues tracks would have good but that is just my taste, I know Dave can belt out a great blues number. My other problem with it is way too much sax, a problem which I also had with the sax on Delicate Sound Of Thunder, Scott Page is a good saxophone player but it way too over stated, Dick Parry who played on the original DSOTM and also the Pulse tour is much more refined and that sound works a lot better.

The stand out track for me (again because of my taste) is 'Blues' - Track 3. Dave's guitar work is still drowned out but he gives a lot of feel.

Other notable mentions  - Track 4 is a medley of various tunes, including a rap section, this is certainly surprising to say the least, Durga McBroom does a pretty fair job throughout the track and also Track 5, it is cut off but has some good guitar work from Dave.

Ultimately I probably wont ever listen to this again, not my taste and not good enough sound quality to pull out the blues track either. To sum it up, if you like Floyd and you like this kind of music, go for it - otherwise walk on by.

First review in the books, more to come. Something more conventional next time I think.

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The Black Knight featuring The Fishermen 

Copenhagen, Denmark - August 1st 1988 

(HHOCD001)

This CD contains a previously unreleased mixer board recording of the Floyd performing as ìThe Fishermen at a night club in Copenhagen on the early morning of August 1st 1988 (The Floyd played at Gentofte Stadium in Copenhagen on the evening of July 31).

The performing artists for the night include David Gilmour (who speaks), Rick Wright (having some difficulties with his Keyboard), Jon Carin, Guy Pratt, Gary Wallis, Scott Page, Durga McBroom and an unidentified second singer. We are not sure if it's Margret Taylor or Rachel Fury.

The band performs several R'N'B covers such as Respect, Can't Get Enough of Your Love and Superstition. The quality of the tape is generally in very good condition, with a fair amount of tape hiss, which we decided not to remove. 

Heres a bit of the story: 

On the morning of August 1st 1988, several members of the touring Pink Floyd was invited to a small party at Annabels Night Club (Lille Kongensgade 16 at Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen.).

This party was arranged by the Danish branch of EMI, most likely as a Birthday party for the Floyd's personal security manager Barrie Knight. The low-key Fishermen gig was most likely not a planned event. Like so many times before The Fishermen seem to have taken to the stage using the in-house equipment, in a spur of the moment.  The reason I guess this is because the person at the mixer board spend the first 20 minutes of the show

struggling to get the different levels up. Guitars, vocals and piano (specifically) go

up and down to a point where the otherwise, silent, David Gilmour, barks at the person at the mixer board.

The set for the evening consist of the usual Fishermen set of old Rhythm and Blues and Motown classics, including Aretha Franklins Respect and Rock Steady and the unique rendition of Sugarhill Gangs Rappers Delight (First and only time you will hear the Pink Floyd play rap music).

The tape was bought on Ebay two months ago from a seller claiming to have gotten the tape from people working for the Danish branch of EMI. The tape also looks to be the original recording. However we believe it to be a 1st or 2nd gen recording.

Tracks:

1. Respect

2. Can't Get Enough

3. Blues

4. My Girl

5. Rock Steady - Rapper's Delight - Le Freak - Rock Steady

6. Master Blaster

7. Superstition

My thoughts on the versions of the band

You will see in my reviews that, although I will review bootlegs from the Syd Barrett era, it is not a time in Floyd's history I cherish. If this had been floyd, I would not have been a fan. I am not keen on the music of the 60's, fairy tales and flower power, sorry I am just not. This being said this is not really who the band was, just what was represented by the albums they had to put out. Tracks like 'Astronomy Domine' and 'Intersteller Overdrive' were the beginnings of the Floyd I loved and I believe were the real soul of the band back then.

However, The Gilmour led Floyd of the late 80's and 90's - I like, he does an admirable job but never captures the magic. But Division Bell is a great album in general and MLOR has some great guitar work in tracks like 'Sorrow' and 'On The Turning Away'.

Some last points on the albums in the later, Waters dominated period.

• Animals: was a good album, out of balance but still great.
• The Wall: Outstanding
• The Final Cut: see below. 

The Final Cut, well it is another breaking point for Floyd fans, I liked it but then it suits my mood sometimes. I am not sure whether Roger wanted to do this album, the rest of the band said it was left over tracks from The Wall, maybe he had nothing more to give at the time and the record company wanted something. Maybe he felt he hadn't gotten it all out of his system, the death of his father was such a defining force is his life. Either way, you get the sense that this album oozed out of him and is brilliantly crafted from start to finish but it sure is depressing. How very English! (I can say that, I was born there.)

Other comments that will tell you were I stand as a Floyd fan...

• I like Wish You Were Here better than Dark Side Of The Moon! 
• I dislike the whale calls in middle of Echoes!
• Comfortably Numb is the best song EVER by anyone!
• The original version of Live at Pompeii was better than the redux, thankfully they included it but not with better quality! :-(

Thats it folks, hopefully I haven't alienated you all and you enjoy my reviews.

Welcome!

I have an extensive collection of Pink Floyd bootlegs, (I define bootlegs in the traditional form of recordings not officially released by the artist, they are mainly live performances but could be outtakes, demos etc. Not to be confused with counterfeit or piracy.) over 150 so far and I am starting to get around to going thru each one looking for ones that are listenable for my iPod because I got a new office at work recently and this has inspired this hunt. I am going to try to get a few done a week and I will post each review here as they happen.

My reviews will have two sets of ratings which I will then combine into one judgement that will be based on whether it stays on my iTunes, put onto stand by or if it gets relegated to storage media. I will use the grading system everyone will be familiar with A thru D, with + and - allowed. There will also be F for hideous and totally avoidable, these bootlegs should only be valued by completists. There will be a grade for sound quality and then a grade for the performance as well as the final judgement call so anyone reading the review should know if they want to track this down.

Note about bootlegs: It is not illegal to own a bootleg but it is illegal to sell them or to make them. I do not condone these activities and I do not encourage you to do take part in these actions. I am a huge Floyd fan and have purchased nearly everything officially put out by the band (more than once for most - tapes to CDs, VHS to DVD) if you like the music of Pink Floyd buy it!

I also want to point out that some of the boots I have are done by different recorders in the audience so they might cover the same material and also identifying bootlegs can be tricky so if you should spot a mistake, please let me know. Pretty soon I will post a current list for you all then I will start asking for your recommendations.

Here are a couple of really useful links - 

http://www.pf-roio.de/  This is an excellent database for ROIO (Bootlegs)

http://www.pf-db.com/ This is a great resource for Floyd concerts

Hope you like the layout of the site, I thought I would give you all something nice to look at, hence the background. If some has a copyright issue with me using it and owns the rights (I see it is already all over the net) then please, let me know and I can take it down. 

Well enjoy.

Thanks for visiting.