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!
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)
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