CONCERT DATE| Early 1967 UFO Club, London, England
A staff member of the Bryan Morrison agency remember the statement of a Bryan Morrison Agency's employee who said a pirate radio has taped an UFO gig. According David Parker, he recorded many shows on his Grundig recorder.There are some researchers who thought in the eighties this tape was later used for a radio show where the famous Reaction in G snippet was broadcasted. Dubious
CONCERT DATE |14 May 1967 « Games for May », The Marquee, London, England
We have the testimony of one guy who was in the attendance of this fabulous show who have noticed the presence of some Beebs' crewIt couldn't be a member of BBC2 (The TV channel), so this show was maybe recorded. And certainly wiped as some another one.
RADIO SHOW | 9 May 1967 « How the Beatles changed the world », CBC Radio, Ottawa, Canada
A show dedicated to the impact of the Beatles with interviews of The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Mothers of Invention, Leonard Cohen and The Floyd among others.
Left: The Ottawa Citizen 29 April 1967. Right: The Ottawa Journal, 5 May 1967.
CONCERT DATE |10 September 1967 Golden Circle, Stockholm, Sweden
The existence of a complete tape of a Floyd concert, Barrett period, has long made aficionados of the band fantasize. This tape was found and copied in 1974 but remained in the hands of a few rare collectors.
Interviewer: «Have you heard the tape of the 67 Stockholm show that exists ?»
Bernard White (Famous Pink Floyd collector): « Yes, I was the one who found that. I found the man who recorded that and the other one from í67, Copenhagen, in 1974, long time ago, both of them from the same source. Thirty years ago».
It was not until the organisation of an event with the participation of the author of the recording in 2011 that the 50-minute recording was broadcast.
«It's a lucky coincidence that the Gyllene Cirkelns new owners 2 Grabbar &Kök has chosen to recreate the original interior decorations of the restaurant from the 60's. We are trying to recreate everything as it was that night when Pink Floyd played. I've managed to get mannequins that we are going to dress with exact copies of the outfits that the band wore and the mannequins are being sculpted by students at Konstfack (Fine Arts School) so that they will look like the band members»
Event’s communiqué
One of the gig’s photographies
The band's management eventually contacted the author and the recording was included in the « Early Years » box set, even though it was a truncated version.
INTERVIEW |September 1967 Roundhouse, London, England
The Japanese magazine « ’Music Life » sent Koh Hasebe to interview the band after one of their concerts. This tape was released in Japan with an interview of the band along with an interview of Traffic.
CONCERT DATE | 9 November 1967 Fillmore Auditorium, Los Angeles, USA
The soundman of Grateful Dead, Oswald "Bear" Stanley, has recorded every gig of the Fillmore West for many years. There is no reason the Floyd was not taped too. This recording was confirmed by Peter Jenner himself.
Interviewer: «There was a rumour that all concerts in Fillmore were taped ...»
Peter Jenner: «They were indeed. But perhaps that started later, because the Floyd were there quite early. Weren't the archives of the Fillmore called Bear Tapes or something ... Owsley 'Bear' Stanley, the Grateful Dead's soundman, allegedly had over 13000 tapes of the San Francisco scene, from 1965 and later, most of the Dead but he did record other bands as well if he happened to handle the soundboard. We checked the Grateful Dead touring dates of that period and theoretically it is possible that Bear might have taped Pink Floyd. According to David Parker in Random Precision Bill Graham routinely had all Fillmore gigs taped and a Pink Floyd soundboard recording of their April 1970 Fillmore show does exist »
« An interview with Peter Jenner», The Holy Church of Iggy the Inuit Website, 4 April 2014.
INTERVIEW |1st December 1967 Central Hall, Chatham, England
John Altman conducted an interview with Jimi Hendrix and Rick Wright backstage at the Central Hall, Chatham on December 1st 1967. The Philips 8 reel to reel magnetic tape was sold by auction.
Jimi and Rick backstage the day of the interview.
RADIO SHOW | 11 February 1968 « Top Gear Sessions », Radio One, London, England
At the very end of the 6 Februarysession, the DJ John Peel made an announcement about the next show where Pink Floyd must made an appareance. This session is a replay of the 20 December 1967. An interview with Nick Mason talking about the Corporal Clegg single is missing too.
SOUNDTRACK | 30 January 1968 « The Committee Soundtrack (Barrett's Version) », Sound Techniques Studios, London, England
See the page dedicated to the unreleased tracks for more details
Peter Jenner:
«As far I know, I am not in possession of these tapes. I might have been given a copy, but surely not the masters (...) Many things disappeared with the sudden collapse of Blackhill. My recollection is that they were less than amazing. However if I come across anything, i will let you know»
« Aninterviewwith Peter Jenner», The Holy Church of Iggy the Inuit Website, 25 April 2014.
CONCERT DATE | 17 February 1969 Royal Albert Hall, Londres, Angleterre
The gig has been recorded by the Royal Albert Hall crew. The tape is surely in the theater’s vaults if still exists.
CONCERT DATE | 26 April 1969 « Light & Sound concert », Bromley College of Technology, Bromley, England
The concert was recorded fir the live side of « Ummagumma » but was not used
Courtesy of Romain FOURAY
« New Musical Express », 3 May 1969.
RADIO SHOW | 20 December 1968 « BBC Sessions », Radio One, London, England
This session is one of the uncirculated BBC's records There is however a partial off-the-air copy kept by some serious collectors (Point me at the Sky and Careful with that Axe, Eugène).
CONCERT DATE | 27 April 1969 Mother's Club,Birmingham, England
Let there be more light was recorded but not kept for the live disc of « Ummagumma ».
CONCERT DATE | 28 September 1969 Théâtre140, Bruxelles, Belgique
The concert, a performance of « The Man & The Journey » was recorded by the theater crew from the audience (it was usual for this theater)
CONCERT DATE | 25 October 1969 « Festival Actuel », Mont de l’Enclus, Amougies, Belgique
A French radio station (maybe RTL who has helped to set up this festival) has recorded some parts of the show. A very incomplet recording do exists (only two tracks) but the complete tape remained unreleased.
RECORDING SESSIONS| December 1969 - January 1970 « Zabriskie Point » soundtrack
Gilmour: «Pour « Zabriskie Point », on a enregistré 20 morceaux et, dans le film, il n’y en a que trois ».
Interviewer: «Que sont devenus les autres ?»
Gilmour: «J ’ai des bandes chez moi »
«Les Pink Floyd en studio», PopMusic Superhebdo, April 1972
CONCERT DATE | 17 January1970 The Roundhouse, London, England
Some extracts of the tape are in the hands of the serious collectors.
CONCERT DATE | 23 January 1970 Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France
The french Radio station, Europe 1, broadcasted this gig in live in one of his shows called « Musicorama » (hosted by Michel Desjeunes). The engineers have taped an uncut version of the concert (without the DJ speeches and without minors cuts). On April 30, 1995, are broadcast was made for the show « Il était une fois Musicorama » where a couple of song was chosen: The violent Sequence and Atom Heart Mother (truncated version). More extracts were broadcasted during the radio show « Hondelatte raconte une année » on April 2022 with the never heard Astronomy Dominé. I have an access to the Europe 1 database; so, i can state these both tapes still exist.
Courtesy of Romain FOURAY
INTERVIEW | 2 February 1970 Palais des sports, Lyon, France
Europe 1 recorded the show. An interview is conducted after the show.
Picture by Georges VERMARD
CONCERT DATE | 21 March 1970 Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhague, Danemark
Some traders as offer this tape many times (in incomplete form). Maybe a mislabeled recording.
CONCERT DATE| 30 March 1970 « Music Evolution 70 », Aéroport Le Bourget, Le Bourget, France
This event, which turned out to be a fiasco, was planned to be broadcast by RTL radio, as evidenced by this poster. It is not known if recordings have been actually made.
CONCERT DATE | 18 April 1970 Gymnasium, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
The recording of this show was made by a student who has given the tape to a local station WUSB. The tape was broadcasted
CONCERT DATE | 12 July 1970 « 1st Open Air Pop Festival », Reiterstadion Soers, Aachen Deutschland
A very rare French radio report for RTL was made with an interview to the members.
Courtesy of Romain FOURAY
CONCERT DATE | 21 November 1970 « Festival de Montreux »,Montreux, Swiss
Following the bad reception of the live side of « Ummagumma », the band decided to recording the Montreux’Festival. However, some mics troubles (manly on Cymbaline) has buried the project. An acetate was released.
« This made-in-Switzerland live album reached white-label acetate stage only to be withdrawn from the release schedule in
favor of« Ummagumma » »
« The Great Lost Albums », Vox Magazine, October 1990.
«In order to try to find a replacement -saleswise — for the now defunct Beatles, EMI Switzerland mounted an unusual promotion operation for Pink Floyd. Taking advantage of the fact that the group were performing in Montreux on November 21, EMI invited sales girls and representatives from Swiss press and radio to the concert.
After the concert EMI gave away 2000 copies of the “Handle With Care” LP, which consists of tracks of bands such as the James Gang, BB King, Freedom and others. Explaining the event EMI’s head of promotion Teddy Meir said: “Although the Beatles are still our best selling pop group, we have to find a replacement for them in the not too distant future and Deep Purple and Pink Floyd seem to be the obvious choice for that»
«Pink and Purple - Big Swiss push», Record Mirror, 12 December 1970
Billboard 12 December 1970
CONCERT DATE | 17 January 1971 Roundhouse, London, England
This tape would circulate (or is mislabeled ?) among the first collectors.
CONCERT DATE | 2 June1971 Student's Centre Refectory, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Recorded by at least one person but erased since.
Advert for the re-broadcasted show
CONCERT DATE | 6 August 1971 « Hake Aphrodite Open Air Festival », Seikei Garden Jofudai, Hake, Japan 1971 « Festival de Montreux », Montreux, Suisse
The Nippon Broadcasting system has recorded the concert in stereo from the soundboard! A broadcast entitled « 50 years after the legendary Hakone Aphrodite - the miraculous discovery of Pink Floyd's rare recordings » (hosted by Akinobu Kamebuchiwas) was organized for the 50th anniversary.
Unfortunately Pink Floyd Music Ltd. did not give permission, so only the tuning and MC just before the AHM started and the MC after the show were broadcast from the soundboard source.
The soundboard short segment
CONCERT DATE | 18 September 1971 « Festival de Montreux », Montreux, Suisse
Broadcast on the Monte-Ceneri station on 26 November 1971 and again on 3 December of the same year. The song Atom Heart Mother was included in the box set Pink Floyd - Early Years 1965-1972. Contrary to some rumours, there was no complete recording of the performance but only a recording of the song Atom Heart Mother.
CONCERT DATE | 16 October 1971 Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, USA
A person close to the management of the group claimed to have a soundboard tape of this concert. In the 90s, he began to circulate it within the first circle of collectors. Released since in the community.
CONCERT DATE | 18 October 1971 Intercollegiate Baseball Facility, University of California, San Diego, USA
Rumors indicate that a local radio station recorded the concert. But never aired due to technical issues.
CONCERT DATE | 20 November 1971 Taft auditorium, Cincinnati, USA
A third version of better quality was recorded on an 8 -track tape. The master was destroyed. Maybe some copies still exist ?
CONCERT DATE | 1st May 1972 Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
A tape has been see on eBay. Maybe mislabelled
CONCERT DATE | 1st May 1972 Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
A tape has been see on eBay. Maybe mislabelled
CONCERT DATE| 10 May 1972Mc Farlin Auditorium, Dallas, USA
We know that a tape (in poor quality) circulate among collectors (see the webzine « Spare Bricks » # 25).
CONCERT DATE| 17 September 1972 Big Surf, Tempa, USA
Many recordings were made from this show but it was lost because he was mislabeled.
CONCERT DATE| 1st December 1972 Centre des Sports, Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
Recorded by RTL Radio station. An excerpt of Time was broadcasted on the RTL radio station as part of Éric Jean-Jean's « Album culte » programme devoted to « Dark Side of the Moon » on 25 July 2021.
Courtesy of Romain FOURAY
SOUNDTRACK | 1974 « Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii Quad Mix »
In 1974, associate producer Phil Borack (whose company April Fools Films handled distribution of the film in the United States) and director Adrian Maben visited Los Angeles for the purpose of finding someone to produce a quadraphonic mix for the film from the original multi-tracks. Dan Wallin, who received an Oscar nomination four years earlier for his work on Woodstock, was appointed for this task. The mix was done in discrete quad, the multi-tracks were mixed to mag at A&M record studios, then the mags were taken over to Todd-AO where the final mix was done.
The quad mix was featured in select screenings of the film. Pink Floyd was never involved with the quad mix
This mix was released since
CONCERT DATE | June 1974 Palais des Sports de la Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
For many years now, rumours have been rife that Europe 1 had recorded one of the dates of the French tour in June 1974. This rumour appears to be well-founded, given the policy of systematically recording concerts as part of the "musicorama" programme between 1965 and 1983 (more than 20,000 concerts can be found in Europe 1's archives). Europe 1 was also the main sponsor of this tour. Finally, the general press often reported that the concert was broadcast in 1975 (see press clipping below). However, after a search I found nothing in the radio archives.
Télé poche, 22 January 1975
CONCERT DATE | 23-24.01.1977 Westfallenhallen, Dortmund, Germany
We know that the band recorded several shows to check the timing of his special effects. We know that both shows were taped thank to an article in « Melody Maker » (on March 26, 1977).
Melody Maker, 26 March 1977
A view on le pavillon de Paris as the Floyd crew is coming,
CONCERT DATE | 24.02.1977 Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France
A solid rumor states that a recording of the 1977 Paris gig was broadcasted some weeks after the concert on the Italian FM radio « Arencia » (on March,24 at 21:30).
A few years ago, talking with an Italian collector, The recording, who would be an audience or a soundboard had the reputation to have an excellent sound (even despite the DJ speeches over the recording).
enjoy,
CONCERT DATE | 17 June 1977 Freedom Hall, Louisville, USA
The second set was recorded by a member of audience but still unreleased
CONCERT DATE |1st July 1977 Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
The rehearsals were recorded by a guy who also recorded the gig (this is not the same source as that which circulates widely).
« The Gazette » radio programme, 6 July 1977.
CONCERT DATE | 6 July 1977 Stade Olympique, Montréal, Canada
While the group refused any journalist during the concert, a radio station decided to break the ban and try to broadcast the last minutes of the concert at the Olympic Stadium. CHOM FM was a new radio station (created in 1969) which broadcast live clips from time to time (as Zappa in 1971).
Courtesy of Romain FOURAY
CONCERT DATE | 12 February 1980 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, USA
Some soundboards was recorded since a man recorded it by hacking the Hifi audio signal on the Memorial’s parking! Here a sample of Comfortably Numb:
Nick on the set for the shooting
FILM | 1986 « Life could be a dream »
A 26 minute film produced by Nick Mason and directed by Vic Priggs and Roger Iamon for Rothmans Tobacco Company. It features Nick Mason as a child and as an adult talking about his passion for racing cars. We can see him during his participation in the 1984 Budweiser GT Canadian endurance race. The most interesting part remains the 8mm footage that shows unreleased footage of the band in Belgium (February 18, 1968) riding around in their van to play some burlesque sequences (Waters pretending to stab Nick with a guitar); the 1971 Crystal Palace concert with Dave on drums and Rick on bass during the soundcheck (with some shots of the audience and the inflatable octopus) and shots of Pompeii on set. The later pictures were released at the end of 2022 in the trader community.
Interviewer: «Any chance of a release for Life Could Be A Dream, a film you made in 1986 featuring unused footage from Pompeii ? »
Nick Mason: « There’s nothing unseen in it. It was a 25-minute doc made about me, primarily with Rothmans money, because it was about motor racing! I got to drive. three of the endurance championship races with the Rothmans team, so it was real big-boy motor racing.»
« «I have got a false moustache, but I’m not putting it on », Uncut, October 2018.
FILM | 2015 « Get all that, Ant ? »
Un documentaire musical très intéressant composé de milliers de photographies et de séquences filmées entre 1963 et 1969. Un récit sur la contre-culture avec de nombreuses séquences (vidéos et photographies) sur les Beach Boys, les Rolling Stones, les Doors et Pink Floyd. Des photographies inédites du concert du 14 avril 1969 et des séquences vidéo du groupe de Syd sur scène et dans les coulisses du Roundhouse.
Anthony Stern shooting a hippie at London on 1965.
