For those who are interested (I'm not),there's a guy who posted this on another board From: "sydfloydgod" <sydfloydgod@z...> Date: Fri Dec 21, 2001 3:34 am Subject: FREE Syd Barrett music! ADVERTISEMENT OK, the quest goes on. After two very successful FREE distributions of THE Syd Barrett collection of unreleased material- "Have You Got It Yet?", the world's largest Syd Barrett fan organization is ready to distribute Vols. V – VII. This is being distributed via a Tree & Leaf Network of fans reimbursing fans for mere costs or trading with each other. There is no profit and no central source of distribution. Everybody trades with everybody else. This is just Syd's fans helping each other all the way. Tracks have been submitted from their entire membership of, then, 500. We are over 900 members now. Only the best versions were used from the many, many duplicates. These selected tracks were then cleaned with a combination of several software packages. The cleaning process alone took six months. The results are stunning! You'll never believe quality like this existed. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! If you look at Disc IV, you will see that three new tracks have surfaced with this collection. Among them is the fabled In The Beechwoods. Also is an instrumental jam of Vegetable Man and the original 1967 mix of the same. You have to belong to the group because it's only being distributed to members: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LaughingMadcaps Below is the Track Listing of these first 4 Syd Barrett discs: Disc #1 1) Lucy Leave, 10/65, acetate 2) King Bee, 10/65, acetate 3) Interstellar Overdrive, 10/31/66, demo 4) Mike Leonard interview w/Floyd beneath, 12/17/67 5) Interstellar Overdrive, (Love In London Soundtrack), edit/mix used in film, 1/12/67 6) Nick's Boogie (Love In London Soundtrack), 1/12/67, stereo enhanced 7) Interstellar Overdrive, (Love In London Soundtrack), LP edit, 1/12/67 8) Matilda Mother, Live at UFO, 1/20/67, TV w/voiceover 9) Interstellar Overdrive, Live at UFO, TV (McCartney interview afterward) 10) Let's Roll Another One, 1/22/67, rehearsal 11) Instrumental, 1/22/67, rehearsal 12) Arnold Layne, 1/28/67, acetate 13) Candy And A Currant Bun, 1/28/67, acetate 14) Interstellar Overdrive, 2/27/67, French "Arnold Layne" EP mix 15) Row R Toc H and commentary, 5/14/67, BBC TV 16) Astronomy Domine, 5/14/67, BBC TV 17) See Emily Play, 5/23/67, stereo enhanced Disc #2 1) Arnold Layne, 2/27/67?, stereo enhanced 2) Candy And A Currant Bun, 2/27/67?, stereo enhanced 3) Remember A Day, 5/9/67, mono 4) See Emily Play, 5/21/67, acetate, alt. ending 5) Flaming, 6/29/67, mono single mix 6) Instrumental (aka Beechwoods), 9/4/67? 7) Set The Controls... concl. 8/7/67 (Syd's part) 8) Scream Thy Last Scream, 8/7/67, Peter Jenner 1974 mix 9) Scream coda ("Dark Side Of The Moo" boot, dubious authenticity) 10) Vegetable Man, 10/67, Peter Jenner 1974 mix 11) Flaming, 9/25/67 BBC 12) Scarecrow, 9/25/67 BBC 13) The Gnome, 9/25/67 BBC 14) Matilda Mother, 9/25/67 BBC 15) Reaction In G, 9/25/67 BBC 16) Set The Controls, 9/25/67 BBC 17) Jugband Blues, 10/24/67, mono 18) Scream Thy Last Scream, 8/7/67, Malcolm Jones 1987 mix 19) Vegetable Man, 10/67, Malcolm Jones 1987 mix 20) Apples And Oranges, 11/15/67, stereo, "Masters of Rock" LP 21) Paint Box, 11/12/67, stereo 22) Vegetable Man, 12/20/67, BBC (80s rebroadcast, proc. from 1st gen) 23) Pow R Toc H, 12/20/67, BBC (80s rebroadcast, proc. from 1st gen) 24) Scream Thy Last Scream, 12/20/67, BBC (80s rebroadcast, proc. from 1st gen) 25) Jugband Blues, 12/20/67, BBC (80s rebroadcast, proc. from 1st gen) 26) Julia Dream, 2/13/68, "Masters of Rock" LP mix (echoed vocals, louder backing track), stereo enhanced 27) It Would Be So Nice, 3/21/68 stereo enhanced 28) Julia Dream, 2/13/68, stereo Disc #3 (length -- 78:23) Star Club, Copenhagen, 9/13/67, clone of 1st gen audience tape 1) Reaction In G 06:19 2) Arnold Layne 03:15 3) One In A Million 06:03 4) Matilda Mother 06:03 5) Scream Thy Last Scream 05:21 6) Astronomy Domine 07:29 Hippy Happy Fair, Oude Ahoy, Rotterdam, 11/13/67, clone of 1st gen audience tape 7) Reaction In G 04:12 8) Pow R Toc H 11:37 9) Scream Thy Last Scream 04:44 10) Set The Controls 09:02 11) Interstellar Overdrive 14:21 Disc #4 (length -- 77:02) 1) In The Beechwoods backing track 1967 (1st gen from 3/69 Mason interview, digitally enhanced) 04:49 2) Vegetable Man 1967 mix (1st gen from 3/69 Mason interview, digitally enhanced) 02:35 3) Vegetable Man 1967 rehearsal (1st gen from 3/69 Mason interview, digitally enhanced) 02:47 4) Silas Lang backing track 5/6/68 02:52 5) Lanky, Part II (aka Rhamadan) 5/14/68 01:37 6) Golden Hair instrumental, 1988 Gareth Cousins mix 5/28/68 01:58 7) Swan Lee backing track, Malcolm Jones alt mix 6/8/68 00:56 8) Swan Lee backing track 6/20/68 02:44 9) Clowns and Jugglers take I, alt mix w/studio chat 7/20/68 02:46 10) Swan Lee fragment, with vocal 4/10/69 00:45 11) Opel studio chatter 4/11/69 00:27 12) Love You take II 4/11/69 01:21 13) Clowns and Jugglers take II, keyboard mix 5/3/69 01:35 14) Long Gone take II 7/26/69 01:50 15) Dark Globe choral version 7/27/69 Jenner 1974 echo mix 02:59 16) Dark Globe choral version 7/27/69 Jones 1987 clean mix 02:58 17) Maisie take I, false start 2/26/70 00:24 18) Maisie take II, alt mix, extra vocals 2/26/70 03:00 19) Rats take I, false start w/studio chatter 6/5/70 01:08 20) Wined and Dined takes I & II edit w/studio chatter 6/5/70 01:40 21) Terrapin (Olympia, London, processed from 1st gen) 6/6/70 04:09 22) Gigolo Aunt (Olympia, London, processed from 1st gen) 6/6/70 05:19 23) Effervescing Elephant (Olympia, London, processed from 1st gen) 6/6/70 01:17 24) Octopus (Olympia, London, processed from 1st gen) 6/6/70 05:13 25) Baby Lemonade (BBC) 2/16/71 02:15 26) Dominoes (BBC) 2/16/71 02:51 27) Love Song (BBC) 2/16/71 01:29 28) "Boogie" 8/13/74 01:32 29) If You Go, Don't Be Slow 8/13/74 02:34 30) "Ballad incomplete" 8/13/74 00:24 31) fragment 8/13/74 00:05 32) "Slow Boogie" 8/12/74 02:59 33) John Lee Hooker 8/12/74 03:53 34) "Fast Boogie" 8/12/74 01:21 35) "Boogie #2 (More Echo)" from Darryl Read EP 8/13/74 00:20 36) Was That OK? 8/74 00:04 Disc 5 "Sound Opinions," WXRT-FM, Chicago January 3, 2001 Length: 78:52 (condensed from a 2-hour program) Radio show / discussion devoted to Syd Barrett: A retrospective of his career, tracing his influence on Pink Floyd through all eras of the band's history. To our knowledge, the first-ever radio program -- on commercial American airwaves, anyway -- devoted solely to Syd (and Pink Floyd in relation to Syd). Hosted by Jim DeRogatis (author of "Kaleidoscope Eyes," the definitive history of psychedelic rock from 1960s through 1990s, and "Let It Blurt," pioneering biography of Lester Bangs), and Greg Kot. Includes previously-unheard interviews with Gilmour and Mason. Disc #6 - Interviews + Miscellaneous tracks (length -- 79:54) 1) Pink Floyd interview w/Interstellar Overdrive (CBC) 1/67 10:35 2) Barrett/Waters interviewed by Hans Keller (BBC-TV) 5/14/67 03:43 3) Syd, unknown studio chatter 1970? 00:06 4) Waters interview, Stockholm (Tonarkvall P3) 9/10/67 02:56 5) John Peel, Waters, Jenner interviews (1970s FM) 04:02 6) Jenner interview, one channel of Piper underneath (1970s FM) 06:08 7) Jenner, Mason, Gilmour interviews (1970s FM) 06:29 8) Pink Floyd interview Blackpool, UK 03/21/69 04:58 9) Pink Floyd interview NYC 09/28/70 05:57 10) Waters interviews Roger The Hat (for "Dark Side" background voices) 1972 07:36 11) Paul Breen interview (BBC) 10/27/88 05:18 12) Octopus rough mix (Malcolm Jones fragment) 6/13/69 00:25 13) ytpmE sescapS (hidden msg on "The Wall") 1979 00:20 14) eeL nawS (excerpt) 6/8/68 00:31 15) seonimoD (solo as Syd played it) 7/14/70 03:35 16) Terrapin (London 6/6/70, faster tape) 03:42 17) Gigolo Aunt (London 6/6/70, faster tape) 04:47 18) Effervescing Elephant (London 6/6/70, faster tape) 01:20 19) Octopus (London 6/6/70, faster tape) 04:53 20) sampling loop #1 ("One In A Million") 00:06 21) sampling loop #2 ("Pow R Toc H") 00:36 22) sampling loop #3 ("King Bee") 00:04 23) Scream Thy Last Scream excerpt (chipmunk voices at 16rpm) 01:21 24) My Little Red Book (Love, 1966) the riff that inspired Int Overdrive 00:15 Disc 7 Interviews (length -- 76:57) 1) Nick Mason interview (1995) for the book, "Kaleidoscope Eyes" 47:51 2) David Gilmour interview (1991) promoting the "Shine On" box set 27:32 3) Nick Mason interview (1986) excerpt 01:31
The problem with this tree is all of the tracks were *very* heavily subjected to noise reduction and processing (a bad thing .) There is no reason for this for b/c the Syd PF and solo outtakes sound up to official release quality. I have an unprocessed MASTER>DAT>CDR of the 9/13/67 Denmark show that sounds pretty good all things considered. If you look around you can find much better sounding versions of this stuff. You can hear the tell tale clicks and nasty digital artifacts all over this stuff. Shine On, Chris
What is "stereo enhanced"? I'd love to hear those early PF singles in true stereo, but I didn't think they existed. Are these fake stereo (like on 'Works')?
Nope. Arnold and Emily don't exist in true stereo. 'Stereo Enhanced' is some kind of digital processing that creates a slight deley in one of the channels. In other words it's fake stereo. The multitracks and for Piper and Emily no longer exist (or they are at least not at EMI.) Ditto for Piper outtakes and alternates. The multi's for Arnold and Candy and a Currant Bun *may* still exist. EMI has a tape box that contains all of the outtakes from the Arnold/Candy sessiom but it's unclear if the multi's are among the reels. All of the Syd PF, post Piper outtakes and multi's *do* survive however. . A rough recording of a late '67 Syd/PF original titled 'In the Beechwoods' as well as an alt. take of Veg. Man are currently doing the rounds. Both are excellent performances and really slam home the argument of a comprehensive Syd-era PF compilation/rarites collection. It's a real shame you can't walk into a record store and buy a disc with Scream and Vegtable Man Shine On, Chris