#Best of Pink Floyd                     1970*  (compilation, Dutch)
#Relics                                 1971   (compilation w/"Biding My Time")
#A Nice Pair                            1973   (Piper & ASoS as double-lp)
#Dark Side of the Moon                  1973   (DJ Promo EP w/4 songs)
#Tour '75                               1975+  (DJ Promo--studio tracks)
#Off the Wall                           1979   (DJ Promo EP)
 A Collection of Great Dance Songs      1981   (compilation)
 Pink Floyd Hits                        198?%  (compilation, Brazilian)
 Works                                  1983   (compilation, w/"Embryo")
 Shine On - Special 9 CD Box Set        1992&  (re-masters and early singles)
 Shine On - Selections from the Box     1992^
 Dark Side of the Moon XX               1993   (special 20th anniversary ed.)

Honorable Mention

 Objects of Fantasy/Orchestral Maneuvers        1989  [See Q8]
 Hits of PF: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra       1994  [See Q8]
 Beyond the Wildwood: A Tribute to Syd Barrett  1987*     
 Trance Remixes                                 199?  [See Q20.5]
?Discoballs: A Tribute to Pink Floyd            19??^ 

Other Albums On Which Floyd are Featured

 Tonite Let's All Make Love In London (soundtrack)      1968
 Zabriskie Point (soundtrack)                           1970
#Picnic (Harvest label sampler - "Terrapin," "Embryo")  1970
 Rock Goes to the Movies (Z-Point songs)                19??
?Harvest Heritage - 20 Greats ("Octopus")               19??
?Supertracks ("Money")                                  19??
?The Summit ("Welcome to the Machine")                  19??
?The Harvest Story Vol. 1 ("Love You")                  19??
?Filmtracks - The Best of British Film Music (ABitW)    19??
?Rock Legends (edited "Money" from US single)           19??
?The New Spirit of Capitol ("Astronomy Domine")         19??
?Before the Fall ("Baby Lemonade" from BBC sessions)    19??
#The Heavyweights ("Have a Cigar")                      19??
#Quadrafile ("Money")                                   1976
#Four Temas De Film (BtBBH - Wall movie version)      198? 
 Knebworth: The Album ("Comfortably Numb" and RLH)      1990
 A CD Full of Secrets                                   199?
 Superstar Concert Series: Pink Floyd at Knebworth 1990 1992

Solo Albums

 Syd Barrett    The Madcap Laughs               1970
 Syd Barrett    Barrett                         1970
 Roger Waters   Music from The Body             1970*
#Syd Barrett    Syd Barrett                     1974**
 David Gilmour  David Gilmour                   1978
 Richard Wright Wet Dream                       1978
 Nick Mason     Ficticious Sports               1981^
 David Gilmour  About Face                      1984
 Roger Waters   Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking    1984
#Zee            Identity                        1984+
 Nick Mason     Profiles                        1985++
 Roger Waters   When The Wind Blows (sndtk)     1986&
 Roger Waters   Radio Kaos                      1987
 Syd Barrett    The Peel Sessions (EP)          1988&&
 Syd Barrett    Opel (compilation/rare tracks)  1988
 Roger Waters   The Wall--Live Berlin           1990
 Syd Barrett    Octopus ("Best of")             1992
 Roger Waters   Amused to Death                 1992
 Syd Barrett    Crazy Diamond (Box Set)         1993^

Interview Discs

There are also several interview picture discs floating around, both on vinyl and on CD, but beware--some of them feature pictures of old (Syd-era) Floyd, but contain interviews with AMLoR-era Floyd members.

[example: the "Limited Edition Picture Disc Interview," part of the TALKING PICTURE series, lists two tracks:
Interview 1981 [discussing The Wall & beginnings of film]
Interview 1986 [discussing AMLoR]

The disc has pictures of very young Roger, Nick, Syd, and Rick.]

[If anyone has any transcripts of these or other interview discs, I'd like a copy for the archives.]

5. What videos can I find of Pink Floyd? +

In addition to what's listed, the music of Pink Floyd and its members has appeared in several films of uncertain availability (Music Power, Stamping Ground, Rock 'n Roll--The Greatest Years:1967, San Francisco, Rock City, White of the Eye, Life Could be a Dream), and members of the group have made several guest appearances at concerts (Deep End, Amnesty International Big 30, The Secret Policeman's Third Ball, Columbian Volcano Concert, Seville, Walden Woods benefit show, etc.), some of which are available. There have also been a bunch of other short "cameos" (like Gilmour on Popquiz (on several occasions), and on Saturday Night Live (12/12/87)). Finally, music from Pink Floyd is used fairly frequently as "incidentals" on TV shows, news programs, and feature films.

5.1 Concert Videos and Official Floyd/Solo Releases +

KQED Concert

There was a PBS "concert" recorded by KQED TV at the end of April, 1970. They played "Atom Heart Mother," "Careful With That Axe, Eugene," "Cymbaline," "Green is the Colour," "Granchester Meadows," and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun."

"Pink Floyd--Live at Pompeii"

A "concert" filmed in an ancient ampitheatre in Pompeii on October 4th-7th, 1971; with interviews and some studio shots of Floyd working on DSotM that were added later. Features "Echoes," "Careful With That Axe, Eugene," "One of These Days I'm Going To Cut You Into Little Pieces," "Madmoiselle Knobs," "A Saucerful of Secrets" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun."
Available only on video: VHS and LaserDisc (NTSC/PAL)

"Pink Floyd--The Wall"

The film version of The Wall, directed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof. Includes all of The Wall, minus "Hey You," plus "When The Tigers Broke Free," and with "Empty Spaces" replaced by "What Shall We Do Now?"
Available on video only: VHS and LaserDisc (NTSC/PAL)
A deluxe letterboxed version from a new transfer on LaserDisc is now available (in CLV format). Also includes the "Original Theatrical Trailer."

"Pink Floyd: London 66-67"

30 minute video featuring footage of the Floyd at the UFO Club, the Technicolour Dream Extravaganza, and in the studio. Contains "Nick's Boogie" and "Interstellar Overdrive." Promo for the "Tonite Let's All Make Love in London" film.
Available on video: VHS (NTSC)

"Pink Floyd--The Final Cut EP"

Video EP of the final cut. Contains "the gunners dream," "the final cut," "not now john," and "the fletcher memorial home."
Available on video: VHS Hi-Fi (PAL).

"Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" (Roger Waters)

Video EP of the solo album

"David Gilmour--About Face Tour"

Concert video of Gilmour's first solo tour ,with "Until We Sleep," "All Lovers are Derranged," "There's No Way Out Of Here," "Short and Sweet," "Run Like Hell," "Out of the Blue," "Blue Light," "Murder," and "Comfortably Numb." With special guest appearances of Roy Harper ("Short and Sweet") and Nick Mason (drums on "Comfortably Numb"). Also two music videos ("Blue Light" and "All Lovers are Derranged") and a 30 minute documentary segment.
Available only on video: VHS (NTSC)

"Radio KAOS" (Roger Waters)

Four MTV-style videos. Includes "Radio Waves," "Sunset Strip," "The fish report with a beat," "4 Minutes," and "The Tide is Turning (live)."
Available on video: VHS and LaserDisc (CAV)

"Delicate Sound of Thunder"

Video of the DSoT concert, filmed over two nights at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York (with bits from Versailles, France). They played "Shine On...," "Signs of Life," "Learning to Fly," "Sorrow," "The Dogs of War," "On the Turning Away," "One of these Days...," "Time," "On the Run," "The Great Gig in the Sky," "Wish You Were Here," "Us and Them," "Money," "Comfortably Numb," "One Slip," "Run Like Hell," and "Shine On...(reprise)"
Available on audio and video: VHS and LaserDisc (NTSC/PAL) (PAL versions omit "Money") Audio versions have slightly modified track lists. Also available as an MPEG-1 "multimedia" CD-ROM.

"The Wall--Live In Berlin 1990" (Roger Waters)

Video of the Wall performance in Berlin. Features Waters and the Bleeding Heart Band, as well as numerous others, performing The Wall, minus "The Show Must Go On" and "Outside the Wall," and with the addition of "What Shall We Do Now" and "The Tide is Turning."
Available on audio and video: VHS and LaserDisc (NTSC/PAL)

"Knebworth '90"

Pink Floyd played "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," "Sorrow," "Wish You Were Here," "The Great Gig in the Sky," (with Clare Torrey) "Money," "Comfortably Numb," and "Run Like Hell."
Available on audio and video: VHS and LaserDisc (Both feature only "Comfortably Numb" and "Run Like Hell") The full audio is available on Westwood One's "Superstar Concert Series." Also, video of all but TGGitS and "Money" were broadcast by MTV.

"La Carrera Panamericana"

A movie, produced by Steve O'Rourke (their manager), about a classic auto race up a highway in Mexico. Dave, Steve, Nick, and some other chap all race in the film, which includes some instrumentals & new music from Floyd (see item on "Didn't They Get In A Crash And Nearly Mangle Themselves To Death?") Tracks: "Run Like Hell," "Pan Am Shuffle," "Yet Another Movie," "Sorrow," "Signs of Life," "Country Theme," "Mexico '78," "Big Theme," "Run Like Hell," "One Slip," "Small Theme," and "Carrera Slow Blues." The band: David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Rick Wright, Jon Carin, Gary Wallis, Guy Pratt, Tim Renwick.
Available on video only: VHS and LaserDisc (NTSC)

"What God Wants pt. 1" (Roger Waters)

20 minute film showing both versions of the video and a short interview with Waters, conducted by Jim Ladd.
Available on Japanese 8" LaserDisc and VHS

5.2 Feature Films +

"The Committee" (1968):

[From Scott Frank--how does he FIND these things?] This movie takes place on the "Planet Craytic," and features music by Pink Floyd and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. The plot has been described as follows: "Fantasy - Murderous hitch-hiker summoned by strange committee."
Neither audio or video has ever beleased.

"Tonight Let's All Make Love in London" (1968):

A "documentary" of the underground life in London in the late 60's. Features a 16-minute version of Interstellar Overdrive, as well as multitudes of interviews.
Two full soundtracks are available; one with bits and pieces of Floyd performing, and the other with the complete "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Nick's Boogie." A "Mini-Promo" soundtrack is also availble on CD, with the complete versions of these two songs.
Video was scheduled to be released, but I don't know if it has been.

"More" (1969):

[from Geoff Rimmer]
Supposedly an anti-drugs film. Naive German guy arrives in Paris, meets up with another guy who shows him around and takes him to a party. He meets a girl there [IMHO she is absolutely gorgeous! Worth watching the film just for her!]. He goes round her place where she teaches him to smoke grass. They go off to Malta, and sniff coke, drop acid and inject H. The acid makes her freak out, screaming at him, saying he's the devil etc. The guy is obviously getting addicted to the H - keeps wanting more and more (hence film's title) and eventually ODs in a dark alley.
Available on video: VHS Soundtrack available as part of Floyd's regular catalog (but slightly different -- lacks "Seabirds" and "Hollywood" found in the movie, and has Dave singing "Cymbaline" {with slighly different lyrics as well}. Also note that the lyrics to "Seabirds" are different than those in the songbook).

"Zabriskie Point" (1970):

[from Toapher]
I'm the first one to admit that Z Point is not your mainstream, top quality movie, but that does not mean that it's not worth seeing. It does move rather slowly and the plot is not what I would call rivetting. But what's important is to understand the era in which it was made. The movie was filmed in 1969. This was near the peak of civil unrest in this country [the US]. While the acting might not be academy award material, the movie is a very accurate portrayal of the trials and tribulations of the youth subculture. We tend to look back at the 60's in a very romantic light, but the truth is that it must have been a very difficult time for everyone. Z Point tries to shed some light on that aspect of the era, rther than just portray it in the "Summer Of Love" way.
In addition, there is a sub-plot that pervades the movie. The words to "Crumbling Land" indicate that The Floyd were aware of this and understood what that sub-plot was about. The female lead worked for a group of land developers who were working on creating a community in the desert. They were trying to take a piece of land that was not capable of sustaining human life and transforming it. This required robbing resources from nearby ecosystems, destroying the natural habitats on the site, and polluting an otherwise clean area. The "famous" sex scene that took place at Zabriskie Point itself was a celebration of the natural beauty and purity of the undisturbed landscape.
Available as soundtrack and on video: VHS

"The Body" (1970)

Unconventional biology documentary that Waters co-wrote the score for (along with Ron Geesin). He also narrated one scene.
Soundtrack (re-recorded) available.

"La Valle" (1972): (also called The Valley Obscured By Clouds)

[Geoff Rimmer again]
A woman wants to obtain some rare bird feathers and goes on an expedition with some guys up a mountain. They are going to search for a place no one has previously mapped (this is because the area is obscured by clouds) called The Valley. The woman gets the feathers, decides to go back alone, changes her mind and continues with the rest in search of The Valley. After much walking they are running out of food and the air is becoming thin - they are exhausted. Then, someone says "I see the Valley". End of film. Available on video: VHS
Soundtrack available as part of Floyd's regular catalog (with slightly different lyrics on "Free Four." -- see P2Q22)

"Crystal Voyager" (1975):

Apparently a surfing film. Only reason for inclusion is film's use of "Echoes," in its entireity.
Available on video: VHS

"The Fantastic Animation Festival" (1975)

A collection of animated shorts, the first called "French Windows." Also found on the "Video Anthology," this was by filmmaker Ian Eames and was accompanied throughout by "One of these Days".
Available (though out-of-print) on video: VHS

"When the Wind Blows" (1986)

Animated film directed by Jimmi Mukarami, based on the book by Raymond Briggs, about an elderly couple who survive a nuclear assault. Roger and the Bleeding Heart Band contributed "The Russian Missile," "Towers of Faith," "Hilda's Dream," "The American Bomber," "The Anderson Shelter," "The British Submarine," "The Attack," "The Fallout," "Hilda's Hair," and "Folded Flags."
Soundtrack available (though rather rare). Was available on video: LaserDisc (out of print), VHS (Live Home Video, 1-800-326-1977)

5.3 Promotional/MTV videos and other 'shorts' +

First, a list of official promotional videos:

• "Arnold Layne"
• "Apples and Oranges"
• "See Emily Play"
• "Astronomy Domine"
• "The Scarecrow"
• "Point Me At The Sky"
• "Learning to Fly" (story and live stuff)
• "Dogs of War" (story and live stuff)
• "One Slip" (from La Carrera Panamericana)
• "On the Turning Away" (from DSoT video)
• "One of These Days" (from DSoT video)
• "Comfortably Numb" (from DSoT video)
• "Welcome to the Machine" (Gerald Scarfe animation)
• "Brain Damage/Eclipse" (story)
• "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (from Wall movie)
• "When The Tigers Broke Free" (from Wall movie)
• "A Lie for a Lie"
• "Blue Light"
• "Sexual Revolution"
• "Every Strangers Eyes"
• "What God Wants part I" (lots of aminals/studio shots -- two versions)
• "Three Wishes"
• "Take it Back" (nature scenes/story)
• "High Hopes" (concert film)

There are also several rare, rather short film clips of interest. One is "Syd Barrett's First Trip," and is a short 8mm film of just that. It was taken by Nigel Gordon, a student friend of Syd's. Another is a recording of the Floyd outside Abbey Road Studios in April 1967, after signing their first EMI recording contract. The final one is a short promotional film for Gilmour's first solo album, and features him in the studio performing "No Way," "There's No Way Out Of Here," "I Can't Breathe Anymore," and "So Far Away."

Finally, there's lots of stuff out there in the non-official markets. A popular example of such material is the "Video Anthology" which collects many of the visual works by Pink Floyd. Unfortunately, it is a RoIO, and lacks as much in terms of quality as it does legality. However, here is the listing of bits on that tape, if only to provide a better idea of what videos Floyd have done [provided by Scott Frank]:

• "Arnold Layne" (excerpt from promo)
• "Interstellar Overdrive" (excerpt from Granada TV)
• "Syd Barrett Interview" (BBC - ~30 secs long)
• "The Scarecrow" (Pathe Newsreel)
• "Apples and Oranges" (promo - the one w/ Roger lip-synching)
• "See Emily Play" (promo)
• "A Saucerful of Secrets" (excerpts from 1968 & mid 70's)
• "Astronomy Domine" (promo)
• "The Scarecrow" (promo)
• "Set The Controls..." (excerpts from 1968)
• "Point Me At The Sky" (promo)
• "Atom Heart Mother" (Tokyo)
• "Cymbaline" (KQED Studios 1970)
• "Set The Controls..." (Holland Pop Festival)
• "A Saucerful Of Secrets" (Holland Pop Festival)
• "One Of These Days" (from animated film "French Windows")
• "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" (Australian TV 1971)
• "Set The Controls..." (from "Heart Of The Sun" film - 1973)
• "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" ("Superstars In Concert" - 1973)
• "Brain Damage/Eclipse" (backdrop film - from MTV Weekend)
• "Welcome To The Machine" (backdrop film - from MTV Weekend)
• "Pigs On The Wing" (Battersea Power Station)
• "The Happiest Days Of Our Lives" (live in London - 1980)
• "Another Brick In The Wall - part II" (promo)
• "A Collection Of Great Dance Songs" (TV Commercial)
• "Pink Floyd The Wall" (theatrical trailer)
• "When The Tigers Broke Free" (promo)
• "The Gunner's Dream" (from the "Final Cut" video EP)
• "The Final Cut" (same as above)
• "Not Now John" (same as above)
• "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (same as above)
• "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" (US TV AD)
• "Learning To Fly" - Version #1 (promo)
• "On The Turning Away" (live promo)
• "Dogs Of War" (live promo - from Pink Floyd Weekend, I think)
• "Signs of Life" (excerpt - from Pink Floyd Weekend on MTV)
• "One Slip" (live promo - Italian TV)
• "Learning To Fly" - Version #2 (promo)
• "Win A Plane" (MTV contest)

5.4Films shown in concert

This is a list of some of the films that Pink Floyd have shown in concert:

• "Welcome to the Machine" - Surreal landscape, with a scorpion that likes to behead people, waves of blood that turn into teeming masses clamoring at tall marble towers.
• "Time" - Blue sky, hundreds of clocks ticking along, merging, dissolving, etc.
• "Us & Them" - Started with a film about people crossing the street.
• "Brain Damage/Eclipse" - Politicians giving speeches. Updated (Reagan, Bush, etc.) for '94.
• "Signs of Life" - Someone canoeing and swimming along a river.
• "Yet Another Movie" - The "You're getting on that plane" scene from "Casablanca."
• "Dogs of War" - A video of dogs attacking, finally running up the stage (same camera-movement as at the start of "Shine On...")
• "Learning to Fly" - Runway/flight scenes.
• "Pigs on the Wing" - Pig being launched and floating over the Battersea Power Station.
• "High Hopes" - White bouncing balls, giant teddy bears, giant flags/capes, guitars flowing down a river, etc.
• "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - Boy growing to young man amid surreal landscape. Includes a bit with an orange, plum and a matchbox, the relevence of which is explained by the "Crazy Diamond" book: [Extracted from an interview with Ian Moore:] "We got hold of some liquid LSD bottles, laid out hundreds of sugar cubes in rows and put two drops on each. But the stuff was so strong we were absorbing it through our fingers, or more likely by licking it off them. As it took effect we had no idea which cubes we had done, so many of them probably got double doses while the rest did not have any. Syd had his plum, orange and matchbox and was sitting staring at them during his trip. Whatever he was into was his whole world - to him the plum was the planet Venus and the orange was Jupiter. Syd was floating in space between them."
• "The Great Gig in the Sky" - Two versions, one animated and one with water and waves.
• "Marooned" - Whale swimming around in the ocean.

6. Did the bands who preceeded Pink Floyd ever make any records?

Of all the permutations that Pink Floyd went through, none were ever commercially successful. The only band which even released anything was Joker's Wild, Gilmour's old band. Their record was a one-sided LP, which contained all cover versions:

• Beautiful Delilah (Chuck Berry)
• Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Frankie Lymon)
• Don't You Ask Me (Manfred Mann's arrangement)
• Sherry (The Four Seasons)
• Big Girls Don't Cry (The Four Seasons)

It has been reported that this "LP" was limited to only about 50 copies, and has recently sold for as much as #1000 (approx. $1800 US).

They also recorded two singles. One was Sam & Dave's "You Don't Know What I Know" with Otis Redding's "That's How Strong My Love Is." But the original version of "You Don't Know" became popular at about the same time, and the single was "dead on arrival." There was also a single from the above LP, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" with "Don't You Ask..." as the b-side.

7. What rare or unreleased songs are 'out there?' +

Here is a list of (perhaps) all the known non-album Pink Floyd tracks. Many of these are available illegally. Some have never been heard by the general public. Some may not even exist.

Across the Universe (the Beatles' song)

Waters, on 1986 BBC special for John Lennon with help from Andy Fairweather-Low

Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers song performed on soundchecks on the About Face tour

Another Brick in the Wall (2)

rerecorded by Roger for a Berlin Wall promo CD

Apples and Oranges

single

Arnold Layne

single

Astronomy Domine

live, from "Take it Back" single

Baby Blue Shuffle in D#

jam, became Part 1 of "The Narrow Way"

Get Back to Radio

KAOS b-side

Biding My Time

from Relics

Big Theme

"La Carrera Panamericana"

Bitter Love

aka "How do You Feel," unreleased 1975 (see P3Q8)

Bob Dylan Blues

unreleased Barrett track from 1970

The Bobbin' Sound

unreleased track/working title for a piece from the ASoS sessions, February 1968

Brain Damage

early studio version, June '72

Bring the Boys Back Home

extended version, back of "Tigers..."

Candy and a Currant Bun

back of "Arnold Lane"

Careful With That Axe, Eugene

back of "Point Me At The Sky"

Carrera Slow Blues

"La Carrera Panamericana"

Come In #51, Your Time Is Up

Zabriskie

music from "The Committee"

a movie they did incidentals for

Country Theme

"La Carrera Panamericana"

Crumbling Land

from Zabriskie Point soundtrack

Cymbaline

"More" movie version

Dance with the Ferraris

instrumental from 4 Dec 1989 by Mason+Fenn at Essen Motor Show

The Death of Sisco

possibly "Disco" or "Cisco," a Wall outtake

Deep in the Blues

performed by Gilmour at 1984 Guitar Greats concert

Embryo

Ummagumma outtake *

Fingal's Cave

Zabriskie outtake

Flapdoodle Dealing

unreleased early live piece

Flight from Reality

from late 1975, "very strange"

Gimme A Break

Chuck Berry song the Floyd covered

The Gnome

rare mix on back of "Flaming" single

Great Gig in the Sky

Nurofen advertisement, re-recording with Clare Torry (see P3Q8)

Great Gig in the Sky

early live version, w/radio evangelists

Going to Live in LA

Waters KAOS single

Heart Beat, Pig Meat

Zabriskie

The Hero's Return part II

Parts 1 & 2 on back of "Not Now John" obscured version single

Highway Song

unreleased track recorded in 1969

Hollywood

More outtake (Gilmour) **

I Can Tell

unreleased early live song

I Can Tell

blues jam from the KAOS tour.

I Get Stoned

demo recorded at their first session

In the Beechwoods

unreleased track recorded May 1968

Interstellar Overdrive

live, Ummagumma outtake

Interstellar Overdrive

the earliest recording, on "Tonight Let's All Make Love in London"

It's a Miracle

uptempo version with Flea on bass

It Would Be So Nice

single

Jews Harp and Windchimes

unreleased track recorded in 1969

John Latham

unreleased track recorded May 1968

Julia Dream

back of "It Would Be So Nice"

Just Before You Disappear

unreleased Barrett song

Keep Smiling People

May 31 1968, early version of "Careful..." [See Q15]

King Bee

blues song, covered by the Rolling Stones, written by Moore, recorded by Slim Harpo

Lafayette Railroad

by Little Feat, performed at Gilmour sound checks

Lanky (Part 2)

unreleased Barrett instrumental

Like A Rolling Stone

Gilmour demo played on Radio One, 28/7/92

Living Alone

unreleased Barrett track

Lucy Leave

from '66 sessions

Lucy Lee in Blue Tights

first group composition, may have become "Lucy Leave"

Madamoiselle Knobs

from the "Pompeii" movie

Merry Christmas Song

from the John Peel Show, December 1975 ^

Mexico '78

"La Carrera Panamericana"

Millionaire

unreleased early track, sometimes called "She Was A Millionaire"

Molly's Song

Waters KAOS single

Moonhead

from BBC TV ++

Mother

"Wall" movie version

Nick's Boogie

also on "Tonight..."

Not Now John (obscured)

expletives-deleted single

On The Run

early live jam

One in a Million

early live song, sometimes called "Rush in a Million"

Outside the Wall

"Wall" movie version

Overture

recorded for "Wall" movie

Overture for Comfortably Numb

unreleased/alternate track from The Wall

Paint Box

back of "Apples and Oranges"

Pan Am Shuffle

from "La Carrera Panamericana" film

Peace Be With You

from MLoR, a 'good luck' message to Waters

Peter Gunn

by Henri Mancini, performed at About Face sound checks

Piggy Back

unreleased early live piece

Pink

unreleased early live piece

Point Me At The Sky

single

Point Me At The Sky

extended, from the Top Gear sessions

Prophet

unreleased song/alternative title from The Wall sessions

Oenone

Zabriskie outtake

Rain In The Country

Zabriskie outtake

Raving and Drooling

later became "Sheep"

Reaction in G

12 October 1967

Religious Experience

EMI outtake w/Barret & Kevin Ayers, Jan 1970

Rhamadan

long (18 min) Barrett song from 1968.

Richard's Rave Up

eleased track recorded February 1968 (possibly a working title for ASoS song)

Round and Around

extended

Run Like Hell

Potzdamer Mix, from a Berlin Wall promo CD

Scream Thy Last Scream

late Syd song

Seabirds

More outtake (Waters) **

See Emily Play

single

Sh-Boom

a 1954 "Crew Cuts" hit covered by Mason/Fenn

Sheep

with 23rd Psalm read by Mason

Silas Lane

from very early "basement" sessions, 1966

Small Theme

"La Carrera Panamericana"

Smiles for Miles

unreleased song recorded for ATD

Snowing

unreleased early live track

Sorrow

instrumental version

Synth Theme

unreleased song or working title from The Wall sessions

Take it Back

extended, from French promo CD

Terminal Frost

"Do Your Own Lead" version

Time

early studio version, June '72

Theme (Beat Version)

More outtake (entire band) **

Vegetable Man

late Syd song

The Violent Sequence

part eventually became "Us and Them" +

Waiting for the Drummer

live jam from the KAOS tour, 11/16/87

What Shall We Do Now?

from "The Wall" movie

When The Tigers Broke Free

from "The Wall" movie, later a single

"White of the Eye" soundtrack

scored by Mason/Fenn

You Gotta Be Crazy

later became "Dogs"

...and a few other items, mostly just instrumental jams from concerts and edited versions of songs for radio airplay.
* This piece has many live recordings, and a studio version was finally released on Works demo version was accidentally released on Picnic (a Harvest label sampler). Originally intended to be a part of Ummagumma.
** These songs were found in a volume of copyrighted musical works. "Seabirds" had lyrics, while the others were instrumentals. They appeared in the film, but were omitted from the album. Also, the music for "Seabirds" has apparently been published in a music book at some time (though the lyrics were different than in the movie).
+ "Violent" was originally written for the movie Zabriskie Point and was performed during some of their tours of the period as a part of a 20 minute piece including bits of "Heart Beat, Pig Meat." [From Gerhard]:

• Part 1 is a tremendous drum part, sometimes labeled as "Corrosion"
• Part 2 is a piano-based part, which could be "Heart Beat, Pig Meat"
• Part 3 is again a drum-based thing, and also appears on some RoIOs as "Corrosion"
• Part 4 is "The Violent Sequence," a piano-based part that sounds really familiar (and that's because it's the base for "Us & Them"). The sequence the song was written for involved riots or somesuch being shown in slow motion.

8. Hey! Has anyone else seen these orchestral albums? +

There are currently two albums of orchestral cover versions of Pink Floyd songs, both played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The band itself was not involved with either album.

Orchestral Maneuvers (previously titled Objects of Fantasy)

Arranged, conducted, and produced by David Palmer, who did similar albums of Jethro Tull and Genesis. The album includes "Run Like Hell," "Another Brick in the Wall, pt.1," "The Happiest Days of Our Lives," "Another Brick in the Wall, pt.2," "Goodbye Blue Sky," "Money," "Hey You," "Wish You Were Here," "On The Turning Away," "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, pts.1-5," and "When The Tigers Broke Free/Eclipse."
Generally, it's not bad, but sometimes it borders on "elevator music." Interesting listening, at the least. A few of the tracks contain vocals. Also on the album are Steve Hackett (from Genesis), and Clare Torry.

Hits of Pink Floyd

Arranged and conducted by Hermann Weindorf. It includes "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," "Money," "Us and Them," "Hey You," "Another Brick in the Wall," "Wish You Were Here," "Time," "The Great Gig in the Sky," and "In the Flesh."

9. What are some good books relating to Pink Floyd? +

There have been several books published regarding Floyd. It is also rumored that Nick Mason is working with Storm Thorgerson (of Hipgnosis fame) on their own book. Here is a listing of some of them, with a few comments:

"Pink Floyd: A Visual Documentary by Miles" published by Omnibus Press ISBN 0-7119-1444-3

An excellent reference. A day-by-day account of what the Floyd did, with commentary. Lots of pictures. A 21st Anniversary addition was released in 1988; another update should be out soon.

"Saucerful Of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey" by Nicholas Schaffner, published by Harmony Books ISBN 0-3853-0684-9

A superb book, detailing Floyd from the very very early days to the MLOR tour/Berlin Wall show. Often called "The Book" by Echoes, and generally regarded as a must-have. The UK edition has only 18 pictures, compared to 34 in the us edition. There is also a paperback edition.

"Pink Floyd Back-Stage - Another Lapse from the Inside by Bob Hassall". Published independently, 1991; limited edition of 1000.

Fascinating document of one fan's odyssey following the AMLoR tour around Europe in 1989, and including Knebworth 1990, often as a member of the event crew. Many great color photos and interesting reproductions of tour documents. Enquiries concerning present availability should be directed to:

        Backstage Workshop
        PO Box 1017
        1440 BA Purmerend
        Netherlands

"Pink Floyd: Bricks In The Wall" by Karl Dallas published by Shaposky Publishers

Notable for it's interviews with Roger Waters. Contains a fair number of errors, though.

"Collectors Guide to Pink Floyd videos" by Vernon Fitch published by the Pink Floyd Archives

A list of Pink Floyd video recordings; such as concerts, movies, promo films, interviews, etc.

"Pink Floyd: Anthology" published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corp. ISBN 0-88188-445-6

"Pink Floyd Lyric Book" published by Chappel Music Ltd ISBN 0-71371-280-5

Contains two interviews with Roger Waters, from 1975 & 1982

"Pink Floyd" by William Ruhlmann Published by Smithmark Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-8317-6912-2

Largely a picture book, this is notable for its discography, its pictures of various album and single covers and other assorted tour paraphanelia, and for its balanced assessment of the Waters/Floyd split. Goes through 1992; notes Amused to Death in its discography but does not discuss it in the text.

"Syd Barrett Lyric Book" by Luca Ferrari

Biography (in Italian), with lyrics to Syd's PF and solo songs in both English and Italian, and some rare photos. Also includes the Barrett poem "A Rooftop in a Thunderstorm Row Missing the Point," and a 3" CD single.

"Le Livre du Pink Floyd" by Alain Dister, Jacques Leblanc, and Udo Woehrle published by Albin Michel

In French. Lots of pictures, many of them fairly rare.

"Crazy Diamond - Syd Barrett & the Dawn of Pink Floyd" by Mike Watkinson & Pete Anderson published by Omnibus Press ISBN 0-7119-2397-3

"Rock Sets - The Astonishing Art Of Concert Design" Thames And Hudson, 30 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QP ISBN 0-500-27697-8

A picture book of concerts that Fisher Park has designed. Includes lots of information and photos from the Berlin concert, plus some coverage of the Animals, Wall, P&C and KAOS tours. 145 color photos and 3 8-page foldouts.

"In Session Tonight" by Ken Garner, published by BBC Books ISBN 0-563-36452-1

Not a Pink Floyd book as such, but a good reference for all the BBC shows. Includes a limited edition CD of BBC session material, including one track by Syd Barrett.

"Learning to Fly " by Chris Welch published by Castle Communications Plc. ISBN 1-898141-3

160 pages, with lots of pictures, most in b/w. It's very up-to-date, including information from the beginning of the TDB tour. Not the best in terms of accuracy.

"A Journey Through Time and Space with Pink Floyd"

Another great book (according to echosians), includes set lists for pretty much every concert the Floyd have ever done.

"The Work Of Hipgnosis - Walk Away Rene" published by Paper Tiger (UK) ISBN 0-905895088

Believed to be out of print, this book details the work of the graphics team who did many of Pink Floyd's covers.

"Pink Floyd 'Another Brick' - An Illustrated Discography" by Miles, published by Omnibus Press (1981) ISBN 0-7119-0521-5

Brief biography, extensive illustrated discography (official and otherwise). Out of print; superseded by "A Visual Documentary".

"The Pink Floyd" by Rick Sanders, published by Futura ISBN 0-8600-7264-9

The first PF biography, covering the earliest days up to the WYWH era. Also contained a brief RoIO discography. Long out of print.

"Pink Floyd - Anthology" Warner Bros. Publication INC, VF0790.

Contains Highlights from DSotM, ObC, Meddle, Relics, AHM, Ummagumma, More, ASoS, and TPatGoD. 128 pages, including a 2-page article about the early years of PF. No pictures. One big plus: Contains lyrics for many early PF songs.

"Collectors Guide to Pink Floyd live recordings" by Vernon Fitch

published by the Pink Floyd Archives Used as a reference work for numerous Pink Floyd publications (such as the "Visual Documentary" and "A Journey Through Time and Space" books).

Many music books are available, mostly exclusively through Music Sales Corporation. Here's info on most of them:

"Amused to Death" songbook ISBN 0-7119-3220-4

Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason Pink Floyd Music Publishers Limited, Order no. AM 68834, UK ISBN: 0-7119-1340-4

72 pages, including b&w & color photograps, excerpts from some AMLoR videos. Stylish design by Storm Thurgerson, Nexus.

"The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking" songbook by Roger Waters ISBN 0-7119-1959-3

"Original David Gilmour" ISBN 0-8256-1062-1 Money, Echoes, Any Colour You Like, Shine On (p2), Shine On (p4), WYWH, Dogs, There's No Way Out of Here, Another Brick (p2), Mother, Young Lust, Comfortably Numb, Hey You, Murder, All Lovers are Deranged, You Know I'm Right, Lets Get Metaphysical.

"The Wall" songbook ISBN 0-8256-1267-5 (US)

Features about 20 pages of Scarfe illustrations and photos of the Floyd playing.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd Music Publishers Limited, Order no. AM 64189, (UK) ISBN: 0-7119-1029-4, (USA) ISBN: 0-8256-1079-6

88 pages, 40 sheet music pages, includes many b/w & color photograps from the DSotM tour, book designed by Hipgnosis. Contains two interviews: "A Rambling Conversation with Roger Waters concerning all this and that" by Nick Sedgewick, and "An Interview with David Gilmour" by Gary Cooper.

"Animals" songbook

90pp, 45 of which are sheet music. Remainder is filled with newspaper clippings, photographs, pictures, and two pages of the "Equipment and Technical" portion of Floyd's touring contract.

"Dark Side of the Moon" songbook ISBN 0-8256-2595-5 (US)

Includes a bunch of (rather small) pictures of the Floyd as well as an interview with road manager Peter Watts.

Exclusive distributors:

  Music Sales Corporation               Music Sales Limited
  225 Park Avenue South                 8/9 Frith Street
  NY, NY 10003 USA                      London W1V 5TZ England

  Music Sales PTY. Limited              Pink Floyd Music Publishers LTD
  120 Rothschild Street, Rosebery       27 Noel Street
  Sydney, NSW 2018 Australia            London W1V 3RD

10. Are there any Pink Floyd fanzines? +

The main Pink Floyd fanzine currently running is "Brain Damage." For details, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

In UK/Australia/NZ/
Japan/Hong Kong/
South Africa:       | In Europe/Eire:        | In the Americas:
--------------------+------------------------+-------------------------
 Glenn Povey        |  Michael Perricone     |  Brain Damage Magazine
 PO Box 385         |  Witikonerstasse 460   |  P.O. Box 109
 Uxbridge           |  CH 8053               |  Westmont, IL 60559
 Middlesex, UB9 5DZ |  Zurich                |
 England            |  Switzerland           |
 TEL: 0895-833413   |                        |

[From Servaas te Brake:]
There's also a Dutch general-interest Pink Floyd fanzine, called "Echoes" (not to be confused with the echoes mailing list). Echoes is published 3 times a year in January, May and September. A single issue costs 6,50 guilders. A subscription for a year costs 17,50 guilders; prices are postage inclusive and apply only for the Netherlands.

For subscriptions remit the subscription costs to account Rabobank 15.11.52.543, M. Lourens in Tiel, concerning Echoes.

The subscription costs for foreign countries is 20 guilders or US$ 12,00 for Europe and US$ 14,00 for the rest of the world. Money can be sent by registered letter or by International Money Order. Inside Europe you can also send a Eurocheque addressed to M. Lourens, concerning Echoes.

The correspondence adress is:

   
    Echoes
    P.O. Box 156
    4000 AD Tiel
    The Netherlands

There is a fanzine published by REG, the International Roger Waters Fan Club. Subscription Info:

Membership Rates: The cost of REG Fanclub membership is currently $20.00 for members in the U.S. and because of increased postage costs is $27.00 for international members. Membership includes club initiation fees, yearly club dues, yearly subscription to the REG newsletter/magazine, and club card fee. The (20-40 page) REG Newsletter/Magazine will be published 3-4 issues per year. Membership applicants may pay by; U.S. bank check; International check (cheque) made out in U.S. dollars, or U.S. Postal Money Order, all made payable to:

 Michael Simone
 112 Bennett Rd.
 Aptos CA 95003 U.S.A.

Or you may pay by cash (U.S. currency if at all possible is preferred, but you may pay the equivalent membership amount in the currency of your country with an additional $10.00 for bank charges).

...and for Syd Barrett fans, you can learn more about the "Chapter 24" Sydzine by sending a SASE to:

 Chapter 24
 c/o John Kelly
 101 Amersham Road
 Terriers, High Wycombe
 Bucks
 HP13 5AD England

There are also two out-of-production fanzines that can still be obtained. The chief early Syd Barrett fanzine was "Terrapin," and a boxed set of all the "Terrapin" issues has recently been made available.

The chief Pink Floyd fanzine was for long "The Amazing Pudding," until it ceased production in early 1994. Back issues (the last was #60) are still available; send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

    Andy Mabbett
    61 Meynell House
    Browns Green
    Birmingham B20 1BE
    UK

11. What are the Pink Floyd archives? +

The Pink Floyd Archives was created in the mid-seventies by collector Vernon Fitch to provide a centralized place for Pink Floyd information and collectibles. The Archives includes collections of numerous Pink Floyd items, but is best known for its Collectors Guides to Pink Floyd recordings and videos in which Vernon has documented the band's history through detailed listings of actual concert recordings. The Archives has worked with numerous publishers of Pink Floyd books and magazines, has helped the band members out with various requests and has been involved in assisting MTV with their Pink Floyd specials.

You can contact the Archives by mail at

	Vernon Fitch
	Pink Floyd Archives
	P.O. Box 13844
	St. Petersburg, FL
	U.S.A.  33733  

12. What kind of artwork is available for Floyd records/CDs?

A lot, as any serious Floyd collector can probably tell you. Following are several lists dealing with variations in the album artwork, colored vinyl, CD artwork, etc.

12.1 What variations are there in the album art?

Pink Floyd:

Some with paisley stripes, others with rainbow stripes.

Piper, ASoS:

New reissues include "Fame" written across one corner. [Fame being a division of Harvest]

Ummagumma:

The "album" leaning on the wall in some pressings is the soundto "Gigi" (ommitted in US pressings due to copyright ownership problems).

OBC:

Flat (non-glossy) cover.

Meddle:

Textured (not smooth) cover, with no writing (import).

Relics:

Originally featured art by Nick Mason, a line-drawing of some weird (almost Dr. Seuss-like) cityscape. Some had "Pink Floyd" in pink letters. Later replaced with some weird "masks," which were in reality some bizarre form of bottle-openers. The Australian CD featured old coins on the cover.

DSotM:

Originally came with two posters--one of Egyptian pyramids viewed through a green filter, and one with pictures of the band in concert. Also came with two stickers showing cartoon pyramids, moons, and other such images in various views with the words "Pink Floyd" (these can be seen on the "invisible man's" suitcase on the back of WYWH.)

DSotM:

Some imports have a different view of the pyramids, in blue.

A Nice Pair:

Early British pressings had a picture of the outside of "W. Phang"'s dentistry office, but he complained ("Dentists aren't allowed to advertise,") so it was changed to show a picture of a monk gargling. U.S. Versions have the "Phang" picture. Both versions differ slightly in the arrangement and selection of inner-cover pictures.

WYWH:

Originally came with a postcard of the "diver" in the lake. I have seen two different views of the diver, one with a straight cut around the postcard, and one with a zigzag cut. Originally released in dark purple unmarked shrink wrap with only a round seal with the robot handshake.

WYWH:

Also a rare gatefold cover, with the two outside being the fire and sand, and the two inside covers water & air.

MLOR:

Slightly different album cover--different angle to the photograph, the people were in different places. Also included a poster. A UK pressing.

ATD:

Special "Audiophile" 2-lp vinyl version, with larger booklet and more photos (most from the videos).

Note that this list does not include Japanese pressing differences, as there are many weird variations of things found from Japan, many of which include lyric sheets that are often completely wrong!

In addition to all these variants, there are the Tower pressings of Piper, ASoS, and More, plus all the albums that later had Universal Product Codes added to them.

12.2 What colored vinyl is available?

• Dark Side of the Moon: Blue, Clear, White, Pink, picture disc
• The Wall: Orange
• Atom Heart Mother: Grey (smoke coloured), Plum
• Wish You Were Here: Blue, clear, picture disc
• A Momentary Lapse Of Reason: White
• Animals: Pink
• One Slip, On the Turning Away, Money 12": Pink
• The Division Bell: Transparent Blue, Red [? I've heard of one of these]
• '94 Barrett EP: Pink

And in Japan the first 6 albums (except for Ummagumma) were all pressed in red vinyl (each as a limited edition of 500 copies)

12.3 Vinyl Label Art

As long as we're talking about album artwork, here's a list of some of the original "label" artwork from the LPs:

DSotM:

black label with white prism

WYWH:

black & blue line drawing of robot hands

Animals:

Fish-eye lens pictures of area around power station

Wall:

the wall, in various stages of construction, with "appropriate" Gerald Scarfe characters

TFC:

Poppy fields & a dead soldier (w/knife in his back)

AMLoR:

boat on water, beds

KAOS:

The "Radio KAOS" & song listing in green

TDB:

Stylized two heads (pg 6 of CD booklet) / Guys holding 3 really big red+white+blue striped banners (back cover of CD booklet)

12.4 List of CD Art

Here is a quick list of what the Harvest CD's have (most from from Dave Cowl)

• WYWH has : The Black cover with the metallic hands and four background `scenes' (was on the top left corner of some vinyls here).
  - Men shaking hands w fire + red satin w woman behind
  - lake w legs coming out vertically (in colour!) + invisible man w clear vinyl of the album + man swimming in sand + `leaking holes' w water pouring out amongst the lyrics.
• Animals has the monochrome pictures from the gatefold album. My CBS version has bigger lyrics!
• The Wall has all the Scarfe drawings from the album and the credits all written in `graffiti' writing.
• The Final Cut has the three album pictures + lyrics printed white on black (as per the album gatefold).
• Great Dance Songs (rare) has the gatefold pictures.
• Momentary Lapse has all the album pictures (original CBS here didn't - later copies did).
• Delicate Sound has 36 page colour book (CBS here had 28 page) More pictures than the CBS, but the CBS had a few that the EMI didn't.
• Pro's and Cons has lyrics against orange backdrop with woman like shadow shapes
• KAOS had a little satellite on the front and bigger lyrics than the CBS version.
• About Face has all the lyrics.
• KAOS has a real neat CD label. Morse code and stuff.
• Delicate Sound is dark with orange writing.
• Amused has all the lyrics white on black.
• Division Bell has all the lyrics, with a picture associated with each song. Many small differences between EMI and Columbia (see P4Q29).

Also of note, where the writing on the album covers is in some special script, the title on the actual CD is in the same script. (WYWH, Animals, The Wall, Dance Songs, The Final Cut, Pro's and Cons)

12.5 Are there posters available of the album artwork?

There are many more Pink Floyd posters than is feasible to list here, including many of the album covers, in many different sizes. Here's the address of the company that distributes most of them:

        Anabas
        Bridge Close
        Romford, Essex
        RM7 0AU
        England

13. What are some very rare releases or packages? +

Aside from the list of rare music above, some other Pink Floyd rarities that have been discovered are:

Arnold Layne/Candy & A Currant Bun

rare picture sleeve

Apples & Oranges/Paintbox

DJ picture sleeve

It Would Be So Nice

1983 12" 1 sided

When The Tigers Broke Free / Bring The Boys Back Home

12"

Money

1 sided 12" pink vinyl

Pink Floyd

US version of Piper, but with "Arnold" and "Emily" instead of "Flaming" and "Astronomy Domine"

Dark Side of the Moon

DJ Sampler 12"

Pompeii

DJ Sampler 12"

Off The Wall

DJ Sampler 12"

Tour '75

1975 DJ Promo--studio tracks +

David Gilmour

1978 DJ Promo EP @

First XI

box set of Piper->Final Cut, with original sleeves except DSotM & Animals (picture discs)

Pink Floyd--The Box

European box set of WYWH through MLoR CDs (including ACoGDS)

Q4SHVL 781 Atom Heart Mother

quad mix*

Q4SHVL 804 Dark Side of the Moon

quad mix

Q4SHVL 814 Wish You Were Here

quad mix

The Division Box

limited edition TDB promo %

Flaming/The Gnome

Tower 368, unique "Gnome"

Not Now John (obscured)

12" 1 sided DJ

Tour '75

compilation promo, not live

Run Like Hell (6:21/3:25)

single

On the Turning Away/Run Like Hell

pink vinyl single

Banded & edited Animals

DJ version

Money/Another Brick in the Wall (II)

12" pink vinyl

Remember a Day/Let There Be More Light

single

One of These Days

single

'94 Barrett EP

pink vinyl #

Love on the Air

picture disc

The Midnight Sun (part 1 & 2)

[I've seen mention of it in one book, and talked with one dealer who claims to have seen it. It probably doesn't exist. djs]

+ Capitol's attempt to get back catalog moving. Contained: "The Gold It's in the....," "Wots...Uh The Deal," "Free Four," "Fat Old Sun," "One of These Days," "Astronomy Domine," and "Careful With That Axe, Eugene."
@ Four-track promo sampler for the David Gilmour LP, with "Deafinitely," "Mihalis," "Short And Sweet" and "So Far Away."
% Contains:

• A copy of The Division Bell CD
• A copy of the "High Hopes" CD single
• A promotional "Division Bell", which was a little silver-plated bell, about six inches long, with handle.
• A custom denim shirt/jacket (black)

14. What are all these remasters and gold discs? +

The original releases of some Pink Floyd albums used inferior masters; and, in the case of some CD releases, featured poor analog-to-digital conversions. Thus there have been a fair number of "special" releases that attempt to correct these deficiencies.

List of "Original Master" Type Releass:

Vinyl
MFSL:
• Meddle (Limited Edition)
• Dark Side of the Moon
• Atom Heart Mother (Anadisq 200 Limited Edition)
MFSL UHQR (Ultra High Quality Record)
• Dark Side of the Moon
Columbia:
• Wish You Were Here
• The Wall
• Collection of Great Dance Songs

CD
MFSL:
• Atom Heart Mother
• Meddle
• Dark Side of the Moon
• The Wall (out of print)
• (with the scheduled Ummagumma experiencing technical difficulties...)
Sony:
• Shine On (ASoS, Meddle, DSotM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall, and AMLoR)
• Amused to Death SBM
• Wish You Were Here SBM
Capitol:
• Dark Side of the Moon XX (Remastered 20th Aniversary Edition)

14.1 The Shine On/EMI remasters *

Remastered versions of ASoS, Meddle, DSotM, WYWH, Animals, and The Wall have been available since 1992 as part of the Sony/EMI Shine On box set. More recently, these remastered albums have been made available seperately; and additionally, most other Floyd albums have been or are scheduled to be remastered in the same manner (see Q4). The only exceptions are the compilation albums and MLoR, DSoT, and TDB.

These remasters are based on the original master tapes, and were done by Doug Sax (supervised by James Guthrie) at the Mastering Lab, in Los Angeles. They generally represent a higher level of quality than the previous Harvest discs (which in turn were generally superior to the Capitol discs sold in the US). In addition to the hightened sound quality, the remastered editions feature (in almost all cases) expanded booklets with new artwork and lyrics (even on the early albums!); the discs themselves are all picture discs.

NOTE: There has been some disagreement over whether the new EMI discs that have

Shine On

14.2 The MFSL Gold Discs +

These "Ultradiscs," produced by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, have three main selling points:

• The gold surface prevents oxidation from occurring. Of course, cases of non-defective aluminum CDs oxidizing are extremely rare (I haven't heard of any, in fact).
• The gold surface decreases the need for error correction; the sound you hear is more precisely the sound you were meant to hear.
• Most importantly, MFSL takes a great deal of care to use the best possible masters for their discs, and to master and press them to be as close to perfect as possible. For example, the original Capitol DSotM was taken from an old quadraphonic LP master, not the original master. To compound the problem, instead of placing right front and right rear on the same channel (and the same for left), they put the two front channels on one side and the two rear on the other. As another example, The Wall contained a very audible "pop" right before "Comfortably Numb, which the MFSL disc does not suffer from.

There's a lot more info on Mobile Fidelity at their WWW page: http://nearnet.gnn.com/gnn/bus/mfsl/index.html They also have an e-mail address: mofi@mofi.com

14.3 Sony's SBM Process

Sony's Super Bit Map (SBM) Process [from Dave Cowl:]
Basically, the procedure is as follows.

One samples the analogue at 20 bits. (Or one takes a 20 bit master.) Apparently, new digital recorders are being made which will record 20 bit samples - previously a hard disc recording system was required (and seems to be the way they still do it mostly).

Then one analyses the round off bits, to accurately ascertain the quantisation noise.

The quantisation noise spectrum is calculated, and then shaped so that the noise is shifted to be mainly in the higher frequencies, where it is less audible. The total noise level is the same - just the frequency band where the noise occurs differs. This modified quantisation noise is then used to choose the last bit (or 2 bits?) of the 16. So, instead of being white noise added to 14 bits resolution, or (apparently worse) pure quantisation noise, it is an accurately sampled waveform with the noise largely shifted away from the lower frequencies.

The result is supposed to be difficult to distinguish from the 20 bit master.

15. What were the working titles for some songs/albums? +

Several Pink Floyd works had early titles that never made it to album. Some can be found on RoIOs, some are from session logs, etc. Here is a list of those we know about:

Original title

Today's title?

Let's Roll Another One

Candy and a Currant Bun

Games for May

See Emily Play

Percy the Ratcatcher

Lucifer Sam

Doreen's Dream

Julia Dream

The Amazing Pudding

Atom Heart Mother Suite

We Won the Double, Through The Knotholes In Granny's Wooden Leg, Nothing To The Sun And Back, Return of The Son of Nothing

Echoes

The Massed Gadgets of Hercules

A Saucerful of Secrets

Eclipsed

The Dark Side of the Moon

Ecclesiastics

The Great Gig in the Sky

Baby Blue Shuffle in D#

Narrow Way Part 1

The Dark Side of the Moon

Brain Damage

Keep Smiling People, Murderistic Woman

Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Of Promises Broken, Signs of Life, Delusions of Maturity

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Home

Radio KAOS

Fallen Angel

What God Wants

The Violent Sequence

(became the basis for "Us and Them")

Raving and Drooling

(became "Sheep")

You Gotta Be Crazy

(became "Dogs")

The Big Bong Theory

Shine On

Awaken to the Sense of Reality

The Division Bell

The Whale Song

Marooned

16. A Collection of Great Concert Setlists +

This is by no means a comprehensive list of all the gigs Pink Floyd have ever played. Rather, it is a collection of representative performances, important or oft-mentioned shows, and a list of any additional musicians that played. Compiled with great help from the "ASoS" and "Journey Through Time and Space" books

London Free School (Powis Gardens) -- October, 1966:
Pink Theme; Let's Roll Another One; Gimme a Break; Piggy Back; Stoned Alone; I Can Tell; The Gnome; Interstellar Overdrive; Lucy Leave; Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk; Flapdoodle Dealing; Snowing; Matilda Mother; Pow R. Toc H.; Astronomy Domine

Top Gear Show (BBC) -- September, 1967:
Flaming; Apples and Oranges; Scarecrow; The Gnome; Matilda Mother

Top Gear Show (BBC) -- December, 1967:
Vegetable Man; Scream Thy Last Scream; Pow R. Toc H.; Jugband Blues

Top Gear Show (BBC) -- June, 1968:
Julia Dream; Murderistic Woman; Let There Be More Light; Massed Gadgets of Hercules

Fantasio, Amsterdam, Holland -- May 31, 1968:
Let There Be More Light; Interstellar Overdrive; Keep Smiling People; Flaming; Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; A Saucerful of Secrets

NOTE: In many places, this concert is listed as having taken place on Sept 1 of 1968 (or '69). However, this seems unlikely, based on the inclusion of "Keep Smiling People," which was a very mellow early version of "Careful with that Axe, Eugene." In the developmental cycle of the song, KSP appears to be somewhere between the version recorded for "The Committee" in May '68 and "Murtic Woman," first performed sometime before September '68. Thus the May 31 date makes sense. Thanks to Gerhard and Piet de Bondt for clearing this up.

Fairfield Hall, Croyden, England -- January 1970:
Astronomy Domine; The Violent Sequence; Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Embryo; Main Theme (From More); Biding My Time; A Saucerful of Secrets

Fillmore West, San Francisco -- March 1970:
Atom Heart Mother; Cymbaline; Green is the Colour; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; Embryo; A Saucerful of Secrets; Interstellar Overdrive

City Hall, Sheffield, England -- December 1970:
Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast; Embryo; Fat Old Sun; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; A Saucerful of Secrets; Atom Heart Mother

Hunter College, New York -- May 1971:
Embryo; Fat Old Sun; Atom Heart Mother; One of These Days; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Cymbaline; Echoes; A Saucerful of Secrets

Rainbow Theater, London -- February 1972:
The Dark Side of the Moon; One of These Days; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; Echoes

Radio City Music Hall, New York -- March 1973:
Obscured By Clouds; When You're In; Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; Careful with that Axe, Eugene; Echoes; The Dark Side of the Moon Players:

        Dick Parry              saxophone
        The Blackberries        female vocal duo

American Tour -- Spring 1975:
Raving and Drooling; You've Got to be Crazy; Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5); Have a Cigar; Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9); The Dark Side of the Moon; Echoes

"In The Flesh" (Animals) World Tour -- 1977:
Sheep; Pigs on the Wing (Part 1); Dogs; Pigs on the Wing (Part 2); Pigs (Three Different Ones); Wish You Were Here; Money; Us and Them Players:

        Snowy White             guitar
        Dick Parry              saxophone & keyboards

The Wall Tour -- 1980-81
In the Flesh; The Thin Ice; Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1); The Best Years of Our Lives; Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2); Mother; Goodbye Blue Sky; What Shall We Do Now?; Young Lust; One of My Turns; Don't Leave Me Now; Another Brick in the Wall (Part 3); Goodbye Cruel World; Hey You; Is There Anybody Out There; Nobody Home; Vera; Bring The Boys Back Home; Comfortably Numb; The Show Must Go On; In the Flesh; Run Like Hell; Waiting for the Worms; Stop; The Trial; Outside the Wall
Players:
First Series--New York, Los Angeles, and London:

        Andy Bown               bass
        Snowy White             guitar
        Willie Wilson           drums
        Peter Wood              keyboards
        Jon Joyce               vocals
        Stan Farber             vocals
        Jim Haas                vocals
        Joe Chemay              vocals

        Andy Bown               bass
        Andy Roberts            guitar
        Willie Wilson           drums
        Peter Wood              keyboards
        Jon Joyce               vocals
        Stan Farber             vocals
        Jim Haas                vocals
        Joe Chemay              vocals

Plus the announcers in each city -- among them Cynthia Fox in L.A. and Gary Udman/Yudman (?) in New York

David Gilmour About Face American Tour -- Summer 1984:
Until We Sleep; All Lovers are Deranged; Love on the Air; Mihalis; Cruise; Short and Sweet; Money; Out of the Blue; Let's Get Metaphysical; You Know I'm Right; Run Like Hell; Blue Light; Murder; Comfortably Numb Players:

        Mick Ralphs             guitar
        Mickey Feat             bass guitar
        Chris Slade             drums
        Raff Ravenscroft        saxophone
        Jody Linscottt          percussion
        Gregg Dechart           keyboards

Roger Waters P&C European and American Tours -- Summer 1984:
Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; Money; If; Welcome to the Machine; Have A Cigar; Wish You Were Here; Pigs on the Wing; In The Flesh; Nobody Home; Hey You; The Gunners Dream; The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking; Brain Damage; Eclipse
Players:

        Roger Waters            bass
        Andy Newmark            drums
        Eric Clapton            lead guitar
        Tim Renwick             rhythm guitar
        Chris Stainton          piano
        Micheal Kamen           keyboards
        Mel Collins             saxophone
        Katie Kassoon           backing vocals
        Doreen Chanter          backing vocals

Roger Waters P&C American Tour -- Spring 1985:
Welcome the the Machine; Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun; Money; If; Wish You Were Here; Pigs on the Wing; Get Your Filthy Hands off My Desert; Southampton Dock; The Gunners Dream; In The Flesh; Nobody Home; Have A Cigar; Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1); The Happiest Days of our Lives; Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2); The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking; Brain Damage; Eclipse
Players:

        Roger Waters            bass
        Katie Kissoon           vocals
        Doreen Chanter          vocals
        Andy Fairweather-Low    guitars
        Andy Newmark            drums
        Jay Stapley             lead guitar
        Michael Kamen           keyboards
        Mel Collins             saxophone

Roger Waters, KAOS Tour -- Fall 1987:
Radio Waves; Welcome to the Machine; Who Needs Information?; Money; In The Flesh; Have a Cigar; Pigs (Three Different Ones); Wish You Were Here; Mother; Molly's Song; Me or Him; The Powers That Be; Going to Live in L.A.; Sunset Strip; Fish Report With A Beat; Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking; Arnold Layne (video); If; Every Stranger's Eyes; Not Now John; Another Brick in the Wall Part I; The Happiest Days of Our Lives; Another Brick in the Wall Part II; Nobody Home; Home; Four Minutes; The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid); Breathe; Brain Damage; Eclipse
Players:

        Graham Broad            drums
        Paul Carrack            keyboards & vocals
        Doreen Chanter          vocals
        Mel Collins             saxophones
        Andy Fairweather-Low    guitars
        Katie Kissoon           vocals
        Jay Stapley             guitars
        Jim Ladd                DJ

With guest appearances by Clare Torrey on "The Great Gig in the Sky" at Wembley Arena and Jim Haas, Jon Joyce and Joe Chemay doing a guest appearance on 20 Sept 1987 on "In the Flesh" and "Outside the Wall."

AMLoR American Tour -- Autumn 1987 (Sept 5 through 25):
Echoes; Signs of Life; Learning to Fly; A New Machine (Part 1); Terminal Frost; A New Machine (Part 2); Sorrow; The Dogs of War; Yet Another Movie; On The Turning Away; One of These Days; Time; On The Run; Money; Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2); Comfortably Numb; One Slip; Run Like Hell; Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The "Echoes" shows from the MLOR tour are as follows:
• 09 Sep Lansdowne Park Stadium, Ottawa, Ontario
• 12 Sep The Forum, Montreal, Quebec
  
• 13 Sep The Forum, Montreal, Quebec*
• 14 Sep The Forum, Montreal, Quebec*
• 16 Sep Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH*
• 17 Sep Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH
• 19 Sep JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA**
• 21 Sep CNE Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
• 22 Sep CNE Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
• 23 Sep CNE Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
• 25 Sep Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL

AMLoR American Tour -- Later in Tour, 1987:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond; Signs of Life; Learning To Fly; Yet Another Movie; A New Machine Part I; Terminal Frost; A New Machine Part II; Sorrow; Dogs of War; On The Turning Away; One Of These Days; Time; On The Run; Wish You Were Here; Welcome To The Machine; Us And Them; Money; Another Brick In The Wall Part II; Comfortably Numb; One Slip; Run Like Hell (added "Great Gig in the Sky" before WYWH in July 1988) Players:

        Jon Carin               keyboards, vocals
        Scott Page              saxophone, guitar
        Tim Renwick             guitars, vocals
        Guy Pratt               bass, vocals
        Gary Wallis             percussion
        Margaret Taylor         vocals
        Durga McBroom           vocals
        Rachel Fury             vocals
        Lorelei McBroom         vocals (later replacing her sister, Durga)

Roger Waters "Wall in Berlin" -- 21 July 1990:
In the Flesh?; The Thin Ice; Another Brick in the Wall Part I; The Happiest Days of Our Lives; Another Brick in the Wall Part II; Mother; Goodbye Blue Sky; Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now; Young Lust; One of My Turns; Don't Leave Me Now; Another Brick in the Wall Part III; Goodbye Cruel World; Hey You; Is There Anybody Out There?; Nobody Home; Vera; Bring the Boys Back Home; Comfortably Numb; In the Flesh; Run Like Well; Waiting for the Worms; Stop; The Trial; The Tide is Turning
Players: [lots of guests who aren't listed here, plus:

    The Bleeding Heart Band:
        Graham Broad            drums
        Rick Difonso            guitar
        Andy Fairweather Low    guitar & bass
        Nick Glennie-Smith      keyboards
        Snowy White             guitar
        Peter Wood              keyboards
        Joe Chemay              backing vocals
        Jim Farber              backing vocals
        Jim Haas                backing vocals
        Jon Joyce               backing vocals

Knebworth -- June 30 1990:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond; Sorrow; Wish You Were Here; The Great Gig In The Sky (with Clare Torrey); Money; Comfortably Numb; Run Like Hell

Roger Waters -- Guitar Legends show in Seville, Spain, November 17, 1991
In the Flesh; ABitW2; What God Wants (pt.1); Brain Damage; Eclipse; Comfortably Numb (with Bruce Hornsby)

Roger Waters -- Walden Woods Benefit, Los Angeles, April 1, 1992
In The Flesh; The Happiest Days of Our Lives; ABitW2; Mother; Comfortably Numb

TDB 1994 World Tour -- Set 1
Astronomy Domine; Learning to Fly; What Do You Want From Me; On the Turning Away; [A Great Day for Freedom/Poles Apart/Lost For Words/Coming Back to Life]; Sorrow; Take it Back; Keep Talking; One of These Days; Shine On; Breathe; Time; Breathe Reprise; High Hopes; Wish You Were Here; Another Brick in the Wall Part II; The Great Gig in the Sky; Us and Them; Money; Comfortably Numb; Hey You; Run Like Hell

TDB 1994 World Tour -- Set 2
Shine On; Learning to Fly; High Hopes; Take it Back; Coming Back to Life; Keep Talking; Sorrow; Another Brick in the Wall Part II; One of These Days; Dark Side of the Moon; Wish You Were Here; Comfortably Numb; Run Like Hell Players:

        Jon Carin               keyboards, vocals
        Tim Renwick             guitars, vocals
        Guy Pratt               bass, vocals
        Gary Wallis             percussion
        Dick Parry              saxophone
        Durga McBroom           vocals
        Sam Brown               vocals
        Claudia Fontaine        vocals

NOTE: Set 2 was performed in the US on July 15-18 (Detroit and New Jersey). Both sets were used throughout Europe. The Oslo shows (8/29-30/94) added "Marooned" as an encore (the only times the song was performed). Consult Piet's tour files for info on specific shows.

17. What is the address of Pink Floyd's management?

For Pink Floyd, from the "Shine On" book:

    Steve O'Rourke
    EMKA Productions, Ltd.
    43 Portland Road
    London, W11 4LJ
    01-221 2046

And, for Roger Waters:

    Mark Fenwick
    63a Kings Road
    London
    SW3 4NT

18. Fleudian Slips *

Not a slip itself, but since it inspired this section... On the inner sleeve of David Gilmour's About Face LP, printed in the bottom right-hand corner, is "Fleudian Slip."

• On the remastered CD of A Saucerful of Secrets (made in Holland/printed in the UK), on the CD itself the title track is spelled "...Secret."
• The Shine On set contains a fair number of errors:
  • In the lyrics for "Breathe In The Air" on DSotM, the line "Don't sit down it's time to start another one" is printed; "start" should be "dig."
  • There are several mistakes on the DSotM insert. Waters is incorrectly given credits on "Speak to Me" and "The Great Gig in the Sky," while Wright is (mis)credited for "On the Run."
  • On the lyrics pages for WYWH, SOYCD is strangely divided. Parts I-V are so labeled, but Parts V1-IX are labeled "Part 2."
  • In The Wall Disc One, on the CD insert, ABitW3 is credited twice; once (correctly) to Waters, and once (incorrectly) to Waters/Ezrin.
  • The CD insert on Disc Two of The Wall leaves "The Trial" uncredited; it should be Waters/Ezrin.
  • The MLoR CD insert has "Yet Another Movie" as Track 6 and "Round and Around" as Track 7. The latter should be 6a, as on the CD itself (though this may have been done for crediting reasons).
• The CD booklet of More omits credits to Gilmour and Mason on the "Dramatic Theme." Mason is also left out of the crediting for the "Main Theme."
• On the XX DSotM release, on the CD itself, track 1b is labeled "Breath in the Air." "Breathe in the Air" is the correct spelling; with "Breathe" being an accepted official shortening.
• The jewel boxes of some OBC CDs are erroneously marked ADD (analog recording, digital mixing/editing, digital mastering). As is written on the CD itself, they are AAD. (I've also heard of this happening on both More and Meddle.)
• David Gilmour's name tends to get misspelled quite a bit. It's spelled "Glimour" on the inside credits of some versions of the Final Cut CD, while some ASoS releases have it as "Gilmore." It's also "Gilmore" on the credits to the film, "More" (though this may have been an intentional play on words).
• In the Dark Side of the Moon guitar tablature book, "Any Colour You Like" is listed as "Breathe (Second Reprise)"
• The US CD booklet of David Gilmour adds a preceeding "It's" to the title of "Deafinitely." The title is printed correctly on the disc itself.
• In the printed lyrics for "What God Wants Part I", some versions of ATD have "The alien cried prophet" written; "prophet cried" is what's sung.

19. All about Quadraphonics +

Quadraphonic systems allow the recording and reproduction of four distinct channels of sound (as opposed to the two channels of standard stereo). The system the Floyd used for their three Quad albums (Atom Heart Mother, DSotM, and WYWH) was also known as "the SQ system." The following is an explanation of the system taken from a quad LP, and some additional notes, both courtesy Aaro Koskinen.

19.1 How the SQ system works +

The SQ systems enables four channels of sound to be reproduced from the left and right hand walls of the groove of an LP record.

To attain this it has been necessary to develop two devices - the Encoder to convert four signals from the quadraphonic master tape to two signals and the Decoder to decipher these complex signals and convert them back again to four separate signals for reproduction from four loudspeakers.

With the two additional channels of the quadraphonic tape, the Encoder produces two additional modulation components.

The SQ disc, then, carries in its grooves four encoded signals.

To decipher these four signals and recreate the quadraphonic sources, the SQ Decoder is needed. The Decoder senses the four basic modulations and produces four signals containing predominantly the sounds of the corresponding original four quadraphonic tape channels.

For the SQ system, these are:

Front left

major left w/ minor feeds to rear left and front right

Front right

major right w/ minor feeds to front left and rear right

Rear left

major rear left w/ minor feeds to front left and rear right

Rear right

major rear right w/ minor feeds to rear left and front right

These signals are then directed to power amplifiers and four loudspeakers placed in the respective corners of the listening area, resulting in a realistic reproduction of the original quadraphonic master tape.

However, no special pickup is needed. Stereo pickup cartridges are capable of receiving all of these modulations.

19.2 What do I need to play Quad albums?

The only special equipment you need is a "SQ decoder", which you place on the turntable (cartridge) output leads. Then you need of course two amps and four speakers.

Apparently the decoders are no longer being manufactured.

BTW, if you play Quad LPs without decoder, the result is just normal stereo.

20. Some words about RoIOs +

Recordings of Illegitimate/Indeterminate Origin are the topic of much of the discussion that goes on, on the 'net, and so it seemed wise to make some comments about them...

20.1 Why use 'RoIO'?

There are various reasons for this, but the foremost is that, even if your mail is secure, when you post to a mailing list or newsgroup, your words are being broadcast all over the world, to places that are potentially far from secure. Mail involving certain illegitimate items could get you and the recipient of your message into a fair amount of trouble. Also, using the "b" (footwear) word on the various 'net forums (echoes or the newsgroups) could attract unwanted attention to them, to the detriment of everyone.

20.2 Where can I get RoIOs? +

Local stores are a good place to try first. Avoid the larger chains, such as Tower, Music Plus, Wherehouse, Sam Goody, etc. Instead shop around at the smaller, independent shops. Stores in large cities and college towns are good places to look, as that's where much of the demand is. Try also asking for "rare" or "concert" recordings, "imports," albums made by Great Dane (for example), and that sort of thing.

The other main method of acquiring RoIOs is through tape trades. You'll find many people willing to trade tapes with you -- just ask people to send you their lists. And, for those beginning collections, some nice folks will even take blank tapes in payment, if you have nothing to trade.

NOTE: While we're on the subject, please do not post lists of RoIO dealers and their locations to the 'net. This is a very easy way to make them ex-RoIO dealers -- they are, in general, uncomfortable with a lot of attention. Plus, posting their location could attract the wrong sort of attention (it's rare, but it happens more than you might think). Likewise, if you want to mail a response to someone asking for RoIO dealer locations, a certain amount of circumspection is in order.

20.3 What are some good RoIOs? +

While the echoes database (see Q20.6) is good for checking out particular RoIOs, it's cumbersome to use to find a general list of good-quality recordings. With this in mind, Herwig Henseler has put together a nice guide to some of the better RoIOs, for those starting collections or looking for recordings from a certain tour.

You can get this guide by mailing the following to "echoserv@fawnya.tcs.com"

 get roio_guide.051294 roio
 quit

20.4 Where can I find lists of RoIOs? +

A good source is a book called Hot Wacks. It's not available in most book stores, but you may be able to find it in record shops. Or you can order it directly:

        Hot Wacks Press
        Owen Sound, Ontario
        Canada
        N4K 5R1

The 1992 XV Edition has a chapter devoted to Pink Floyd, as well as 20+ pages of PF RoIO listings. Cost is US $16.95 plus $6 surface mail or $16 air mail. Supplements are printed periodically -- Supplements 1 and 2 are available.

20.5 What are these 'Trance Remix' albums? *

They're RoIOs -- but rather than offering live or unreleased "Pink Floyd" music, they feature Floyd songs remixed to sound more "ambient." Such music is difficult to describe -- think of the child of a "Saucerful of Secrets" and "Another Brick in the Wall, pt.2" union...

Trance remix versions are available of many Pink Floyd albums: Meddle, OBC, DSotM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall, and MLoR; as well as remixes that mix and match Floyd albums, such as Welcome to the Remix.

NOTE: Some of these albums are rumored to have been done by such groups as The Orb, The KLF, and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. About the only evidence for such claims I know of is that some trance remix albums feature samples from songs done by these groups. And, as some people have pointed out, the quality of these albums isn't altogether what one would expect from the people mentioned.

20.6 How do I know if a RoIO is any good?

Thanks to the efforts of the folks on the Echoes mailing list and others around the net, there has been compiled a database of many of the more popular RoIOs. For each item listed, information is (usually) given regarding tracks, playing time, relative quality, and anything else appropriate.

The database can be accessed in two main ways: via the World Wide Web and via the mail-based "echoserv" database. To use the WWW database, you need the appropriate software, such as Mosaic. The address of the database is
http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~herwig

For those without WWW access, the echoserv database functions via e-mail. For a list of all the RoIOs available in the database, send the following commands to "echoserv@fawnya.tcs.com"

 filelist RoIO
 quit

(commands should be lowercase and left-justified) This will send you back a list of files, with each file describing a particular RoIO. To retrieve information on that RoIO, use the "send" command, followed by the filename, and then the word "RoIO" You can ask for as many files as you like at a time, one "send" request per line. The last command should be "quit"

 send <filename1> RoIO
 send <filename2> RoIO
 ...
 quit

The mail-based list processor at the heart of echoserv will then mail you information on the RoIOs you requested.

If have a RoIO that is not in the database, please obtain the "blank" file from the database, which is a blank form. Fill out the form and send it to

RoIO-maint@fawnya.tcs.com

RoIO@fawnya.tcs.com

If you have additional comments you'd like make about a RoIO already in the database, use the same address.

NOTE: Naturally, none of this should be taken as condoning the actual purchase of this sort of thing where it is deemed illegal -- simply consider all this as just a further collection of Floyd trivia.