Notes

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Tracks 1, 2, 6a: 29 Apr 1970, KQED TV Studios, San Francisco
Track 6b: 17 Sept 1969, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Track 4, 8: Dec 1969, Zabriskie Point recording session, Rome
Track 5: 1969, BBC "Moonlanding Special"
Tracks 3, 7: 1969, London?



Xref:Ultra Rare Trax (Oenone/ Fingals Cave)
Quality:VG+/G+ (differs) -HERWIG
G+? -ANON
VG+/Ex -PELLE

Comments:Grantchester Meadows and Green Is The Color are GREAT. Set The
Controls For The Heart of the sun is a jolly good piece. Jupiters Eye/
Trip On Mars - one of these two is another version of Careful With That
Axe, Eugene. Cymbaline is the best version so far. A Saucerful Of
Secrets is only the last 6 minutes, which is too bad, because they're
great. Improvisation is SPLENDID, just great.

Overall: This is a really must have roio : the audience is very calm,
and only applauds between songs. The quality of the recordings is not
excellent, but good. -ANON

Strange collection, tracks are definitely not all from 19. Oct. 1969.
Some of them are clearly studio recordings. Audience only between the
songs audible. Saucerful features only the last part. Cymbaline is
extra-long and extra-good!

This is a rare one, the bootleggers have spent quite some effort on this
one, and have even made up some funky names. Jupiters Eye is a piece of
Corrosion. Trip on Mars is the best version of Moonhead I've heard.
Improvisation is Fingals Cave. And to complicate matters even further,
the footsteps in Cymbaline have been replaced with Oenone. Grantchester
Meadows and Green .. are probably taken from a performance of The Man
and The Journey. All in all this ROIO is very enjoyable, since it has
both a VG sound quality and the Performance/Rarity value is also high.

The only sad thing is that ASOS only has the last 6:44 minutes, but
still, if you happen to see this cheap ...

Also, if you're hunting for authenticity this is *NOT* your disk, it's a
bunch of recordings from different concerts thrown together in one disc,
coupled with some official but rare floyd songs -GERHARD

I think is a fairy forgery, not a '69 London concert. "Jupiter's eye"
and "Improvisation" are from "Oneone /Fingal's cave" studio outtake
(listen to 'Total Eclipse'), while the audience applause is artificial
(all the same identical through the "concert"!!!, and it seems recorded
in a small ambient, not in a theatre). The sound quality is variable (in
"Grandchester Meadows" you can listen to scratches from vinyl source).
Moreover "Grandchester Meadows", "Set the Controls" are identical from
those of Fillmore West, San Francisco Oct. 1970. The other live pieces
are from the same or other '70 concerts, I have not established yet.
Thanks to Roio contributions for help in discovering this vile cheat.
I'm very dejected about that. Please, let this ROIO to simpletons like
me. -PELLE

"This is taken from various sources, not 'London, October 19 '70' as
stated in TAP 48 - including the BBC sessions, the Zabriskie Point
outtakes from the Omayyad b*****g LP, and an 'unknown' concert.
Furthermore, each song has been doctored by some unscrupulous mixer.
Careful observation reveals that the audience applause (apparently from
only a handful of people) at the start of each song is identical, the
first being a 7.27 Grantchester Meadow.

Green is the Colour/Careful with that axe, Eugene (12.48) are the BBC
performances, with the fake audience; although Set the Controls for the
Heart of the Sun (11.00) is a legitimate piece.

Jupiter's Eye is where the butchery begins. After some research, I
concluded that this is, in fact, Oneone from Omayyad, over-dubbed with
the sound of bubbling mud (i.e. 'Live at Pompeii'). Trip on Mars,
meanwhile, is Moonhead from Music For Architectural Students. Cymbaline
(18.28) is extended; about 6.15 in, the song is interrupted by footsteps
and a slamming door. I realise that such effects were not uncommon for
live performances of this track, but the abrupt switch makes me doubt
that this was the work of the Floyd; who, even on a bad day, could do
better. This is followed by a spacey intrumental passage - actually an
extract from Omayyad's live version of Interstellar Overdrive - then a
repeat chorus, and a further ten minutes of Cymbaline.

Saucerful of Secrets (6.44) is, as stated in TAP 48, the Celestial
Voices sequence from that track. The closing Improvisation (2.00) is a
poor reproduction of Omayyad's Fingal's Cave, albeit with added audience
!

However, despite all the trickery. I agree that Around the Mystic is an
excellent CD; my favourite, in fact !" -TAP

It claims to be from one concert (London, 19 Oct 1969), but this is
obviously a compilation of different performances. There are some
annoying things with this RoIO. Some audience applause are added between
songs (they are always the same!) and are in stereo. Most of the tracks
are mono. It seems that this CD was mastered from vinyl, with some
strange things added in the mix! So, sometimes one can hear "stereo"
effects, but only because of the "stereo" vinyl scratches, and the stuff
added.

1. Grantchester Meadows It's from the KQED TV show, 29 Apr 1970. In the
middle of the song, there is a very low noise (similar to a bass drum)
that doesn't appear on the original version (see "Colourful Meadows").
But this version seems to be "clearer" than the "Colourful Meadows"
version (there is no crackle suppression as for "Colourful Meadows").
The performance is great. Ex-

2. Green Is The Colour This is in fact "Green Is The Colour" + "Careful
With That Axe, Eugene", again from the KQED TV show, 29 Apr 1970. It
sounds far better than the "Colourful Meadows" CD. Again, a great
performance. Ex-

3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun One of the 3 tracks in
stereo. I have not identified the concert yet. VG+

4. Jupiters Eye It's in fact "One One", from the Zabriskie Point
recording sessions, recorded in Rome, December 1969. It's in stereo.
But, sadly, they over-dubbed it with some bubbling sound! For
authenticity, the "Ultra Rare Trax vol.2" version is far better. Ex-

5. Trip On Mars It's in fact "Moonhead", from the BBC "Moonlanding
Special", probably recorded in 1969. Very rare. Maybe you should buy the
CD only for this track. VG+

6. Cymbaline It lasts more than 18 minutes, but there are in fact TWO
different versions of "Cymbaline" mixed together. It begins with the
KQED TV performance, 29 Apr 1970. But, at the end of the (short) walking
section (at 6:44), it turns into the Cymbaline intro from Amsterdam, 17
Sept 1969. This intro is sometimes entitled "Sleep", on other RoIOs.
Then we have the entire "Cymbaline" from Amsterdam. VG+

7. A Saucerful Of Secrets There is only the "Celestial Voices" part.
Stereo. I have not identified the concert yet. Nice version. VG+

8. Improvisation It's in fact "Fingal's Cave", from the Zabriskie Point
sessions, Rome, December 1969. Mono. The "Ultra Rare Trax vol.2" version
is better, and in stereo. VG+