Show #63, Release date: 21. July, 2006

Originally show #25, Air date: 11. February, 2005 - Los Angeles Sports Arena, 26. April 1975.  A Harvested release and an EXCELLENT recording of a complete 1975 gig.  After You Gotta Be Crazy, Roger says "It was a cruel song... but fair... next tune we're going to do for you is another new number, it's called Shine On You Crazy Diamond.  It has something to do with Syd Barrett, who some of you might remember... and some of you probably won't."

I Start the podcast with "Marooned" from the Bootlegging The Bootleggers section of the new P*U*L*S*E DVD, recorded at Valle Hovin Stadion, Oslo, Norway, 29. August 1994

Set 1:
1. Raving And Drooling
2. You Gotta Be Crazy
3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)
4. Have A Cigar
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)

Set 2:
1. Speak to Me
2. Breathe
3. On The Run
4. Time / Breathe (reprise)
5. Great Gig In The Sky
6. Money
7. Us And Them
8. Any Colour You Like
9. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse

Encore:
1.  Echoes

Interview clip courtesy Brother Brett, 97.3 K-Rock, CIRK, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Show #62, Release date: 14. July, 2006

There's no talking in the podcast except for the beginning.  The reason being?  Well, there're no words that can adequately express or describe the sadness I feel.  I just can't find the words to say about the passing of "Syd".  He gave the world Pink Floyd and he's perhaps one of the most influential individules in pop culture.  Roger "Syd" Barrett is truly an icon and he lives forever through the music he gave and inspired.

Thank you Roger!

1. Wouldn't You Miss Me?
2. The Gnome [BBC Playhouse Theater, London, 25. Sept, 1967]
3. She Took A Long Cold Look At Me (take 5, Jones mix)
4. Dominoes [David Gilmour, Radio City Music Hall, NY, NY, 4. April,2006]
5. Flaming [US single, 5. August 1967 - not released on Piper]
6. Scream Thy Last Scream [studio demo, 9. August, 1967]
7. Vegetable Man [BBC Maida Vale Studios, 20. December, 1967]
8. Maisie (outtakes 1 & 2 - full mix)
9. Gigolo Aunt [BBC 1970]
10. Opel (outtake 9 excerpt)
11. Clowns And Jugglers (outtake 1, Jones mix excerpt)
12. Pow R Toc H [BBC Maida Vale Studios, 20. December, 1967]
13. Shine On You Crazy Diamond [Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex, England, 16. November, 1974

Everyone knows where you are.  Now near, not far.  Alone in the clouds all blue.  Lying on an eiderdown. Singing, "Yippee! You can't see me, but I can you."

Very sad news... Pink Floyd's Barrett dies, aged 60

Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60.

The spokeswoman who declined to give her name until the band made an official announcement confirmed media reports that he had died. She said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett had suffered from diabetes for many years.

Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 with Roger Waters*, Nick Mason and Rick Wright, and wrote many of the band's early songs. The group's jazz-infused rock made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and the 1967 album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" largely written by Barrett, who also played guitar was a commercial and critical hit.

However, Barrett suffered from mental instability, exacerbated by his use of LSD. His behavior grew increasingly erratic, and he left the group in 1968 five years before the release of Pink Floyd's most popular album, "Dark Side of the Moon." He was replaced by David Gilmour.

Barrett released two solo albums "The Madcap Laughs" and "Barrett" but soon withdrew from the music business altogether.

He spent much of the rest of his life living quietly in his hometown of Cambridge, England, where he was a familiar figure, often seen cycling or walking to the corner store.

Despite his brief career, Barrett's fragile, wistful songs influenced many musicians, from David Bowie, who covered the Barrett track "See Emily Play" to the other members of Pink Floyd, who recorded the album "Wish You Were Here" as a tribute to their troubled bandmate.

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* Breitbart incorrectly reports that David Gilmour was a co-founder, as we all know, he was not.  I made the correction here.  The original source still says David Gilmour.

Show #61, Release date: 7. July, 2006

This is the first of a three part "L.A. Concert Series".  13. February 1980, LA Sports Arena, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California

1. Nobody Home (Rehearsal ) [Paramount Studios, Los Angels, California. 1. February, 1980]

Set 1

2. In The Flesh
3. The Thin Ice
4. Another Brick In The Wall (part 1)
5. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
6. Another Brick In The Wall (part 2)
7. Mother
8. Good Bye Blue Sky
9. Empty Spaces
10. What Shall We Do Now?
11. Young Lust
12. One Of My Turns
13. Don't Leave Me Now
14. Another Brick In The Wall (part 3)
15. The Last Few Bricks
16. Goodbye Cruel World

Set 2

17. Hey You
18. Is There Anybody Out There?
19. Nobody Home
20. Vera
21. Bring The Boys Back Home
22. Comfortably Numb
23. The Show Must Go On
24. In The Flesh?
25. Run Like F**k
26. Waiting For The Worms
27. Stop
28. The Trial
29. Outside The Wall

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