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PINK FLOYD
Total Eclipse - A Retrospective 1967-1993 [Great Dane Records GDR CD 9320, 4CD]
Outtakes and live tracks (various dates and venues). Very good to excellent audio.
Thanks to Philip Cohen for sharing the tracks.
Note: A longtime music fan, Philip Cohen was a contributor to the now-defunct ICE Magazine and compiled the boxsets for The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Humble Pie and Nice.
Posted at pf-roio.de:
Total Eclipse was conceived in 1993, well into Great Dane’s ambitious “Pink Floyd Project.” Great Dane had wanted to put out a box set that would appeal to the fans who had been terribly dissapointed with “Shine On,” Pink Floyd’s official release. Its purpose was to attempt to bring to the fans a comprehensive overview of the band’s career, substituting rare material and alternative tracks wherever possible. This is the reason why many of the early singles and B-sides were included (which many people question). Much “Top Gear” material was also included because not only were the sound sources believed to be the better than on any previously released RoIO, but also because it seemed that these tracks should also be represented in the band’s history. Total Eclipse was meant to be chronological (although a few tracks are out of order) and comprehensive; something that could be listened to from beginning to end…
In hindsight, the extensive “Nick’s Boogie” could have been omited, making room for a few other early tracks, as well as some of the material from DSOTM (”Breath,” “On The Run,” and “The Great Gig In The Sky”), previously issued on other RoIO’s. This might have left room for rare tracks such as “Main Theme From More,” “Obscured By Clouds” and “When You’re In,” and the much requested “Childhood’s End.” The recent live singles an B-sides from 1987’s DSOT tour, “Run Like Hell,” and “Money,” could also have made room for these rarities. Quality was also a major factor, this being the reason why certain desirable rarities were omitted. Perhaps the biggest regret was the omission of “Lucy Leave” and “King Bee”, whose authenticity were still questionable at the time. It was not worth taking the risk of compromising the integrity of this release with a few possibly bogus recordings…
“Total Eclipse” is for you, the fans. You deserve better than the Shine On box set, but the powers that be are more interested in making money than giving the fans what they really want (and what every other major artist has done for their fans), this is the best we could do. So for those who delve deeper into the lyrics, feel the passion of the music, and hold the name Pink Floyd in a very special place in their hearts… shine on.
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Disc 3 and 4 will be available for sharing on January 20, 2015.
Disc 1
101. Arnold Layne - Omitted
The Pink Floyd’s first single, released in the UK March 11, 1967 [Available on Relics]
Track 102. Candy And A Currant Bun (4.7MB)
The B-side to “Arnold Layne”. [Early Singles, 1992, out of print]
103. See Emily Play - Omitted
The Second single by the Floyd, was recorded on May 23, 1967. [Available on Relics]
Track 104. Flaming (4.7MB)
Deleted from the US release of “Piper at the Gates of Dawn”, “Flaming” later appeared as a single on August 5, 1967. [Out of print]
Track 105. The Scarecrow 2:02 (3.4MB)
5, 6, 7 These cuts were the first of many recorded for the John Peel’s “Top Gear” show on BBC radio, and was first broadcast on September 30, 1967.
Track 106. The Gnome 2:12 (3.7MB)
Track 107. Mathilda Mother 3:22 (5.6MB)
Track 108. Scream Thy Last Scream 4:41 (7.9MB)
Recorded in August, 1967, “Scream Thy Last Scream” was planned as the Floyd’s third single
Track 109. Vegetable Man 2:31 (4.2MB)
Also recorded in August of 1967 was the unreleased “Vegetable Man”.
Track 110. Apples And Oranges (5.2MB)
A third single that fared poorly in the charts. [Early Singles, 1992, out of print]
Track 111. Pow R. Toc H. 2:56 (4.9MB)
“Pow R. Toc H.” is from “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” and “Jugband Blues” was recorded at the time of “Apples and Oranges”.
Track 112. Jugband Blues 3:50 (6.4MB)
Track 113. Nick’s Boogie (19.8MB)
A studio outtake that was recorded in April of 1967 for the soundtrack to the film “Tonite Let’s All Make Love In London”. “Nick’s Boogie” has only been officially available as a CD bonus track since the soundtrack album was released in 1990. [Out of print]
Track 114. It Would Be So Nice (6.3MB)
The Floyd’s fourth single released on April 12, 1968. [Early Singles, 1992, out of print]
Track 115. Julia Dream 2:25 (4.1MB)
15-18 Taken from the June 25, 1968 Top Gear session.
Track 116. Let There Be More Light 3:40 (6.2MB)
Track 117. Murderistic Women 3:51 (6.5MB)
Track 118. Massed Gadgets Of Hercules 2:51 (4.8MB)
Track 119. Point Me At The Sky (6.0MB)
Their fifth single, released on December 17, 1968. [Early Singles, 1992, out of print]
Track 120. Baby Blue Shuffle in ‘D’ Minor 4:03 (6.8MB)
“Baby Blue Shuffle in D Minor” was the working title for what would later become “The Narrow Way - Part 1″ on “Ummagumma”.
39 mins
Disc 2
Track 201. The Embryo (5.8MB)
The unfinished track was chosen as Pink Floyd’s entry on the Harvest (the Floyd’s UK publisher) label’s sampler album “Picnic”. [Works, 1990, out of print]
Track 202. Green Is The Colour 3:29 (5.9MB)
2, 3, 4 Three tracks taken from the BBC “Top Gear” broadcast of July 25, 1969.
Track 203. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 7:15 (12.2MB)
Track 204. The Narrow Way part 1 4:37 (7.7MB)
Track 205. Biding My Time (Work) 5:06 (8.6MB)
This version is taken from the Concert Gebow, Amsterdam show of August 17, 1969.
Track 206. Oneone/Fingal’s Cave 8 (13.8MB)
Track 207. Rain In The Country (11.8MB)
6, 7 These two outtakes are from the studio sessions in Rome, December 1969. Track 7 is now available on the official Zabriskie Point 2 CD re-release. [1997, out of print]
Track 208. The Violence Sequence 4:33 (7.6MB)
This version comes from the Theatre Champs D’Elyses show, January 23, 1970.
Track 209. If 4:27 (7.5MB)
This recording is taken from the Paris Theatre, London, September 16, 1970.
Track 210. Cymbaline 10:50 (18.2MB)
10, 11 Recorded at Pepperland, San Rafael on October 17, 1970, “Cymbaline” appeared on the soundtrack to “More”. “Atom Heart Mother”, performed without the orchestra, was also played during a 1970 TV broadcast from KQED studios in San Francisco.
Track 211. Atom Heart Mother 20:05 (33.8MB)
This version, performed without the orchestra, was also played during a 1970 TV broadcast from KQED studios in San Francisco.
61 mins
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