Pink Floyd - The Complete BBC Sessions 1967-1971 (2009)

The purpose of this compilation was to gather all the sessions Pink Floyd made for the BBC radio. As the 1974 Wembley show was left aside, the whole thing fits in a 4-CD boxset (which is enough), including 7 sessions on the BBC Radio between 1967 and 1971, and a bonus of all the BBC TV sessions. The tracks are here in the best quality available now, many come from BBC master reels. They didn’t suffer any processing, only STC 11-68 was normalized because the sound was way too low; a few sessions have been edited for track splitting. The shows are presented by John Peel (except Dec. 2, 1968 and May 12, 1969).

Tracklist CD1:

Sept. 25, 1967 Playhouse Theatre, London. Source: Have You Got It Yet? v2.0
01 The Scarecrow [2:19]
02 The Gnome [2:38]
03 Matilda Mother [3:34]
Source: Carlisle Radio Broadcast (BBC6 2005 rebr.)
04 Set The Controls* [3:32]
05 Reaction In G* [0:37]
06 Flaming* [2:43]

Dec. 20, 1967 Maida Vale Studios, London. Source: Have You Got It Yet? v2.0
07 Vegetable Man [3:36]
08 Scream Thy Last Scream [3:50]
09 Jugband Blues [3:58]
10 Pow R. Toc H. [4:38]

Bonus:
May 14, 1967 BBC TV Center, London. Source: Have You Got It Yet? v2.0
11 Pow R. Toc H.* [0:45]
12 Astronomy Domine |3:59]
Dec. 17, 1967 Mike Leonard's house. Source: Have You Got It Yet? v2.0
13 Green Onions [1:59]
14 Tomorrow's World instrumental [1:45]


Tracklist CD2:

June 25, 1968 Piccadilly Studios, London. Source: Top Gear 1968-08-11 master
01 Murderotic Woman* |3:37]
02 The Massed Gadgets of Hercules* [7:16]
03 Let There Be More Light* [4:24]
04 John Peel* [0:53]
05 Julia Dream* [3:36]

Dec. 2, 1968 Maida Vale Studios, London. Source: BBC Archives 1967-1969 rev.A (HRV)
06 Point Me at the Sky [4:22]
07 The Embryo [3:28]
08 Baby Shuffle in D Major [3:55]
09 Interstellar Overdrive [8:39]

May 12, 1969 Paris Cinema, London. Source: Celestial Voices
10 Daybreak [3:48]
11 Nightmare [3:37]
12 The Narrow Way [4:48]
13 The Beginning / Beset By Creatures Of The Deep [6:58]

Bonus:
Nov. 3, 1968 Unknown place & date. Source: Mind Your Throats Please
14 Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun (take 2)** [6:35]
July 20, 1969 BBC TV Center, London. Source: Omnibus 7-20-69
15 Moonhead* [7:17]


Tracklist CD3:

July 16, 1970 Paris Cinema, London. Source: BBC Mono Master Rev. A
01 John Peel intro [0:28]
02 The Embryo [10:24]
03 John Peel [0:16]
04 Fat Old Sun [5:30]
05 John Peel [0:21]
06 Green is the Colour / Careful with that Axe, Eugene [11:22]
07 John Peel [0:28]
08 If [4:55]
09 John Peel [0:50]
10 Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra) [26:23]


Tracklist CD4:

Sept. 30, 1971 Paris Cinema, London. Source: BBC Radio One Master Reels
01 John Peel Intro* [0:42]
02 Fat Old Sun* [14:16]
03 John Peel* [0:38]
04 One Of These Days* [6:52]
05 John Peel* [0:27]
06 The Embryo* [10:24]
07 John Peel* [0:23]
08 Echoes* [26:34]
Source: BBC Archives 1967-1969 rev.A (HRV)
09 Blues [4:54]

*edited track **processed track



All thanks go to the original releaser