Pink Floyd Live At Montreux Casino - Montreux 21 Novembre 69
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S1: ASTRONOMY DOMINE/MORE BLUES
S2:
THE EMBRYO/JUST ANOTHER 12 BAR/DAVID GILMOUR TALKS (SPEAKING IN FRENCH)
SQ: EXCELLENT STEREO
COMMENTS: 12" ACETATE WITH 'EMIDISC' LABELS IN A PLAIN COVER WITH A PAPER INSERT. THERE IS MUCH SPECULATION AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THIS ALBUM, WHAT'S FOR CERTAIN IS THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY RARE AND IT'S THOUGHT THAT ONLY A FEW COPIES EXIST. ONE THEORY IS THAT IT WAS RECORDED FOR RELEASE AS AN OFFICIAL LIVE ALBUM BUT WAS SCRAPPED IN FAVOUR OF UMMAGUMMA - THIS IS UNLIKELY, AS THE RELEASE OF UMMAGUMMA PRE-DATES THE RECORDING OF THIS SHOW. THE OWNER OF THE COPY SHOWN ABOVE FEELS THAT IT MAY BE A 'PERSONAL COPY' OF A PROPOSED LIVE ALBUM MADE BY AN ENGINEER AT THE MASTERING PLANT. ROGER WATERS HAS BEEN QUOTED IN OLD INTERVIEWS AS SAYING THAT THE FLOYD WERE CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF RELEASING LIMITED EDITION ACETATE RELEASES TO HARDCORE FANS VIA MAIL ORDER, SO THAT IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY. BASED ON THE INCLUSION OF THE GILMOUR INTERVIEW, MY OWN OPINION (FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH) IS THAT THE ALBUM MAY WELL HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AS A PROMOTIONAL TOOL FOR EUROPEAN (FRENCH SPEAKING) RADIO STATIONS - IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISCS WERE USED HERE IN THE UK - BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WAS NEVER CIRCULATED, AND THAT THE INSERT WAS PROBABLY ADDED SOMETIME AFTER THE MANUFACTURE OF THE DISCS.
RARITY RATING: *****
SOURCE: MONTREUX CASINO SWITZERLAND 21.11.69.
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