Waters Gate
(27442 A/B)
S1: GREEN IS THE COLOUR/CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE EUGENE/PIANO SOLO FROM US AND THEM (THE VIOLENT SEQUENCE)/BIDING MY TIME
S2:
ATOM HEART MOTHER.
SQ: POOR MONO
COMMENTS: RARE FRENCH BOOTLEG. RELEASED WITH BOTH INSERT COVERS SHOWN ABOVE AND (LATER) IN A DELUXE COLOUR COVER. THE COVER ON THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY UNTITLED EXCEPT FOR 'VOLUME I' AND WE NOW KNOW THAT 'BLOW YOUR MIND UNTIL YOU DIE' WAS THE PROPOSED 'VOLUME II', AND THE THEORY IS THAT WHEN 'VOLUME II' FAILED TO HAPPEN, 'VOLUME I' WAS THEN GIVEN A PROPER TITLE (WATERS GATE) AND RE-PACKAGED WITH A DIFFERENT PAPER INSERT AND THEN A DELUXE COVER. THIS IS NOT FOR CERTAIN BUT IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE MOST LOGICAL ORDER OF RELEASE - AND IT IS FOR CERTAIN THAT THE DELUXE COVER VERSION CAME AFTER THE INSERT VERSIONS. TO CONFUSE THINGS EVEN FURTHER SOME DELUXE COVER ISSUES ALSO HAD THE PAPER INSERT SHOWN ON THE LEFT INCLUDED, AND SOME COPIES HAD A FURTHER INSERT CARRYING AN ADVERT FOR 'BLOW YOUR MIND UNTIL YOU DIE'. SOME COPIES WERE RUBBER STAMPED ON THE BACK COVER WITH A PIRATE LOGO AND SOME LABELS WERE RUBBER STAMPED WITH A FOOTPRINT. ALL VARIATIONS OF THIS BOOTLEG ARE RARE. IT IS ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT ON THE INSERT (SHOWN BELOW) ADVERTISING 'BLOW YOUR MIND UNTIL YOU DIE' THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER (UNRELEASED) BOOTLEG INCLUDING PINK FLOYD - 'THE BATH FESTIVAL'.
RARITY RATING: *****(ALL)
SOURCE: THEATRE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES PARIS 23.1.70.
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