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LearsFool 
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Posted: January 31 2015 at 11:23 |
The studio disc is a fun listen for me - only "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" I don't love. All sorts of wonderful and strange sounds.
And I like that the live disc has a version of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene".
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Posted: January 31 2015 at 11:49 |
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Their best studio album, groundbreaking and ahead-of-its-time. The live album is good but I've heard boots from the same period that had both better sound and set-lists.
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Posted: January 31 2015 at 13:12 |
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The live album is correct, but some bootlegs are better. The studio album is not really awesome, but Sysyphus and The Narrow Way are really great. The others are more disappointing
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Posted: January 31 2015 at 13:31 |
I have to be in the mood for Rick Wright's portion. Gilmour and Waters win on the studio side. And the live album has at least the best version of "A Saucerful of Secrets". It was so good, Soft Machine ripped off the idea for their album "Six". If the band think it a failed experiment then they are doing a disservice to this album. It's not reaching the peaks they reached in the 70's, but I think as it's tied to the sixties by it's 1969 release, I think it's a better 60's Floyd album than "A Saucerful of Secrets" (which I still love!) and miles ahead of "More". I'll battle it out between what album is better between Ummagumma and Piper At The Gates Of Dawn later, I'm just making my dinner!
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Posted: January 31 2015 at 14:03 |
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The first prog albums I ever heard were Atom Heart Mother and this, all in one listening session. They're still my two favourite albums over forty years later. My dad's copy had a little scratch right at the end of Grantchester Meadows, making an eternal loop at the exact moment when the bee gets swatted. It wasn't until twenty years later when I bought another copy of the album that I discovered this wasn't actually part of the album.
I like all of it a lot, and I love the sleeve art, including the photos inside the gatefold - I've even visited the tree in David Gilmour's pic.
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Posted: February 01 2015 at 00:25 |
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Some great stuff. The live album is awsome... though I haven't heard those bootlegs some people have talked about. I still think Pink Floyd should release a full live album from that period, their songs were so much better live than studio. The studio album is a mixed bag... I mainly like Gilmour's part, and the first part from Wright's.
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Posted: February 01 2015 at 03:35 |
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Great double-set. Excellent live material, and possibly some of the most experimental and bonkers things they ever did in the studio. That massive multi-tracked drum extravaganza toward the end of Mason's Grand Vizier piece is just outstanding. Always enjoy listening to the whole thing.
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Posted: February 01 2015 at 13:11 |
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^ I would be remiss if I didn't commend the great recording work done on the studio album. Stormin' Norman Smith, the former Beatles producer, steered this ship but I would love to know who engineered the album.
Edited by SteveG - February 01 2015 at 13:14
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Posted: February 01 2015 at 13:13 |
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it's not bad per say, the live album is indeed good from what i can remember, the studio not so much, but Roger's pieces i felt were the best of the bunch. i may need to listen to the whole thing again, however.
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 03:23 |
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Love the vibe the album holds but I just can't love it....too psychedlic!!Maybe wrong word :-)
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 03:33 |
the live album is awesome; the studio one like half of it  - always loved Rick's part and Gilmour's, Roger's and Nick's not so much (not bad but not that great either)
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 03:50 |
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 12:29 |
 Cristi wrote:
the live album is awesome; the studio one like half of it - always loved Rick's part and Gilmour's, Roger's and Nick's not so much (not bad but not that great either)
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 13:51 |
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It's a bit more experimental than the other Pink Floyd albums. This may have been around the time when Roger Waters and Ron Geesin were associating and sharing a common interest in the music of 20th century Avant-Garde composers and some of the American Electronic artists from the 60's. The studio recording has that particular approach. It is not that Psychedelic as it is based more upon experimentation in the Avant-Garde field. This cannot be attributed to anyone's songwriting , but only what falls between, before or after each song, and the instrumental experimental approach to the studio album.
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 05:31 |
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The live album contains two huge improvements of studio versions (Astronomy Domine and Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun). The studio album is the most underrated piece of work that Pink Floyd has ever created. My second favourite Pink Floyd album.
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 05:35 |
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Here's a stab in the dark ......
" howkaddacum-hee-hurrrtmeeee" etc. etc. WTF, Rog.......???
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 05:50 |
Don't like it, once the first barrett track behind me. Gosh, why do I hate that band so much !? Every 5 or 7 years, I acquire their 70's album and try again. But each time, it's the same result. I resell them and wait 5 or 7 years more, looking forward to a revelation.
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 05:55 |
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I think you need to get stoned once in a while ............
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 06:16 |
To me, a classic album !
I tend to listen to the studio most, but i like the hole thing.
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