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Poll Question: Which is the best track?
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6 [13.95%]
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    Posted: October 09 2015 at 14:33
Careful with That Axe, Eugene.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 14:52
Originally posted by condor condor wrote:

Careful with That Axe, Eugene.

Yep...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 15:36
Meadows for me. I love this unique naturalistic song.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 15:41
I love the Ummagumma version of "Astronomy Domine".  In the midsection how all the instruments fall back leaving only the keyboard.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 15:51
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 16:01
A Saucerful of Secrets from the live side and either Several Species... or The Narrow Way for the studio.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 20:40
I really love this version of A Saucerful of Secrets

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 21:03
ASOS over CWTAE
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 22:04
Live: "Careful With That Axe, Eugene"
Studio: "The Narrow Way"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 22:45
That's the best version of Astronomy Domine
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2015 at 23:00
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" on account of Rick Wright's Egyptian-esque keyboards.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 01:23
Several Species for the Waters' fake Scottish accent...I love the whole album and I have voted one of the two tracks still with no votes.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 03:46
Why are these polls so difficult....??
Possibly Set The Controls.....from the Live half, Sysyphus from the studio half. Do I really have to choose ??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 05:12
The Narrow Way, onr of my favourite Pink Floyd tracks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 05:12
The Narrow Way, one of my favourite Pink Floyd tracks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 05:50
Heart of the Sun
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 06:30
Several Species
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 17:36
If only the demos that comprised the studio albums had been done by Pink Floyd (as a band). The Narrow Way was nearly terrific, needed the band touch and Waters was a bit mean (not just to DG) but to the devoted public - us!) for not ensuring a quality experience when DG asked for a helping hand.

Meadows however is terrific. Species is real outtake land.

Poor old Nick Mason. Half an LP to fill up and he had to cheat by getting his Missus to improvise a melody over a drum solo.

Sysyphus is the best complete suite but Meadows my most enjoyable listen on the album. Shame they didn't do The Man / The Journey as well. Or even instead. Put all the pieces into concept context.

Now the Live album. Set The Controls should be... now... unedited not faded early. Grr. But I have to go with this classic version of Saucer. Knocks the studio version into demo land. Great vocal at Part 3 and all round terrific performance, Rick Wright at his finest and you get that mesmerising improv (RIO) section. Not that Astronomy Domine and Eugene are lesser. It just needs expanding, mind expanding perhaps.

They should have done a separate live album really. One of the more interesting among the odd experiments from the Abdabs.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 18:53
the one with the very long title in it........don't judge me......
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2015 at 22:55
Originally posted by uduwudu uduwudu wrote:

If only the demos that comprised the studio albums had been done by Pink Floyd (as a band). The Narrow Way was nearly terrific, needed the band touch and Waters was a bit mean (not just to DG) but to the devoted public - us!) for not ensuring a quality experience when DG asked for a helping hand.

Meadows however is terrific. Species is real outtake land.

Poor old Nick Mason. Half an LP to fill up and he had to cheat by getting his Missus to improvise a melody over a drum solo.

Sysyphus is the best complete suite but Meadows my most enjoyable listen on the album. Shame they didn't do The Man / The Journey as well. Or even instead. Put all the pieces into concept context.

Now the Live album. Set The Controls should be... now... unedited not faded early. Grr. But I have to go with this classic version of Saucer. Knocks the studio version into demo land. Great vocal at Part 3 and all round terrific performance, Rick Wright at his finest and you get that mesmerising improv (RIO) section. Not that Astronomy Domine and Eugene are lesser. It just needs expanding, mind expanding perhaps.

They should have done a separate live album really. One of the more interesting among the odd experiments from the Abdabs.


I do like The Narrow Way just the way it is... my favourite part of the studio album. Though I guess if it had been played by the whole band it should have been better. Perhaps if I heard some of the live versions I would have a better idea. Actually, I did order some BBC albums I didn't know existed... I don't remember if one of those has The Narrow Way, specially since one of those albums has some of the names changed.
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