LIVE AT POMPEII

Let's face it: most Pink Floyd fans are going to want to have some version of the Pompeii material to hand. Drawn from A Saucerful of Secrets and Meddle (with Atom Heart Mother notable by its absence), it's an excellent snapshot of the band right before they went into full-on hyperdrive with Dark Side of the Moon. Whereas the live disc from Ummagumma does a good job of capturing the full-on spacey nature of the band's style, the cleaner production here showcases the level to which they'd brought their technical skills. The best-sounding version is probably the recently- released one from the Early Years boxes.