Pink Floyd - Paradiso
Pink Floyd
Paradiso
Amsterdam
May 23, 1968
discs: 2
recording type: AUD
shn: yes; book/page: 2/40
quality rating: B+
[disc 1] (66:28)
early show:
1. Let There Be More Light (8:45)
2. Interstellar Overdrive (11:06)
3. Set the Controls (12:46)
4. A Saucerful of Secrets (14:40)
filler (Pop Fest, Rome, 5 May 1968, FM):
5. Astronomy Domine (8:04)
6. Roger Waters interview (2:17)
7. Set the Controls (8:47)
[disc 2] (78:06)
late show:
1. Keep Smiling People (11:28)
2. Let There Be More Light (9:16)
3. Set The Controls (13:39)
4. Flaming (5:38)
5. A Saucerful of Secrets (12:59)
filler (Piper Club, Rome, 19 April 1968, FM):
6. Interstellar Overdrive (6:14)
7. Astronomy Domine (2:26)
filler (French TV, 21 September 1968, lip-synch?):
8. Let There Be More Light (4:04)
filler ("More" mixes - as used in the film, March 1969):
9. Main Theme (3:07)
10. Cymbaline (5:21)
11. Seabirds (non-LP) (3:50)
source: processed from 1st gen audience tape
1st disc filler: Pop Fest, Rome, 5 May 1968, FM.
taken from DAT of rebroadcast of the master tape
CD Reference: Paradiso 23.5.68, Amsterdam 1968, The Complete Paradiso Tapes, Keep Smiling People, Syncopated Pandemonium, Fountains Of Rome, The Live Pink Floyd, BBC Broadcasts?, Games for May?
from pinfloyd-co.com: 'Keep Smiling People' is an unrecorded instrumental similar to Careful With That Axe, Eugene.
from cg whitman's site:
Sound Quality: A fair, complete audience recording.
Both performances from this date are a good representation of a very transitional period in the band’s career. This is another of only a few live recordings of ‘Let There be More Light,’ which is followed with the always-improvised 'Interstellar Overdrive'. Gilmour's heavily delayed guitar and a number of bizarre sound effects make for the usual cacophony. The show closes with ‘A Saucerful of Secrets,’ which will end many of their performances from now until the latter part of 1972. the live versions were much heavier and featured just Gilmour singing the ‘Celestial Voices’ section (and very loosely here).
A couple of different songs were played at the late show. ‘Keep Smiling People’ is an early, one-dimensional instrumental that eventually became ‘Careful with that Axe, Eugene'. very 1968-ish keyboard work and no scream in this primitive version. ‘Flaming’ is a good deal longer than the studio track, thanks to an expanded middle section, but this type of material sounds more and more out of place as the music develops beyond the Barrett influence. After the second ‘Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun’ of the day, they again close with ‘A Saucerful of Secrets.’ Parts of both shows from this date are circulating as one show, but its actually a mishmash of ‘Let There be More Light,’ ‘Interstellar Overdrive,’ ‘Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,’ and ‘A Saucerful of Secrets’ from the early show and ‘Keep Smiling People’ and ‘Flaming’ from the late show.
from eric at hellspice:
Sound seems a little muffled but voices are roughly heard for the most part with a few small fadeouts at various times throughout the recording. Some of the louder vocals are a bit distorted as are most extreme high or low end sounds on this show.
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