Pink Floyd - 1968-05-23 - Paradiso Amsterdam [Laughing Madcaps] [SHN]

23 May 1968 (Paradiso, Amsterdam) is processed from an analog 1st gen tape of the audience master. (I think it was originally recorded on reel, but am not sure.) There was an early and a late show. The early show was treed here a year ago, I don't think the late show ever was. In any case, I've added new filler to both discs. The sound is a little rough, but this is an audience tape from 1968. It's been heavily booted (credited to various venues and dates) and the quality was always C+. This isn't perfect, but significantly better. Mark/Swan Lee did this one, he put weeks of work into it and the credit is all his.

Filler on CD1 was from the 5 May 1968 Rome Pop Fest. It still is, but we have an upgrade. I recently got in a clone of a DAT taken from a rebroadcast of the radio station's master tape. It doesn't get any better than that, so here it is. The sound is superb. There isn't very much 1968 Floyd circulating at all, and this is outstanding. (I didn't add extra filler to this disc because it was treed once and artwork was made.)

The filler on CD2 starts with Rome, 19 April 1968. These have circulated widely too, but not always in this quality. (Kiloh used to have the "Interstellar Overdrive" credited as 2/67 Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge!) Then there's a 9/68 French TV rendition of "Let There Be More Light." The qual is spotty and it's hard to tell whether the band is lip-synching or singing live to the backing track. It could be a little of both. The French audience are meant to clap on cue -- they come in much too early and yet they're in tempo. Strange. Anyway, it's rare and there was room, so here it is.

Finally, we have three songs from the "More" film. These are taken from video, and the mixes used within the film are different from what's on the album. One tune, "Seabirds" isn't even included. (I think there are a couple more non-LP songs, but this is what I had handy.) Some of it's buried under dialogue, unfortunately. If PF ever do a proper box set, this is the kind of thing they should dig out of the vault.

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Track Listings:

PINK FLOYD
Paradiso, Amsterdam 23 May 1968 EARLY show
processed from 1st gen audience tape

length: 66:30

1. Let There Be More Light 8:45
2. Interstellar Overdrive 11:06
3. Set the Controls 12:47
4. A Saucerful of Secrets 14:40

bonus:
Pop Fest, Rome 5 May 1968 FM
taken from DAT of rebroadcast of the master tape
5. Astronomy Domine 8:05
6. Roger Waters interview 2:17
7. Set the Controls 8:48
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PINK FLOYD
Paradiso, Amsterdam 23 May 1968 LATE show
processed from 1st gen audience tape

length: 77:08

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

bonus:

Piper Club, Rome 19 April 1968 FM
6. Interstellar Overdrive 6:14
7. Astronomy Domine 2:26

French TV 21 September 1968 (lip-synch?)
8. Let There Be More Light 4:04

"More" mixes (as used in the film) March 1969
9. Main Theme 3:07
10. Cymbaline 5:21
11. Seabirds (non-LP) 3:50
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