1971 August 06 / (07): "This Is Pink Floyd!!"

upadated August 2007

setlist as on books:

August 6: Green Is The Colour / Careful With That Axe Eugene / Atom Heart Mother ><  Echoes (The Return Of The Son Of Nothing) / Cymbaline / A Saucerful Of Secrets

August 7: (from In The Flesh: Green Is The Colour / Careful With That Axe Eugene / Atom Heart Mother /  Echoes (The Return Of The Son Of Nothing) / Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun / A Saucerful Of Secrets

setlist for these shows aren't clear yet, since ASOS seems to have been performed in both the shows of August 6 and 7 but it isn't in any recorder surfaced from the 1st date (just as "bonus" track on the "Festival For The Nips" RoIO from unknown source, where someone says it's from the second date actually) ... also Cymbaline seems to have not been included in the original setlist ... from some documents the original setlist of the first night shows the inclusion of STCFTHOTS too, but also this never appeared in any recording and might have been actually not performed, maybe it was on the 2nd night as reported on some books, unfortunately no complete recordings of the 2nd night surfaced yet and I can't state this ...we'll hopefully find it out somaday...

Three recorders of the 1st date and a video source (also from the first date) are known for these gigs so far, here are some of the versions I checked of the following recorders:

recorder 1: AHM, GITC, CWTAE is the worse one and is totally missing Echoes and Cymbalyne (and ASOS if it was really performed that night). It is around commonly on the RoIO Festival For The Nips; unprocessed fantapes in a good sound quality like this unknown gen or this nice 3rdGen are in circulation. This recorder was also lately included in the Sirene-160 bootleg

recorder 2: AHM, GITC, CWTAE, Cymbaline, Echoes (missing the beginning) is the most common recorder, the one with the announcer screaming "This Is Pink Floyd" at the begining. It is missing part of the beginning of Echoes and has other little edits but is the only recorder including Cymbaline; there's a ASOS included with this recording usually but it's obviously from another recorder and probably from the gig of the night after. Almost all the CDs in circulation seem to have been sourced from some vinyl (but it's not confirmed): Aphrodite (DS94J058 Dynamite Studio); Aphrodite 1971; Aphrodite Rev. A.K.; Echoes Of Japanese Meddle ... and all the other clones.

recorder 3: AHM, GITC, CWTAE, ECHOES is around with no specific titles, is missing Cymbaline and the end of Echoes (and should miss ASOS if it was really performed that night), this is the best sounding recorder and it was quite rare to find, here's a version from a 1stGen, and here's a version from a "longer" 2ndGen; this recorder was recently released by the Japanese Sirene label too, including the Soundcheck - Announcement before the show, having the same cut on Echoes than the 2ndGen. An untitled version claimed from the Master is lately in circulation including the Soundcheck - Announcement before the PF set; a remastered version of it was included in the Sirene-160 bootleg

here are some points to distinguish the 3 recorders of the 1st date:

AHM

recorder 1: long tuneups before the song starts with a guy chatting without rest, a guy near to the taper whistles as soon as the guitar starts playing; at the end, before the "Thank You" guys clap and yells "woohoo" very near to the recorder.

recorder 2: a guy near to the taper yells "wohooo" as soon as the guitar starts playing; a guy whistle as soon as the song is over, you can hear the announcer saying "Pink FLoyd" while the song fades out too.

recorder 3: the taper or someone very near to the recorder whistles as soon as the soundscape starts and again as soon as the guitar starts playing, then again and again during the song; the guitar sounds a bit distant compared to the other instruments.

Green Is The Colour / CWTAE

recorder 1: soon after Waters announces the songs guys very near to the taper claps; at the end of Careful there are other clappings near to the recorder and someone near to the tape says "woow", there are some tuneups with the guy chatting at the end too

recorder 2: there's the announcet at the beginning saying "Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Pink Floyd", then the song fades in; at the end of Careful  there are small claps and then Echoes is attached starting from "Strangers Passing..."

recorder 3: soon after Waters announces the songs guys very near to the taper claps; at the end of Careful there are other clappings near to the recorder and different guys yell "woo, woo" with a srta female voice talking in the background a bit distant, then the recording stops.

Echoes

recorder 1: the song is missing on this recorder.

recorder 2: the song starts from "Strangers Passing.." here, missing the beginning, at the end a guy whistles loudly after the "Thank You"

recorder 3: there are tuneups at the beginning, but they cut and the recording restarts with Waters announcing the song, during the "pins" guys chat a lot in the background quite near to the recorder, the song is cut missing a large part of the ending.

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