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On this day in history, Pink Floyd made their US debut at San Francisco's Winterland Auditorium supporting Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin.


What was the greatest Pink Floyd song of all time?

I'd have to vote for Comfortably Numb. But my personal favorite is Learning to Fly.
 
totus44 said:
On this day in history, Pink Floyd made their US debut at San Francisco's Winterland Auditorium supporting Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin.


What was the greatest Pink Floyd song of all time?

I'd have to vote for Comfortably Numb. But my personal favorite is Learning to Fly.
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I can't actually say I have but one favorite PF LP. Sure I love Comfortably Numb alot, Learning to Fly also. Time is classic.

Actually give me DSOM anyday, they are all my favorites.

Others:
Ummagumma- Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Atom Heart Mother: Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast and The Atom Heart Mother Suite

WISH YOU WERE HERE

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)
Welcome To The Machine
Have A Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)

A Momentary Lapse of Reason:
On The Turning Away

In all Honestly give me any PF LP, less Meddle, and I'm in Hog Heaven,....


I know 59 is/would be as well.

The Greatest Rock Band, (and Light Show), the World has ever seen.

I stayed in a Frat House for 2 months at Georgia Tech, and the walls were painted like the prism colors identical to the DSOM LP Cover. The Frat House had central speakers in each room, halls, kitchen every room except the closets. One could listen to DSOM 24/7, and that was the ONLY LP played non-stop. Funny thing is no one ever got tired of it, if we heard it once, we heard it a few hundred times....

And we could legally buy hard liqour in Georgia, in those days. Go into night clubs and bars, til we passed out on the Downtown Atlanta Streets, puking in the gutters.
 
I enjoyed every bit of The Wall as well, a great LP. The 1st time I listened to The Wall, I was a bit, well alot inebriated; not on booze either. When I heard the TV in the background, Gomer Pyle, I thought someone was in my house watching TV. As well as the Operator, I thought my Sister had come in and was on the phone. She was home on leave from a Army Tour of Berlin, so I thought she was making an International call. NTM-all the other funny quirks in teh background.
 
...I believe you can also hear Matt Dillon's voice from a TV in the background on The Wall album.

...wish I had a dollar for every time I burned one and listened to the DSOTM with headphones on. (Sennheisers)
 
...found it;


http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=general&m=506964&VT=T



"At the opening of Is There Anybody Out There? off Pink Floyd's The Wall, a TV is turned on and you hear the following bit of dialog from an episode of Gunsmoke:

Matt Dillon: Well, we've got an hour of daylight left. We better get started.

Female voice: Isn't it unsafe to travel at night?

Matt Dillon: It'll be a lot less safe to stay here. Your father's going to pick up our trail before long."
 
yankeesince59 said:
...I believe you can also hear Matt Dillon's voice from a TV in the background on The Wall album.

...wish I had a dollar for every time I burned one and listened to the DSOTM with headphones on. (Sennheisers)
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LOL, you'd be a multi-millionaire, on your way to a Billionaire.

How many copies of DSOM, have you bought in your life 59? Incl. LPs/ Cassettes/ CDs/ DVD's/ even 8 Track????

I'd guess a bunch to replace those you wore out listening too.

I don't wear out CD's like I did LP's. However I have 3 copies of A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Just that, I had a lapse of memory, and could not find my CD, so I ordered another one. I then found my 1st lost CD. Gave one away, when I was moving from Georgia to Luzianna. By the time I got unpacked in Lake Charles, I couldn't find my CD of Lapse of Reason, thus I ordered another, and yep within a week, I found the 1st one, AGAIN.

I can't count how many LP's I wore out of DSOM. I had to have DSOM on LP, Cassette, then CD's. Used the LPs at home, Cassettes in the Car. I packed away my Stereo-LP/Cassette. Replaced it with a Onkyo Surround Sound, and a CD player in the car(s). DSOM takes on an entirely different much clairvoyant than a LP. But then you of all knew as much.

I remember reading how PF's record label wanted to re-master DSOM into Quadrophenic sound. However PF knew Surround and Arena Sound Systems would be out in a year or so, and refused to have it pressed into Quadro sound, opting for the much clearer SS. SS gives all PF albums a whole new life of sound, (as you know better than any other person).......which a cheap stereo or headphones doesn't always allow one to hear some of the background quieter sounds. DSOM on my Onkyo, I cannot play when Kim is home, as it literally gives her seizures, with that sound whirling around the room....

I used Ultra-Linear Monitors for Speakers, less the Sub-Woofer.

How would you rate the Sennheisers say compared to the over-priced (for the quality of sound) Bose headphones, I'm having trouble finding any top line headphones. This city used to have several Hi-Fi shops, some franchises which closed ie, Circuit City, Best Buy, and several independent Hi-Fi shops.

Perhaps, its due to the illegal immigrants only buying cheap ass components from WalMart.....:smile:
 
Geezus Christ, I need to quit writing novellas, and keep to short concise; to the point statements.

When can I enroll in the 59 class of- to the point responses?????
 
My taste in music never got me out of the 60s. To this day I'm still into my do-wop.
 
speaking of 1967,

RIP The Great Jack Bruce (71), passed on Oct 25, 2014

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd recently described Bruce as “probably the most musically gifted bass player who’s ever been"

Nov 1967 -Cream's Disraeli Grears was released.
Still as crisp and fresh sounding today as it was back then.
Fantastic Albumn.


I wasn't a big fan of The Floyd but they were cool.
 
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Mattingly23NY said:
LOL, you'd be a multi-millionaire, on your way to a Billionaire.

How many copies of DSOM, have you bought in your life 59? Incl. LPs/ Cassettes/ CDs/ DVD's/ even 8 Track????

I'd guess a bunch to replace those you wore out listening too.



How would you rate the Sennheisers say compared to the over-priced (for the quality of sound) Bose headphones, I'm having trouble finding any top line headphones. This city used to have several Hi-Fi shops, some franchises which closed ie, Circuit City, Best Buy, and several independent Hi-Fi shops.
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...I have quite a few, actually. I have the very first copy I bought in '74(?)...it's really not in bad shape though the album sleeve looks rough from so much use.
...I bought 2-3 copies for shits and giggles since then...plus I bought a heavy weight remastered "Original Master Recording" in vinyl, as well as the Original Master Recording in a CD version. (awesome sound) I still have an old set of sansui speakers, marantz amp, and the same technics turntable with a shure M55E cartridge that I used as a dj back in the late '70s-early 80's...very very nice warm sound...much better for my music ear's personal taste.

...I also have a bose 6.1 surround sound speaker system that is run through a onkyo srs amp, but that's mainly for movies and dvds and sporting events.

...I've tried many many headphones but I like my sennheiser "open ear' headphones the best...they really enable the high end frequency sound that I prefer.


I have both of these, vinyl lp and gold cd version...unbelievable sound quality, remastered from the original master tapes;



Pink-Floyd-The-Dark-Side-Of-84653.jpg



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yankeesince59 said:
...I have quite a few, actually. I have the very first copy I bought in '74(?)...it's really not in bad shape though the album sleeve looks rough from so much use.
...I bought 2-3 copies for shits and giggles since then...plus I bought a heavy weight remastered "Original Master Recording" in vinyl, as well as the Original Master Recording in a CD version. (awesome sound) I still have an old set of sansui speakers, marantz amp, and the same technics turntable with a shure M55E cartridge that I used as a dj back in the late '70s-early 80's...very very nice warm sound...much better for my music ear's personal taste.

...I also have a bose 6.1 surround sound speaker system that is run through a onkyo srs amp, but that's mainly for movies and dvds and sporting events.

...I've tried many many headphones but I like my sennheiser "open ear' headphones the best...they really enable the high end frequency sound that I prefer.


I have both of these, vinyl lp and gold cd version...unbelievable sound quality, remastered from the original master tapes;



Pink-Floyd-The-Dark-Side-Of-84653.jpg



FC.jpg
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Incredible 59.....You are No Doubt, the World's Biggest PF fan by far, no one comes close to your passion for PF....

Kudo's sounds like you have all the right collector's editions, and a damn fine sound system to boot....

"if we tell ya' the name of the game boy, its called riding the gravy traaaaiiiinnn".

"your gonna' go far, have a cigar".....
 
...yeah, "Wish You Were Here" was great too...also have that in the original as well as the remastered version.
 
The Dark Side of Oz is by far the coolest thing I've ever seen/heard...
 
...hammer, I think there's a youtube video that syncs the audio/video pretty well.
 
...here ya go;


...btw, "The Great Gig in the Sky" at the 16:15 mark is IMO, still the greatest vocal performance I've ever heard. There are no words and the band really didn't know what they wanted in that time slot...so Alan Parsons (engineered DSOTM and Abbey Road) brought in a singer he was familiar with (Claire Torrey) and they asked her to come in and "just sing"...again, no. And she absolutely nailed it on the first take...sheer genius.
..it still gives me chills when I listen to it.

[video=youtube;0gXvVUg-VAE]
 
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yankeesince59 said:
...here ya go;


...btw, "The Great Gig in the Sky" at the 16:15 mark is IMO, still the greatest vocal performance I've ever heard. There are no words and the band really didn't know what they wanted in that time slot...so Alan Parsons (engineered DSOTM and Abbey Road) brought in a singer he was familiar with (Claire Torrey) and they asked her to come in and "just sing"...again, no. And she absolutely nailed it on the first take...sheer genius.
..it still gives me chills when I listen to it.

[video=youtube;0gXvVUg-VAE]
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This is my lunch time entertainment today. ;)
 
I have to say, I thought it was longer... not just 43 minutes & change... still awesome though!
 
Hammerojustice said:
I have to say, I thought it was longer... not just 43 minutes & change... still awesome though!
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By this, I mean, I recall starting the CD over or something like that to have the music through the entire movie, not just these 43 minutes...
 
yankeesince59 said:
...I always thought The Moody Blues were a very underrated group.

Long Distance Voyager was probably my fav album of theirs.



MoodyBluesLongDistanceVoyager.jpg
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Indeed, very underrated.
They got it all - "moody" Love Songs, Rock n Roll, songs that commented on the world,
"head music",<-- lol
They were/are a GREAT live band. First albumn was 1965? My god!

Evey hear their tune: Lost in a lost world ?


And I believe they're still recording.

Talk about underrated, not that I need them to be bestowed with "awards" and such to validate them, but, can you believe this group isn't in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?

So much for a so-called Hall of Fame for rock n roll.

By the way, I used to also follow Jethro Tull (AMOUNG OTHERS) in the late 60's early 70's.
They were also absolutely great performing live.
 
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blgridesagain said:
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By the way, I used to also follow Jethro Tull (AMOUNG OTHERS) in the late 60's early 70's.
They were also absolutely great performing live.
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...I'm also a big fan of The Tull...Aqualung was probably their best commercial success, but Thick as a Brick was my fav.
 
yankeesince59 said:
...I'm also a big fan of The Tull...Aqualung was probably their best commercial success, but Thick as a Brick was my fav.
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Aqualung was a great albumn. Commercial and quality.
Thick as a Brick - yeah, the albumn was like a newspaper. lol

"c'mon ye childhood heroes, won't you rise up from the paaages, of your comic books and super crooks, and show us all the waaaaay"

They started as a jazzy band with Mick Abrahams - first albumn was "This Was" good albumn.
Then they went in a different direction with Ian Anderson leading the way with their 2nd albumn ("Stand Up") great albumn. great unique sound.. This became Jethro Tull as "we" know them now.

When you opened the albumn there was a pop-up of the group which stood up like one of those greeting cards. It may be rare nowadays..I've seen other versions which didn't have the pop-up.
 
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yankeesince59 said:
...I'm also a big fan of The Tull...Aqualung was probably their best commercial success, but Thick as a Brick was my fav.
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Same here 59. My 1st ever concert, (other than those many Louisiana Hayride shows when I was 9-11 yrs old), was Tull at the Forum in LA, on the "Thick as a Brick Tour. Damn good band, full of hits, I loved the way Ian Andersen played his flute through the entire concert, standing on one leg, as was his customary stage stance. The same stance on "Living In The Past"

My buddy asked me, which chair did I prefer, the end aisle seat, or next one beside it. I chose the end aisle seat, and it paid off. The guy sitting in the seat next to my buddy, had a bolo bag of Wine, and was toking heavily. Not even halfway through the show, the guy puked on my buddy's pants legs, worse yet, my buddy was wearing sandals, and got to squish his toes in the puke, cussing all the way to the bathroom......
 
Mattingly23NY said:
Same here 59. My 1st ever concert, (other than those many Louisiana Hayride shows when I was 9-11 yrs old), was Tull at the Forum in LA, on the "Thick as a Brick Tour. Damn good band, full of hits, I loved the way Ian Andersen played his flute through the entire concert, standing on one leg, as was his customary stage stance. The same stance on "Living In The Past"

My buddy asked me, which chair did I prefer, the end aisle seat, or next one beside it. I chose the end aisle seat, and it paid off. The guy sitting in the seat next to my buddy, had a bolo bag of Wine, and was toking heavily. Not even halfway through the show, the guy puked on my buddy's pants legs, worse yet, my buddy was wearing sandals, and got to squish his toes in the puke, cussing all the way to the bathroom......
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When he performed "My God" from Aqualung...he started out sitting in a chair...then, when the crescendo came he jumped up and kicked the chair towards the front row.....there was usually a good flute solo from that song (live) and the band sounded as if you were listening to it from the LP --- fabulous. Great musicians.

Their guitarist Martin Baree (who replaced Mick Abrahams) had a certain sound...
...so crisp and clear and fast! lol
Glenn Cornick on bass and Clive Bunker was tremendous on the drums. Whatta band! lol
 
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If I had to pick one single guitarist composer, who could play as well, refined as any other guitarist on the face of earth, it would be no doubt Frank Zappa. Zappa's arrangements were a bit of everything.

Got to see Frank play at UofA Tucson, with a young 21 year old guitarist side kick Frank hired especially for Zappa's Barking Pumpkin Tour....that unknown then guitarist was Stevie Vai...1980. Saw them both again on New Years Party at the Forum, and Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) joined in with Zappa and Vai. Dr. John, and Leon Russell were part of the show.

Frank may not be my single favorite guitarist, because I can't pick just one guitarist, to say I like better than others, yet David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, SRV, Satriani, Ry Cooder, Lowell George, of course Jimmie Page, Clapton, Harrison, Lennon, Pete Townsend, James Burton, Albert Lee, Mick Ronson, early Keith Richards, Leo Kottke, and a ton of others.
 
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