Show #125 - Release date: 31. January 2009
 
It's been a while featuring an early 70's gig.  We go back to 1972.  According to Nick Mason, it was a year when Pink Floyd felt a 'revitalized sense of purpose.'  Four months before the release of Dark Side Of The Moon, the band threw down a great gig in Böblingen, Germany, 15. November 1972.

Set one:
  1. Speak To Me
  2. Breathe
  3. Traveling sequence
  4. Time
  5. Mortality sequence
  6. Money
  7. Us & Them
  8. Any Colour You Like
  9. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse

Set two:
11. One Of These Days
12. Careful With That Axe Eugene
13. Looking Through The Knotholes In Granny's Wooden Leg

Encore:
14. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

Running Time: 2h:04m:11s

Show #124 - Release date: 17. January 2009
 
The first podcast for 2009 comes from a suggestion of another Brain Damaged listener who thought it would be cool to have Floyd songs that appeal to children.  I think quite a bit of Floyd is suitable for children. They might not like it, but it won't hurt'em.  They may even love Pink Floyd.

This podcast is for the little one in your life.  Most of what's featured is early for it seems to have a more playful tone.  Part of the show consists of one long set with some cool sound effects thrown in.  This was a challenging theme and I hope I pulled it off.

1. Here I Go [David Gilmour, BBC"s Radcliffe and Maconie Programme, 9. December 2008]
2. Embryo [BBC's Top Gear, Paris Cinema, London, England, 16. July, 1970]
3. Night of a Thousand Furry Toys - Broken China
4. See Emily Play - "Arnold Lane” B-Side, Acetate #2
5. The Gnome - Piper at The Gates of Dawn (stereo version)
6. Effervescent Elephant – Barrett
7. Another Brick In The Wall (part 2) – Single
8. Mother (the film version)
9. Matilda Mother (alternate version) – Piper at The Gates of Dawn 40th
10. Breathe – Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Pink Floyd
11. On The Run [Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17, March, 2007]
12. Learning To Fly [Stadio Delle Alpi, Torino, Italy  13. September 1994]
13. Take It Back (extended)
14. High Hopes [Royal Festival Hall, London, 18. January, 2002]
15. Mademoiselle Nobbs – Live In Pompeii
16. Bike – Piper at The Gates of Dawn (stereo version)

Running Time: 1h:14m:46s

Show #123 - Release date: 7. December 2008

The Division Bell Czech Republic Tour was an official leg during Floyd's European tour.  The band even had special, lavish tour programs made.  Unfortunately those programs never
arrived in time so many were destroyed.  This is a fairly decent recording of Floyd's first and only Czech concert appearance, 7. September 1994, Strahovsky Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

This will be the last podcast for 2008.  Thank you for all the kind words and for your continued support.  Best wishes to you for a happy holiday and a peaceful new year!

Set 1:
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
2. Learning To Fly
3. What Do You Want From Me?
4. On The Turning Away
5. Take It Back
6. A Great Day For Freedom
7. Sorrow
8. Coming Back To Life
9. One Of These Days

Set 2:
10. Astronomy Domine
12. Breathe
13. Time / Breathe Reprise
14. High Hopes
15. The Great Gig In The Sky
16. Wish You Were Here
17. Us And Them
18. Money
19. Another Brick In The Wall (part 2)

Encore:
20. Comfortably Numb
21. Hey You
22. Run Like Hell

Running Time: 2h:48m:31

Show #122 - Release date: 14. November, 2008

Halloween has always been a flagship holiday in the jam band community, second only to New Year's Eve. And with a band like Gov't Mule, expecting something special is more than fair. Phish are attributed with getting the Halloween spirit going in the jam world with a performance of The Beatles' The White Album in its entirety on 10.31.94. Years later, we've seen costumes and covers of all colors and genres. But, on Halloween 2008, Mule outdid themselves with a second set packed full of Pink Floyd tunes from throughout the psychedelic pioneers' career.*

Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, 31. October, 2008.

01. One Of These Days
02. Fearless
03. Pigs On The Wing (part 2)
04. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
05. Have A Cigar
06. Speak To Me
07. Breathe
08. On The Run
09. Time
10. Great Gig In The Sky
11. Money
12. Comfortably Numb
13. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (reprise)
14. Wish You Were Here

Running time: 01h:43m:10s
Photo by Chris Rushin
*excerpts taken from a review written by Andrew Bruss

Show #121 Release date: 31. October, 2008

This is a special podcast but I must tell you... I haven’t been myself lately (hehehe) so you’ll have to forgive me.  I’m here but I’m off doing it somewhere else.*  Enjoy this one. 

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1 - 4) [Wish You Were Here]
2. Raving and Drooling [Boston Garden, Boston, Ma, 18. June 1975]
3. See Emily Play - David Bowie [Pin Ups]
4. Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush feat. David Gilmour and Nick Mason [ The PalladiumPaladium, London, U.K., 28. March 1987]
5. Echoes [Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex, England, 16. November 1974]
6. Speak To Me / Breathe - Adrian Belew / Tony Kaye / Alan White / Jeff Baxter et al. [Return to the Dark Side of the Moon]
7. On The Run [Marquee Festival, Cork, Ireland, 29. June, 2006]
8. Time / Breathe (reprise) [Gdansk Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland, 26. August, 2006]9. Lucy Leave (demo)

Running Time 1h:19m:03s

*Here's that somewhere else (click it if you know what's good for you)

Show #120 Release date 19. October, 2008

For this podcast, we go down under to Brisbane, Australia. Roger Waters live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 5. February, 2007.  This is the perfect podcast to listen to while you're cleaning windows.  Doctored for supersound...  Enjoy!

Set 1
  1. Intro
  2. In The Flesh ?
  3. Mother
  4. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
  5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)
  6. Have A Cigar
  7. Wish You Were Here
  8. Southampton Dock
  9. The Fletcher Memorial Home
10. Perfect Sense (pt. 1)
11. Perfect Sense (pt. 2)
12. Leaving Beirut
13. Sheep

Set 2
14. Speak To Me
15. Breathe
16. On The Run
17. Time
18. The Great Gig In The Sky
19. Money
20. Us & Them
21. Any Colour You Like
22. Brain Damage
23. Eclipse
24. Band Intros
25. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
26. Another Brick In The Wall (pt. 2)
27. Vera
28. Bring The Boys Back Home
29. Comfortably Numb

Running time: 2h:35m:23s

Show #119 Release date: 05. October, 2008

This podcast is what it is.  It’s collection of some of my favorite tracks, not featured in a while and others I tooled around with.  Enjoy!

01. Remember A Day [Later…With Jools Holland, 23 September, 2008]
02. The Doctor (Comfortably Numb demo)
03. Return of the Son of Nothing [Berliner Sportspalast, W. Berlin, W. Germany, 5. June, 1971]
04. Childhood's End [Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland, 9. December, 1972]
05. High Hopes (The Doctored "remix") [AOL Sessions, New York City, 6. April 2006] (with 2002 Meltdown chorus mixed in)
06. Time (alternate version/lead guitar removed)
07. You Gotta Be Crazy [Los Angeles Sports Arena, 26. April 1975]
08. Barn Jam 166 [Live In Gdansk, Disc 4]
09. Astronomy Domine [Abbey Road Studios, 29, August, 2006/ ‘Look of The Week’, 14. May 1967]
10. The Trial (orchestral version)
11. Outside The Wall (brass version)
12. Waiting For The Worms (megaphone version)

Running time: 1h:42m:19s
Photo: adventureduo.com

Show #117 Release date: 07. September, 2008

Sorry for the slight delay on getting this one out.  Getting used to my new work schedule is proving to be more difficult than I thought.

For this podcast I decided to revisit an old theme previously done on show #60, "Covers” but this time I reach a little deeper in the bag for some more obscure and new Floyd songs covered by other artists.  Enjoy!

01. Blue Man Group - One Of These Days [How to Be a Megastar Live! (Bonus Video Version)]
02. Acid Drinkers - Another Brick In The Wall (part 2) [Fishdick]
03. Ann Wilson - Goodbye Blue Sky [Hope & Glory]
04. Steve Lukather - Shine On You Crazy Diamond [70s Box: The Sound of a Decade]
05. Blue Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive / Wish You Were Here [Begins]
07. Love and rockets - Lucifer Sam [Express (reissue)]
08. Rx - Scarecrow [Bedside Toxicology]
09. Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - Dogs [Live Set 2]
10. Primus - Have A Cigar [Miscellaneous Debris]
11. Gary Hoey - Money [Money]
12. Fish - Fearless [Songs from the Mirror]
13. Dream Theater - Hey You [Once In A LIVEtime Outtakes]
14. Van Morrison - Comfortably Numb featuring Katie Kissoon [Kenwood House, London, 16 August 2008]
15. California Guitar Trio - Echoes [Echoes]

Running time: 1h:32m:22s

Show #116 Release date: 23. August, 2008

I almost decided to call the show "Denver matrix”.  Instead this podcast gets its title from the forum on Col Turner's website pinkfloydz.com.

A very large group of great people from the forum came out to Denver to meet up and enjoy Roger Waters at the Pepsi Center.  I was very fortunate to be amongst them.  It was a time to be had.

Finally, a Denver recording has become available.    Not one, but two different sources popped up, so I decided to kick it up a notch and make a matrix of the two.  The result is impressive.  I've been eagerly waiting to share this moment with you.  Enjoy!

Set One:
1. "Opening theme"
2. In The Flesh?
3. Mother
4. Set the Controls for the Heart Of the Sun
5. Shine on You Crazy Diamond
6. Have A Cigar
7. Wish You Were Here
8. Southampton Dock
9. Fletcher Memorial Home
10. Perfect Sense (Parts 1 & 2)
11. Leaving Beirut
12. Sheep

Set Two:
13. Speak to Me
14. Breathe
15. On the Run
16. Time
17. Great Gig in the Sky
18. Money
19. Us and Them
20. Any Colour You Like
21. Brain Damage
22. Eclipse

Encore:
23. Band Intros
24. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
25. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
26. Vera
27. Bring the Boys Back Home
28. Comfortably Numb

Running Time 2h:34m:36s

The image was taken with my iPhone from the second row and here's a scan of my ticket.

Show #115 Release date: 10. August, 2008

I’m back!  Thank you so much for your patience and support.  Without any further delay… this podcast has been kicking around inside my head for a very long time and now seems to be the right time to do it.  So, get your backstage, all access pass ready because we’re going to listen in on some of Pink Floyd’s more unique soundcheck and rehearsal moments.  Enjoy!

01. Comfortably Numb [Earls Court, London, 1. August, 1980]
02. The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range [Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 18. July 1990]
03. Mother [Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 18. July 1990]
04. The Tide Is Turning [The Town House studio, London, 2. May, 1990]
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The following clips were recorded at The Royal Festival Hall, London, 14. April, 1969
05. Biding My Time
06. Green Is The Colour
07. Cymbaline
08. Careful With That Axe Eugene jam
09. Saucerful Of Secrets (Storm Signal)
10. Saucerful Of Secrets (Celestial Voices)
11. Saucerful Of Secrets (Syncopated Pandemonium)
--
The following clips were recorded at Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria, 1. July, 1988
10. On The Road Again jam
11. Air That I Breathe acapella
12. Learning To Fly backing vocals acapella
13. Welcome To The Machine snippet and Spanish guitar jam
14. Learning To Fly
15. Heartbreaker
16. Yet Another Movie
17. A New Machine snippet
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18. Astronomy Domine [Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida, 30. March 1994]
19. Shine On You Crazy Diamond [Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida, 6. May, 1994]
20. Crazy [Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy, 11, August, 2006]
21. blues jam [Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy, 11, August, 2006]
22. Flickering Flame [Bray Studios, Windsor, U.K., 2. February, 2002]
23. Hey You [L.A. Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, 1. February 1980]

Running time: 1h:51m:04s