Pink Floyd
Crystal Palace Garden Party
London, England
May 15, 1971

"Echoes Of a Distant Time" - Atomic Cow Recordings ACR-011

Disc One:

1. The Taper Speaks/Announcements/Band Tuneups 4:27
2. Atom Heart Mother 15:15
3. Applause/The Taper Speaks/Rain/Tuneups 1:58
4. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:02
5. Applause/Tuneups 1:59
6. Fat Old Sun 13:13
7. Applause/Tuneups 2:54

Disc Two:

1. The Return of The Sons Of Nothing 23:02
2. Applause/Tuneups 0:55
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 11:09
4. Applause/Tuneups 1:11
5. Embryo 9:45


Source: Audience (4th gen>CD-R[?]>EAC>WAV>SHN)

CD Reference:
Return of the Dead sons from the Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Garden Party 15.5.71, The Giant Octopus, Live At The Crystal Palace Bowl 1971, Echoes Of a Distant Time

LP Reference:


Comments:
Another excellent release... this is a 4th generation source... other releases of this show don't even compare to this one (so far). It's longer than others (just extra taper chatter) but is still missing the last 2 songs (I believe they have never been recovered)... This one has a bit of hiss but it's nothing like the other hissy releases that were put out... contains also the excellent performance of a very early "Return of The Son Of Nothing".


And here's the comments made by Roger, Roy (taper) and Brian (friend) during the show:

[ROGER: One two. One two. One. One Two. One. One Two. One Two. One. etc...]
[ANNOUNCER: Hello. There is a guy named Phil LaHaze who is in ... hospital. Would you Nick please go to ... hospital where Phil LaHaze is.]
[ROGER: One two.]
[ROY: ...unintelligible...]
[ROGER: I say, can we go?]

Atom Heart Mother

[ROGER: Thank you.]
[BRIAN: And suddenly ... Ask them if we'll be seing ... Can you get down there as well?]
[ROY: Yeah, well don't keep talkin' - it's all going down on the tape.]
[BRIAN: You know we're standing there ... all the umbrellas coming out.]
[ROY: Knock it off.]
[BRIAN: You know Roy we better go somewhere under that tree there.]
[ROGER: This is ... This is called 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene'.]
[ROY: I don't wanna go.]
[BRIAN: Where?]
[ROY: We're all staying here.]
[BRIAN: What are you gonna do?]
[ROY: I wanna tape this.]
[BRIAN: Did you, yeah, have you switched it off?]
[ROY: No it's still going.]
[BRIAN: Look we're gonna get wet, soaking wet.]
[ROY: Where we gonna go then?]
[BRIAN: What? Where they're selling those plastic bags, over there.]
[ROY: Over there in that tent.]
[BRIAN: What about going there? All of them, you can buy the plastic bag.]
[ROY: Takes more than one.]
[BRIAN: Too late.]
[ROY: Listen, stop the lot from getting in on it.]
[BRIAN: Look what are you doing? It's raining, pouring down. Go under there. Brian it's no ...]
[ROY: Go to that tent then.]
[BRIAN: Which tent? The big one? You're getting soaking wet aren't you.]
[ROY: If I take my jacket off I can sit out in the rain.]
[BRIAN: You don't consider...]
[+some more babble]

Careful With That Axe, Eugene

[ROGER: Thank you. It's called 'Fat Old Sun'. One two. One two.]

Fat Old Sun

[ROGER: Ok.]

>Tape cut<

[BRIAN: The tape running? ....]
[ROY: It's gonna start in a second. Don't know when it's gonna start.]
[BRIAN: You're running the tape aren't you?]
[ROY: So what?]
[BRIAN: Yes, but you ...
[ROGER: This one's called 'The Return Of The Son Of Nothing'.]
[BRIAN: You know what that means?]
[ROY: No, I've never heard of it.]

The Return Of The Sons Of Nothing

[BRIAN: That'll be 'A Saucerful Of Secrets']
[ROY: Yeah.]
[BRIAN: It got that ...]

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

>Tape cut<

[ROGER: This is called 'Embryo'.]
[BRIAN: Did you know about it ...?]
[ROY: Yeah.]
[ROGER: One two. One.]
[BRIAN: ...]
[ROY: No.]

Embryo


Quality: VG

Overall Rating: 8/10


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