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London 1966-1967

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Excellent stuff because there is awesome improvisation on Pink Floyd's part, but be forwarned:

- Only 2 songs in this video (but with great jams in them)

- As of this writing this exact volume is available in a DVD as well. So why buy a CD ROM, which can only be played on your computer? DVD is less pricey too

- The CD ROM auto-starts with a Macromedia (Flash?) interface that works rather badly (at best is cumbersome), and on my PC shrinks the film to a small square in the middle of the screen. You will be well advised to navigate into the CD to the folder called VIDEO (using Windows Explorer) and open the .MOV files yourself manually. Thus you will skip this difficult interface and get yourself a full sized view of the film

I had both of these cuts on a pink vinyl bootleg for years.
GET THEM NOW.

They are essential, true tablets of psychedelic revelation. The Floyd performed like this all the time, back in the day; this is the *only* semi-authorized live document from their eariest incarnation available, anywhere. Genius? Madness? Cacophony? These recordings "Boldly go where no man has gone before", although Hawkwind charted and mapped this territory a couple years later, the Floyd were the first to explore the Final Frontier.

This music will disassemble in your brain like a Rubic's Cube. It illustrates why the Floyd caught everyone's attention in the U.K. in the *first place*. Melts in your mind, not in your hand.

This set, with the CDR, is definitive. If you don't have the videotape "Live In London" (and very few people do) this is the only format available to view this footage, and it's SEMINAL stuff; get this, the Pink Floyd Singles CD, the mono rerelease of Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and *marvel* at the clarity of vision (ethnogenically induced though it be) of these visionary young men, and wonder: "What the hell happened?"

Syd Barrett will be greatly missed. His whimsical songwriting style was unique and greatly influenced many famous musicians like David Bowie. This cd is an essential purchase for those wishing a taste of genius.

for 20 bucks isnt the best deal buy it used over new.

1. Interstellar Overdrive, the long version of it is a very very psychedelic jam a lot of weird noises in the song but its a really good version of it dosent have the cool sound effects at the end unlike the version on the piper at the gates of dawn but the sounds made on it are a lot of homemade ones because the sounds are just made with their guitar doing weird things with the feedback and strings 5/5 stars

2. Nicks Boogie, mainly a drum song and attains the same beat through out the whole song the only thing besides drums on this song are weird noises once again made by either the keyboards or the guitars. great song i think the drummer used mallets for this song whatever its a cool steady beat 5/5 stars
all in all a great CD for any hard core pink floyd fans or someone who likes the Syd Barrett era of pink floyd the most

Okay first off i bought this cd used for 7.99 around 2 or 3 years ago. Now this CD is over 27 dollars new and 12 bucks used.... If you are an average pink floyd fan stay away from this CD or if you dont like long jams because this is just 2 tracks and some cool videos. Only for the mega floyd fans

this is a great jam cd great for deadheads this is what it would of been like to see the pink floyd back in 1966 1967 its a full 28 min of a pure psychedellic freak out i should say plus the video is cool has pink floyd peforming this since this album is live i say buy this and interstellar overdrive great jam man SYD BARRRET R.I.P

What a big disappointment. A bunch of stoned musicians noodling around and making completely inconsequential music. I like the Syd Barrett era, and I expected more from this album. Avoid.