"Division bell" poll : Privateering Super Deluxe Edition

[Pottel]

for me knopfler was always better then clapton, close call, but my numero uno has always been da knopf...

[ds1984]

I have Clapton's Nothing But The Blues on DVD (ahem....).

MK has never played better live or on record than Clapton did on the From the Cradle album and tour. He was on fire in the mid 90's.

^clapton was a shadow imho of the way he played in the 70ies, despite his alc. and drug issues. love the 74 US summer tour. or the 81 tour that leads to the just one night album (setting me up anyone??)

My nitpicker side is speakeing : JON was recorded in december 1979 and released in 1980.

Despite being in his heavy alcoohol period, despite not with the best backing band, it does feature a rendition of "Double Trouble" that remains unsurpassed to date.

1981 is the tour that saw Eric collapse and be rushed to St.Paul's United Hospital, cancelling most of the Another Ticket U.S.A. Tour.
After this it featured his first attempt to alcoohol redemption.



 

[herlock]

i still get goosebumps and tears in my eyes i have to admit when i see dave and roger bumping into each other at Bray studios where both rehearsed for there 2006 tours, it is on the extra'S of either remember that night or gdansk dvd's
i got into the floyd through a delicate sound of thunder (as rogerless as it gets) so i am more into the dry floyd (no waters...) then most hardcore fans, and i can say without having to duck and run that i cannot listen to anything up to meddle (love that one) i mean, saucerful of secrets anyone?
and animals is my favourite "real floyd" album.
also, i personally do not care that this is a mixture of floyd and knopfler, happen to love both.

I personally love SoS (Not Sultans of Swing here, but Saucerful of Secrets ). it is a very special album... the first one by the "classic" line-up after Syd lost it. And the result is very promising:
- The title track is the very first progressive piece by Floyd. The whole "song" is pretty tough to hear (my wife screamed at me that I was listening to psychotic noise) but the last piece, "Celestial voices", is very touching... Look at the Pompeii version, they are so young and so fresh singing this...
- Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun is the very first success by Roger... it is a great song IHMO, both Pompeii and In the Flesh versions are beautiful, each in its own way...

Of course the record is not on par with "Meddle" which is a real masterpiece, but still, the basics of classic Flyod started to shown and shine in SOS....

[Pottel]

true, celestial voices is a masterpiece..

[Pottel]

 
i rest my case.
only start watchign if you have 22min to spare, but boy what you get in return...
the really awesome part starts around 12:20 but do watch the whole thing...volume on 13...!!! with headphones and a BIIIIIIIGGG screen...

[Pottel]

oh man, that reocurring guitar riff....

[ds1984]

Witnessed at the Vienne Antique Theatre and that night I was blown away. Best version I heard so far.

[JF]

souldn't we split this thread in  3 : MK, EC, PF ? 

I agree with all said :

EC is god, but more in the 70ies than in the 80ies, (I like journeyman and live'85 very much though), double trouble from JON is a gem, Meddle and SOS (both  ) are masterpieces (but saucerful is not really the 1st with classic line up, it features Syd on it  ), animals is also my favorite floyd Animals (WYWH comes very near), and about Mayall bluesbreakers, I would add Mick Taylor wihc in term of melody is far better than EC , while EC is more blues-improvistaion style IMHO, and thanks DS1984 for  EC/Scorcese video (BTW the Dylan's one is also a awesome), thanks Pottel for Echoes, but the best part is ALL the song 

[Pottel]

I Also really like the ec and friends boot from the mid eighties, I believe from montreu. With otis rush and stuff, that IMHO is the best double trouble....

[vgonis]

My first PF album was Saucerful of Secrets, and I enjoyed listening to them separate influences and unique compositions by Rick Wright and Roger. Even the last Syd song is great. And I'm wondering who can be writing this song?
Pompeii was the first video I saw by PF and it was a revelation. But even then I could not stand the first three parts of SoS.

But See-saw and Remember a day must be the most dreamy songs in PF catalog. Plus the Summer of 68 from the very experimental, but really nice,  Atom heart mother.
I have been thinking why I believe that Animals is my favourite PF album, when it is the one that I have played less than the other 3 mega sellers of the 70ies, until I realized that the answer lies in the question.

[Rail King]

Pink Floyd? Who are they?

I think this drifting a bit off topic ... so back to the super deluxe set. I bought it, yes, and I think it's well wort it. For 80 Swiss Francs, I got almost four albums (Privateering 1 and 2, the three bonus tracks and a fantastically recorded concert). Listening to Privateering on vinyl I strongly recommend, it sound fabulous. And the art work is just gorgeous this time - I can't stop looking at the rusty album sleeves ...