Syd Barrett - Ultimate Collection Vol.2 FLAC

• Performer: Syd Barrett
• Title: Ultimate Collection Vol.2
• Genre: Rock / Audiofiles
• Label: Not On Label (Syd Barrett)
• Country: Russia
• FLAC size 2030 mb
• MP3 size: 1395 mb
• Record From DVDr, DVD-Video, Compilation, Unofficial Release, Bootleg

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Track 1
Last TV Appearance with Syd Barrett
"It's unlike anything we've done before. It's a new sound. Got alot of guitar in it.
It's a happy song, and it's got a touch of Christmas. It's about a girl I saw just walking round town, in Richmond. The 'apples and oranges' bit is the refrain in the middle."
-- Syd Barrett
quoted in Melody Maker Dec., 1967.

When staying with Lyndsey [Korner], ... [Syd] would spend much of his time simply wandering the streets window-shopping and meandering along the banks of the Thames. One day he noticed an attractive young woman doing her shopping and decided to follow her. He trailed her for hours, finally ending up at the duck pond a short bus ride away on Barned Common. Syd's recollection of this afternoon's light stalking became Apples and Oranges....
-- Cliff "Syd's-Blind-From-Diabetes" Jones, "Wish You Were Here", 1996.

Track 2
The promotional video for the song was filmed in December 1967, for the Central Office of Information in London. The video was supposed to be about Britain, and was meant to be distributed in the US and Canada. The video features Barrett (shown with an acoustic guitar for the first time) and the group miming to the song in a more conventional stage setting, with psychedelic projections in the background. The original audio to the promo is lost, and most versions use the BBC recording from late 1967, consequently causing sync issues most evident as Barrett sings the opening verse. The original film was considered to be lost, until it was re-discovered in the Manchester Arts Lab in 1999.
Alan Walsh:
« I met Barrett and guitarist Roger Waters with managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King at the Central Office of Information in Lambeth. The had been viewing a colour film insert of the group for a magazine programme on Britain networked across America and Canada. The number they filmed was Jugband Blues written by Barrett which manager Jenner said he had wanted to release as a single instead of Apples and Oranges … It is almost a poetic recitation by Barrett with avant-garde sound effects by the group .. After the filming, we retire to nearby coffee bar …»
« Interview with Alan Wals », Melody Maker, December 9th 1967.

Vernon Fitch:
« In 1968, two members of "The Manchester Arts Lab" traveled to London to try and obtain some films to show at the Art Lab. They managed to borrow a 16 millimeter print of the Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, loaned to them by a friend of The Beatles. They also visited Blackhill Enterprises, where they were loaned a copy of the Jugband Blues promo film.
They returned to Manchester with these films and showed them on a regular basis for quite some time at the Manchester Arts lab. Eventually, the Magical Mystery Tour film was returned to the Beatles, but the Jugband Blues film remained in the possession of one of the organizers of the Arts Lab until 1999, when it was re-discovered and transferred from film on to videotape. 
The video transfer of the Jugband Blues film looks pretty good, although it does suffer somewhat from age. Parts of it are dark, while other parts show scratches and other imperfections that were on the film. But for a film that is 34 years old, it still looks remarkably good. 
The audio for the Jugband Blues film, however, is another story. The soundtrack that is on the film has badly deteriorated. The person with the video master referred to the sound as "shot to pieces and like listening to mud." In order to try and improve the sound quality, a new soundtrack was dubbed onto the video. The audio of Jugband Blues that was used for the new soundtrack came from a bootleg recording of the song, and is most likely the version from the BBC recording session on December 20, 1967. While the new soundtrack sounds clear, it does suffer from occasional dropouts, and it is out of synch with Barrett's lips as he sings during various points in the film ». 
 « A Fleeting Glimpse », PinkFloydz Website, 1999.

Track 4
Promo, Joe Cocker. Feature 3 secodns of footage with Pink Floyd on screen...
On Christmas On Earth Continued, 22 December 1967

Track 6
Last video footage of Pink Floyd with Syd

Track 7
Sourced from Omnibus's "Pink Floyd Story"

Track 9,10
About Mike Leonard, who did the light show for Pink Floyd at the time

Track 11
The song was played first time in UFO Club, London July 28, 1967. A studio version was recorded for the BBC Top Gear show in October 1967. Different bootleg recordings from 1967 are in circulation.

"Reaction In G", sometimes referred to (erroneously) as "Stoned Alone", is a song performed by the Barrett-era Pink Floyd in 1967. The song itself was performed as a cynical response to audiences and promoters pressuring Pink Floyd to play their hit singles (such as "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play"), rather than the long, free-form jams they preferred at the time. Pressure from EMI to release a third single was high. Eventually, on 4 and 5 September, the Floyd reconvened at EMI Studios to record something that could be released as a third single, "Reaction In G". Despite having takes 2 & 7 complete, any variation of the song remains unreleased. A BBC studio rendition and a live recording of this song have survived, which was recorded in Rotterdam in November 1967, at the Hippy-Happy Fair. Another version, recorded from the same show as "One in a Million," features a longer take.