what is your top 5

[Captain Bl@ck]

On a related topic,  I read that the Syd Barrett Madcap Society are
currently petitioning EMI with a view to getting all of Syd's studio and
live recordings issued. Of course, one is assuming that EMI still have the
tapes, and that they are still playable....






>
>   Does anyone out there think that E.M.I. short-changed us and the band
> when they did the remastering of The Space Ritual? They had access to
> the original tapes and failed spectacularly when they didn't do the
> whole of the concert. Consequently we end up with the truncated
> versions of Brainstorm and Time We Left...very poor continuity between
> The Awakening/Lord Of Light, Electronic Number One/Orgone Accumulator,
> Brainstorm/Seven By Seven, and a shortened encore (the one from
> Roadhawks). Why don't we all write/start a campaign for the real thing?
> Remember Dave Brock saying that when they recorded in the studio in the
> early days they always left the recorders running thus ending up with
> "hours" of material so they had to fade out tracks, e.g. Brainstorm,
> Lord Of light etc., etc.? Now wouldn't it be wonderful to have those
> unedited versions released to the hard-core fans?
>          I look forward to your thoughts, Hawk fans.
>                              Paul.
> On Friday, January 23, 2004, at 06:41  pm, Chris Dove wrote:
>
> > The response has been good keep them coming and I shall compile them
> > all
> > in about a weeks time to see what is the favourite album.
> >
> > Now how about the impossible favourite track......only joking!!!
> >
> > Does anybody have any news on the new single, what about the album and
> > what about re-issuing Warrior and the Charisma stuff (I've got the
> > vinyl
> > but no record deck!!)
> >