Floyd 67-74 Japanese and bootleg collecting

[Jason C. Hillenburg]

Floyd, for me, was a band for my teenage years. I wore the black print off my cassette copy of The Wall as a teen, but you can't get me to listen to it now. Too self-indulgent and marred with self-pity. There's a handful of tracks from other albums that merit my time. The Final Cut is admirable for its absolute refusal to give the listener comfort or entertainment. Obscured By Clouds, however, is a real gem. 
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From: "John McIntyre" <mcintyre at PA.MSU.EDU> 
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET 
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 11:20:27 AM 
Subject: Re: Floyd 67-74 Japanese and bootleg collecting 

On 1/30/2015 4:16 AM, John Rennie wrote: 
> Pink Floyd were my first love, and if I have to go to the proverbial desert island with only one band's back catalogue that band would be Pink Floyd (sorry guys :-). 
Early Tangerine Dream for me, but that's not to fault you. 
> 
> But being a Pink Floyd fan feels a bit like being part of a giant multinational. They are just so big and have so many fans. 
Yeah, I remember back before "Dark Side" when being a Pink Floyd fan was 
a "who are you?" type of deal. 
> 
> So while I have a few Floyd bootlegs, live recordings, etc collecting Floyd stuff just isn't as interesting as collecting Hawkwind stuff. 
> 
> 
Ye gods, imagine if Hawkwind had achieved the Pink Floyd fame level.   
"Hall of the Mountain Grill" deserved it.  Oh, to dream of it.  They 
might even tour the US.  Had to miss the Space Ritual tour because my 
band was playing that night.  Did catch them in the 80s. Heck, I've seen 
Nikwind more often that I've seen Hawkwind.  To go into a record store 
and have a chance of finding the new release? Pink Floyd puts out twenty 
year old rehash and makes the top ten? 

Err, I'm ranting a bit.  Pink Floyd deserves what they got.  Sigh, 
surviving Syd and Roger...  And that 1973 concert... 
I was initially unimpressed with "Dark Side".  What's with these four 
minute songs?  Where's the twenty minute suites? 

Oh. 

Dam shame that you have to get up and flip the LP over.  That's why they 
invented CDs.  (Err, no, supposedly it was somebody at Sony who wanted 
to hear a Beethoven composition in its entirety.  But it should have 
been "Dark Side.") 

John McIntyre 
mcintyre at pa.msu.edu