Syd Barrett Last-Minute Put-Together Boogie Band tape found.

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Syd Barrett Last-Minute Put-Together Boogie Band tape found.

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Hey all. This tape is apparently up for grabs on auction:

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Brain Damage wrote:An incredibly rare recording of Syd Barrett, performing live on 27th January, 1972, with the Last-Minute Put-Together Boogie Band, at a show in Cambridge, has recently been unearthed, and plans are underway for a release!
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Naturally, this news has spread like wildfire and anticipation is huge amongst the legions of Syd fans. Should the release of this show come to fruition (and the people behind it have outline permissions from all concerned to go ahead), it will be a fascinating, historical document for Pink Floyd fans.

The sound on the recording (shown to the right) is uneven in parts and will require 'tweaking' in a studio before it will be suitable for release. Any release is therefore some months away.

The Last-Minute Put-Together Boogie Band's set consists of 5 blues songs before Syd comes on stage for a long jam ("Number Nine") followed by 3 blues songs/improvs ("Gotta Be A Reason", "Let's Roll" and "Sweet Little Angel"). The Hawkwind and Pink Fairies sets on the reel are also reported to be worth hearing.

Syd is on stage for 29 minutes in total - the jam "Number Nine" is around 9 minutes long but segues directly into "Gotta Be A Reason". None of the songs are Syd's or Pink Floyd's. Alan Barrett (Syd's brother who makes decisions on Syd's behalf) was pitched the story of the recording and the hopes to release it, and he has contacted PF Music Publishing to give them the "OK".

The story of this recording is interesting, and can be found by visiting: www.nsblog.co.uk/FraKcman and also www.spacewardstudios.ukf.net/stories.htm. The people behind the release are asking for as many people as possible to email them a one-liner stating 'I support this release', sent to: [email protected] e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it in order to exert extra leverage on the company that they are hoping will release it. Please not that emails will not be answered, and it's an inbox only facility. This could be a potentially historic release and your voice can help.

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Sounds like it could be interesting. Mmm. :)
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I bet this tape wasn't "found". Somebody's been hoarding this for years...
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I heard the story about that tape a while ago. I don't think it was hoarded, just in the hands of the original taper.
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I do hope someone (not EMI) will buy and finally spread it. I´ve heard two mp3 snippets from this show and the sound is good.
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I think I may have to buy it you know!
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Yup, we have discussed this in this old thread: http://forum.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/vie ... 24&t=15575

I remember hearing some clips...

Edit: Looks like the first link somebody provides in the above thread points to a blog from 2005 - with the same email petition.
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Yes, but it is on sale at Bonhams soon.
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EMI have one copy already. Apparently they didn't want to release it because it would tarnish the reputation of Syd (or more likely dent the sales in Syd albums). However Syd and Fred Frith on the same stage sounds fascinating.
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Yeah, Alan. I wonder why the owners end up selling the tape at an auction five years after "founding" the reels ? Out of cash maybe but then again, why not just release it. Or is it just too "awful" recording as they earlier said ? Too avantgarde ?
Maybe David Gilmour could do more than think about the possibility to release all Syd´s solo stuff he has in his vaults.

Anyway, I can only wait and see if Keith would buy it and release it via NPF´s new Torrent section :-;
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The way I see it, Pink Floyd should have a subsidiary lable dedicated to this stuff. Rare Syd stuff would sell millions, he is the biggest mystery in rock music ever, and people want a bit of him any way they can.