Ahh! The 'John Latham" tape.. yeah, might be something decent.. or might be rubbish - the good news is that there's always 'Instrumental' (Sunshine?) & 'Beechwoods' that have already circulated, but are likely to still exist in the EMI archives, so we could at least get a quality upgrade on those.Chris Moise wrote:Don't forget the 10/67 John Latham film recording -my top holy grail. Then there are unheard alternate takes and early versions of Vegetable Man, Jugband Blues and Paint Box. The Jugband multi-track could be an interesting listenflippikat wrote:Aside from Scream Thy Last Scream & Vegetable Man, there's also:
* The haywire series of rehearsals from late '67-early '68 (or whatever can be salvaged from them)
* Beechwoods & 'Instrumental' (much bootlegged, but would be nice to hear cleaned up)
* "The Committee" soundtrack work - supposedly the first studio work with David.. would be nice to hear without film dialogue over the top if possible.
I hope I'm wrong but I haven't seen any indication the Jan 68 rehearsals were recorded. Same for the Committee soundtrack but I can't say for sure. Small point but David started recording 2-3 months prior to the Committee sessions.
Yeah, on reflection, the late '67-early '68 rehearsals might be pushing it - I'm doubtful that much still exists from THAT particular shambles (The "Crazy Diamond" book only lists a couple of instrumental backing tracks from Jan 1968 as still existing) although I've heard an undated instrumental run-through of Vegetable Man on bootleg, and if it really is Syd-era Pink Floyd then the similarity to "White Light/White Heat"-era Velvet Underground is striking.. totally unhinged!
As far as the Committee stuff goes, even the tracks that have made it out on to bootleg (actor's voices included) are really interesting for embryonic versions of 'Saucerful of Secrets' sections. Selections from those sessions WITHOUT the film dialogue would be great, but like you said who knows if those tapes even exist anymore!
Still, as far as Saucerful-era goes, there's plenty of video, promo films etc. and sessions - I've heard a backing track to 'Remember a Day' on a bootleg so there must be some good session tapes still existing.