Sunday, April 19, 2026

Pink Floyd : Transmissions + 1969



DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,
THE STAR IS SCREAMING
BENEATH THE LIES
LIE, LIE,

CAREFUL...
CAREFUL...
CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE

THE STARS ARE SCREAMING LOUD



A stunning 

double set of 

Pink Floyd's earliest 

radio broadcasts.

This double set 

celebrates and documents

 Pink Floyd's

 early years, 

the period when

 the band released 

legendary albums such as 

A Saucerful of Secrets,

 Ummagumma,

 Atom Heart Mother, 

and 

Meddle, 

and during which they

 produced a series of 

breathtaking sessions

 and live shows for

 FM radio broadcast. 

The Pink Floyd session

 recorded at 

Maida Vale Studios

 on 

December 2, 1968, 

and broadcast on 

Radio One's 

Top Gear program

 is included. 

Also featured is

 the band's 

May 1969 concert, 

recorded at

 the Paris Theatre

 in London and

 broadcast as a

 John Peel 'Sunday Concert'.

 It concludes with

 a mesmerizing

 1969 performance of 

'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun'

 and 

'A Saucerful of Secrets' 

from the Forum 

Musiques de France.

TRACKLIST

CD 1

 01 – Point Me at the Sky

02 – The Embryo

03 – Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major

04 – Interstellar Overdrive

05 – Daybreak
(Grantchester Meadows)

06 – Nightmare
(Cymbaline)
(Cymbaline)
(07 – The Narrow Way
(Part 3)

08 – The Beginning
 (Green Is The Colour) /
 Beset The Creatures Of The Deep 
(Careful With That Axe Eugene)

09 – Moonhead

10 – Set The Controls

11 – A Saucerful Of Secrets

CD 2

1 – Astronomy Domine

2 – Careful With That Axe Eugene

3 – Interstellar Overdrive

4– The Beginning

5 – Beset By The Creatures Of The Deep

6 – A Saucerful Of Secrets

7 – Careful With That Axe

8– A Saucerful Of Secrets

1-1 to 1-4 Maida Vale Studios, London, Recorded 2nd December, 1968, Broadcast On Top Gear, 14th January, 1969
1-5 to 1-8 Paris Cinema, London, Recorded 12th May, 1969, Broadcast On Night Ride, 14th May, 1969
1-9 BBC TV Centre, London, Recorded 20th July, 1969, Broadcast On Omnibus-What If It's Just Green Cheese?, 20th July, 1969 
Tracks 1-1-10& 1-11 TV Broadcast, Forum Musiques, Paris, France, 22nd January, 1969
2-1 to 2-6 Old Refectory, Student's Union, Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire, 9th May, 1969

2-7 & 2-8 TV Broadcast, Essener Pop & Blues Festival, Essen, Germany, 11th October, 1969




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