PINK FLOYD - Live In Montreux 1970 (1st gig from 21st November) (2LP) - FRA Verne Press - LISTEN - VERY RARE

A new reissue of the double and absolutely brilliant recording of the Pink Floyd concert of 21 November 1970 (the first of two concerts played in this hall - the second a day later) - recorded just after the release of the LP 'Atom Heart Mother'. Many people, including me, consider this show the best concert of the band's entire career - helped by the fantastic sound quality. Apparently the whole thing was recorded on two professional Uher tape recorders, placed 6 metres from the stage. And since the acoustics at the casino in Montreux were reportedly legendary, the whole thing sounds stunning! This is the PF I love most - still experimental, still enchanting with a psychedelic sound, but not afraid to hit hard in an almost hard-rock way! The band was at its peak form then, and in 1970 at concerts it managed to work out an exceptionally juicy, full sound (with incredible parts from Gilmour and Wright) - even more intense than on the first, so excellent disc of the LP/CD 'Ummagumma' - something almost impossible to imagine! Unfortunately, nothing from this magical year 1970 was commemorated on official records - well, perhaps with the exception of a few of the best fragments of the suite 'Meddle'... A year later the quartet also played in Montreux, but with a somewhat different repertoire and with a smaller dose of adrenaline. And two years after that it was already a rather different band... The vinyl lasts nearly two hours ("Careful With That Axe, Eugene" has been omitted - the only recordings from this show of much poorer quality), and the sound quality is almost perfect and the vinyl pressing flawless! An absolute MUST! Condition: NEW, but not shrink-wrapped.