A TREE FULL OF SECRETS - VOL. 1
72:16

 

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SEE COVER

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SOUND QUALITY:

8-10/10

 

DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF PINK FLOYD RARITIES - FROM THE SESSIONS FOR “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” AND THE SINGLES OF THE TIME.

 

1

LUCY LEAVE [UNIDENTIFIED / DATE UNKNOWN]

2:50

2

I'M A KING BEE [RECORDED: LONDON, LATE 1965 - PRIMARY SOURCE: EMIDISC ACETATE SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “A FISH OUT OF WATER” ROIO CD & “OUTTAKES FROM OUTER SPACE” ROIO CD THESE FIRST TWO (UNRELEASED) SONGS APPEAR ON A TWO-SIDED 7” ACETATE DISCOVERED EARLY 1988. WHILST SOME EXPERTS CONSIDER THIS AS A FAKE, MILES REPRODUCES IN HIS BOOK A SETLIST INCLUDING “LUCY LEAVE” FOR THE GIG THE BAND PLAYED ON OCTOBER 14, 1966]

3:03

3

CANDY AND A CURRENT BUN [LISTED AS 'LET'S ROLL ANOTHER ONE'. RECORDED: LONDON, MIKE LEONARD'S HOUSE, JANUARY 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: CASSETTE RECORDING SOURCE FOR THE TREE : UNKOWN GEN COPY INSTRUMENTAL REHEARSAL FOR THE SONG THAT LATER BECAME “CANDY AND A CURRANT BUN”. THIS REHEARSAL TOOK PLACE AT MIKE LEONARD'S HOUSE AND WAS RECORDED BY IRENE WINSBY]

3:08

4

ARNOLD LAYNE [RECORDED: LONDON, SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIOS, JANUARY 23-25, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: EMIDISC ACETATE SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “ANTHOLOGY II” ROIO CD FADES IN 2 SECONDS AFTER THE ACTUAL START, STRANGE EDIT SKIPPING ORGAN SOLO]

2:33

5

ARNOLD LAYNE [RECORDED: LONDON, SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIOS, JANUARY 23-25, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: “ARNOLD LAYNE” SINGLE (1ST SINGLE), RELEASED MARCH 11, 1967 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “THE PINK FLOYD EARLY SINGLES” CD]

2:51

6

ARNOLD LAYNE [RECORDED: LONDON, SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIOS, JANUARY 23-25, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: “THE BEST OF THE PINK FLOYD” COMPILATION, RELEASED 1970 & “MASTERS OF ROCK” COMPILATION, RELEASED 1973

SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “WORKS” CD]

2:50

7

CANDY AND A CURRENT BUN [SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “ANTHOLOGY II” ROIO CD ALTERNATE LYRICS (“PLEASE JUST WALK WITH ME” WHILE ON THE REGULAR SINGLE VERSION IT'S “PLEASE JUST F*** WITH ME”), DIFFERENT VERSE STRUCTURE, NO ORGAN AND GUITAR SOLOS. SOME PEOPLE REFER TO THIS VERSION AS BEING “LET'S ROLL ANOTHER ONE” FROM OCTOBER 1966 SESSIONS AT THOMPSON RECORDING STUDIOS, BUT SINCE THE INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS ARE THE SAME AS THE REGULAR SINGLE VERSION, THIS PROBABLY COMES FROM THE SAME JANUARY 1967 SESSIONS AT SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIOS]

1:59

8

CANDY AND A CURRENT BUN [PRIMARY SOURCE: “ARNOLD LAYNE” SINGLE (1ST SINGLE), RELEASED MARCH 11, 1967 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “THE PINK FLOYD EARLY SINGLES” CD ON THE “MASTERS OF ROCK” COMPILATION RELEASED 1973, THERE WAS A MISTAKE IN THE TITLE: “CANDY AND A CURRENT BUN”]

2:43

9

INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE [SOURCE FOR THE TREE: UNKNOWN GEN COPY THIS OBSCURE DEMO IS PROBABLY A FAKE. HOWEVER, IT HAS ACQUIRED A CERTAIN FAME IN THE TRADING CIRCLE OF PINK FLOYD FANS. WE INCLUDED IT HERE, IN ORDER TO LET YOU MAKE YOUR OWN OPINION. SOME SAY IT WAS RECORDED ON A CHEAP CASSETTE RECORDER, BY TWO GUYS PLAYING GUITAR SIMULTANEOUSLY, SOMETIME DURING THE 80S. NOTE THAT THE FIRST RIFF AFTER THE INTRO IS IDENTICAL TO THE BASS RIFF THAT CAN BE HEARD ON THE “PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” VERSION, AND THAT EARLIER VERSIONS OF THE SONG (ON “SAN FRANCISCO” SOUNDTRACK OR “TONITE LET'S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON” SOUNDTRACK) DON'T CONTAIN THIS PARTICULAR RIFF. THIS LEADS TO THE

CONCLUSION THAT THIS “DEMO” WAS PROBABLY RECORDED AFTER THE RELEASE OF “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” ALBUM]

6:57

10

INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE [RECORDED: LONDON, EARLY JANUARY 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: CBC CANADIAN RADIO BROADCAST, EARLY 1967 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “STONE RUST” ROIO CD & “DARK GLOBE” ROIO CD & “THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF SYD BARRETT'S PINK FLOYD” ROIO CD THIS OBSCURE STUDIO VERSION OF “INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE” WAS USED DURING AN INTERVIEW BROADCAST IN EARLY 1967 BY CBC CANADIAN RADIO]

10:41

11

INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, MARCH 14-15, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: CAPITAL RADIO BROADCAST (“PINK FLOYD STORY”), DECEMBER 1976 - JANUARY 1977 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: UNKNOWN GEN FROM CAPITAL RADIO BROADCAST OUTTAKE FROM “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” SESSIONS]

0:39

12

INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE [MONO SINGLE VERSION RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, MARCH 14-15, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: “ARNOLD LAYNE” FRENCH EP, RELEASED 1967 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “ANTHOLOGY II” ROIO CD THIS VERSION IS UNIQUE, BECAUSE IT ONLY CONTAINS THE BASIC TRACK, WITHOUT OVERDUBS. IT FADES OUT BEFORE THE ACTUAL END OF THE SONG]

5:12

13

SCARECROW [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, MARCH 19-20, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: CAPITAL RADIO BROADCAST (“PINK FLOYD STORY”), DECEMBER 1976 - JANUARY 1977 SOURCE FOR THE TREE : UNKNOWN GEN FROM CAPITAL RADIO BROADCAST OUTTAKE FROM “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” SESSIONS. ALL THE INSTRUMENTS ARE HEAVILY UNDERMIXED. THIS IS NEARLY AN UNPLUGGED VERSION]

1:05

14

SCARECROW [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, MARCH 19-20, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: “SEE EMILY PLAY” SINGLE (2ND SINGLE), RELEASED JUNE 16, 1967 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “THE PINK FLOYD EARLY SINGLES” CD]

2:05

15

ASTRONOMY DOMINE [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, APRIL 11-12, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: CAPITAL RADIO BROADCAST (“PINK FLOYD STORY”), DECEMBER 1976 - JANUARY 1977 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: UNKNOWN GEN FROM CAPITAL RADIO BROADCAST OUTTAKE FROM “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” SESSIONS. IT INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH FLOYD'S MANAGER PETER JENNER]

3:26

16

SEE EMILY PLAY [RECORDED: LONDON, SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIOS, MAY 18 & 21, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: EMIDISC ACETATE SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “DAWN OF THE PIPER” ROIO CD THIS VERSION IS VERY CLOSE TO THE REGULAR ONE, THERE ARE ONLY SLIGHT CHANGES IN THE MIX (VOCALS ARE UNDERMIXED, ORGAN IS MORE IN THE FRONT...) AND THE VERY END IS UNCUT]

2:49

17

SEE EMILY PLAY [RECORDED: LONDON, SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIOS, MAY 18 & 21, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: “SEE EMILY PLAY” SINGLE (2ND SINGLE), RELEASED JUNE 16, 1967 SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “THE PINK FLOYD EARLY SINGLES” CD]

2:49

18

SEE EMILY PLAY [RECORDED: LONDON, SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIOS, MAY 18 & 21, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: “THE BEST OF THE PINK FLOYD” COMPILATION, RELEASED 1970 & “MASTERS OF ROCK” COMPILATION, RELEASED 1973

SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “A CD FULL OF SECRETS” CD]

2:49

19

FLAMING [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, JUNE 7 & 27, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: “FLAMING” US SINGLE (3RD US SINGLE), RELEASED NOVEMBER 2, 1967. SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “A CD FULL OF SECRETS” CD

“FLAMING” WAS NOT ON THE FIRST US RELEASE OF “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” ALBUM, AND WAS THEN RELEASED AS A SINGLE. THIS VERSION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REGULAR (STEREO) MIX: BACKGROUND NOISES ARE MIXED MUCH LOUDER. IN FACT, THIS VERSION IS IDENTICAL TO THE VERSION ON THE MONO EDITION OF “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” ALBUM. CURIOUSLY, ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY MONO EDITION CD RELEASED IN 1997, ONE CHORD OF THE FINAL CHORDS SEQUENCE WAS EDITED OUT]

2:42

20

UNTITLED [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: ? SOURCE FOR THE TREE: “DAWN OF THE PIPER” ROIO CD THIS UNTITLED OUTTAKE WAS PROBABLY RECORDED AROUND THE SAME TIME “JUGBAND BLUES” AND “VEGETABLE MAN” WERE RECORDED. ON A LOT OF CIRCULATING COPIES, THE TITLE OF THIS OUTTAKE IS “SUNSHINE”, BUT IT'S WRONG (“SUNSHINE” WAS A WORKING TITLE FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS LATER INCLUDED IN “MATILDA MOTHER”, AND NO OUTTAKE EVER SURFACED FOR THIS TRACK). ON SOME OTHER COPIES, THE TITLE OF THIS OUTTAKE IS “EXPERIMENT”]

1:29

21

SILAS LANG [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, 1967 OR 1968 PRIMARY SOURCE: ? - SOURCE FOR THE TREE : “VEGETABLE MAN, WHERE ARE YOU” ROIO LP THERE'S A STRONG DEBATE ABOUT THE EXACT ORIGIN OF THIS OBSCURE OUTTAKE. SOME THINK IT WASRECORDED BY THE FLOYD DURING THE “PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” SESSIONS, IN JUNE 1967. OTHER THINK IT COMES FROM A SOLO BARRETT SESSION IN MAY 1968. THIS OUTTAKE CONTAINS THE EARLY CHORDS OF SYD BARRETT'S SONG “SWAN LEE (SILAS LANG)”. NOTE THAT THE PIANO AND JAZZ TUNES MAY BE DUE TO A TECHNICAL ERROR WHILE DUBBING THE ORIGINAL MULTITRACK MASTER TAPE ONTO CASSETTE]

2:38

22

SCREAM THY LAST SCREAM [RECORDED: LONDON, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, AUGUST 7-8, 1967 PRIMARY SOURCE: EMIDISC ACETATE SOURCE FOR THE TREE: UNKNOWN GEN COPY THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE THE A-SIDE OF PINK FLOYD'S FOURTH SINGLE (AFTER “APPLES AND ORANGES” SINGLE). BUT DUE TO SYD'S DEPARTURE FROM THE BAND, IT REMAINED UNRELEASED]

4:26