Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

Pink Floyd bootleg recordings are the collections of audio and video recordings of musical performances by the English rock band Pink Floyd, which were never officially released by the band. The recordings consist of both live performances and outtakes from studio sessions unavailable in official releases. In some cases, certain bootleg recordings may be highly prized among collectors, as at least 40 songs composed by Pink Floyd have never been officially released.
During the 1970s, bands such as Pink Floyd created a lucrative market for the mass production of unofficial recordings with large followings of fans willing to purchase them. In addition, the huge crowds that turned up to these concerts made the effective policing of the audience for the presence of recording equipment virtually impossible. Vast numbers of recordings were issued for profit by bootleg labels.
Some Pink Floyd bootlegs exist in several variations with differing sound quality and length because sometimes listeners have recorded different versions of the same performance at the same time. Pink Floyd was a group that protected its sonic performance, making recording with amateur recording devices difficult. In their career, Pink Floyd played over 1,300 concerts, of which more than 350 were released as bootlegged recordings. Few concerts have ever been broadcast, especially during 'the golden age' of the group from 1966 to 1981.
Pink Floyd was one of the mainstays of the bootleg industry in the 1970s. In 1999, the group was mentioned on BPI's list of most bootlegged British artists of all time.
One of the best known ROIO's by Pink Floyd is Best of Tour '72: Live at the Rainbow Theatre with a concert performed on 20 February 1972. This bootleg includes one of the first performances of The Dark Side of the Moon. One year and one month before the official release of that same album, the bootleg had already sold over 120,000 copies.
In 2008, the Pink Floyd bootleg Madison Square Garden, New York, NY – 2 July 1977 was mentioned on the Yahoo's Top 10 of Best Bootlegs of All Time.

Earliest bootlegs

Most of Pink Floyd's early bootlegs concern performances from the European A Saucerful of Secrets Tour and the A Saucerful of Secrets US Tour. Most of these bootlegs were released by the label "Ace Bootlegs Production".

Bootleg title	Recording details	Notes
BBC Archives 1967–1969	BBC Television Centre, London, UK, 14 May 1967	Television performance. The Pink Floyd appeared on BBC One's "Look of the Week", hosted by Hans Keller. The performance consisted of a truncated version of "Pow R. Toc H." as well as "Astronomy Domine". Syd Barrett and Roger Waters were then interviewed by show host Hans Keller, who memorably asked the band why their music had to be so loud, finding it unbearable. The performance and interview have been repeated on BBC since, and consequently circulate on both audio and video bootlegs. It is one of the few pieces of professionally filmed footage from the Barrett-led era that has survived.
Golden Circle	Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden, 10 September 1967	This bootleg is considered as the only complete recording of a 1967 concert by Pink Floyd. It includes the show's soundcheck and the 50-minute concert. The recording was done by the Swedish sound engineer Anders Lind on his Revox machine. The setlist included "Introduction", "Reaction in G", "Matilda Mother", "Pow R. Toc H.", "Scream Thy Last Scream", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "See Emily Play" and "Interstellar Overdrive". Despite the overall quality being very good for the time, the vocals are almost impossible to hear. This concert was officially released in 2016 on The Early Years 1965–1972.
Feed Your Head	Star Club, Copenhagen, Denmark, 13 September 1967	Audience recording. Also released as "Wonderful, Wonderful Kopenhagen" and "Starclub Psycho". Setlist consists of "Reaction in G", "Arnold Layne", "One in a Million", "Matilda Mother", and "Scream Thy Last Scream".
Playhouse Theatre	The Playhouse Theatre, London, UK, 25 September 1967	Also released as "Hippy Happy Fair". This is a recording made for the BBC Radio series "Top Gear". The circulating track list consists of "The Scarecrow", "The Gnome", "Matilda Mother", "Flaming", "Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun", and an incomplete recording of "Reaction in G". Officially released on The Early Years 1965–1972.
The Live Pink Floyd – Oude Ahoy Hallen	Rotterdam, Netherlands, 13 November 1967	Audience recording. Setlist consists of "Reaction in G", "Pow R. Toc H.", "Scream Thy Last Scream", and "Interstellar Overdrive".
BBC Archives 1967–1969	Maida Vale Studios, London, United Kingdom, 20 December 1967	Pink Floyd's second appearance on the BBC Radio show "Top Gear". This was Barrett's last recorded performance with the band. The track list consists of "Vegetable Man", "Scream Thy Last Scream", "Jugband Blues", and "Pow R. Toc H.". Officially released on The Early Years 1965–1972.
Rome Vpro	First European International Pop Festival, Piper Club, Rome, Italy, 6 May 1968
Paradiso Amsterdam	Club Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23 May 1968	Audience recording, also released as "Syncopated Pandemonium"
Live in Amsterdam – Fantasio Club	Fantasio Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands, second concert on 23 May 1968
Shrine Exposition Hall	Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, 27 July 1968	Audience recording, includes 15:57 version of "A Saucerful of Secrets"
Utrecht '68	Margriethal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, Netherlands, 28 December 1968	Also released as "Owed to Syd Barrett" The track list consists of "Tunings", "Astronomy Domine", "Careful with that Axe, Eugene", "Interstellar Overdrive", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "A Saucerful of Secrets"

In January 1996, the label See For Miles Records released the bootleg album "Psychedelic Games for May" which includes a collection of Syd Barrett era Floyd, featuring a pre-Floyd acetate, rough mixes of the early singles plus BBC TV and the unreleased single "Scream Thy Last Scream".
As late as 2004, a bootleg album entitled "Outtakes From Outer Space" emerged from Israel on the dubious-sounding "Hippie Shit Label", featuring a compilation of studio session recordings and outtakes, some mentioned above. The track listing was:

During the two one-week recording sessions in November and December 1969 of the soundtrack for Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point at International Recording in Rome, Pink Floyd experienced for the first time a studio leak. Three out-takes appeared on a bootleg album Omay Yad, also known under titles as Oneone, Fingal's Cave and Rain in the Country.
With the advent of a 1997 deluxe reissue of the movie soundtrack on a double compact disc, four previously unreleased Pink Floyd out-takes were also revealed. Almost simultaneously, a 15-track bootleg CD of the complete sessions appeared that revealed additional works in progress, among them a track that was long referred to by Pink Floyd as "The Violent Sequence". It was penned by Richard Wright for a riot scene in the movie and although unreleased in any form officially, was incorporated into their live set as an acoustic piano piece in the early part of the year. It was a forerunner to the melody of "Us and Them", which featured on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.

1970: Atom Heart Mother tour

Bootleg title	Recording details	Date	Notes
Biding My Time in Croydon	Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England	18 January 1970	contains a 2:20 concert with an early prototype of "Atom Heart Mother", "The Violent Sequence", "Main Theme" from More and "A Saucerful of Secrets". The bootleg also contains a track from 22 December 1970, "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"
Elysees Floyd	Théâtre du Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées	23 January 1970	a part of this concert was also released as "The Man-Live in Paris", "Paris 23 January 1970" and "Broadcast from Europe"
Project Birmingham	Town Hall, Birmingham, England	11 February 1970	audience recording including "The Violence Sequence", "Atom Heart Mother", a 12 minute version of "The Embryo" and "Sysyphus"
Six of One	Leeds University, Yorkshire, England	28 February 1970	contains 6 tracks of over 10 minutes each with a long performance of "A Saucerful of Secrets"
A Trick of the Light	Auditorium Maximum, Hamburg University, West Germany	12 March 1970	released by label 'World Production of Compact Music'
The Injustice of a Kaleidoscope of Sound	Konzertsaal, Technische Universität, West Berlin, West Germany	13 March 1970	also released as "Richard, Are You Ready Yet?", this bootleg includes a 15:29 version of "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
Masters of the Mystic Arts	Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg, West Germany	14 March 1970
Hannover	Niedersachsenhalle Hanover, West Germany	15 March 1970
Lund	Akademiska Forningens, Lund, Sweden,	20 March 1970
Genuine New York 70	University of New York, Long Island	11 April 1970	released by the labels Monkey Records and Highland
Port Chester '70	Port Chester, New York	22 April 1970	contains longer versions of "The Embryo", "Cymbaline" and "Astronomy Domine"
Interstellar Fillmore	Fillmore West, San Francisco, California	29 April 1970	soundboard recording, also released as "Interstellar Encore", "Embryo" and "California Sun"/"California Moon"
KQED	KQED TV Studios, San Francisco, California	30 April 1970	Broadcast recording, also released as "Colourful Meadows"
Fat Old Gig	California, Philadelphia, Birmingham, Sheffield	29 April, 26 September, 2 February 22 December 1970	4 discs bootleg, also partially released as "Electric Factory", "Electric Factory " and "On Top of the World"
Live in Santa Monica	Santa Monica, Civic center, California	1 May 1970	audience recording, another bootleg named "Santa Monica Civic Auditorium" contains a registration of the same concert
Bath Festival	Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive music, Shepton Mallet, England	26 June 1970	released by the label Ayanami
Stamping Ground	Kralingen Pop Festival, Netherlands	28 June 1970	This bootleg is released by the label Highland and includes a long version of "Interstellar Overdrive"
The Theme from an Imaginary Western	Soersfestival 3-Day Open Air Festival, Aachen Soerser Stadium, Aachen, West Germany	12 July 1970	released by R.D.Productions, also released as "Soersfestival in Aachen/A Heavenly Ride"
Phenomena	BBC studios and Paris Cinema, London	17 July 1970 and 19 September 1970	released by Manic Depression, 2 discs with BBC Top Gear sessions and 2 BBC concerts. This bootleg is also released under the names "BBC Archives 1970–1971", "Libest Spacement Monitor", "Pink is the Pig", "Mooed Music" and "Eclipse"
Free Hyde Park Concert	Blackhills Garden Party, Hyde Park, London	18 July 1970	contains only 4 tracks
Foreign Legion	Saint-Tropez, France and Palais des Sports, Lyon, France	8 August 1970 and 12 June 1971	released by the label Head, audience recording
Fête de l'Humanité	Fête de L'Humanité, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France	12 September 1970	audience recording released by the label "Cochon Productions"
Fillmore East 27 September 1970	Fillmore East, New York City	27 September 1970
Sing to Me Cymbaline	Santa Monica Civic Center, California	23 October 1970
Mind Your Throats Please	Concertgebouw, Amsterdam	6 November 1970	contains a long version of "Fat Old Sun"
Remergence	Grote Zaal, De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands	7 November 1970
Pictures of Pink Floyd, Vol. 1	Gothenburg, Sweden and Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany	11 November 1970 and 26 February 1971	also released as "The Pictures of Pink Floyd: Restoration Project" and "Command Performance"
Copenhagen Sequence	Falkoner Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark	12 November 1970	Also released as "70/11/12", contains the track "Libest Spacement Monitor".
Denmark Behind Us	Aarhus, Denmark	13 November 1970
Ernst-Merck-Halle	Ernst-Merck-Halle, Hamburg, West Germany	14 November 1970	also released as "Grooving with a Pict", includes the track "Moonhead "
Smoking Blues	Casino de Montreux, Switzerland	21 November 1970	also released as "Montreux Casino 1970", "Reeling on Pink Floyd" and "The Good ... The Bad", "Too Late for Mind Expanding", soundboard recording including "Just Another Twelve Bar". One song from this concert, "Atom Heart Mother", was officially released on The Early Years 1965–1972.
Mounting Pressure	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ebertpark, Ludwigshafen, West Germany	25 November 1970
The Killesberg Tapes	Killesberg-Halle, Stuttgart, West Germany	26 November 1970
Trip Through Germany	Niedersachsenhalle Hanover, West Germany	27 November 1970
Circus Krone	Circus Krone, Munich, West Germany	29 November 1970
A Psychedelic Night	City Hall, Sheffield, England	22 December 1970	also released as "Alan Psychedelic Mastertape" and "Rise and Shine", the bootleg "A Psychedelic Night" includes "Atom Heart Mother", "A Saucerful of Secrets" and "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"