August 29th, 2005
Yes! It’s the show no one has been waiting for! It’s the super PROGRESSIVE ROCK MIX SHOW!!! Yes, kids, epic-length twiddling around with lyrics about mythical creatures from Pennsylvania! I know y’all just can’t wait.
Please note the two songs here that were performed live prior to being recorded in the studio:
“Raving and Drooling”
“My God”
Pink Floyd did a series of concerts in late 1974 premiering a trio of new songs: “Raving and Drooling”, “You’ve Gotta Be Crazy” and “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”. The first two were shelved and the band went on to build their album Wish You Were Here around the third. The songs were not forgotten, however, as they reemerged about three years later on Animals as “Sheep” and “Dogs”, respectively. “My God” is a song familiar to Tull fans, perhaps even to some casual ones. The version here was played in Chicago many months before it was recorded for the Aqualung album. There are some different lyrics and the flute section in the middle is improv instead of the well-orchestrated bit that appears on the album version.
Tracklist:
“Perfect Mystery”
Gong
15 December 1974
Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway
“Squonk”
Genesis
13 October 1978
Uptown Theater, Chicago, IL
“Take a Pebble”
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
??/??/1971
London, UK
“Raving and Drooling”
Pink Floyd
17 November 1974
Empire Pool, London, UK
“My God”
Jethro Tull
16 August 1970
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
“Starship Trooper”
Yes
22 November 2002
Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
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