Two-CD selection from the encyclopeadic seven volume twenty-eight-disc compilation The Early Years.
Hughesy's assessment: Nothing particularly new here, but it does cover my favourite era of Pink Floyd and presents an opportunity to obtain legitimate copies of some of the stuff that was previously only available on bootleg or from other non-official sources. On that basis, definitely Acceptable. It does, however, signal a need to proceed onwards, picking up as much as possible of the full set..
Track listing: Arnold Layne; See Emily Play; Matilda Mother; Jugband Blues; Paintbox; Flaming (BBC Radio Session, 25 September 1967); In the Beechwoods; Point Me at the Sky; Careful with That Axe, Eugene (single ‘B’ Side version); Embryo (from Harvest Records sampler Picnic); US Radio ad for Ummagumma; Grantchester Meadows (BBC Radio Session, 12 May 1969); Cymbaline (BBC Radio Session, 12 May 1969); Interstellar Overdrive (Live, Paradiso, Amsterdam, August 1969); Green Is the Colour (BBC Radio Session, 12 May 1969); Careful with That Axe, Eugene (BBC Radio Session, 12 May 1969); On the Highway (Zabriskie Point remix); Auto Scene Version 2 (Zabriskie Point remix); The Riot Scene (Zabriskie Point remix); Looking at Map (Zabriskie Point remix); Take Off (Zabriskie Point remix); Embryo (Alternative Version, BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970); Atom Heart Mother (Live Montreux, 21 November 1970); Nothing, Part 14; Childhood's End; Free Four; Stay
Highlights: Arnold Layne; See Emily Play; Embryo (Alternative Version); Atom Heart Mother;