Pink Floyd - Let There Beeb More Light: The Complete BBC Recordings
 
Album info
 
Recording Date  : Various
     
Length  : 297:46
Format  : FLAC
Track List
 
Let There Beeb More Light: The Complete BBC Recordings (Disc 1) 75:45
01 Pow R Toc H [Look Of The Week, BBC-TV, Lime Grove Studios, London] 00:52
02 Hans Keller [Look Of The Week, BBC-TV, Lime Grove Studios, London] 01:01
03 Astronomy Domine [Look Of The Week, BBC-TV, Lime Grove Studios, London] 04:04
04 Syd Barrett & Roger Waters interview with Hans Keller [Look Of The Week, BBC-TV, Lime Grove Studios, London] 03:53
05 The Gnome [Top Gear, Playhouse Theatre, London] 02:28
06 Matilda Mother [Top Gear, Playhouse Theatre, London] 03:32
07 The Scarecrow [Top Gear, Playhouse Theatre, London] 02:10
08 Flaming [Top Gear, Playhouse Theatre, London] 02:43
09 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun [Top Gear, Playhouse Theatre, London] 03:30
10 Reaction In G [Top Gear, Playhouse Theatre, London] 00:40
11 Green Onions [Tomorrow's World, BBC-TV, Stanhope Gardens, London] 00:37
12 Instrumental [Tomorrow's World, BBC-TV, Stanhope Gardens, London] 01:14
13 John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:10
14 Vegetable Man [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 03:17
15 Tommy Vance and John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:08
16 Scream Thy Last Scream [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 03:42
17 Jugband Blues [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 03:53
18 Pow R Toc H [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 04:21
19 John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:13
20 Untitled [Late Night Lineup - Sound of Change, BBC-TV, Lime Grove Studios, London] 02:00
21 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun [All My Loving, BBC-TV, Abbey Mills Pumping Station, London] 06:30
22 Roger Waters interview ['The Story Of Pop' No. 26, BBC Radio] 01:04
23 John Peel [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 00:53
24 Careful With That Axe, Eugene [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 03:07
25 John Peel [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 00:25
26 A Saucerful Of Secrets [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 06:53
27 John Peel [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 00:12
28 Let There Be More Light [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 04:16
29 John Peel [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 00:59
30 Julia Dream [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 02:34
31 John Peel [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 00:11
32 John Peel [Top Gear, Piccadilly Studios, London] 01:10
33 See Emily Play [Top Of The Pops, BBC-TV, Lime Grove Studios, London] 03:03
Let There Beeb More Light: The Complete BBC Recordings (Disc 2) 66:32
01 John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:06
02 Point Me At The Sky [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 04:23
03 John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:08
04 The Narrow Way Part 1 [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 04:12
05 John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:06
06 The Embryo [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 03:38
07 John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:20
08 Interstellar Overdrive [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 08:41
09 John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London] 00:10
10 Grantchester Meadows [Nite Ride, Paris Cinema, London] 03:47
11 Cymbaline [Nite Ride, Paris Cinema, London] 03:38
12 Green Is The Colour [Nite Ride, Paris Cinema, London] 03:31
13 Careful With That Axe, Eugene [Nite Ride, Paris Cinema, London] 03:28
14 Narrow Way Part 3 [Nite Ride, Paris Cinema, London] 04:46
15 Moonhead [Omnibus - So What If It's Just Green Cheese, BBC-TV, TV Centre, London] 06:29
16 Terrapin [Peel Sessions, BBC Radio, London] 03:06
17 Gigolo Aunt [Peel Sessions, BBC Radio, London] 03:40
18 Baby Lemonade [Peel Sessions, BBC Radio, London] 02:34
19 Effervescing Elephant [Peel Sessions, BBC Radio, London] 01:01
20 Two Of A Kind [Peel Sessions, BBC Radio, London] 02:34
21 Cirrus Minor (Laying Down The Tracks) [Science Session - Let's Make Pop, BBC-TV, EMI Studios, London] 06:14
Let There Beeb More Light: The Complete BBC Recordings (Disc 3) 60:57
01 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:28
02 The Embryo [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 10:24
03 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:16
04 Fat Old Sun [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 05:30
05 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:21
06 Green Is The Colour + Careful With That Axe, Eugene [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 11:22
07 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:28
08 If [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 04:55
09 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:50
10 Atom Heart Mother [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 26:23
Let There Beeb More Light: The Complete BBC Recordings (Disc 4) 73:28
01 Bob Harris [Sounds Of The 70s, BBC Radio, London] 00:04
02 Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade [Sounds Of The 70s, BBC Radio, London] 02:16
03 Bob Harris [Sounds Of The 70s, BBC Radio, London] 00:44
04 Syd Barrett - Dominoes [Sounds Of The 70s, BBC Radio, London] 02:53
05 Bob Harris [Sounds Of The 70s, BBC Radio, London] 00:14
06 Syd Barrett - Love Song [Sounds Of The 70s, BBC Radio, London] 01:27
07 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:42
08 Fat Old Sun [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 14:12
09 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:47
10 One Of These Days [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 07:05
11 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:28
12 The Embryo [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 10:21
13 John Peel [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 00:21
14 Echoes [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 27:00
15 Blues [Peel Sessions, Paris Theatre, London] 04:54
Let There Beeb More Light: The Complete BBC Recordings (Disc 5) 21:04
01 Apples & Oranges [Top Gear, BBC Radio, single version with DJ intro] 02:54
02 Julia Dream 02:33
03 The Murderotic Woman or Careful With That Axe, Eugene 03:16
04 Let There Be More Light 04:20
05 Massed Gadgets Of Hercules 06:58
06 1968-08-21 BBC John Peel's Night Ride COMMENTS M1 01:03

Notes
'Depending how you count, the Pink Floyd performed live on BBC Radio or Television a little more than a dozen times between 1967 and 1974. Their first two radio sessions, both on the programme Top Gear, featured original bandleader Syd Barrett on guitar and vocals, as did BBC-TV appearances on Look Of The Week and Top Of The Pops. All BBC performances after 1967 would feature Barrett’s replacement, David Gilmour in the guitar/vocalist role.

'Let There Beeb More Light collects all surviving and circulating performances by the Pink Floyd at the BBC from their respective best sounding sources in chronological order. Now can be heard Pink Floyd’s evolution from psychedelic pop to progressive rock grandmasters in six discs worth of rare music.'

In short, the idea is that this is all of Pink Floyd's BBC material from the best sources, as of earlier this year.

One thing to note is that in 1975 (Disc 5), the BBC broadcast a set of Pink Floyd playing 'Dark Side of the Moon' at Empire Pool from 16 November 1974. Pink Floyd played there for four straight nights, playing two sets each night: one of 'Wish You Were Here' material, and another of 'Dark Side'. The band recorded at least both sets from 15 and 16 November, and perhaps all of them. An edit of the two performances from 15 and 16 November were released on two separate discs on the 'Dark Side' and 'Wish You Were Here' Immersion collections. From what I understand, it was the band who recorded the performances and owned the tapes, and licensed the 16 November 1974 set for broadcast on The Alan Freeman Show on the BBC. (Please correct me if this is wrong!)

The decision, then, was made to only use the single set from 16 November 1974 as broadcast by the BBC, and not the two sets edited from the 15-16 November 1974 shows as released on the Immersion box sets. Which is just a long-winded way of saying 'that's why the Harvested bootleg was used as the source for Disc 5 and not the Immersion collections.'