Pink Floyd '65- "Lucy Leave"

[axel]

It seems not many people have watched this clip posted by Stampy. I'd like to post it here again, because I think it's ultimate garage greatness. (beat me if it is common knowledge to everyone here...)

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[beccabear67]

It's truly great, whatta surly voice! There is another demo or acetate of the song 'King Bee' from what sounds like the same session.

 

[axel]

Actually, I think those two should be put out as a 45. Definitely. Who might have the rights on them? He could surely earn a dime!

 

[Phil Istine]

Actually, I think those two should be put out as a 45. Definitely. Who might have the rights on them? He could surely earn a dime!

totally agree, i don't understand why no one involved with the Floyd has sought to put the two tracks out as 45, it would sell thousands. Lucy Leave is killer!

 

[depravedskippy66]

This is Pink Floyd we're talking about, so don't expect anything from their vaults to ever see the light of day in our lifetimes. Both tracks have been bootlegged countless times, as have Scream Thy Last Scream and Vegetable Man. But Waters, Mason and Gilmour will not budge on this.

 

[mansson66]

It's a 2 sided acetate as far as I know. Was this ever booted on 45? I only have it on cd.

 

[depravedskippy66]

I recall a friend of mine having a 3 song EP with "Lucy Leave," "King Bee" and an alternate version of "Interstellar Overdrive" on colored vinyl circa the early '90s. It's a release that somehow managed to escape my attention at that time.

 

[Fuzzy tune]

I've already seen somewhere a bootleg called The Sorcerer's Apprentice with "Lucy Leave" and "King Bee". They recorded these songs with two others still unreleased. A legend says Nick Mason have a copy of the tape.
In March Mason said they were thinking to make a comp of some unreleased studio recordings, but with the tensions between EMI and the Floyd, putting out unreleased material will be difficult.

 

[soundog III]

Here's a doctored scan of the label.

 

[eargasm!]

Was wondering when you where gonna get in on this!

 

[beccabear67]

I'm guessing the acetate is pre-Joe Boyd? Not that it really matters but unless it's late '65 it would have to be. There are tracks of David Gilmour's early group 'Jokers Wild' floating around online too from around the same time. They do a decent Beautiful Delilah actually.

 

[pfft]

Here's a doctored scan of the label.

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Wow
Is this yours?? Put it up on ebay and you'll be a rich man!

 

[soundog III]

Was wondering when you where gonna get in on this!

Of all the comedians on this forum, PG invariably takes honors.

Here's a nasty of the "B"

 

[Phil Istine]

i can picture the Syd freaks salivating over their keyboards right now...I know I am.

 

[depravedskippy66]

So soundog, will you be bringing this to WFMU this year?

 

[EXPO67]

I bought a French bootleg CD back in the 90s called "The Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive - The Alternative Masters '66 -'68"......This item contains both 'Lucy Leave' and 'I'm A King Bee'.....according to the notes on the back of the CD these songs were recorded during Pink Floyd's first ever studio session during October 1966.

Maybe they used the same acetate as the one soundog has uploaded?

 

[depravedskippy66]

Has the actual date of recording been determined as being October '66? I ask because I have read the date as being October '65 as well as '66. To my ears, I am inclined to go with the earlier date as neither song really sounds like anything Pink Floyd would have been doing by October '66. I certainly could not imagine them laying down a version of "I'm A King Bee" at that late date as "Arnold Layne' and the recordings that were ultimately used for Tonite Let's Make Love In London were just a few months away.

 

[soundog III]

Has the actual date of recording been determined as being October '66? I ask because I have read the date as being October '65 as well as '66. To my ears, I am inclined to go with the earlier date as neither song really sounds like anything Pink Floyd would have been doing by October '66. I certainly could not imagine them laying down a version of "I'm A King Bee" at that late date as "Arnold Layne' and the recordings that were ultimately used for Tonite Let's Make Love In London were just a few months away.

My guess is late '65. Which would, I suppose, mean that Bob Klose (sp?) is on this track. The guitar certainly sounds Sydish to my ears, but I have seen it reported that Klose played lead on Lucy. I find that a bit hard to believe, as it certainly is a Syd composition. As regards King Bee, perhaps it's Klose???

 

[EXPO67]

Has the actual date of recording been determined as being October '66? I ask because I have read the date as being October '65 as well as '66. To my ears, I am inclined to go with the earlier date as neither song really sounds like anything Pink Floyd would have been doing by October '66. I certainly could not imagine them laying down a version of "I'm A King Bee" at that late date as "Arnold Layne' and the recordings that were ultimately used for Tonite Let's Make Love In London were just a few months away.

I agree it certainly sounds late '65 to me. Here's a scan of the back of the bootleg I've got.



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[Andreas]

My guess is late '65. Which would, I suppose, mean that Bob Klose (sp?) is on this track. The guitar certainly sounds Sydish to my ears, but I have seen it reported that Klose played lead on Lucy. I find that a bit hard to believe, as it certainly is a Syd composition. As regards King Bee, perhaps it's Klose???

It is indeed late 65 and Bob Klose plays the lead. You can read all about it it the definitive Syd bio "A very irregular head" (2010). That book sets a lot of things straight, including a lot of the BS rumours about Syd which are either widely exaggerated, undocumented or simply not true at all. A must read.