Show #38, Air date: 13. May, 2005 -  Friday the 13th.  Yes, there were many long
  songs to choose from but this show featured some of the longest live versions of
  Floyd songs known.  I thought it would be fun to see how many least amount of
  songs i could get away with playing in two hours.  This was the last Brain
  Damage Show on WMFO.
 
  playlist

 -  A really long song...
 -  Another really long song...
 -  And yet, another... really long song...
 -  This weeks Tribute Band Feature: Sons of Nothing

  "All that is now... and all that is gone"

   Show #37, Air date: 6. May, 2005 - This show was mostly a great mix of perhaps some
   of Floyd's best and interesting live material.

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  Show #36, Air date: 29. April, 2005 -  The Wall live, 28 February, 1980 at
  Nassau Colisseum.   Few bands had dared to even think of staging such an ambitious
  show, let alone tried to plan one.  Inevitably The Wall grew into a monster, a logistical
  nightmare which required setting up specialist teams within the crew to ensure
  precision, a procedure which has since become commonplace within the live industry.
  Waters's vision necessitated two custom-built stages, one in front of the other at slightly
  different heights, which were separated by a large black drape.   The task of pacing the 
  building of the wall between the two stages and isolating the band from the audience  
  while the show was in motion was a feat in itself.  Add to this the operation of the Scarfe
  inflatables, the flying pig, a crashing model Stuka, Marc Brickman's imaginative lighting,
  film projections, and copious pyrotechnics.   Also... material from tribute band A.P.F.S.
 
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  "Yet Another Show, Part 5"

   Show #35, Air date: 22. April, 2005 - That flower you see?...  Its called Hippeastrum Pink Floyd. 
   Kind of looks like the flower in the wall and ummm well, its pink.  Syd would be proud. 
   This show was the first installment featuring Floyd tribute bands as a regular segment. 
  
   playlist

   -  The last performance of Careful With That Axe Eugene
   -  Material from Animals
   -  Tracks from Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell
   -  A few great tracks from BBC's Top Gear
   -  Material from L.A., California's ttribute band, Which One's Pink

  Show #34, Air date: 15. April, 2005 -  Pink Floyd live, 3 July, 1977 at Madison Square
  garden.  Not only was it the eve of the 4th of July, it was also the week marijuana
  had been decriminalised in New York State.  The young audience was thus
  inevitably out of it.  Many brought fireworks to the Garden and were setting them off
  in the upper tiers.  Needless to say they were making the audience a bit edgy. 
  David seemed to use the tention to put an edge on his guitar licks, but Rager was
  obviously not happy.

  Roger's lyrics came through clearer and louder then any others that evening; "You
  stupid mother fucker!", he yelled, "...and anyone else in here with fireworks can
  just fuck off and let us get on with it". 

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  Show #32, Air date: 1. April, 2005 -  Stadio delle Alpi, Torino, Italy  13. September 1994. 
  Future home of the 2006 Winter Games, Torino is located in the shadows of the Italian
  Alps close to the French and Swiss Borders.

  This soundboard recording would render your copy of PULSE useless if they played all
  of Dark Side Of The Moon on this one, but they don't.  So, you better keep your copy of
  PULSE around just for good measure. 

   The audience as well as the band were in tune and David gets to practice his Italian.
   During Money, David slips up on the lyrics and starts laughing.  Later, the girls on back
   up vocals start having their onw fun when they unexpectedly started playing kazoos.

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  "Electric Factory"

   Show #29, Air date: 11. March, 2005 - If you close your eyes, you will feel as though you
   are there in the room.  The Electric Factory, in Philadelphia (as you can see on the photo)
   is not very big.   You can hear peoples' coughs echo off the walls during the quiet moments,
   it's that small of a "room". 

   The performance is excellent and there's a good amount of experimentation going on...
   more than usual for a 1970 Floyd show (based on what I've heard so far). Every song is
   played beautifully from start to finish.  Interstellar Overdrive was especially "interesting".
   A very spaced out show indeed...  Houston... we don't have a problem.

   Whoever taped this show, where ever you are... I LOVE YOU!!!!!

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  "British Winter Tour 1974"

  Show #28, Air date: 4. March, 2005 -  Due to time constraints, this was an abbreviated
  radio show lasting 1.5 hours instead of the usual 2 hours.  I had to make a last minute
  change to the content of the show.  The scheduled Electric Factory performance has
  been rescheduled for next week.  
 
  Tonight - Empire Theater, Wembley, London, England on 16. November, 1974.  The
  Second set of this particular gig was recorded by BBC Radio 1 for later broadcast,
  although the Echoes encore was never aired... till now.  This is the complete pre-FM
  master, which has only recently surfaced.  This is perhaps the BEST vintage Dark Side
  set ever recorded.

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  "Exploring The Void"

   Show #27, Air date: 25. February, 2005 - So, I'm thinking of what to put here.  I'm
   drawing a total blank, a void if you will.  My eyes keep drifting over to the picture. 
   I still can't think of what to put here.  Ummmm... ohhhh...  Marmalade... I'll have
   Marmalade.

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   -  Some "unknown" material
   -  Material from La Carrera Panamericana
   -  Gilmour and Waters solo material
   -  An alternate track from Animals
   -  Behind the scenes of a Pink Floyd soundcheck, 1994
   -  and lots more.

  "Flakes... scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes, toast... coffee..."

  Show #26, Air date: 18. February, 2005 -  Marmalade... I'll Have marmalade.  This show featured material mostly from
  1970.  KQED in April, Electric Factory in September, and Sheffield City Hall in December.  There was a huge artistic 
  movement going on with video, light and sound during that time.  For Pink Floyd, a great deal of experimentation
  was going on during their gigs.  This radio show's highlight and perhaps the most interesting was a tune performed
  only five times, live ... Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast.  The band stopped playing during the middle of the performance
  to sit down for a spot of tea while roadies came up on stage to turn on a radio for the band to listen to.  The radio
  was tuned to an obnoxious DJ (no.... not me.  it was Jimmy Young) blabbering away.  Art rock it it's finest!

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"Cruel But Fair"

 Show #25, Air date: 11. February, 2005 - Los Angeles Sports Arena, 26. April 1975.  A Harvested release.  An
 EXCELLENT recording of a complete 1975 gig.  After You Gotta Be Crazy, Roger says "It was a cruel song...
 but fair... next tune we're  going to do for you is another new number, it's called Shine On You Crazy Diamond. 
 It has something to do with Syd Barrett, who some of you might remember... and some of you probably won't.". 

Set 1:                                                        Set 2:
 1. Raving And Drooling                             1. Speak to Me                       6. Money
 2. You Gotta Be Crazy                               2. Breathe                              7. Us And Them
 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)       3. On The Run                        8. Any Colour You Like
 4. Have A Cigar                                         4. Time / Breathe (reprise)     9. Brain Damage  
 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)       5. Great Gig In The Sky        10. Eclipse

 Encore:  Echoes

  "The Sun Is In Tune"

  Show #24, Air date: 4. February, 2005 -  After six months off the air, it's nice to be back.
  I've been told that shortly after the show was carelessly not included in the Fall 04
  schedule, well over 200 (perhaps even more) of you emailed WMFO's General Manager
  and Program Director to demand the return of Brain Damage.  Seems like it worked, or at
  least the management now knows people really do listen and respond.  As for me, I cannot
  even begin to tell you how much your response and support means to me.  For a show
  that started off as an experiment, has really blossomed into a full fledged, internationally
  recognized Pink Floyd radio show.  I only have you to thank for it and the Floyd, of course.

  During my hiatus, I collected quite a few interesting, excellent quality live recordings and 
  continue to do so at a constant rate of about two per week.  Its going to be cool.
 
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"In The Flesh"

 Show #23, Air date: 11. September, 2004 - Oakland, May 9th 1977.  By far one of the best recordings I've heard come out
 of the 70's.  Whoever recorded this 27 years ago, definitely knew what they were doing!  This is a complete show with no
 repeated material, no skips, no fades and hardly any annoying crowd noise.  I've even go as far as saying it almost
 sounds official.  The band seems to be having a lot of fun.  Rare for In The Flesh Tour. 

 Set 1:                                               Set 2:
 1. Sheep                                          1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)   
 2. Pigs On The Wing (part 1)            2. Welcome To The Machine
 3. Dogs                                             3. Have A Cigar
 4. Pigs On The Wing (part 2)            4. Wish You Were Here
 5. Pigs (three different ones)            5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)

 Encore:  Money, Us And Them, Careful With That Axe Eugene (last live performance of this song)


  "A Silver Sound From A Tounge So Strange"

  Show #22, Air date: 4. September, 2004 -  I have always been here.  I have
  always looked out from behind the eyes.  It feels like more than a lifetime.
  Feels like more than a lifetime.  Sometimes I get tired of the waiting.
  Sometimes I get tired of being in here.  Is this the way it has always been?
  Could it ever have been different?  Do you ever get tired of the waiting?
  Do you ever get tired of being in there?  Don't worry... nobody lives forever...
  nobody lives forever.

  I will always be here.  I will always look out from behind these eyes.
  It's only a lifetime... its only a life time... its only a lifetime

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  "Yet Another Show, Part 4"
 
   Show #21, Air date: 28. August, 2004 - It's all the same thing, no new tale to tell.
   This was just a regular show with no special theme.  The highlight of this show was
   Shine On You Crazy Diamond performed live in Oakland 1977.

   playlist

   -  Live material from the Omni in Atlanta 1987
   -  A song about Syd's old cat
   -  A tribute to Syd from Oakland, 1977
   -  Unreleased material from an unreleased film, The Committee
   -  Material from The Division Bell, Ummagumma


  "The Film"

  Show #20, Air date: 14. August, 2004 - Back by popular demand... The 1982 film
  soundtrack features tracks not on the original album, as well as remixed and even 
  completely re-recorded versions of tracks from The Wall album, complete with
  dialogue and sound effects. 

  During the broadcast I mixed in a rough cut of Hey You from the DVD as it would have
  been done originally, had it been included in the film.  Another few surprise added in,
  was an alternate take of Bring The Boys Back Home not heard on the album or film.
  This time I added in Vera Lynn's The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot and made
  the sound effects much louder.  This a complete recording from the DVD.    

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  Show #19, Air date: 7. August, 2004 - The Boston Garden was a great place to see a concert.  It was built at the
  cost of 4 million dollars in 1928 by the same people who built New York's Madison Square Garden.  It was
  originally called  Boston's Madison Square Garden and eventually "Madison Square" was dropped from the
  name.  The Garden was demolished in 1997.  Today, everything in the photo to the left, is gone.

  The Floyd live at The Garden, 18. June, 1975. This was one of the first recordings to cover a complete 1975
  US tour set.  Most enjoyable are the performances of You Gotta Be Crazy, which is different from both the 74
  and 77 Dogs versions.  The set also has very good versions of Any Colour You Like and one of the last pre-87
  performances of Echoes.

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  "The Early Years, Part 2"

  Show #18, Air date: 31. July, 2004 - Back by popular demand... the second installment of early material to be
  featured on Brain Damage.  This show included many unreleased tracks

  playlist

 -  Some of Floyd's first demos from 1966
 -  unreleased material recorded for the BBC's coverage of the first lunar landing, 1969
 -  Live and studio material from Ummagumma
 -  Several Richard Wright songs in honor of his 59th Birthday
 -  A classic track from Atom Heart Mother
 -  and lots more..



   Show #17, Air date: 24. July, 2004 - When the child like view of the world went, nothing replaced it...
   nothing replaced it... nothing replaced it... I do not like being asked to... I do not like being asked to...
   I do not like being asked to... Other people replaced it... Someone who knows...

   playlist

   -  Solo Material from Roger Waters and David Gilmour
   -  Live tracks from Concertgebouw and Rainbow Theater
   -  Previously unreleased track for Ummagumma
   -  Dark Side of The Moon demo track
   -  and lots more...

  "Yet Another Show, Part 3"

  Show #16, Air date: 17. July, 2004 - This show was just a good mix for a warm summer night.

"Look Mommy... there's a pig up in the sky."

 Show #15, Air date: 10. July, 2004 - Oakland, May 9th 1977.  This has got to be by far one of the best recordings I've heard
 come out of the 70's.  Whoever recorded this 27 years ago, definitely knew what they were doing!  This is a complete show
 with no repeated material, no skips, no fades and hardly any annoying crowd noise.  I've even go as far as saying it almost
 sounds official.  The band seems to be having a lot of fun.  Rare for In The Flesh Tour. 

 Set 1:                                               Set 2:
 1. Sheep                                          1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)   
 2. Pigs On The Wing (part 1)            2. Welcome To The Machine
 3. Dogs                                             3. Have A Cigar
 4. Pigs On The Wing (part 2)            4. Wish You Were Here
 5. Pigs (three different ones)            5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)

 Encore:  Money, Us And Them, Careful With That Axe Eugene (last live performance of this song)

  "Singles"

  Show #14, Air date: 26. June, 2004 - It's all in the name really.  This show featured "every"
  officially released single during Pink Floyd's career.

  Record companies do not make a lot of money from singles, but they serve as an important
  marketing tool.  Singles are essentially four minute adverts for albums.  Sales from these
  singles, guarantee chart placement and, in turn, radio play.  For that reason, record  
  companies persist with them and so the wheel turns.

  Pink Floyd's record lable, EMI also pressed radio-only releases, where a track from an album
  is promoted to radio, but not actually available to buy. 

   Show #13, Air date: 19. June, 2004 - Just like show #5, nothing special to mention here.
   However, half the show ended up featuring many of the Floyd's best live performances. 
   Perhaps a future show idea?

  playlist

 -  Performance from KQED
 -  and lots more...  

  "Instrumental"

  Show #12, Air date: 12. June, 2004 - Sometimes words just get in the way.  For this show, Pink Floyd's music speaks
  for itself.  Their instrumental work over the years, is some of the best convayers of emotion, time and space. 

  -  and lots more...

  "The only thing that makes it look light... is the sun."

   Show #11, Air date: 5. June, 2004 - The first hour consisted of a mix with no particular theme.  The second
   hour featured the popular Dark Side of The Moon - The Doctored Remix.  This version is very different from the
   previous versions.  Several improvements were made to the mix over a period of time since its last broadcast
   back on March 12th 2004.  Click on the picture to the left for complete details on each mix.   The show      
   normally ends at 3am, but the DJ after me never showed up (again), so I just kept going.  Call it an after burn

   playlist

  -  Tracks from Obscured by Clouds and Piper At The Gates of Dawn
   -  Live material from P.U.L.S.E.
   -  An extended track from The Division Bell
  -  Dark Side of The Moon - The Doctored Remix
  -  and lots more
 
  "Pink Floyd, The Wall - An Alan Parker film"

  Show #10, Air date: 29. May, 2004 - The 1982 film soundtrack features tracks not on the original album, as well as remixed
  and even completely re-recorded versions of tracks from The Wall album, complete with dialogue and sound effects. 

  During the broadcast I mixed in a rough cut of Hey You from the DVD as it would have been done originally, had it
  been included in the film.  Another surprise added in, was an alternate take of Bring The Boys Back Home.  This special
  version is different from the film and album versions.  It was re-recorded with the Pontardulais Male Voice Choir as well
  as additional brass and orchestral instrumentation and released as a B-side to the 12" promotional single to, When The
  Tigers Broke Free
 
  playlist

"This Show Has No Theme"

"Soundtracks"
 
 Show #7, Air date: 8. May, 2004 - Featured an in depth auditory journey into Pink Floyd's soundtrack work.

 playlist


-  Tracks from More, La Vallee', and Zabriskie Point
-  Unreleased material from an unreleased film, The Committee
-  A classic from the concert film, <Live In Pompeii
-  Unreleased material from Pink Floyd's racing video, La Carrera Panamericana
-  A track from The Body, by Roger Waters and Ron Geesin
-  Music from The soundtracks, San Francisco and Tonight, Let's Make Love In London

  "The Man And The Journey"

  Show #6, Air date: 1. May, 2004 - The Man And The Journey was one of Pink
  Floyd's early concept shows and was performed for the first on 14. May 1969 in
  Royal Festival Hall, London.  The event was titled The Masses Gadgets of
  Auximenes - More Furious Madness From Pink Floyd.  The show divided into
  two parts, contained improvisations around different Floyd songs, many closely
  related to the soundtrack from the film, More.  This concert was recorded by
  Dutch radio VPRO in Amsterdam, 17. September, 1969
 
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 -  Also featured, was a 36 minute live version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond
 -  and live material from The Wall

  "The Early Years"

  Show #4, Air date: 17. April, 2004 - This show was lots of fun and featured many of their spaced out. progressive
  early singles, demos, and unreleased material including rare concert performances right up to 1972 including
  The Dark Side of The Moon studio outtakes.

  playlist

 -  Live Floyd from Pompeii, Amsterdam and San Rafael
 -  Tracks from Piper At The Gates od Dawn, Saucerful of Secrets and Ummagumma
 -  Unreleased material from the BBC's coverage of the 1969 lunar landing
 -  Tracks from BBC's Top Gear
 -  Zabriskie Point extended soundtrack
 -  demos and outtakes from Dark Side of The Moon
 -  and more...