chronology – 1968 | december
1968-12-02 [ X ]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Recording sessions Ummagumma – Cancelled
No recordings
Abbey Road, London, England
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-02 [ A ]
Studio 4, BBC Maida Vale Studios
Top Gear – Two Shows (BBC Radio One, broadcast December 15th 1968 and January 19th 1969)
Setlist:
- Point Me At The Sky
- Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major (The Narrow Way, Part 1)
- Embryo
- Interstellar Overdrive
Recordings:
Maida Vale, London, England
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
Audio [ FM ]
Unknown gen cassette (TDK SA90) > Technics RS-B965-M > Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 > Audacity 1.3 > FLAC (24bit/96kHz)
[ SBD ]
Low gen TDK SA C-90 cassette (1979) > Technics RS-B565 > Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 > Reaper v4.76 > FLAC (24bit/96kHz)
1968-12-03 [___]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Recording sessions Ummagumma
Setlist:
- I Am The Embryo (Embryo)
No recordings
Abbey Road, London, England
I Am The Embryo (Embryo) take 1 recorded (previous take 1 wiped)
I Am The Embryo (Embryo) take 1 vocals, organ and piano overdubbed
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-04 [ A ]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Recording sessions Ummagumma
Setlist:
- I Am The Embryo (Embryo)
- One Night Stand (Summer ’68)
Recordings:
Abbey Road, London, England
I Am The Embryo (Embryo) take 1 voals, organ and piano overdubbed
One Night Stand (Summer ’68) takes 1 – 4 recorded (Take 4 marked ‘best’)
One Night Stand (Sumer ’68) take 4 organ, vocals, guitar and piano overdubbed and rough remixed
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-05 [___]
Royal Arcade Ballrooms
Bournemouth College Students Union Christmas Dance
No recordings
Boscombe, Bournemouth, England
With Status Quo and Mouse & the Kats
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-07 [___]
Liverpool Stadium
Kaleidoscope ’68
No recordings
Liverpool, England
With the Move, Cliff Bennett, the Perfumed Garden, the BJ’s, the Reason Why, the Klubs, the Mumbles, the New Mojo Band, the Curiosity Shoppe, the Pattern People, the Chapter Six, Mick Burns and the Humphrey Lyttelton Band
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-08 [___]
ABC Cinema
Setlist included:
- Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
- Astronomy Domine
No recordings
Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful, Wales / Cymru
Supporting the Herd (featuring Peter Frampton) with the Firm
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-09 [___]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Recording sessions Ummagumma
Setlist:
- One Night Stand (Summer ’68)
No recordings
Abbey Road, London, England
One Night Stand (Summer ’68) takes 5 – 8 re-recorded
One Night Stand (Summer ’68) take 8 guitar and piano overdubbed
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-10 [___]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Overdubbing sessions Ummagumma
Setlist:
- One Night Stand (Summer ’68)
No recordings
Abbey Road, London, England
One Night Stand (Summer ’68) take 8 vocals, guitars, drums, maracas and piano overdubbed
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-11 [___]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Recording sessions Ummagumma
Setlist:
- Ricky’s Scene, Parts One, Two & Three (Sysyphus)
No recordings
Abbey Road, London, England
Ricky’s Scene, Parts One, Two & Three (Sysyphus) takes 1 – 3 recorded (take 3 marked ‘best’)
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-12 [___]
Dundee University
Christmas Revels Ball
No recordings
Dundee / Dùn Dèagh, Scotland / Alba
With the Sleaz Band and Gethsemane
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-13 [___]
The New Marquee
No recordings
Leeds, England
With the Rock Machine Record & Light Show
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-14 [___]
College of Technology
No recordings
Slough, England
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-15 [___]
City Hall
No recordings
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Supported by the Pretty Things, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, the Deviants and Gordon Smith
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-16 [___]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Recording sessions Ummagumma
Setlist:
- One Night Stand (Summer ’68)
No recordings
Abbey Road, London, England
One Night Stand (Summer ’68) takes 9 – 10 recorded (Take 9 marked ‘best’ and take 10 marked ‘best edit with take 9’)
One Night Stand (Summer ’68) take 8 piano, acoustic guitar, mellotron, harmonium, brass and guitar overdubbed
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-17 [ A ]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Recording sessions Ummagumma – Let’s Make Pop (BBC1 TV, broadcast March 5th 1969)
Setlist:
- Roger’s Scene, Part One & Two (Several Species Of Small Furyy Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict)
- Ricky’s Scene (Sysyphus)
Recordings:
Abbey Road, London, England
Roger’s Scene, Part One & Two (Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict) take 1 recorded (marked ‘best’)
Ricky’s Scene (Sysyphus) take 3 vibes, guitar and mellotron overdubbed
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
Audio [ Vpro ]
cass[?] > Sony deck TXD-RE210 > SB XFI Platinum > Audition 1.5 > WAV@24b/48Khz > FLAC@48khz
[ Vpro ]
cass[?] > Sony deck TXD-RE210 > SB XFI Platinum > Audition 1.5 > WAV@24b/48Khz > FLAC@48khz > WAV24b/48Khz > Izotope RX 3 > WAV@24b/48KHz > FLAC@48Khz
[ Vpro ]
Maxell Epitaxial XLII 90 > Technics RS-B965-M > Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 > Reaper v4.61 > FLAC (24bit/96kHz)
1968-12-18 [___]
Studio 2 & Control Room 2, EMI Studios
Overdubbing and editing sessions Ummagumma
Setlist:
- Ricky’s Scene, Parts Four & Five (Sysyphus)
- Ricky’s Scene, Part One (Sysyphus)
No recordings
Abbey Road, London, England
Ricky’s Scene, Parts Four & Five (Sysyphus) take 3 organ, guitar, tympani’s and piano overdubbed
Ricky’s Scene, Part One (Sysyphus) edited
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-20 [___]
BBC Paris Cinema
Radio One Club (BBC Radio One, broadcasted live-to air)
Setlist:
- Let There Be More Light
- Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
- Point Me At The Sky
- Careful With That Axe, Eugene
No recordings
Lower Regent Street, London, England
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-27 [___]
Grote Zaal, De Doelen
No recordings
Rotterdam, Nederland
With the Outsiders, Barber Green’s Fantastic Collection, the Misfits, R&B Ltd.4, Eye’s Blues Formation, the Onlys, Joseph Guy, Heads, Panique, WW Dance Girls and featuring the Provadya Lightshow
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
1968-12-28 [ A ]
Margriethal, Jaarbeurs
Flight To Lowlands Paradise II
Setlist:
- Astronomy Domine
- Careful With That Axe, Eugene
- Interstellar Overdrive
- Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
- A saucerful Of Secrets
Recordings:
Utrecht, Nederland
With the Pretty Things, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, the Pebbles, Short 66, the Tykes, the Zipps, Full House, the Living Kick Formation, Set Money, Cuby & the Blizzards, the Outsiders, Inez & the Racers, the New Electric Chamber Orchestra and the Jan Heckert Experience
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
[ A1 ]
1st Gen Jaarbeurs-Margriethal, Utrecht
Master Cassette > Cassette > CDR > EAC > WAV > FLAC
[ A1 ]
1st Generation Cass[1]-DAT
ANALOG 1 GEN > DAT(?) > CDR > EAC > FLAC
[ A1 ]
cass[1] > DAT(?) > SHN > WAV > CoolEdit Pro 2.0 > WAV > FLAC
[ A1 ]
4th gen cassette (Maxell XLII-S) > Technics RS-B965-M > Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 > Audacity 1.3 > FLAC (24bit/96kHz)
[ A1 ]
From Chris T
Unknown lineage
[ A1 ]
cass[low] > MD > WAV > remaster > CDR(1) > FLAC frontend > FLAC [lvl 6]
[ A1 ]
cass[low] > DAT@48khz > wav > shn@48khz > wav> de-clicked/channel balanced Wave Corrector > indexed and down sampled Nero Wave Editor > FLAC level 6 @44.1khz TLH
[ A1 ]
cass[low] > DAT@48khz > wav > shn@48khz > wav > Adobe Audition 1.5 > TLH > flac@48khz
[ A1 ]
Utrecht 28.12.68
CD Bootleg “Utrecht 28.12.68” > EAC > FLAC level 5
[ A1 ]
ANA(2) > CDR(0) > WAV(M) [16bit/44.1kHz] > WAV(1) [16bit/44.1kHz] > FLAC [Level 8]
1968-12-31 [___]
Main Hall, Walthamstow Art College
New Year Ball – Unconfirmed
No recordings
Walthamstow, London, England
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour
- David Gilmour – Guitar, Vocals
- Nick Mason – Drums
- Roger Waters – Bass, Vocals
- Richard Wright – Keyboards, Vocals