Nick Mason Pink Floyd Pick

Even though he is probably the most replaceable part of Pink Floyd to many people, Nick Mason was an important part of the band. He's really the only one to be on every Pink Floyd album so that counts for a lot. This pick has a few tracks from the solo stuff he did, and his Hillage outing. It mostly covers the Floyd tracks he was most associated with and really he didn't have much that he wrote except for Grand Vizier's Garden Party so of course that's on there as well as some of his co-writers credit and the few times his voice was heard on any of the albums. I also included his charity track tacked on at the end.

Nick Mason Pink Floyd Pick

01 Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe, Eugene

02 Pink Floyd - The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Part One - Entrance

03 Pink Floyd - The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Part Two - Entertainment

04 Pink Floyd - The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Part Three - Exit

05 Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg

06 Nick Mason & Rick Fenn - Lie For A Lie

07 Nick Mason - Rhoda

08 Pink Floyd - Echoes

09 Pink Floyd - Speak To Me

10 Pink Floyd - Time

11 Nick Mason - Can't Get My Motor To Start

12 Pink Floyd - One Of These Days

13 Steve Hillage - Leylines To Glassdom

14 Nick Mason - Siam

15 Beverley Knight, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Nick Mason, etc - Save The Children (Look Into Your Heart)

Richard Wright Pink Floyd Pick 2

Not going to say much today. Part 1 has a bit more of his solo stuff . This pick is strictly Pink Floyd tracks. Either Richard Wright sang on the tracks, or he wrote or co-wrote the songs. He had stopped contributing to Pink Floyd for awhile and was fired (and then rehired as a session player) for an album or so. And then rehired after Waters left. This pick covers the very early stuff until his last album contribution with Gilmour's Floyd after Wright died.

Richard Wright Pink Floyd Pick 2

09 Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly

10 Pink Floyd - Summer '68

11 Pink Floyd - See-Saw

12 Pink Floyd - What Do You Want From Me

13 Pink Floyd - Louder Than Words

14 Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky

15 Pink Floyd - Wearing The Inside Out

16 Pink Floyd - It Would Be So Nice

17 Pink Floyd - Remember A Day

18 Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine

19 Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

20 Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne

21 Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Richard Wright Pink Floyd Pick 1

Continuing on with the Pink Floyd family pick this is Richard Wright solo and guest spots along with some key moments of his in Pink Floyd. David Gilmour said that Wright was the real heart of the band. I don't know about that, but he did have a few great moments in the band and  couple of guest spots, another band and his solo gig. Volume two will include more of the Floyd stuff. This one has Echoes which meant that I needed two volumes since it is too long. But it was co-written and partly sung by Wright so it had to be included. The Zee tracks are interesting because they are the collaboration of Wright and post punk artist Dave Harris (Fashion). I always had wondered what happened to Fashion (my favorite song was Sodium Pentathol Negative) and here is part of the group in another band that I didn't realize was him (and Wright) until later. Anyway it was great to hear Wright in a different setting that I like too.

Richard Wright Pink Floyd Pick 1

01 Zee - Confusion (Extended)

02 Richard Wright - Against The Odds

03 Richard Wright - Breakthrough

04 Pink Floyd - Echoes

05 Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother

06 David Gilmour - On An Island

07 Pink Floyd - Us And Them

08 Zee - Eyes Of A Gypsy

Syd Barrett Pink Floyd Pick

Most people argue about whether Roger Waters or David Gilmour are the heart of Pink Floyd. And arguably both were at one point or another, But so was Syd Barrett. In fact he was the heart of the start. And so this pick highlights my favorites of the Barrett era Floyd and some of his solo work right after. He had some great songs and I love this era of the band. It started my love of psychedelic music. Just listen to the songs on here. Amazing! You can hear the beginnings of what will later be called classic Floyd in several of these tracks. Before anyone says anything about my comments about the heart of the band. I have to clarify. It really isn't any of these three guys. It was the two other guys (Rick and Nick) and you will be getting those picks coming soon. Although there is a case to be made that all of them had to go through what they did to be able to leave what is really three legacies. All of them good.

Syd Barrett Pink Floyd Pick

01 Pink Floyd - Apples And Oranges

02 Pink Floyd - Bike

03 Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive

04 Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues

05 Pink Floyd - Pow R. Toc H.

06 Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother

07 Pink Floyd - Vegetable Man

08 Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine

09 Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

10 Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne

11 Pink Floyd - Lucifer Sam

12 Pink Floyd - Scarecrow

13 Syd Barrett - Octopus

14 Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade

15 Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)

16 Syd Barrett - Effervescing Elephant

17 Syd Barrett - Gigolo Aunt

Roger Waters Solo Pick 2

Here's the continuation of the Roger Waters solo pick. He does sound a lot like the continuation of Pink Floyd. There are times you miss David Gilmour's guitar, but not all too much. I've seen him live doing some of this stuff and it just sounds like him, but amped. Anyway after this volume, please go ahead and tell me what tracks you would have put on here. And which you would have left out. I put in the live track with Cyndi Lauper, but really I probably should have put in the Scorpions track, because I do love some Scorps. I don't know why I was too lazy to make a different cover for this volume, but I have to say that I like this shot of Waters from way back. Even if it wasn't a pic from his solo tours.

Roger Waters Solo Pick 2

14 Roger Waters - We Shall Overcome

15 Roger Waters & Cyndi Lauper - Another Brick in the Wall, Part II

16 Roger Waters - Too Much Rope

17 Roger Waters - 5.01 AM (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking Part 10)

18 Roger Waters - Sunset Strip

19 Roger Waters - Each Small Candle

20 Roger Waters - Amused To Death

21 Roger Waters - Hello (I Love You)

22 Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Breathe

23 Roger Waters - Radio Waves

24 Roger Waters - Lost Boys Calling

25 Roger Waters - 4.50 AM (Go Fishing)

26 Roger Waters - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Roger Waters Solo Pick 1

Interesting thing about this pick (volume 1 and 2) is that you always hear that Roger Waters was a genius songwriter, but difficult guy to get along with. It sort of bears out and sort of doesn't. He seems to have a lot of guests play with him on tour and some on his solo albums, but he doesn't seem to get invited to play on other people's stuff very often. I might be missing a whole segment of his career. Oh well. He does have enough solo album work to easily fill two volumes of my pick of it. Which is exactly what I have done. Here's volume 1 of my pick of the Waters solo albums. Tomorrow I'll post volume 2.

Roger Waters Solo Pick 1

01 Roger Waters - Towers Of Faith

02 Roger Waters - Perfect Sense Part I & II

03 Roger Waters - 5.06 AM (Every Strangers Eyes)

04 Roger Waters - The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)

05 Roger Waters - Three Wishes

06 Roger Waters - Folded Flags

07 Roger Waters - Watching TV

08 Roger Waters - Home

09 Roger Waters - The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range

10 Roger Waters - Smell The Roses

11 Roger Waters - Who Needs Information

12 Roger Waters - The Powers That Be

13 Roger Waters - What God Wants, Part I

David Gilmour Solo Pick

Pink Floyd is so well known that it's hard to do a compilation that hasn't been done, but this pick starts a series of Pink Floyd family picks of mine. I'm starting it off with David Gilmour. This is my pick of his solo stuff. Only one Pink Floyd song and that's with David Bowie. In the next day or so, I will continue another complete side of Gilmour's. People get a "personal" feeling with Pick Floyd so don't get mad if I don't pick your favorites. It is after all my pick. I did not include the song that I picked for my Beautiful Guitar Solos compilation on this one. Although I must like that one too.

David Gilmour Solo Pick

01 David Gilmour - Today

02 David Gilmour - Smile

03 David Gilmour - Love on the Air

04 David Gilmour - A Pocketful of Stones

05 David Gilmour - You Know I'm Right

06 David Gilmour - Murder

07 David Gilmour - Mihalis

08 David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock

09 David Gilmour - Near The End

10 David Gilmour - Out Of The Blue

11 David Gilmour - Blue Light

12 David Gilmour - On An Island

13 David Gilmour - Short And Sweet

14 David Gilmour - There's No Way Out Of Here

15 David Gilmour - Arnold Layne (with David Bowie)