Pink Floyd – 1983-1993 – Secret Rarities – Demos & Outtakes – STUDIO 1CD A

Demos & outtakes 1983-1993

01. Like A Rolling Stone (David Gilmour demo 1983)
02. Like A Rolling Stone (David Gilmour demo 1983 – FM source)
03. Learning To Fly (Jon Carin demo 1986)
04. Learning To Fly (Jon Carin demo 1986 – FM source)
05. The Dogs Of War (demo 1986)
06. Signs Of Life (outtake 1986)
07. Untitled #1 (demo 1993)
08. Untitled #2 (demo 1993)
09. Untitled #3 (demo 1993)
10. Untitled #4 (demo 1993) (incl. What Do You Want From Me)
11. Untitled #1 (outtake 1993)
12. Wearing The Inside Out (outtake 1993)
The Instrumental Suite (outtake 1993):
13. – Cluster One
14. – Marooned
15. – Untitled (incl. High Hopes)

Tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6 come from a tape that David Gilmour brought to BBC Radio
One studios on 28Jul92, for his interview by Nick Horne (promoting the “Shine
On” box set). They are from a pre-FM source and sound slightly better than the
versions on the previous release, but are still mono. For that reason, the
current compilation also includes the versions of “Like A Rolling Stone”
(track 2) and “Learning To Fly” (track 4) taken from the stereo FM broadcast
(“The Dogs Of War” and “Signs Of Life” were on the tape but were not broadcast
during the BBC show).

The outtake of “Wearing The Inside Out” (track 12) is from the same source as
previously (“Bear In Tree” RoIO), with muffled sound as if the tape was played
back with Dolby ON while the recording was not using Dolby. It was carefully
remastered in order to bring some clarity and now sounds slightly better than
the previous version.

The last 3 tracks are completely new, and form together an 11 minute
instrumental suite. These outtakes probably come from an early version of “The
Division Bell” album, and reveal that the first intention of the Floyd was to
make a long instrumental piece where “Cluster One” segues into “Marooned”, and
then into a third part with percussions. This third part was abandoned for the
final version of the album, but its harmonies were re-used in the bridge of
“High Hopes”. Please note that this instrumental suite was given to me with
plenty of digi-noises, crackles and clicks, and was almost unlistenable in its
rough form. I used de-clicking and de-crackling methods in order to make it
listenable – and even enjoyable – but you can still hear some kind of “surface”
noise or saturation during the loud parts. There is still hope to get a better
(cleaner) version in the future. In the meantime, this is the best as it could
sound.