Well, maybe in my case it is a nasty habit of paying for music, no matter whether deservedly or not. I prefer to pay to legit owner, but if there is no such option I pay to bootleg mafia. I like physical stuff, bootlegs including. There are many excellent boots of the Ummagumma/Pompeii era (Montreux '70 comes to mind), worth comparing as there was a higher dose of improv in those early days, and I concur that the later Boston Gardens 75 show is excellent, and also the Paris 77 show (I believe there are several sources, and indeed several different nights). Of the others, particular favourites are the ones identified as "Ummagumma" outtakes (unused reels from the Mothers Club concert etc.) and the other Amsterdam Concertgebouw '69 concert which is almost totally instrumental since Waters' mike malfunctioned but sounds glorious. Neither is it with several of the older, John Peel type radio sessions, for example the Spring 1969 one which has superior (imho) versions of some of the "More" and "Ummagumma" ("Man & Journey", really) songs. You're entitled to be critical of sound quality, but this is clearly not an issue here. Surely the BBC stuff, especially the 19 "Radio One In Concert" sessions (both 50-60 minutes long), which are available taken straight from the radio masters, comes highly recommended.
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