Pink Floyd
Live At Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 17 Sept. 1969
The Floyd taking a trip to Mars in Amsterdam. Here's the so called 'The Man And The Journey' a suite of music performed in concert during their 1969 tour. It consisted of several of their early songs, some unreleased, and material later included on 'More' and 'Ummagumma.' The concerts featured visual performance elements such as the sawing and construction of a table, and consumption of afternoon tea onstage. The themes of insanity and everyday life are similar to what would later be explored in the album 'The Dark Side Of The Moon.' The concept was first performed 14 April 1969 at the Royal Festival Hall in a show billed as 'The Massed Gadgets Of Auximenes - More Furious Madness From Pink Floyd.' The 17 September performance at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is the most widely known. Plans for an official live album release of 'The Man And The Journey' were considered, but abandoned in favour of 'Ummagumma.'