''The Man and The Journey'' is a suite of music performed in concert by
Pink Floyd
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during their 1969 tour.
It consisted of several of their early songs, some unreleased songs, and material later included on ''
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'' and ''
Ummagumma''.
The concerts featured visual performance elements such as the sawing and construction of a table, and consumption of
afternoon tea
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onstage.
Background
The concept was first performed 14 April 1969 at the
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in a show billed as ''The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes – More Furious Madness from Pink Floyd''.
A truncated version of the show was recorded 12 May 1969 for the ''
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'' radio programme.
[ The 17 September performance at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is the most widely bootlegged of the shows on the tour (however, incomplete)]VPRO
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.[ Plans for an official live album release of ''The Man'' and ''The Journey'' were considered,][ but abandoned in favour of ''Ummagumma''.
]
Track list and release
A live recording of ''The Man and The Journey'' was released for the first time in 2016 as part of the boxset, '' The Early Years 1965-1972'', included in the '' 1969: Dramatis/ation'' volume.Farfisa
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organ which was usually used.
The track list for this version is as follows (as given in the ''Early Years'' set):
Trivia
The German Progressive Rockband RPWL published these songs 2016 as Live Album.
See also
*The Man and The Journey Tour
The Man and The Journey tour was an informal (mostly English) concert tour of a few dates by Pink Floyd during which the conceptual music piece '' The Man and The Journey'' was played.
Setlist
At most shows Pink Floyd performed ''The Man and Th ...
*List of unreleased songs recorded by Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd have been known to perform and/or record a number of songs and instrumentals which have never been officially released on a single or album. Only those whose existence can be reliably confirmed are listed here. Bootleg recordings of the ...
References
"The Man and The Journey"
Amsterdam-recording (Podcast)
The Auximines Project
which gives instructions on how to recreate the set using tracks from various Floyd albums
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