Smoking Blues

Smoking Blues (1995) is a bootleg Pink Floyd album. This album is a longer version of the unreleased EP Pink Floyd Live at Montreux Casino, which contained recordings from a show on November 21, 1970 at the Montreux Casino in Montreux. The EP consisted of four songs and an interview with guitarist David Gilmour, conducted in French. Smoking Blues adds three more songs, but does not contain the interview.
This album contains the first known available recording of "Just Another 12 Bar", a improvised blues instrumental. It is also the only song that does not have an introduction by Roger Waters. In an unusual circumstance for a live album, the final track, "More Blues", fades out. The album cover features a picture of the band from 1967; thus Syd Barrett is on the cover. However, he does not play on the album, as it was recorded in 1970, two years after he left the band.
Track listing
;Disc 1
#"Astronomy Domine" (Syd Barrett) - 10:35
#*"Good morning, this is called Astronomy Domine."
#"Fat Old Sun" (David Gilmour) - 14:07
#*"This one's Dave's and it's called Fat Old Sun."
#"Atom Heart Mother" (Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Gilmour, Nick Mason) - 18:36
##"Father's Shout"
##"Breast Milky"
##"Mother Fore"
##"Funky Dung"
##"Mind Your Throats, Please"
##"Reemergence"
#*"We've got a new album out at the moment and it's called Atom Heart Mother and there's a track on it called Atom Heart Mother, which is got brass instruments and a choir, as well as us, but we do a version without the brass and choir and we're going to do that now and then we're going to take a break."
;Disc 2
#"Cymbaline" (Waters) - 11:41
#*"A song we recorded for a film called More. The song is called Cymbaline."
#"Embryo" (Waters) - 13:09
#*"This song is called The Embryo."
#"Just Another 12 Bar" (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) - 5:30
#"More Blues" (Waters, Wright, Gilmour Mason) - 9:17
#*"Ok, it's a bit late for mind expanding, so we're going to play music to calm down to."
Personnel
*David Gilmour - guitar, vocals
*Nick Mason - drums, percussion
*Roger Waters - bass guitar, vocals
*Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals

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