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Een monumetaal optreden natuurlijk, hoe kan het ook anders met deze zeer bijzondere combinatie . Gelukkig is het opgenomen. Nou ja opgenomen... als ik de geluidskwaliteit maar indelen in een van de categorien brak-brakker-brakst, dan is het toch zeker brakst. Alsof het uit steen is gebeiteld. Met een botte beitel. Wat zeg ik? Geen beitel, alleen een hamer. Een hamer? welnee, veel te geavanceerd. Gewoon een andere steen. Zo klinkt het dus.
Afgezien van dat detail is dit natuurlijk wel de hoogst haalbare kwaliteit waarin je dit optreden waarschijnlijk ooit zult horen. In ieder geval is het op dit moment de hoogst haalbare kwaliteit. Even omgezet van shn, wat op zich al een historisch lossless formaat is, naar flac. Laat je versterker maar vast voorverwarmen.
Zuiver gespot uit historisch oogpunt. Even doorbijten dus. De volgende spot is weer van om van te genieten.

Als bonus een review die onverantwoord positief is over de kwaliteit van het geluid.

Thirty eight years ago, Paris was slated tohave its first rock festival, the Festival "Actuel".

The festival did occur, but due to bureaucratic nonsense it ended up in Belgium. It must have been one hell of a scene, though. 
If you look at the list of bands below (click to embiggen) there are some amazing possibilities. I recognize the name Aynsley 
Dunbar from his work with Zappa and Jefferson Starship, and likewise recognize Keith Tippet from his brief stint with King Crimson 
in the 70s, but don't know if either of these bands was ever recorded. Better known bands included Yes, the Nice, and the Pretty 
Things. Zappa was there first as Capt. Beefheart's road manager, and soon stepped up to being the MC for the festival. This presented 
certain problems, however, since the audience spoke little English and Zappa's command of French was tenuous at best. He abdicated 
those duties and ended up playing as a guest with many of the bands instead. One of them was Pink Floyd.

(...) 

...this delicious 20 minute jam from October 25 1969. On that night Zappa joined Pink Floyd onstage to improvise through an 
uncustomarily long and experimental version of the already long and experimental Syd Barrett classic Interstellar Overdrive.

When I found this, I actually found two different versions of it. One was called Interstellar Zappadrive and the other was Let's Be 
Frank. Being as it doesn't cost anything, I downloaded them both and gave them both a listen. Not only was IZ the better sounding 
audience recording, it also came with a few alternate soundboard cuts. What I have here, though, is from the audience - no board of 
the Zappa stuff. It sounds pretty damn good, though, and has become a favored listen here Under the Bridge. Those of us familiar 
with Gilmour and Zappa's styles will be able to pick them apart, and it's amazing how easily Zappa fits in with and influences 
what's going on with the song.


Tracklisting:

Disc 1
01 Astronomy Domine 9:51
02 Green Is The Colour 4:10
03 Careful With That Axe Eugene 9:44
04 Tuning Up With Zappa 2:29
05 Interstellar Overdrive 20:33
06 Tuning Up 0:51
07 Set The Controls 12:07
08 A Saucerful Of Secrets 17:58

Disc 2
01 Green Is The Colour (SBD) 4:14
02 Careful With That Axe Eugene (SBD) 9:44
03 Set The Controls (SBD) 11:16