On the Run - Pink Floyd (alternate version)

[Gfm0666]

No this isn't the best version at all.

Roger Waters' most recent rendition of DSOTM live with a seriously amazing updated version was stunning.

[starwarp88]

why didnt they use this? i think its better than the original version they used

[Giraffeosis]

Seems like they waited til the Wall to use this sound again, but the alienation feels right..

[m1d4s13]

i thinh this would be fantastic in the original album

[labeviamo]

you know what is incredible ? That those gentlemen made this piece , and they also thought : not good enough ! Let's remake it in a total different way!!!!

[boneob]

I love the Floyd and hearing this pre-DSOTM version is like getting another song from them...although this is different, I like it and will enjoy it along with the 1973 version. Thanks for putting this up...just took me awhile to find it.

[voluntaryistguy]

@sitarless: Is that the only bootleg this was ever released on (I know that might be an impossible question to answer, but just thought I'd give it a whirl)? Also, did PF ever plan to release this legitimately themselves at any point?

[sitarless]

this is off a bootleg called.. in celebration if a Comet (the coming of Kohoutek)1972?

[cosmicrider287]

@daydreamer96 ditto for me.

[kingsergio128]

the orginal title the travel sequence

[OrlandoBostonJon]

This IS the original version! PF toured with this in 1972. The album version wasn't recorded or played until 1973.

[Meskalive]

yyyyyyyyyyy the version i was looking 4

thanxxxxxxxxxx

[JackyRowe]

in this version there's a whole groovy quality to it!!  i love it!

[sigangalin]

much better then the orginal....

[smartlamppost]

@sigangalin Really? I have to disagree.

[elijahinky]

so different then the one Im use to hearing

[voluntaryistguy]

I have an old bootleg of this on a cassette. What is the source of this in terms of the actual recording? IOW, who recorded it, and in what form was it originally "released?"

[SaladToppings]

holy hell. right on!

[purplefluffcake]

this is amazing

[MinuteOfForever]

Pink Floyd's psychedelic and progressive rock style along with their use of alternate means to acquire style definitely paved the way for modern use of the Synth.

[MinuteOfForever]

Where can a recording be found of this. I can rip it off the video but that's not fun.

[tsf9494]

Mind equals blown

[tsf9494]

Mind equals blown

[tsf9494]

Mind equals blown

[tsf9494]

Mind equals blown

[bunzigga]

fucking amazing

[VokesRob]

this version is much better in my opinion!

[pulsepinkfloyd]

this is called "the traveling section"

[KoolSpeed]

the travel sequence*

[crvorhees]

Please tell me where i can find a copy of this performance. I am a huge Floyd fan and I'd love to hear this whole show.

[playdead616]

This piece was reffered to as "the travel sequence" or simply "travel". I would love to have heard a studio recorded version of this. great post!

[bmp713]

This is far superior to On The Run.

[kip967]

It's cool but this is so much more..... funky!

[bmp713]

Exactly.

[LesPaulGoldTop21]

Nice

[morrbidmg69]

as i understand it, they played this very few times before settling on the tune we know and love, "on the run." the band wasn't overly fond of this piece as a whole, but played it to fill space during the live shows before recording. The electronic "on the run" was written in studio.

[TheOriginalHDBrowne]

Like so many other Floyd compositions in the early days they were rehearsed live before they went into the studio. "The Travel Section" evolved into "On the Run" as "Nothing Parts 1 -36" became "The Return of the Son of Nothing" which became "Echoes." This is so awesome to hear. Kudos

[realshamrock101]

they played this way live before they used the synthesizer

[kip967]

So does anybody know if this was the way it was before the album version idea or is this just for live.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

this is from a londong 72 show. I know it is london, i think it is 72, but that version of "Breathe" was used on "Crackers" bootleg as a substitute for BREATHE at Hollywood Bowl 72 because the taper had technical difficulties. then another taper got the full HOLLYWOOD BOWL SHOW 1972 on stereo tape, but "Echoes" (& "On The Run") the taper taps his microphone to test it. I wonder what type of equiptment was used and how it got in. You can hear the difference.

[yawalaa]

juampadj, The Travel Section is completely different to "On the run", it was always played live till the construction of on the run, on the actual album, no inclusion or part of this song is on, "on the run" theyr completly different pieces of music, one just replaced the other

[alby711]

I kinda like this version musically but artistically the album version suits just fine

[Wolfer0624]

Dude, I'm glad to came across this months ago!! :D

Thanks for sharing this; I really love this sort of style of music! It REALLY makes me wanna learn it!! xD

[xxkewldudexx]

the riff at 0:17 is a foreshadowing to part of the intro riff of "lunchbox" by marilyn manson. (meaning it sounds like it)

[devilizard]

Nice observation! :)

[Rosesnails]

awesome that sounds fuckin Sick man

[Benfatbackbeat]

mmm-really nice and jazzy

[noizy4]

this is the "tarvel section" recorded in Brighton Pavillion If I remember corectly

[juampadj]

This is "The Travel Section"...just an EARLY live jamming that later with the inclusion of synthesisers will be called "On the Run". Not an Alternate version.

[jakesteven1980]

i like this version than the ACS3 version.

[PatsysMam]

Its called a VCS3,by the way :P

[DeRex9]

This is great. what a treat to my ears, thank you.

[Davidekap]

I have the complete concert bootleg.

[LelouchLamperouge019]

You're Lucky.

[BartholomewC123]

Thank you so much for posting this! I don't know what i like more now, On The Run or this version...

[tenordude14]

NICE! this from the In Rainbow Light Roio isn't it?!?

[AndersLanza]

I like this. Where did you find it?

[andresfloyd]

naaaa excelente esta zapada..y eso que david decia que no estaban del todo contentos hasta que mandaron el sintetizador con on the run...a mi me mata the travel section, deberia estar en algun disco!!!

[baretto83]

very very good!!!

[TheFloydGiver]

This isnt called on the run and it wasn't improvised the song is called t"The Travel Section" and it was supposed to be there and not "on the run" but they made "on the run" and replaced this i think it is good though.