A Tree Full of Secrets

You're thinking of "pastie" surely.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr boy

Now I'm quite frightened.

The tracklist was compiled in October 2000, and people signed up for it then, but initial copies were distributed by snailmail and most people only got theirs early in 2001.

What's the big deal with the year anyway?

This bootleg just appeared on the site I get my ROIOs from. Can someone tell me if it's worth downloading all 18 CDs. Is this just a compilation of individual ROIOs?

It's a collection of outakes, demos, rare solo stuff, rare soundtrack stuff, here's an extract from the accompanying .nfo file :

A TREE FULL OF SECRETS :A Tree Full of Secrets
the definitive Pink Floyd rarities compilation


Introduction

On 18 CDs (yes, eighteen!) you'll find all the A and B sides of all the Pink
Floyd singles, all the promo, edited, obscured, or remixed versions, and all the
soundtracks bits of your favorite Pink Floyd and solo tracks.
Basically, this collection includes (nearly) all songs officially released, but
not on regular album (compilations, singles, promos, soundtracks...), as well as
rare versions from acetates and studio outtakes. We didn't consider live tracks
(concerts, radio or TV appearances), unless they're part of a single or a promo
single. We also left out of this scope the Syd Barrett solo rarities, because it
mainly consists in slightly different mixes of regular versions (we'd like to
let a more hardcore fan than we are, doing the job). Some other things are not
included, mainly because they could be treed separately, as a whole entity:
"Live At Pompeii" and "The Wall" soundtracks, mono editions of albums ("The
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", "A Saucerful Of Secrets"), quadraphonic editions of
albums ("Atom Heart Mother", "The Dark Side Of The Moon", "Wish You Were
Here")...
There are in fact 17 audio CDs and one data CD. This latter CD contains all the
artworks and booklets (with all you ever dreamt to know about each track of each
CD!), and some bonus files (that we hope you'll enjoy) while keeping the secret
about their contents.
We tried to make the most definitive Pink Floyd rarities compilation, in both
completeness and sound quality. For each track, we tried to find the best
sounding version available. As a result, we're proud to say that a lot of tracks
sound better than any other version available elsewhere.

Rules
What we mean with the word "rarity":
1) Song officially released, but not on regular albums (compilations, singles,
soundtracks...) [1]
2) Alternate mix (acetate...)
3) Outtake from unreleased studio session
4) Demo
[1] with an exception for the stuff being a part of a whole "entity"
(most of them are available separately, as other projects).
For instance, the following stuff is not included:
- "Live At Pompeii" soundtrack
- "The Wall" soundtrack
- mono "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", "A Saucerful Of Secrets"
- quadraphonic "Atom Heart Mother", "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Wish You Were
Here"
- "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" video
- "P*U*L*S*E" video
"Chronological" rules for tracklist:
1) tracks are sorted by recording date, not release date [2]
2) different versions of the same track with same recording date are sorted by
release date [3]
3) singles from the same album are listed in the same order than on the album
[4]
[2] with an exception for the demos, placed before the actual release, to save
"continuity" and to hear how the song evolved from the demo to the released
version.
[3] if the release date is the same or unknown, the versions are sorted from the
most "usual" to the most "unusual": single version -> extended version -> promo
version
[4] unless the recording dates are known with precision for each track (in this
case, see rule nr.1)
Contents

There are in fact 17 audio CDs and 1 data CD. This latter CD contains all the
artworks and booklets, and some bonus files.
Now, how are all these tracks organized into 17 audio CDs?
The first 8 CDs contain the Pink Floyd rarities (from 1965 to 1994).
The next 6 CDs contain the soundtracks (from Pink Floyd and members).
The last 3 CDs contain the solo members rarities.
The 17 CDs are split into 9 volumes (each volume is a 2 CD set, except volume 9,
which is a single CD). So, there are 9 different artworks, and the whole
Rarities compilation will take the place of 9 jewel boxes in your CD collection.
Volume 1 (CD1 - CD2): Pink Floyd Rarities 1965 - 1968
All the available versions of the "early singles" (mono, fake stereo, stereo,
acetate, promo edit), rare studio outtakes ("Let's Roll Another One", 1967 Abbey
Road studio sessions...), superb versions of the unreleased "Scream Thy Last
Scream"/"Vegetable Man" single, rare promo versions of "Remember A Day", "Let
There Be More Light" and "Corporal Clegg".
Volume 2 (CD3 - CD4): Pink Floyd Rarities 1969 - 1973
Songs from "Ummagumma" era, "Moonhead", rare Italian single "In Concerto", "One
Of These Days" demos, "One Of These Days"/"Fearless" promo single, Roger The Hat
interview and a whole CD (CD4) dedicated to the "Dark Side Of The Moon" rarities
(single versions, promo edits, rough mixes, demos, outtakes), compiled in the
same order as the album (from "Breathe" to "Eclipse").
Volume 3 (CD5 - CD6): Pink Floyd Rarities 1974 - 1983
Rarities from "Wish You Were Here" era (mainly "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", 7
different versions!), "Animals", "The Wall", "The Final Cut", without forgetting
the 1981 version of "Money" and "When The Tigers Broke Free"/"Bring The Boys
Back Home" single.
Volume 4 (CD7 - CD8): Pink Floyd Rarities 1987 - 1994
All the post-Waters Pink Floyd rarities: singles and promo CDs from "A Momentary
Lapse Of Reason", "The Division Bell" and "P*U*L*S*E".
Volume 5 (CD9 - CD10): Soundtracks 1966 - 1969
Soundtrack from "San Francisco", "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London", "The
Committee" (excellent source directly from the film!), "More" and "Zabriskie
Point".
Volume 6 (CD11 - CD12): Soundtracks 1970 - 1988
Soundtrack from "The Body" (Roger Waters and Ron Geesin), "La Vallee" (Pink
Floyd), "Magritte" (Roger Waters), "The Hit" (Roger Waters and Eric Clapton),
"When The Wind Blows" (Roger Waters), "White Of The Eye" (Nick Mason and Rick
Fenn). Radio ads for "Live At Pompeii" are also included.
Volume 7 (CD13 - CD14): Soundtracks 1992 - 1999
Soundtrack from "La Carrera Panamericana" (Pink Floyd), "Ruby Takes A Trip"
(David Gilmour), "The Art Of Tripping" (Divid Gilmour), "The Colours Of
Infinity" (David Gilmour), "The Dybbuck Of The Holy Apple Field" (Roger Waters)
and "La Leggenda Del Pianista Sull Oceano" / "Legend Of 1900" (Roger Waters).
Volume 8 (CD15 - CD16): David Gilmour and Roger Waters Rarities
Jokers Wild (featuring a very young David Gilmour) mini LP from 1965, singles
from "David Gilmour" and "About Face" solo albums, and all the Roger Waters
rarities (from "The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking" to "Amused To Death"),
including Waters's song "Incarceration Of A Flower Child" performed by Marianne
Faithfull.
Volume 9 (CD17): Rick Wright and Nick Mason Rarities
Rarities from Zee (Rick Wright and Steve Harris), Rick Wright's "Broken China"
promo CD and extended version of "Lie For A Lie", from Nick Mason and Rick Fenn,
featuring David Gilmour on vocals.

I downloaded it ages ago but I've only listened to a tiny portion of it (cos I can't be arsed - there's just too much of it).

It's cheaper than Shine On, anyway.

Cheers, Cheesy!

hehe i actually understood this..well most part

well whats it mean in english?

I know this is an old thread but i just got A Tree Full of Secrets in the mail last week. I think it is cool. It may take me a few days to listen to all of it.
If you have never seen it and have a bunch of time I would say download it. Or buy it from someone.

I'm going to download it when I free up some space on my comp. From what I've seen, a lot of it is mono versions of most of the released songs, so I might just download the really rare stuff from it. Maybe you could tell me if it would be worth downloading the whole thing?

A Tree Full Of Secrets:Compilation was done in 1999 and available by post in 2001.
Disc 1 - Rarities
(From the sessions for The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and the singles of the time)
Lucy Leave
I'm a King Bee
Let's Roll Another One
Arnold Layne - acetate
Arnold Layne - mono
Arnold Layne - fake stereo
Candy and a Currant Bun - acetate
Candy and a Currant Bun - mono
Interstellar Overdrive - demo
Interstellar Overdrive - Sound Techniques outtake
Interstellar Overdrive - Abbey Road outtake
Interstellar Overdrive - mono single version
Scarecrow - Abbey Road outtake
Scarecrow - mono
Astronomy Dominé - Abbey Road outtake
See Emily Play - actetate
See Emily Play - mono
See Emily Play - fake stereo
Flaming - mono
Sunshine
Silas Lane
Scream Thy Last Scream - mono .
Disc 2 - Rarities
(From the sessions for A Saucerful of Secrets and singles of the time)
Scream Thy Last Scream - stereo
Vegetable Man - mono
Vegetable Man - alternate mono
Vegetable Man - stereo
Remember A Day - mono short version
Apples and Oranges - mono
Apples and Oranges - stereo
Paint Box - mono
Paint Box - stereo
Let There Be More Light - mono edit
Corporal Clegg - video version
It Would Be So Nice - mono
It Would Be So Nice - promo edit
It Would Be So Nice - fake stereo
Julia Dream - demo
Julia Dream - mono
Julia Dream - stereo
Point Me at the Sky - mono
Point Me at the Sky - fake stereo
Careful with that Axe, Eugene - mono
Careful with that Axe, Eugene - stereo

Disc 3 - Rarities
(Various outtakes, hidden messages, and rarities from the era including Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, and Meddle)

Astronomy Dominé - live short version
Embryo
Biding My Time
"this is pretty avant-garde isn't it" (Speech)
"and the wind cried ... " (Speech)
Moonhead
"here's a loud announcement" (Speech)
"silence in the studio" (Speech)
Green is the Colour - live
Careful with that Axe, Eugene - live short version
Embryo - live short version
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - live short version
"Relics" radio advert #1
"Relics" radio advert #2
"Meddle" radio advert
One of These Days - demo #1
One of These Days - demo #2
One of These Days - mono edit
Fearless - mono edit
Roger the Hat interview (used in "Us And Them" on The Dark Side of the Moon)

Disc 4 - Rarities
(Outtakes and rarities from the sessions for The Dark Side of the Moon)
Breathe - mono
On the Run - outtake
Time - demo
Time - stereo edit
Time - mono edit
Money - demo
Money - stereo edit
Money - "soft" stereo edit
Money - "soft" mono edit
Money - alternate "soft" mono edit
Us And Them - demo
Us And Them - outtake
Us And Them - stereo edit
Us And Them - mono edit
Brain Damage / Eclipse - demo
Brain Damage - outtake
Brain Damage - outtake
Eclipse - "mysterious ending tiny music" (The inexplicable orchestral version of "Ticket To Ride" that appeared during the end of The Dark Side of the Moon)

Disc 5 - Rarities
(Outtakes and rarities from the Wish You Were Here sessions)
Merry Xmas Song
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - part 1
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - promo edit
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - 1981 edit
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - UK short version
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - US short version
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - "storm" mix
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - "to the galaxy"
Have A Cigar - short version
Have A Cigar - stereo edit
Have A Cigar - mono edit

Disc 6 - Rarities
(Outtakes and rarities from the sessions for Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut.)
"Animals" radio advert
Pigs on the Wing - parts 1 & 2
Pigs (Three Different Ones) - short version
The Wall - "loop message"
Another Brick In The Wall part 2 - single version
Another Brick In The Wall part 2 - 1981 single version
Empty Spaces - "backwards message"
Young Lust - single version
One of my Turns - single version
Comfortably Numb - demo
Comfortably Numb - edit
Run Like Hell - single version
Run Like Hell - promo mix
Money - 1981 version
Money - 1981 edit
When the Tigers Broke Free - single version
Bring the Boys Back Home - single version
"The Final Cut" radio avert
Not Now John - obscured version
Not Now John - promo edit
The Hero's Return - parts 1 & 2

Disc 7 - Rarities
(Outtakes and rarities from the sessions for A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell)
Learning to Fly - demo
Learning to Fly - edit
The Dogs of War - edit
One Slip - edit
On the Turning Away - edit
The Dogs of War - live
On the Turning Away - live
One Slip - live
Run Like Hell - live
Wearing the Inside Out - LP version
Take it Back - edit
Take it Back - extended
Keep Talking - radio edit

Disc 8 - Rarities
(Rarities from the sessions for The Division Bell and P*U*L*S*E)
Lost for Words - clean version
High Hopes - radio edit
High Hopes - "phone call"
David Gilmour interview
Soundscape
Astronomy Dominé - live
One of These Days - live
Wish You Were Here - live edit
Coming Back to Life - live edit
One of These Days - live

Disc 9 - Soundtracks
(All non-album songs created for movies in the era between The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Music From the Film More)
Interstellar Overdrive ("San Francisco")
Interstellar Overdrive ("Tonight Let's All Make Love In London")
Nick's Boogie
The Committee Pt.1 - backwards version
The Committee Pt.1
The Committee Pt.2
The Committee Pt.3
The Committee Pt.4
The Committee Pt.5
The Committee Pt.6
The Committee Pt.7
The Committee Pt.8
Main Theme - film version
Seabirds
Cymbaline - film version
Hollywood

Disc 10 - Soundtracks
(A collection of songs created for the Zabriskie Point movie; has largely been rendered redundant by "The Ultimate Zabriskie Point" bootleg)

"More" outtakes
Heart Beat, Pig Meat
Heart Beat, Pig Meat - film version
Crumbling Land
Crumbling Land - extended
Crumbling Land - film version
Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up
Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up - film version
Love Scene - Version 4
Love Scene - Version 6
Unknown Song
Rain in the Country
Country Song
Oenone
Fingal's Cave

Disc 11 - Soundtracks
(Roger Waters' contributions to Music From "The Body", which appeared on either the official album or in the film, plus ads for the "Live At Pompeii" movie, outtakes and rarities from the sessions for Obscured by Clouds, and Roger Waters' soundtrack to "Magritte" and his theme song for "The Hit")

Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Our Song
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Sea Shell and Stone
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Sea Shell and Soft Stone
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Breathe
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Sea Shell and Stone - film version
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Sea Shell and Soft Stone - film version
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Breathe - film version
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Chain of Life
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - The Womb Bit
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Body Transport
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Give Birth to a Smile
Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Give Birth to a Smile
"Live At Pompeii" radio advert #1
"Live At Pompeii" radio advert #2
"Live At Pompeii" radio advert #3
"Live At Pompeii" radio advert #4
"Live At Pompeii" radio advert #5
"Live At Pompeii" radio advert #6
"Live At Pompeii" radio advert #7
"Live At Pompeii" goofy ad #1
"Live At Pompeii" goofy ad #2
"Live At Pompeii" goofy ad #3
"Live At Pompeii" goofy ad #4
Obscured by Clouds
Free Four - short version
Free Four - film version
Instrumental
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.1
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.2
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.3
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.4
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.5
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.6
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.7
Roger Waters - Magritte Pt.8
Roger Waters - The Hit