It Would Be so Nice (It would be so damn nice)

I downloaded 'a Tree Full of Secrets' and discovered this gem. I'd love to know when it was made, where it came from, if/when it was ever released etc. Is it a Syd directed effort? I think its brilliant. The soaring 'wall of sound' reminds me of George Harrison's solo albums, and a prophecy of Floyd to come.

Rick wrote the song and sings lead vocals. Norman Smith produced it for the band in March 1968, shortly after Syd left. Basically, it was Pink Floyd's attempt to have a hit single without him. They released it (with Roger's "Julia Dream" on the B-side) after modifying the lyrics from "Evening Standard" to "Daily Standard" because the BBC had some kind of objection to mentioning a real newspaper in their music programmes. Unfortunately, it didn't receive much airtime anyway and the record completely tanked in the pop charts. This goes some way towards explaining why Pink Floyd stopped catering to the singles market.

do you have tree full of secrets? i am trying to find it. i have been looking for a copy of the whole set for a few weeks now. i just found out about it.

It's available on several Bit Torrent sites.

If you give me your email, I'll add you to my Dropbox and give you the whole thing.

Y'know, there's not a single frame of the Japanese disaster that doesn't leave me feeling unbelievably cowed, over and over and over.

What a terrible happenstance.

Terrible.

If anyone needs a cdr of early singles just pay me $3 for postage and I will ship a copy

Or you could just download it for free. Hmm.....

It Would Be So Nice was released on the vinyl collection 'The Best of Pink Floyd' (later re-released as 'Masters of Rock vol.1') - Columbia 5C 054-04299; Harvest 1C 054-04299, which to my knowledge has not seen the light of day on CD.

Also on the US radio compilation 'A CD Full of Secrets' which is not too difficult to find.

It was originally released (in the UK) as the 'A' side of Columbia BD 8410, with the splendid Julia Dream on the flip.