Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

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Pink Floyd bootleg recordings are the collections of audio and video recordings of musical performances by the British rock band Pink Floyd, which were never officially released by the band. The recordings consist of both live performances and outtakes from studio sessions unavailable in official releases. In some cases, certain bootleg recordings may be highly prized among collectors, as at least 40 songs composed by Pink Floyd have never been officially released.

During the 1970s, bands such as Pink Floyd created a lucrative market for the mass production of unofficial recordings with large followings of fans willing to purchase them. In addition, the huge crowds that turned up to these concerts made the effective policing of the audience for the presence of recording equipment virtually impossible. Vast numbers of recordings were issued for profit by bootleg labels. ^[1]

Some Pink Floyd bootlegs exist in several variations with differing sound quality ^[2] and length because sometimes listeners have recorded different versions of the same performance at the same time. Pink Floyd was a group that protected its sonic performance, making recording with amateur recording devices difficult. ^{[2] [3]} In their career, Pink Floyd played over 1,300 concerts, of which more than 350 were released as bootlegged recordings (sometimes in various versions). ^[4] Few concerts have ever been broadcast (or repeated once they were broadcast on television), especially during 'the golden age' of the group from 1966 to 1981. ^[5]

Pink Floyd was one of the mainstays of the bootleg industry in the 1970s. ^{[5] [3]} In 1999, the group was mentioned on BPI's list of most bootlegged British artists of all time. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

One of the best known ROIO's by Pink Floyd is Best of Tour '72: Live at the Rainbow Theatre with a concert performed on 20 February 1972. This bootleg includes one of the first performances of The Dark Side of the Moon . One year and one month before the official release of that same album, the bootleg had already sold over 120,000 copies. ^[9]

In 2008, the Pink Floyd bootleg Madison Square Garden, New York, NY – 2 July 1977 was mentioned on the Yahoo's Top 10 of Best Bootlegs of All Time. ^[10]

Earliest bootlegs

Most of Pink Floyd's early bootlegs concern performances from the European A Saucerful of Secrets Tour and the A Saucerful of Secrets US Tour. Most of these bootlegs were released by the label "Ace Bootlegs Production".

Bootleg title	Recording details	Notes
BBC Archives 1967–1969	BBC Television Centre, London, UK, 14 May 1967	Television performance. The Pink Floyd appeared on BBC One's "Look of the Week", hosted by Hans Keller. The performance consisted of a truncated version of "Pow R. Toc H." as well as "Astronomy Domine". Syd Barrett and Roger Waters were then interviewed by show host Hans Keller, who memorably asked the band why their music had to be so loud, finding it unbearable. The performance and interview have been repeated on BBC since, [11] [12] and consequently circulate on both audio and video bootlegs. It is one of the few pieces of professionally filmed footage from the Barrett-led era that has survived.
Golden Circle	Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden, 10 September 1967	This bootleg is considered as the only complete recording of a 1967 concert by Pink Floyd. It includes the show's soundcheck and the 50-minute concert (played at a Swedish restaurant and jazz club called Gyllene Cirkeln a.k.a. Golden Circle). [13] [14] The recording was done by the Swedish sound engineer Anders Lind on his Revox machine. The setlist included "Introduction", "Reaction in G", "Matilda Mother", "Pow R. Toc H.", "Scream Thy Last Scream", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "See Emily Play" and "Interstellar Overdrive". Despite the overall quality being very good for the time, the vocals are almost impossible to hear (An indication as to the poor quality of P.A equipment then). This concert was officially released in 2016 on The Early Years 1965–1972 .
Feed Your Head	Star Club, Copenhagen, Denmark, 13 September 1967	Audience recording. Also released as "Wonderful, Wonderful Kopenhagen" and "Starclub Psycho". Setlist consists of "Reaction in G", "Arnold Layne", "One in a Million", "Matilda Mother", and "Scream Thy Last Scream". [15]
Playhouse Theatre	The Playhouse Theatre, London, UK, 25 September 1967	Also released as "Hippy Happy Fair". This is a recording made for the BBC Radio series "Top Gear". The circulating track list consists of "The Scarecrow", "The Gnome", "Matilda Mother", "Flaming", "Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun", and an incomplete recording of "Reaction in G". Officially released on The Early Years 1965–1972.
The Live Pink Floyd – Oude Ahoy Hallen	Rotterdam, Netherlands, 13 November 1967	Audience recording. Setlist consists of "Reaction in G", "Pow R. Toc H.", "Scream Thy Last Scream", and "Interstellar Overdrive". [15] [16]
BBC Archives 1967–1969	Maida Vale Studios, London, United Kingdom, 20 December 1967	Pink Floyd's second appearance on the BBC Radio show "Top Gear". This was Barrett's last recorded performance with the band. The track list consists of "Vegetable Man", "Scream Thy Last Scream", "Jugband Blues", and "Pow R. Toc H.". Officially released on The Early Years 1965–1972.
Rome Vpro (Broadcast)	First European International Pop Festival, Piper Club, Rome, Italy, 6 May 1968
Paradiso Amsterdam	Club Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23 May 1968	Audience recording, also released as "Syncopated Pandemonium"
Live in Amsterdam – Fantasio Club	Fantasio Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands, second concert on 23 May 1968
Shrine Exposition Hall	Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, 27 July 1968	Audience recording, includes 15:57 version of "A Saucerful of Secrets"
Utrecht '68	Margriethal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, Netherlands, 28 December 1968	Also released as "Owed to Syd Barrett" The track list consists of "Tunings", "Astronomy Domine", "Careful with that Axe, Eugene", "Interstellar Overdrive", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "A Saucerful of Secrets"

In January 1996, the label See For Miles Records released the bootleg album "Psychedelic Games for May" which includes a collection of Syd Barrett era Floyd, featuring a pre-Floyd acetate, rough mixes of the early singles plus BBC TV and the unreleased single "Scream Thy Last Scream". ^{[17] [18] [19]}

As late as 2004, a bootleg album entitled "Outtakes From Outer Space" emerged from Israel on the dubious-sounding "Hippie Shit Label", featuring a compilation of studio session recordings and outtakes, some mentioned above. ^[20] The track listing was:

1. Lucy Leave (First Pink Floyd-Studio-Session)
2. I'm a King Bee (First Pink Floyd-Studio-Session)
3. Interstellar Overdrive (Studio-Session, 31 October 1966)
4. Astronomy Domine (Live in London, 12 May 1967)
5. Experiment (Studio outtakes 1967)
6. Flaming (BBC-Session, 30 September 1967)
7. The Gnome (BBC-Session, 30 September 1967)
8. Matilda Mother (BBC-Session, 30 September 1967)
9. The Scarecrow (BBC-Session, 30 September 1967)
10. Vegetable Man (BBC-Session, 19 December 1967)
11. Pow R. Toc H. (BBC-Session, 19 December 1967)
12. Scream Thy Last Scream (BBC-Session, 19 December 1967)
13. Jugband Blues (BBC-Session, 19 December 1967)
14. Silas Lane (Studio outtakes 1967)
15. Flaming (Single version, available only on USA Tower label)
16. Reaction in G (Live in Rotterdam 12 October 1967)
17. Milky Way (Studio outtake)

1969

Bootleg title	Recording details	Notes
Sound Resounds Around	St. James Hall, Chesterfield, United Kingdom, 27 March 1969	soundboard recording including a 16 minutes version of "Interstellar Overdrive" and a 19:13 version of "A Saucerful of Secrets"
The Massed Gadget of Auximenes	Royal Festival Hall, London, 14 April 1969	audience recording with a performance of "The Man and The Journey"
Beset by the Creatures of the Deep	University of Southampton, England, 9 May 1969
From the Master Tape	Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, 22 June 1969	released by the label Ayanami, also released as "The Labyrinths of Auximenes"
A Man and His Lunacy	Royal Albert Hall, London, 26 June 1969	audience recording
Plumpton Race Track	Plumpton Race Track, East Sussex, London, 8 August 1969	audience recording also released as "The Journey Through the Past", live at 9th National Jazz Pop Ballads & Blues Festival, includes a 20:26 version of "A Saucerful of Secrets"
Complete Concertgebouw	Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 17 September 1969	soundboard recording also released as "A Man and the Journey", "Amsterdam 69 (Swingin' Pig Version)" and "Amsterdam 1969 (Harvest)", plans for an official live album release of "The Man and The Journey" were considered, but abandoned due to overlap of material with Ummagumma . Officially released in 2016 on The Early Years 1965-1972 .
Essener Pop Festival	Internationales Essener Pop & Blues Festival, Essen, West Germany, 11 October 1969	released by the label 'Man of Leisure Music', also released as "Essen" and "Song Days '69"
Amougies Pop Festival	Amougies Pop & Jazz Festival, Mont-de-l'Enclus, Belgium, 25 October 1969	first part of a unique concert in Belgium with Frank Zappa as special guest. The complete concert was released on "Interstellar Zappadrive" by Harvested. The songs "Green Is the Colour", "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" are in soundboard quality, but were performed without Frank Zappa. [21]
Afan Lido	Port Talbot, Wales, 6 December 1969	audience recording, released by Man of Leisure Music.
Ahcid Atthak!	November–December 1969	'Omay Yad'. Also released as 'The Midas Touch' Includes the officially unreleased instrumental "Fingals Cave". [22]

During the two one-week recording sessions in November and December 1969 of the soundtrack for Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point at International Recording in Rome, Pink Floyd experienced for the first time a studio leak. Three out-takes appeared on a bootleg album Omay Yad, also known under titles as Oneone, Fingal's Cave and Rain in the Country.

With the advent of a 1997 deluxe reissue of the movie soundtrack on a double compact disc, four previously unreleased Pink Floyd out-takes were also revealed. Almost simultaneously, a 15-track bootleg CD of the complete sessions appeared that revealed additional works in progress, among them a track that was long referred to by Pink Floyd as "The Violent Sequence". It was penned by Richard Wright for a riot scene in the movie and although unreleased in any form officially, was incorporated into their live set as an acoustic piano piece in the early part of the year. It was a forerunner to the melody of "Us and Them", which featured on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon . ^[23]

1970: Atom Heart Mother tour

Main article: Atom Heart Mother World Tour

Bootleg title	Recording details	Date	Notes
Biding My Time in Croydon	Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England	18 January 1970	contains a 2:20 concert with an early prototype of "Atom Heart Mother" (then called "The Amazing Pudding", 24:34), "The Violent Sequence" (a 15-minute song with the piano sequence of "Us and Them" included), "Main Theme" from More (14:02) and "A Saucerful of Secrets" (16:54). The bootleg also contains a track from 22 December 1970, "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" (24.46)
Elysees Floyd	Théâtre du Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées	23 January 1970	a part of this concert was also released as "The Man-Live in Paris", "Paris 23 January 1970" and "Broadcast from Europe" (containing 3 songs from the performance at Palais des Sports in Lyon on 12 June 1971)
Project Birmingham	Town Hall, Birmingham, England	11 February 1970	audience recording including "The Violence Sequence" (26:31), "Atom Heart Mother" (25:27), a 12 minute version of "The Embryo" and "Sysyphus" (12:09)
Six of One	Leeds University, Yorkshire, England	28 February 1970	contains 6 tracks of over 10 minutes each with a long performance of "A Saucerful of Secrets" (16:13)
A Trick of the Light	Auditorium Maximum, Hamburg University, West Germany	12 March 1970	released by label 'World Production of Compact Music'
The Injustice of a Kaleidoscope of Sound	Konzertsaal, Technische Universität, West Berlin, West Germany	13 March 1970	also released as "Richard, Are You Ready Yet?", this bootleg includes a 15:29 version of "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
Masters of the Mystic Arts	Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg, West Germany	14 March 1970
Hannover	Niedersachsenhalle Hanover, West Germany	15 March 1970
Lund	Akademiska Forningens, Lund, Sweden,	20 March 1970
Genuine New York 70	University of New York, Long Island	11 April 1970	released by the labels Monkey Records and Highland (as "Trademark Moo")
Port Chester '70	Port Chester, New York	22 April 1970	contains longer versions of "The Embryo" (15:36), "Cymbaline" (16:24) and "Astronomy Domine" (13:06)
Interstellar Fillmore	Fillmore West, San Francisco, California	29 April 1970	soundboard recording, also released as "Interstellar Encore", [24] "Embryo" and "California Sun"/"California Moon"
KQED	KQED TV Studios, San Francisco, California	30 April 1970	Broadcast recording, also released as "Colourful Meadows"
Fat Old Gig	California, Philadelphia, Birmingham, Sheffield	29 April, 26 September, 2 February 22 December 1970	4 discs bootleg, also partially released as "Electric Factory", "Electric Factory (Harvested version)" and "On Top of the World"
Live in Santa Monica	Santa Monica, Civic center, California	1 May 1970	audience recording, another bootleg named "Santa Monica Civic Auditorium" contains a registration of the same concert
Bath Festival	Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive music, Shepton Mallet, England	26 June 1970	released by the label Ayanami
Stamping Ground	Kralingen Pop Festival, Netherlands	28 June 1970	This bootleg is released by the label Highland and includes a long version of "Interstellar Overdrive" (18:55)
The Theme from an Imaginary Western	Soersfestival 3-Day Open Air Festival, Aachen Soerser Stadium, Aachen, West Germany	12 July 1970	released by R.D.Productions, also released as "Soersfestival in Aachen/A Heavenly Ride"
Phenomena	BBC studios and Paris Cinema, London	17 July 1970 and 19 September 1970	released by Manic Depression, 2 discs with BBC Top Gear sessions and 2 BBC concerts. This bootleg is also released under the names "BBC Archives 1970–1971", "Libest Spacement Monitor", "Pink is the Pig" (with a 1969 version of "Point Me at the Sky"), "Mooed Music" and "Eclipse"
Free Hyde Park Concert	Blackhills Garden Party, Hyde Park, London	18 July 1970	contains only 4 tracks
Foreign Legion	Saint-Tropez, France and Palais des Sports, Lyon, France	8 August 1970 and 12 June 1971	released by the label Head, audience recording
Fête de l'Humanité	Fête de L'Humanité, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France	12 September 1970	audience recording released by the label "Cochon Productions"
Fillmore East 27 September 1970	Fillmore East, New York City	27 September 1970
Sing to Me Cymbaline	Santa Monica Civic Center, California	23 October 1970
Mind Your Throats Please	Concertgebouw, Amsterdam	6 November 1970	contains a long version of "Fat Old Sun" (15:06)
Remergence	Grote Zaal, De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands	7 November 1970
Pictures of Pink Floyd, Vol. 1	Gothenburg, Sweden and Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany	11 November 1970 and 26 February 1971	also released as "The Pictures of Pink Floyd: Restoration Project" and "Command Performance"
Copenhagen Sequence	Falkoner Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark	12 November 1970	Also released as "70/11/12", contains the track "Libest Spacement Monitor".
Denmark Behind Us	Aarhus, Denmark	13 November 1970
Ernst-Merck-Halle	Ernst-Merck-Halle, Hamburg, West Germany	14 November 1970	also released as "Grooving with a Pict", includes the track "Moonhead (Corrosion)" (13:28)
Smoking Blues	Casino de Montreux, Switzerland	21 November 1970	also released as "Montreux Casino 1970", "Reeling on Pink Floyd" and "The Good ... The Bad", "Too Late for Mind Expanding", soundboard recording including "Just Another Twelve Bar". One song from this concert, "Atom Heart Mother", was officially released on The Early Years 1965-1972.
Mounting Pressure	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ebertpark, Ludwigshafen, West Germany	25 November 1970
The Killesberg Tapes	Killesberg-Halle, Stuttgart, West Germany	26 November 1970
Trip Through Germany	Niedersachsenhalle Hanover, West Germany	27 November 1970
Circus Krone	Circus Krone, Munich, West Germany	29 November 1970
A Psychedelic Night	City Hall, Sheffield, England	22 December 1970	also released as "Alan Psychedelic Mastertape" and "Rise and Shine" (last mentioned bootleg is considered to contain the best version of "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"), the bootleg "A Psychedelic Night" includes "Atom Heart Mother" (31:25 + reprise 2:36), "A Saucerful of Secrets" (23:22) and "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" (19:08)

1971

At least 34 bootlegs of different concerts from 1971 were released (not counting the several bootlegs of each concert). ^[25]

12 February – Colchester 12 February 1971 13 February – Close the Blinds 25 February – Live in Hamburg, also released as M502 26 February – Pictures of Pink Floyd – Vol.1, also released as Motionless Pictures of Pink Floyd 10 March – Rhapsody in Pink 3 April – Ahoy Mate, It's 1971, also released on the bootleg The Band Who Ate Asteroids for Breakfast 15 May – Echoes of a Distant Time 4 June – A New Piece of Music, also released as Philipshalle, Düsseldorf 5 June – Mauerspechte, also released as Vierundzwanzig Teile von Nichts 12 June – Broadcasting from Europa 1, also released as Foreign Legion and Doctor Strange 19 June – Brescia '71

20 June – Live in Rome 26 June – Amsterdam Free Concert 1 July – Cosmic Music 6 August – Echoes of Japanese Meddle, also released as Aphrodite (rev. A) 6 August – Festival for the Nips 13 August – Festival Hall – Melbourne 1971, also released as The Big Pink – Melbourne 1971 and Planets Meeting Down Under 8 September – Osaka 1971 18 September – Live in Montreux 1971 and Remember the Lesson of Giving 23 September – Copenhagen Teatret, also released as Northern Old Sun and Falkoner Theatret 30 September – Phenomena, also released as BBC Archives 1970– 1971, Eclipse, One of These Days and From Oblivion. Officially released on The Early Years 1965–1972. 4 October – Pompeii (Harvested Version), also released as Live at pompeii

10 October – One of These Days in Bradford, also released as Return from Pompei 16 October – Motionless Albatross, also released as The Eye of Agamotto 17 October – From Oblivion, also released as Life Could Be a Dream and as Wind and Seabirds 27 October – Echoes in the Auditorium 28 October – Hill Auditorium 31 October – Toledo 5 November – Hunter College 6 November – For Reasons I Don't Understand 10 November – Labyrinths 12 November – Those Were the Days, also Echoes in Irvine 16 November – Return of the Sons of Nothing, also released as Something from Nothing 20 November – The Complete Taft Tapes, also released as Strange Tales and Embryonic Madness

Dark Side of the Moon Tour

Main article: Dark Side of the Moon Tour

Sometimes the smaller record mastering and pressing plants simply hid the bootleg work when record company executives would come around (in which case the printed label could show the artist and song names) and other times they would print labels with fictitious names. For example, the 1972 Pink Floyd bootleg called Brain Damage was released under the name The Screaming Abdabs. ^[1]

In January 1972, Pink Floyd debuted the live performance of their album The Dark Side of the Moon before its release. Many of Pink Floyd bootlegs date back from this period. Most of these bootlegs contain a pre-release version of the entire album.

1972

20 January – The Dark Side Rehearsals, also released as Eclipsed by the Moon and Here They Come 21 January – Eclipsed by the Moon, also released as Portsmouth 22 January – The Dark Side of Winter Gardens 23 January – Southampton Docks Eclipsed by the Moon 28 January – You Are Number Six 17 February – 18 February – Rainbow Day 2 20 February – The Best of Tour 72, also released as Time Ends and Rainbow Theatre , Moon Walk, In Rainbow Light (complete 2 CD show) 6 March – Taiikukan 6 March 1972, also released as Acid Moon 7 March – Tokyo to Taiikukan, also released as Live in Tokyo 1972 8 March – Echoes from Osaka 10 March – Home Again Kyoto 13 March – Hokkaido , also released as Sapporo and as The Great Gig on The Moon 30 March – Run Rabbit Run 15 April – Sportarium 16 April – Paper Money, also released as Take Up My Stethoscope and Columbia Sonicwave

20 April – Syria Mosque Theater 23 April – Cincinnati 72, also released as Mad for F*****g Years 26 April – Detroit MI Ford Auditorium Pink Floyd – War in the Head 27 April – Detroit MI Ford Auditorium Pink Floyd – War in the Head 28 April – Eclipse – A Piece for Assorted Lunatics, also released as Hogweed Remaster 2 May – Carnegie Hall Upgrade 4 May – Mademoiselle Pink 18 May – Lord of the Universe 21 May – Sorcerers Supreme, also released as Gemersheim Festival, as Doubled Bubble and as Calling Number 228 22 May – Rock Circus 28 June – Return from Dark Profound 10 September – McFarlin Auditorium – Dallas 22 September – Bowl de Luna, also released as Cracked, Staying Home to Watch the Rain, From Box 1432, The Bright Side of the Earth and Damn Braces, Bless Relaxes 23 September – Winterland '72, also released as Time & Money in California

21 October – Gathering on the Moon 10 November – Doctor Who in Denmark 12 November – German Tour 72 Vol.3 14 November – Düsseldorf Master Tape 15 November – The Return of the Sons of Nothing, also released as The Great Gig in Böblingen 16 November – March of the Dambusters 17 November – Last Day in Germany, also released as One of Those Days 29 November – Any Colour You Like, also released as All Your Life Will Ever Be and The Devils Inside 1 December – Remembrance of Things Past, also released as Blow Your Mind Until You Die 2 December – Saint-Ouen 2 December 1972 7 December – Filling a Gap 9 December – In a Neutral Land 10 December – Across the Swiss Border, also released as End and Aim

1973

13 January – A Night with Roland 6 March – The Valley of the Kings 7 March – Childhood's End (Chicago) 8 March – Beneath Infinite Sky 10 March – Thoughts and Memories, also released as Kent State Master 11 March – Yeeshkul! 14 March – Boston USA

18 March – Dark Side of Radio City, also released Quiet Desperation in New York, Waterbury 18 March 1973 (Collector's Edition) and 3 Source Matrix [This show is usually listed as being at Radio 'City Music Hall in NYC but is actually from the Palace Theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut. A show was played at Radio City the previous night on 17 March] 18 May – Earl's Court – Day One 19 May – Supine in the Sunshine 16 June – New Jersey 16 June 1973 17 June – Saratoga Master, also released as On Stage 20 June – Breaking Bottles in the Hall, also released as War Memorial

28 June – Not a Cloud in the Sky 29 June – Tampa 12 October – Munich 1973 (Collector's Edition), also released as Paranoid Delusions 13 October – The Lunatics on the Run, also released as Revealed 4 November – Revealed at the Rainbow (Early Show) 4 November – Live at the Rainbow (Late Show), also released as Obscured at the Rainbow and Finnsbury Park

The bootleg Supine in the Sunshine contains an audience live recording with extended versions of two songs from the soundtrack Obscured by Clouds (1972); namely the title track (5:38) and "When You're In" (7:48).

Yeeshkul! is so named because the bootlegger, or someone close to him, mentions the word several times during the performance. The name has inspired a forum for discussing Pink Floyd bootlegs which closed on 28 February 2023. ^[26]

Pink Floyd 1974 tours

Main article: Pink Floyd 1974 tours

22 June – Colmar 24 June – Paris, 24 June 1974 4 November – Picts in the Highland 15 November – Black Holes in the Sky (rev. A), also named We Are from Planet Earth 16 November – Dark Soundboard of Philadelphia, also named BBC Archives 74, Wembley 1974, Time in London, The Moon, No Room Upon the Hill and Interstellar Highlights

17 November – Getting Better All the Time, also named Little Lambs Eat Ivy 19 November – British Winter Tour 28 November – Empire Theater 74 9 December – The Kings of the Palace 14 December – Bristol 13 December 1974, also named Heavy Fog in Bristol

The bootleg British Winter Tour, a recording of the 19 November show in Stoke-on-Trent was a notable bootleg released in 1975. It featured the three new songs that Pink Floyd were playing on that tour. It sold an estimated 50,000 copies. ^[17] The record was issued with the lyrics to the songs, and the quality of presentation convinced a number of buyers that the album was a bona fide follow-up to The Dark Side of the Moon . The British Phonographic Industry were not impressed, and attempted to find out who the bootleggers were, with the intent of prosecuting them. ^[27]

Wish You Were Here Tour (1975)

Main article: Wish You Were Here Tour

8 April – Azimuth Coordinator, Part 1 10 April – Seattle Coliseum 13 April – Cow Palace Day 2 21 April – San Tiago 26 April – Movin' Time, also released as Dogs and Sheeps (sic) and Cruel, But Fair 9 June – Landover, Maryland 10 June – Shone Like the Sun 15 June – Jersey Not Mother 16 June – Random Precision 17 June – Nassau Day 2, als released as Wishes, Echoes & Desires

18 June – Echoes in the Gardens (version 2-cd), also released as Echoes in the Gardens (version 3-cd), Boston Gardens Masters, Boston 1975, Spaceball Ricochet and Echoes of the Stage 20 June – Rivers of Steel 22 June – Heavy Rain 24 June – Detroit, also released as Detroit 1975 28 June – Ivor Wynne, also released as Steel Breeze 5 July – Knebworth '75 and Wish Roy Was in Knebworth

In the Flesh Tour (1977)

Main article: In the Flesh (1977 Pink Floyd 'Animals' tour)

23 January – Bugger's Eyes, also released as Animals Tour Debut and Dortmunds 24 January – Animals in Dortmund 27 January – From the Masters – Francfort 77, a.k.a. Heart Beat, Pig Meat 29 January – Animals from the soundboard, The dark side of the pig, Desk pig in Berlin 1 February – Dark side from the pig 30 January – Absolut Floyd 1 February – Vienna '77, a.k.a. Vienna stadthalle master, Reeling in Vienna, Animalisation, Hot ashes for tree (hcv version) 3 February – Look over Jordan 4 February – With Bright Knives 19 February – Rotterdam 77 20 February – Ducks on the wall 22 February – Pavillon de pigs 23 February – Paris 1977 24 February – Pavillon de Paris 25 February – Unauthorized live volume 2 27 February – Wolfsschanze 15 March – Knobs 18 March – Animals on Empire

19 March – Wembley 1977 March 19 31 March – Last nite in Stafford 22 April – Hurricane Floyd hits Miami, a.k.a. Miami baseball stadium 24 April – Tampa 1977 26 April – Southern bbq 28 April – Assembly center 30 April – Deaf, dumb and blind 1 May – Iron pigs on fire 6 May – The evil tide 9 May – The abdabs, a.k.a. Animal instincts, Mr pig, Welcome to the Machine (oakland) 19 June – Chicago 1977 25 June – Animals in Cleveland 27 June – Hot ashes for trees – the curse from the pig, a.k.a. Have a Cigar, The Perfect Day, Boston gardens 1 July – New pork 2 July – In a Pig's Eye, also released as In the grassland away 3 July – Pigs might fly 4 July – Sheep independence day, a.k.a. An even smile 6 July – Oink oink baaa, also released with titles as Who was trained not to spit on the fans, Azimuth coordinator, part 2 and All is forgiven

The bootleg Animals Instincts concerns the recording of the Pink Floyd concert at 9 May 1977, at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland.

The Wall Tour (1980–1981)

Main article: The Wall Tour

• – "Under Construction", also released as "The Wall Demos" (demo tape from the recording of The Wall in 1978, unofficially released by bootleggers. The songs here are not the same versions as those officially released on The Wall album.)
• 1 February – "The Wall Rehearsals", also released as "Behind the Wall" and "Brick by Brick"
• 7 February – "Azimuth Coordinator, part 3" a.k.a. "The Wall – Sport Arena L.A."
• 8 February – "The Wall 08 feb 80"
• 10 February – "The Wall – L.A. Sport Arena"
• 13 February – "L.A. Sport Arena – 2/13/1980"
• 28 February 1980 – Untitled LP with "hammers" cover, also released as "Behind the Wall", "Brick by Brick", "Nassau Coliseum Definitive Edition" and "The Wall From The Master Tape"
• 6 August – "The Show Must Go On", a.k.a. "The Wall on wrpi 91.5" and "Bars in the Window"
• 8 August – "The Wall Earl's Court 8 August 1980"
• 9 August – "Divided We Fall", also released as "The Wall Live at Earls Court August 9, 1980"
• 14 February – "Tear Down The Wall (Zeus version)"
• 18 February – "The Wall – Dortmund 18 February 1981"
• 19 February – "Tear Down The Wall"
• 20 February – "The Wall Dortmund Germany 20 feb. 1981"
• 16 June – "Watching The World Upon The Wall"
• 17 June – "Live Wall", a.k.a. "The Wall Earl's Court June 17th 1981"

A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (1987–1989)

Main article: A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour

• 9 September – "A New Era"
• 12 September – "Montreal Day One", a.k.a. "Echoes by the Lake" and "Final Echoes" (including a complete version of Echoes)
• 16 September – "Echoes by the Lake"
• 19 September – "Prism"
• 28 September – "A Clear View", also released as "On The Turning Away"
• 10 October – "Pink Floyd live in East Rutherford 1987 – 2CD – October 10" (140:17 Mins)
• 17 October – "Pink Floyd live in Providence 1987 – 2CD – October 17"
• 30 September – "Delusions of Maturity"
• 1 November – "Pink Floyd live in Miami 1987" [Soundboard Recording]
• 03-05/11/1987 – "Would You Buy a Ticket to This Show?"
• 26 November – "World Tour"
• 27 November – "Pink Floyd live in Los Angeles 1987 – 2CD – November 27"
• 27 January - "Pink Floyd Sydney 27 January 1988", the first show of the Australian Leg of their tour
• 11 February – Live In Adelaide 11 2 88
• 2 March – Another Lapse in Japan
• 4 June – "When You Are Young"
• 7 June – "Pink Elephants Flew over Torino"
• 21 June – "Château de Versailles (1st day)"
• 22 June – "Château de Versailles (2nd day)"
• 8 July – "Nothing is Changed"
• 2 August – "Another Movie in Long Island" – Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, USA
• 3 June – "Moscow"
• 7 July – "Dockland Arena"
• 15 July – "A Venezia" [Soundboard Recording]
• 30 June – "The Knebworth Tales '90", a.k.a. "Of Promise Broken" (not part of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour) [Soundboard Recording]

The Division Bell Tour (1994)

Main article: The Division Bell Tour

• 16 March – Norton Air Force Rehearsals (≈ soundboard recording of rehearsal)
• 30 March – The Live Bell
• 14 April – For Whom The Bell Tolls
• 16 April – Your Favorite Disease
• 17 April – Jurassic Sparks
• 6 May – Just Warmin' Up (Rehearsals)
• 11 June – The Bell Gets Louder
• 30 July – Bells From Notre Dame
• 30 August – Fly Again The only recorded Pink Floyd Performance of Marooned
• 9 September – Confortablement Engourdi en France
• 11 September – Lyon 94
• 13 September – A Passage of Time (≈ soundboard recording)
• 17 September – Mutinae
• 17 September – The Concert in Modena
• 19 September – The Nights of Wonder
• 21 September – The Nights of Wonder
• 20 October – Out Of This World (Broadcast/Soundboard, Later Officially released As P.U.L.S.E DVD & Including un-edited Songs)
• 29 October – The Last Ever Show
• 29 October – The Last Bell

2000s

Main article: Live 8

• 2 July – Live 8, their performance at Live 8

The classic line up of Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason) played together on stage for the first time in 24 years (the band toured without Waters in 1987–1989 and 1994).

The band performed the songs "Speak to Me", "Breathe / Breathe (Reprise)", "Money", "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb". They were the only band not to be verbally introduced; instead the house and stage lights were darkened while the introduction to "Speak to Me" was played, accompanied on the video screens by an animated version of the heart monitor graphic from The Dark Side of the Moon sleeve. Due to the death of Richard Wright in September 2008, this would be the only reunion of all four members of the post-Syd Barrett incarnation of the band.

• 2 July – No More Excuses – Hyde Park – Live 8 (BBC Radio 2 FM Live Broadcast SB)
• 10 May – Syd Barrett Tribute London, Barbican Centre, two bonus tracks ("Arnold Layne" and "Bike") on the bootleg "David Gilmour & Rick Wright live in Copenhagen 1988"

Recent releases

The bootleg label The Godfather released in March 2011 an 8-CD box set of Pink Floyd songs called The Complete Rainbow Tapes. The box contains four Pink Floyd shows, recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London (17–20 February 1972). ^[28]

In 2012 The Godfather label released a 10-CD box set of Pink Floyd songs called The Massed Gadgets of Hercules 1970–1974. The box contains five Pink Floyd shows, recorded at 14 March 1970, Live at Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg, West Germany / 13 February 1971, Live at Students Union Bar, Technical College, Farnborough, Hampshire, England / 16 April 1972, Live at Township Auditorium, Columbia, South Carolina, USA / 12 October 1973, Live at Olympiahalle, München, West Germany / 14 December 1974, Live at Colston Hall, Bristol, Somerset, England.

See also

• "The Man" and "The Journey"
• The Dark Side of the Moo
• List of unreleased Pink Floyd material
• List of Pink Floyd songs
• Pink Floyd Bootleg Database

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