Saturday, April 23, 2011

PF - 1977-04-24 - Pigs In Tampa


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Dr. Forrester said...

Pink Floyd

Title: Pigs In Tampa
Date: 24 April, 1977
Location: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Source: TBD
Rating: VG+

Disc One:
1. Intro 3:56
2. Sheep 10:38
3. Pigs On The Wing (Pt. 1) 1:12
4. Dogs 16:51
5. Pigs On The Wing (Pt. 2) 2:23
6. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 15:47
Total: 50:47

Disc Two:
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) 14:25
2. Welcome To The Machine 7:27
3. Have A Cigar 5:38
4. Wish You Were Here 6:58
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9) 23:46
Encore:
6. Money 9:25
Total: 67:39

I got this one in a trade, so I'm simply reporting back the comments that are in the original text file:


Comments: Complete show, and the second date of the Floyd's 1977 North American Tour.

The 'Intro' has all of the opening sound effects, a relative rarity for 1977 audience recordings -- church bells, sheep, etc; quite interesting. The tape also captures most of the interlude between the second set and the encore.

There is a cut 0:27 into 'Pigs On the Wing Pigs (Pt. 1)' which is in the original recording. Perhaps the taper didn't particulary care for the tune and thought he'd save some tape? 'Part 2' is very sweet, especially Snowy's solo. Roger clearly yells "31" at 4:33 into 'Pigs 3DO'.

'Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)' starts with what sounds like a gong, while Rick's opening bit is as eerie as ever. There's a dropout at 12:04 into the track, which sounds as if the taper was having a problem with his tape deck. Gilmour, as usual, performs yeoman's work during 'Shine On (Pts. 6-9)'. Gilmour's guitar during 'Money' is as spacey as I've ever heard him play this song.

Quality is VG+ to EX-, with some clipping that could be removed at the highest volumes.

Overall, a nice show . . . no thanks to the guy next to the taper who couldn't help himself from yelling "wooo" at various times throughout the show.

April 23, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Anonymous said...

I was at this show, down on the field about 20 feet from the stage. It was indeed a great concert and the CD that I have of it is really good quality as well.
A funny thing happened at this show that you might not know unless you were there. The gates opened in the morning, so we staked out our turf on the field and waited patiently all day thru the Florida sun. Sometime that afternoon, they had The Doors Roadhouse Blues playing over the PA, and this long-haired dude wearing real dark sunglasses came on-stage. He didn't look like your typical roadie to me, but we were used to seeing people coming and going up there all day, so not many people paid him any attention. I assumed that he was a guitar technician because the first thing he did was pick up the Fender Stratocaster that was set up there. But then he started jamming to the PA! That got the attention of a few more people, and then a few hundred and then several thousand! And that's when it finally dawned on us that it was David Gilmour! The realization quickly spread so that before long, the entire stadium was cheering! And then just as suddenly he was gone. I knew he wasn't your average roadie! Those holographic images projected right over our heads as part of the light show were practically unheard of at the time, too. I know that The Floyd was just starting to use them so they quite possibly the first. Great show from start to finish. We only got one song for the encore, though...

April 23, 2011 at 1:41 PM

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