The Best Of Tour '72
(16-421/422)
S1: BREATHE/ON THE RUN (VARIATION)/TIME/BREATHE (REPRISE)/THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY PART 1
S2:
GREAT GIG IN THE SKY PART 2/MONEY/US AND THEM/ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE/BRAIN DAMAGE/ECLIPSE
SQ: EXCELLENT
COMMENTS: EUROPEAN BOOTLEG WITH DELUXE BLACK AND WHITE COVER. ALONG WITH 'BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74' THIS WAS THE BEST SELLING PINK FLOYD BOOTLEG IN EUROPE. SOUND QUALITY ON THE FIRST PRESSING WAS SO GOOD IT WAS (WRONGLY) THOUGHT TO BE FROM A BBC BROADCAST. IT HAS BEEN RE-BOOTLEGGED MANY TIMES.
FIRST PRESSING: THICK BLACK VINYL PRESSING. LAMINATED COVER ON HEAVY CARD. NO WRITING ON FRONT COVER AND NO RAINBOW CREDIT OR TRACK LISTING ON BACK COVER. DARK BLUE LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT. MATRIX NUMBER ON LABEL IS 16-421/2 AND "WE DID IT FOR YOU". MATRIX NUMBER IN VERY SMALL WRITING ON THE RUN-OUT GROOVES.
SECOND PRESSING: AS ABOVE BUT WITH NON-LAMINATED COVER. LARGER WRITING ON MATRIX. LATER PRESSINGS FROM THESE PLATES HAD YELLOW 'TOUR 72' LABELS AND RED & YELLOW LABELS WITH A LARGE 1 & 2.
LATER PRESSINGS: REISSUED MANY TIMES (MATRIX No. KDBO 1034 A/B) WITH ‘PINK FLOYD LIVE’ ADDED TO FRONT COVER WITH TRACK LISTING AND RAINBOW CREDIT TO REAR COVER. SOME 'KDBO' PRESSINGS SUFFERED FROM SURFACE NOISE FROM POOR OR WORN PRESSING PLATES. ANOTHER PRESSING (USING GREY ON BLACK KDBO LABELS) HAD 72A AND 72B MATRIX NUMBERS.
RARITY RATING: *****(FIRST) *(OTHERS)
SOURCE: RAINBOW THEATRE LONDON 20.2.72.
KNOWN LABEL VARIATIONS: FIRST & SECOND PRESSINGS - YELLOW TOUR 72 - LARGE 1 & 2 - KDBO.
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