Sun, 12 July 2009
Show #137 Release date: 12. July, 2009 For this installment, we go to Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, 25. June 1977. American shows in the summer of 1977 were particularly rowdy, but this recording is probably most notable for the numerous cries of “SIT DOWN!” throughout the show. Fortunately, the music on this release comes out on top for the majority of the show. The occasional fireworks set off yet Roger manages to keep his cool during this performance but by this time in tour he was already becoming agitated by the carefree behaviour of these massive audiences. Roger can be heard shouting “46" during Pigs (3 Different Ones) after the second verse, which is one of the identifiers for the concerts on this tour, however he must have lost count because this was actually the 47th show. The podcast kicks off with Jeff Beck live, last week at the Royal Albert Hall with David Gilmour as surprise guest, performing Jerusalem. Set One: 01. Sheep 02. Pigs On The Wing (Part 1) 03. Dogs 04. Pigs On The Wing (Part 2) 05. Pigs (3 Different Ones) Set Two: 06. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) 07. Welcome To The Machine 08. Have A Cigar 09. Wish You Were Here 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) Encore: 11. Money 12. Us And Them Running time 2hrs:32min Comments[32]
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- im very sorry on what i did doc, i didnt mean to upset you. I did take off the concert IMMEDIATLY like you told me to. I apologize for not asking you first to put it on youtube and especially breaking them into peices. I also am sorry that i sounded like a HUGE prick when i emailed you laughing and taking this as a joke. So PLEASE, except my sincerist apology.
- Hey KoolSpeed... that's NOT cool! yes, remove it... immediately.
It really pisses me off to no end when people like you who do stuff like that, WITHOUT ASKING FIRST! What also pisses me off even more is that you cut my podcast up into little pieces (no pun intended). What the f@#k is wrong with you? - I was at the Animals show in '77. There was actually like 112,000 recorded at the gate and they figured with all of us who snuck in that there was 125,000 to 135,000 there. One cool thing was that it started raining around noon. They had plywood with astroturf over it covering the field and people used it to build a house of cards to get out the rain. I think they got about 4 levels high before it collapsed. One of the other coolest things, if you look at their round movie screen you see an uneven row of black above it. These were about 100 mortars and during the song "Sheep" they shot like 6 inch cannonballs a couple hundred feet in the air. The balls burst open and little paper sheep parachutes came out and floated back down into the stadium! The LSD was hitting REAL GOOD about that point! LOL
Along with that was the huge pig on a cable in the middle of the field. The "pig" balloons (actually a large fat family on a couch and chair) that blew up during the "Pig" songs was great also. I don't quite recall, but I think they also had some kind of dog balloons for "Dogs" too along with their usual animations. One magnificent show! - Doc,
Perhaps I was a bit overzealous in my previous response. It seems to have caused some confusion upon interpretation. I merely meant to imply that up until that point I had never really contemplated the physical limitations of the vinyl record when used as the main musical distribution medium. When you do think about it the limits seem to have potential for many such interferences with the originally intended production of albums. As one who has grown up with less limiting mediums of music distribution it was not an angle in the creative process that I had ever pondered before; and at that particular point in time seemed to be a bit of a heavy concept.
@ Bumr50, Tell her that I cry her pardon, there was no intention to entice ill feelings. But also I am sure if you explain to her all the technical ins and outs of a higher audio standard, and the redemptive qualities of increased musical potential; that she will be more then reasonable about the situation and give you full support in your quest for new headphones. :) - ON this topic of the album length--the distribution method of the day--determining (at least partially) the presentation of the content, a friend of mine once shared a few thought that I had never considered but did find interestin....
partial quote...;
"...music adapts to the modalities
of distribution. The shape of the musics that most people listen to now reflects the technology of another era - the time constraints of a
45 RPM single (or of an LP), the band-limited frequency response of transistor radios, the competition from road-noise inside
an old car, the commodity identity of albumhood,"...etc
he goes on to say he hopes --and expects--that the internet will aid in creating new forms of music that are no longer tied to the skeletal remains of these old distribution forms, but that exploit and expand on the revolutionary capacities of digital distribution....
who knows what's coming next...?posted by: Michael from South Carolina on 2009-07-20 15:48:00
- Cheers Doc, another great show. Love the '77 shows although the earlier,European ones seem harder to get hold of. It's intersting how much looser the Floyd performance became once they hit the American enormo-domes. The taper who says "any comments" sounds like the same guy who says "any comments, Jim?" on the legendary Ivor Wynne Stadium '75 show. Maybe the same guy? Who knows!
- Holy F'in Moly Doc!! Can't thank you enough! I just busted out my Sennheiser HD600s for this experiment (like I do for most of your shows); and it's like you just gave me an undiscovered brand new studio Floyd album. I've always been one to absorb and take in albums as a whole as the Artist intended. That was like listening to Animals for the first time all over again! And it was right there in front of me the whole time. Even the bird and baaing sheep sounds flow from the end of Pigs (3 different ones) right back to the start of Sheep. I am simply floored. I'm not sure yet, but I think you just altered the course of the rest of my life ka! ;)
- Doc,
Muchos Gracias for the insight! I never knew that about the Animals album. Pigs on the Wing 1&2 always seemed like such natural opening and closing tracks to me. And to think that all this time I've been listening to it incorrectly. Guess it is time to go renumber the track order info for the files and give the original album a listen with a whole new perspective. After hanging out with our mutual friend RooR of course, for he is a dear friend of mine as well ka - ..'Everyones favourite year'..Nice turn of phrase Doc,& yes i think a lot of fans would agree that the 77 tour was very cool,certainly my favourite era,( closely followed by 87/88/89 ) so many thanks for this concert. I still love to hear your historical facts about the complete concerts you post,your briliant knowledge,& general love for the band shines through. So,its the 15th of July today,as i type this,i imagine Floyd playing there historic Venice concert upon the floating barge,exactly 20 yrs ago tonight ( watched it live,was it really that long ago?! )..& also the first performance of DSOTM on the Division Bell tour at the Silverdome,exactly 15 yrs ago tonight...but you already knew this didnt you doc.. ;) Thanks again...
- Great podcast, doc! Glad to hear you're feeling better.
As an aside I'd like to say that last Friday I had the pleasure of seeing The Machine play with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and if any of you fellow Floydians get the opportunity to see anything like this near you, DEFINITELY go. - Yo Doc, Great to have your ears back so that you may in turn make my own ears feel even better! Wonderful choice of shows, I love these live Animals sets. I had posted the following on the Oink Oink Roof Roof Baa Show but it was during a relisten so most had moved on to a newer comments section and my question was never answered. My same post can also apply here so I'll try again:
"First off, must have been AWESOME to get to see Animals and Wish You Were Here in their entirety live. But why did they not play Animals in the same sequence as on the album? Did they usually play it out of order live, or were they just sleepy and forgot which song came where? Just curious"
I see now that it is the same set for a different show, so I assume that the reason is not due to sleep deprivation. Anyone know the answer ka?
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