Pink Floyd – 1977-07-02 – Madison Square Garden, NY (HQ Aud)

Pink Floyd

1977-07-02

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

HQ Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Sheep

02. Pigs On The Wing Part 1

03. Dogs

04. Pigs On The Wing Part 2

05. Pigs (Three Different Ones)

CD 2:

01. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1 - 5

02. Welcome To The Machine

03. Have A Cigar

04. Wish You Were Here

05. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 6 - 9

06. Money

07. Us and Them

Pink Floyd – 1977-07-02 – Madison Square Garden, NY (HQ Aud)

Rolling Stone's 2 lists of the the top 100 guitarists (yes, they did  the rankings twice - once in 2003 and agian in 2011 - with so many differences between the 2 that it casts doubt in the merits of either - but that's a tale for another pots) has David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, ranked #82 and #14 respectively (further emphasizing my point about the ridiculous disparity in the 2 lists).  Digital Dream door also has him at #14 on their list of the best guitarists ever.  Rock fans don't need any lists to know gilmour is a Guitar God.  This post captures Gilmour and Pink Floyd at a time when fellow band mate Roger Water’s was not in the best of moods. Nor, does it appear, based on some articles I read recently, that he was in the best of health during the band's 1977 spring tour. All that combined to make many stops on the tour tumultuous affairs, to say the least. The 4-night stand at Madison Square Garden from July 1 to July 4, over the Independence Day weekend, was no exception. Waters snapped at the audience at every show, especially, and rightfully so, to be candid, when the crowd set off fireworks inside the 20,000 seat arena. Polite announcements to please refrain from using fireworks were met by even more explosions. Gilmour’s response to the unauthorized pyrotechnics was simply to crank up the amps even louder. Despite all the incidents, the band performed exceptionally well all 4 nights in New York. Audience recordings are available for each of the shows, but it seems that this bootleg, from the July 2, 1977 performance, 4 decades ago this very day, is the best sounding by far of the bunch. Enjoy!