Pink Floyd - 1972-12-01 - Saint Ouen, France (AM Radio)

Pink Floyd

1972-12-01

Palais des Sports de L'Ile de la Jatte

Saint Ouen, France

AM Radio Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. On The Run 

02. Time

03. Breathe (Reprise)

04. The Great Gig In The Sky

05. Money

06. Us And Them

07. Any Colour You Like (cuts)

08. Any Colour You Like (in full)

09. Brain Damage

10. Eclipse

11. One Of These Days

12. RTL presenter

13. Careful With That Axe, Eugene

14. BlueS (cuts)

15. Blues (in full)

16. Echoes

17. Childhood's End

Pink Floyd - 1972-12-01 - Saint Ouen, France (AM Radio) 

1972 - In February 1972, Pink Floyd did something very few rocks bands ever have - they played 4 concerts to give the press a sneak peak at 45 minutes of new music they were developing. Those 4 shows were at the Rainbow Theater in London. That suite of tunes, originally entitled Eclipse, would eventually comprise the legendary album Dark Side of The Moon. The Rainbow concerts took place over a year before the album was released, but the reviews provided a preview of what was to come.. Michael Wale of The Times described the piece as "... bringing tears to the eyes. It was so completely understanding and musically questioning." Derek Jewell of The Sunday Times wrote "The ambition of the Floyd's artistic intention is now vast." So too would be the success of Dark Side of The Moon, as the album would sell over 50 million copies worldwide and remain on the Billboard Charts in the US for an almost incomprehensible 741 weeks spanning 15 years from 1973 to 1988. Pink Floyd would eventually play over 90 shows that year, each one previewing the soon to be released masterpiece. This AM radio broadcast recording captures them in France on December 1, 1972, 49 years ago today.