Just been alerted to this footage of Pink Floyd at the Ivor Wynne Stadium in Canada in 1975.
8mm footage but remastered in 4K apparently. Great sound and pictures for the time.
Enjoy!!
PINK FLOYD LIVE 1975
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Fascinating to see. But is it just me or is the performance a bit ropey? Really unpolished and empty sounding. I’m not an expert on Floyd’s live stuff, but it seems to me that as a foursome they were far more suited to the experimental ’69 to ’72 period (The Journey and The Man, Ummagumma, Pompeii…) and when their studio recordings got more lush and polished they struggled to recreate that. Until they crossed over into being a proper stadium band with extra musicians etc.
Perhaps the start of the ennui and disaffection which eventually produced The Wall?
(nb: I agree with your view about the ‘69 -‘72 period…)
Not watched but this gig took place less than two weeks before their gig at Knebworth by which point they had acquired the spitfire that flew over the crowd first toe in the water as a stadium band.
Here’s how the late Freddie Bannister (who promoted those first few K festivals remembered it:
https://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/memories-of-knebworth-1975-by-freddy-bannister
Not watched but this show took place less than two weeks before the Knebworth gig at which they took their baby steps as a stadium band by hiring a spitfire to fly over the crowd.
Here’s how the late Freddie Bannister (who promoted those first few K festivals) remembered it:
https://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/memories-of-knebworth-1975-by-freddy-bannister
There’s an echo in this stadium…stadium…stadium…
Brian Kennedy strikes again (again)