May 22, 2012

Pink Floyd - Oakland 1977

Anonymous shares on Soundaboard another quality audience recording, it's Pink Floyd from the Animals tour this one. Big thanks to our friend anon :)



Quoting anonymous:

Pink Floyd
May 9th 1977
Alameda Coliseum
Oakland CA, USA

Also Known As:  Oakland Coliseum / In the Flesh / Plays the Animals / Animal Instincts / Mr. Pig
Source:  --> Animal Instincts rev. B <--  (HRV CDR 014)
Audience:  Rating is 8/10, Recorded from the audience by Reinhardt Hollwein


Notes (from many sources):
This two CD set features a complete show from the 1977 Animals tour (aka 'In The Flesh' tour).  It's notable for it's very good performance and the rare encore of  'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' --a song that hadn't been played for a few years at that time, and has never ever been played since then.

It's an audience recording, but of such good quality that this show has been bootlegged many times under many different titles:  'Oakland Coliseum,' 'Animal Instincts,' 'Plays the Animals,' ‘Mr. Pig,’ and 'In The Flesh' are among the most popular and common boots.  I’m including artwork for each of these so you can use what you like – it’s all from the same show.  My original CD copy was “Plays the Animals,” but last year I was given “Animal Instincts rev B,” and its sound is definitely superior (thanks to harvested.org), which is the source for this particular posting.

A great recording of a great concert.  The band seems to be having a lot of fun (something I assume was rare during the In The Flesh Tour).  Roger and Dave laugh hysterically during the first verse of "Have a Cigar."  Roger Waters shows some real venom in 'Pigs,' and 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts VI-IX' features some outstanding jamming which cannot be heard on the original studio recording.  The overall set list is a winner too, including "Eugene" as the final encore.  David Gilmour does seem to get a little annoyed at the crowd before "Us and Them" - he tells the crowd "This one's got a quiet beginning."  “Pigs” is much more powerful (and heavier) than the studio cut, with lots of extended jamming added as well.  There is a cut in “Shine On,” probably due to a tape flip.  There are a couple of loud BOOMS during WYWH, like the microphone was dropped, so be aware of that.  Otherwise, a great, full Animals and Wish You Were Here set, with Dark Side of The Moon encores.

Sheep
Pigs on the Wing part 1
Dogs
Pigs on the Wing part 2
Pigs
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
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Welcome to the Machine
Have A Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)
Money
US and Them
Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Files (MP3):
Part 1
Part 2


Files (FLAC):
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3


19 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought very highly about your blog but 2 pink floyd posts in a row is too much, way too much. One every century is more then enough....

La Piazza Gancio said...

Thanks so much for posting this. It's brilliant!

Thanks also for the '75 Floyd and the '77 Zep--they make for an incredible trio of boots!

Massa said...

This one is really awesome!! TKS

Anonymous said...

WTF? This stuff is great!

Anonymous said...

Wonderfull, Thanks for more of brilliant show...

Anonymous said...

I went to this show in Fort Worth, TX way back when. I actually have a copy of that actual show but is extremely poor quality. (Probably from some cassette smuggled in!) Am looking forward to hearing this version. Thanks very much for posting this!!!

Anonymous said...

any way to put the mp3 files for the first part of the show back up.file is not there

AtticRock said...

You can get the mp3 for part 1 again.

Anonymous said...

I strenuously object to a couple of things in this subject. At the beginning of "Us and Them" Roger Waters says, "This one's got a quiet beginning" not David Gilmour. The couple of BOOMS at the beginning of "Wish You Were Here" "So,..(BOOM) so you think you can tell" are fireworks according to some accounts I've read.

Marcelo Donati said...

thanks!

Anonymous said...

Well yeah, it might have been posted four years ago. But never too late to discover a good piece of music !

Thanks for sharing,

Derek from Paris

Unknown said...

Would someone be able to reupload the 2nd part of the MP3s please? Don't appear to be available any more and i've only just discovered this bootleg. Would love to hear the complete show.

Thanks in advance.

AtticRock said...

You got it now.

Anonymous said...

There are other versions of this from different cities
also. One from Boston is also a very good sounding AUD
Recording.I advise the fans of the sound to listen and compare.There are ones from New York and Houston.And also from overseas as well. What there is Not: NO Soundboards have appeared and none of this tour were FM broadcasted.And its been 40 years.
analogkid

Anonymous said...

I was at this show. The "Boom" were firecrackers lit by an audience member in an exit tunnel at mid arena. In the original configuration of the arena there was a tunnel that led to a convention hall and then continued to the stadium next door. Someone lit firecrackers (most likely larger firework like cherry bombs or M80's) in that corridor making it drown out the music. That is also what David was referring too. A note on Eugene. There was about 10 to 15 minutes before the band came back out. The house lights were up and security was trying to clear the arena. The stage crew had shut down the stage and started to pull a tarp over the equipment for the next nights performance when the band walked out on stage. Roger plugged a mic in. All the equipment had turned on and the tarp had to be removed from Nicks' kit. I believe there is a reference in Nicks' book that this was the last Pink Floyd show that all member's enjoyed playing together on stage. It shows. It is the greatest show that I attended. This recording is one of best, definitely of this show. I have had five versions over the past 35 years, this is my favorite.

Anonymous said...

It's amazing reading about this, because I was at this very show, with my sister. I remember it being at the Oakland Coliseum right after 'Animals' came out, and it was one of the 5 best concerts I have EVER been to, the others being The Who (Days on the Green, Oakland Coliseum, October 9 & 10, 1976 - I went both days!), Etta James in 1989 at the Oakland Auditorium, Buddy Guy at JJ's on the peninsula in the late 1980s (I have a picture of him giving me a hug after the show), and the Stones in Nice, France, July 1992. I still have the ticket stubs to these somewhere, with the exact dates attended. Regarding this Pink Floyd concert, I believe it when they said it was their favorite. It was flawless, and totally blew my mind at the time.

Setmose said...

Thanks for these FLAC files. Using VOX on the Mac, with the "Kick" preset on the equilizer, and playing it loud on headphones, is to be transported right back to 1977. I was also at this show, both nights. When Roger came back onto the stage to setup for "Careful with that Ax Eugene", he said to the audience over the mic: "You hear us San Francisco!" I guess that agrees with the other comments here, that the band has made statements over the years that this was one of, if not the, favorite performances.

Unknown said...

I have this show I triple pink vinyl and dogs is incomplete on this

analogkid610 said...

This is the Boston show it is one of the finest shares of the show available.
https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=24002313
Attic or Titus feel free to post it yourselves if you agree