October 7, 1987
Madison Square Garden,
New York City, New York
Free Range Pigs (FRP CDR-010/011), in association with Get It On
Productions
Disc One:
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
2. Signs Of Life
3. Learning To Fly
4. Yet Another Movie/Round and Round
5. A New Machine (Pt. 1)
6. Terminal Frost
7. A New Machine (Pt. 2)
8. Sorrow
9. The Dogs Of War
10. On The Turning Away
11. One Of These Days
Disc Two:
1. Time
2. On The Run
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Welcome To The Machine
5. Us and Them
6. Money
7. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
8. Comfortably Numb
9. One Slip
10. Run Like Hell
Comments: An interesting
set of circumstances led up to the release of this recording. To my
knowledge, no other audio sources of this show have surfaced before
today, however, according to some trading lists we've seen,
there are two(!) audience-shot video tapes of this show.
"I was visting a friend
who is more or less of an ex-Floyd fan. He still likes the music, but
much prefers the indie stuff nowadays. But in years gone by, it turns
out he was quite a taper. He handed me a drawer full of assorted tapes
to look through, mostly traded for, but a few of his own making. Lo and
behold, here's a tape of Pink Floyd at Madison Square Garden in 1987."
"He said, 'Did I do that? Wow! I forgot all about this. I'll look for
the master tape. It should be in another drawer with the rest.' Well, he
could not locate the box full of masters from his arena gig taping days,
but this tape was made from the master immediately - the first and only
time the master was played."
This recording was taped with a walkman recorder with a small stereo
"bug-eye" type microphone, brand long since forgotten. The taper was
sitting second tier, about half way back from the stage.
This release of this
recording is very nice. The bass floor is sweet, with great acoustics in
the hall. It's been in production for over 3 months and a lot of
effort has gone into making this release a worthy representation of what
must have been an
incredible night at MSG almost 14 years ago.