Pink Floyd - 1975 - Nassau 1975 Day 2
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Pink Floyd
June 17, 1975
Nassau Coliseum,
Uniondale, NY
Sigma43
101. Tuning
102. Raving And Drooling
103. You Gotta Be Crazy
104. Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V >
105. Have A Cigar
106. Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX
201. Speak To Me
202. Breathe
203. On The Run
204. Time
205. Breathe (reprise)
206. The Great Gig In The Sky
207. Money
208. Us And Them
209. Any Colour You Like
210. Brain Damage
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211. Eclipse
212. encore call - tuning
213. Echoes
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Nassau 1975 Day 2 (Sigma 43) serves as both a sequel to Nassau 1975 Day 1 (Sigma 22),
the three disc set with the June 16th show and as a corrective for the popular yet
criticized Wishes, Echoes, And Desires (Godfather GR267/268). Godfather were the first
to offer a significant upgrade over Nice Live Pair (Highland HL675/676/677/678), a four
disc set coupled with the June 18th Boston show and individually as Live At The Coliseum
(Highland HL675/676), but that release was marred by digital clicks in the first song and
at points on disc two. Sigma 43 maintains the excellent sound quality of the Godfather
yet does not have any flaws on the tape whatsoever and can be considered definitive at
this point.
A review was published in the New York Times after the second show which interestingly
singled out Richard Wright for particular praise. The author John Rockwell writes: “While
the rock world is steadily inundated by German space-rock ensembles, Pink Floyd keeps
indefatigably making music that antedated the Germans and is superior to nearly all of
them.
“Not that the English quartet, which played the first of two consecutive evening concerts
Monday at the Nassau Coliseum, is purely devoted to rambling, hypnotic instrumentals
of the sort the Germans favor. Pink Floyd can boogie, almost, what with the crunching
rhythm section of Rogers Waters (bass guitar) and Nicky Mason (drums), plus a fervent
saxophone player and two black women singers.
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“And the group’s songs have an unusually suggestive poetic quality – great literature,
even, in the context of the flatulent pseudo-mythology of so many recent space rock
lyrics – and the singing isn’t half bad at all, especially that of Dave Gilmour, the lead
guitarist.
“But the core of the act remains the instrumentals, and the core of those instrumentals
is Rick Wright, the keyboard player. Mr. Wright makes music of a coloristic richness that
is more entrancing that almost any of his competition that one can think of, and yet his
flights say firmly grounded in lucidity and rhythmic directness. And for all the others’
gifts on their own, they do their best work in support of Mr. Wright.” (“Pink Floyd Plays At
Rambling Best: English Quartet Is Sparked By Wright On Keyboards,” John Rockwell, June
18th, 1975)
The tape begins when the house lights go down and the band walk on stage. “Wait a
minute. Just wait a minute” Roger Waters says. “Okay this is a new tune called ‘Raving
And Drooling I Fell On His Neck With A Scream.'” This song would undergo minor
variations in its development before being rewritten as “Sheep.” On this night Wright
plays around with some unique keyboard motifs in the first half of the piece. “You Gotta
Be Crazy” is sung more than narrated (as was the case in its earliest incarnation) and is
missing the barking dog interlude after “dragged down by the stone….”
Waters makes the normal reference to their founder before “Shine On You Crazy
Diamond Parts 1-5″ when he says, “This is the last new song tonight so make the best of
it. It is partly to do with Syd Barrett who used to be in our band.” Just before the ten
minute mark one of the roadies plays the money sound effects by accident, the sound of
coins falling into the cash register. In the final section, during Part 8 Wright takes an
interesting solo. The second half of the show is devoted to Dark Side Of The Moonand is
given a flawless delivery with Gilmour’s wailing guitar in “Money” a standout. Nassau
1975 Day 2 is packaged in a standard jewel case with artwork from the tour.
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