The Best Of Tour '72

(16-421/422)

S1: BREATHE/ON THE RUN (VARIATION)/TIME/BREATHE (REPRISE)/THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY PART 1
S2: GREAT GIG IN THE SKY PART 2/MONEY/US AND THEM/ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE/BRAIN DAMAGE/ECLIPSE

SQ: EXCELLENT

COMMENTS: EUROPEAN BOOTLEG WITH DELUXE BLACK AND WHITE COVER. ALONG WITH 'BRITISH WINTER TOUR 74' THIS WAS THE BEST SELLING PINK FLOYD BOOTLEG IN EUROPE. SOUND QUALITY ON THE FIRST PRESSING WAS SO GOOD IT WAS (WRONGLY) THOUGHT TO BE FROM A BBC BROADCAST. IT HAS BEEN RE-BOOTLEGGED MANY TIMES.

FIRST PRESSING: THICK BLACK VINYL PRESSING. LAMINATED COVER ON HEAVY CARD. NO WRITING ON FRONT COVER AND NO RAINBOW CREDIT OR TRACK LISTING ON BACK COVER. DARK BLUE LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT. MATRIX NUMBER ON LABEL IS 16-421/2 AND "WE DID IT FOR YOU". MATRIX NUMBER IN VERY SMALL WRITING ON THE RUN-OUT GROOVES. SOME OF THESE USED A STICKER TO IDENTIFY IT AS A PINK FLOYD LP (SEE LAST PIC BELOW).

SECOND PRESSING: AS ABOVE BUT WITH NON-LAMINATED COVER AND 'PINK FLOYD LIVE' TEXT ADDED TO FRONT COVER. LARGER WRITING ON MATRIX. PRESSINGS FROM THESE PLATES HAD THE ORIGINAL DARK BLUE, YELLOW 'TOUR 72' LABELS AND RED & YELLOW LABELS WITH A LARGE 1 & 2.

THIRD PRESSING: NON-LAMINATED COVER AND 'PINK FLOYD LIVE' TEXT ON COVER. 'KBDO' LABELS AND A '1039' MATRIX NUMBER.

FOURTH PRESSING: NON-LAMINATED COVER AND 'PINK FLOYD LIVE' TEXT ON COVER. 'KBDO' LABELS AND AN 'R72' MATRIX NUMBER. SOME KBDO LABEL PRESSINGS SUFFERED FROM SURFACE NOISE FROM POOR OR WORN PRESSING PLATES.

RARITY RATING: (FIRST) (OTHERS)

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1972

SOURCE: RAINBOW THEATRE LONDON 20-02-1972.

KNOWN LABEL VARIATIONS: FIRST & SECOND PRESSINGS - YELLOW TOUR 72 - LARGE 1 & 2 - KDBO.

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