California Stockyard (On The Road)

(PF400 - PINK I&II A/D & PF200)

S1: WELCOME TO THE MACHINE/HAVE A CIGAR
S2: WISH YOU WERE HERE/SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND 6-9
S3: PIGS ON THE WING PART 1/DOGS/PIGS ON THE WING PART 2
S4: PIGS (THREE DIFFERENT ONES)

SQ: EXCELLENT MONO AND STEREO

COMMENTS: US BOOTLEG IN A PLAIN WHITE COVER WITH A LARGE FOLD-OVER PAPER INSERT WITH A PF400 CATALOGUE NUMBER PRINTED ON IT ALTHOUGH THE MATRIX NUMBERS USED WERE DIFFERENT. PRESSED ON BLACK & MCV VINYL AND ISSUED ON A VARIETY OF LABELS. THANKS TO THE WORK OF RAY STEEG THE CORRECT ORDER AND VARIATIONS OF THE RELEASES IS SHOWN BELOW...

FIRST PRESSING: FIRST KNOWN VERSIONS (MATRIX NUMBER PINK I&II A/D) HAD 'DRAGONFLY RECORDS' & 'DUCK HITS' RECORD LABELS, FOLLOWED BY PLAIN WHITE OR BLACK LABELS, AND THEN A VARIETY OF OTHER LABELS. THESE VERSIONS (WITH THE 'PINK I & II MATRIX NUMBERS) WERE MISSING 'PIGS ON THE WING PART 2' ALTHOUGH IT WAS LISTED ON THE INSERT.

ALTERNATE PRESSING ONE: AROUND 1981 THERE WAS A PRESSING USING 'GLC' & BLUE TMOQ 'SMOKING PIG' LABELS. THESE HAD THE SAME LARGE INSERT AS THE FIRST PRESSING. SOME COPIES HAD A SMALLER WHITE GROUP PHOTO.

ALTERNATE PRESSING TWO: THIS USED THE SAME WHITE COVER AND LARGE INSERT (BLUE & WHITE) BUT WAS PRESSED WITH NEW PLATES (MATRIX NUMBER PF200 A/B/C/D) WHICH INCLUDED 'PIGS ON THE WING 2'. PRESSED INITIALLY ON BLACK VINYL WITH BLACK OR WHITE LABELS. A FURTHER 50 WERE PRESSED IN 1980 ON MULTICOLOUR VINYL WITH 'VERZYL' LABELS.

ALTERNATE PRESSING THREE: ON THIS PRESSING THE DISC MATRIXES ARE COMBINED DIFFERENTLY....
(DISC 1 - PF200 A/D)
(DISC 2 - PF200 B/C)

RARITY RATING: (BLACK VINYL) (ALTERNATE PRESSING THREE) (MCV)

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1977

SOURCE: ANAHEIM STADIUM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 06-05-1977.

KNOWN LABEL VARIATIONS: BLUE SMOKIN' PIG - VERZYL COMIC LABELS - SLIPPED DISCS - RUTHLESS RHYMES - RARING RECORDS - GLC - DRAGONFLY RECORDS - DUCK RECORDS - AK RECORDS - VESSELS OF PRAISE - PLAIN WHITE, BLACK AND COLOURED LABELS.

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