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A collection of shots from the Pink Floyd's show at the Freedom Hall in Louisville. Kentucky, June 17th, 1977, which is exactly 49 years ago at time of writing. The band performed this show in front of a 19-thousand people crowd.

Unfortunately, the only audience tape from this night suffers from extreme distortion in the loud parts due to the recorder using low impedance, high sensitivity microphones. The fact that our taper was seated right at the foot of the stage, right in front of the massive array of 80 400-watt amplifiers. The tape is also missing the entirety of the first set, only capturing the second set, and the encore. That second set is absolutely incredible, even giving Cleveland a run for its money, so let's take a closer look at it.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) is the absolute definitive version, featuring some of the strongest playing David ever pulled off on this track. The Part 1 solo follows the studio version but very much expands upon the actual solo. Parts 2 and 3 both contain excellent solos. Part 4, which the one with vocals, is nothing to write home about, but is quite a strong performance nonetheless. Dick's saxophone solo on Part 5 is also very nice and nearly completely improvised. In my opinion, this performance is a lot better than the studio version. Welcome To The Machine features extremely powerful synth solos from Rick and excellent vocals from both David and Roger. Roger plays acoustic guitar here, as per usual, but this time he changes up the strumming patterns, adding some more life into the track. Have A Cigar is pretty much perfect as well. Roger's vocal performance is extremely unique, with him trying to go higher than usual, and trying to pull off Roy Harper's voice crack on the "Everybody's just green" line. Snowy's solo is also outstanding, only rivaled by the likes of Baton Rouge, which is my personal favourite performance of the track. Wish You Were Here is also very strong tonight. David's vocals are some of the best I've heard, and Roger actually harmonizes well, when he usually had problems with it. Rick's piano solo at the end is also sublime, though a bit too short for my liking. The second half of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, which bookends this set is also stellar. The slide solo on Part 6 is my favourite ever performed. Unfortunately, Part 7 is quite weak vocally, mainly because of Roger. But, the band very quickly bounced back from that failure by delivering one of the most stunning renditions of the Part 8 jams they ever played. David and Snowy are in absolute top form, and it shows. They actively challenge eachother by playing licks in a call-and-return style of playing. This little "conversation" absolutely overflows with chemistry, which is not that rare in the grand scheme of things, but is still really nice to see. Of course, both of them have their own guitar solo, both of which are stellar, but especially Snowy's, which is extremely aggressive and intense. Unfortunately, this is where the tape's heavy distortion comes into play. The loudest parts of the solo are not a very pleasant listen due to everything merging into one, absolutely dreadful sounding mess. From what can be made out, Snowy is playing extremely fast and precise, and David is helping out with rhythm guitar. The transition into Part 9 closes this absolute epic 8-minute long jam, and moves the track into its climax. Part 9 kicks off with the standard piano solo from Rick, but then it goes into a soft guitar solo by David instead of Dick Parry's Moog solo that we've grown accustomed over the last few monts of the tour. This is the earliest recording of this guitar solo, but we can presume Milwaukee had it too, but we just didn't hear it due to the tape cutting out during Part 8. The first part of the solo is stunning, but when the drums come in, David seems to forget what he was going to do, causing Snowy to pick up the solo and carry the band into the guitar duet. This duet lasts 2 bars less than it usually does, but it's still an absolutely stunning one. Snowy plays an octave higher than he usually does here, making this duet quite unique. The ending Moog solo is good, but nothing special.

After a short break, the band performed Money as the encore, to the enthusiasm of the crowd whose cheers are so loud, they distort the recording to the point of it becoming painful to listen to. When the crowd settle down a bit, what is left is an incredible performance of Money. David's vocals and gutiar playing are amazing, and the band's playing is very tight. Despite all that, this is still not the best I heard this track get on this tour. A superior performance can be found on the Tampa show from April 24th, and the feral final night of the tour in Montreal.

Here I present a Youtube upload of the show for you to listen. It's defintively worth it.

Most of the photographs used in this review were taken by Michael Conen.

P.S. On the 19th, I'll publish my full length matrix of the Chicago night from this tour, and write a full-length review of the night. I know I've already covered Chicago on this blog, but I'd like to write a more detailed report/review, and I want an excuse to post the matrix since I've worked quite hard on it.

Cheers!

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I just found out that Dick Parry died yesterday, RIP legend of the saxophone

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Dick Parry, Pink Floyd’s Go-to Sax Man, Dies at 83

Dick Parry, the man whose saxophone graced such Pink Floyd LPs as the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, died May 22 at 83 from undisclosed causes.

David Gilmour announced Parry’s death, with the guitarist saying he’d been playing with “my dear friend” for more than 60 years.

That’s Parry on “Us and Them,” “Money,” “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” “Wish You Were Here” and “Wearing the Inside Out.”

“His feel and tone make his saxophone playing unmistakable, a signature of enormous beauty that is known to millions and is such a big part of (those) songs,” Gilmour said.

Parry regularly toured with Pink Floyd in the 1970s, rejoined them on the road in 1994 after appearing on the Division Bell and performed at the group’s 2005 Live 8 reunion. Parry also toured with the Who, Violent Femmes, Gilmour’s solo bands and other groups.

“(He) will be remembered through generations by his amazing talent,” the tribute band Brit Floyd wrote on social media. “Rest in peace, legend.”

5/22/26

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Pink Floyd Pulse 1995 EMI ——————————————————————— Tracks CD One: 01. Shine on You Crazy Diamond 02. Astronomy Domine 03. What Do You Want from Me 04. Learning to Fly 05. Keep Talking 06. Coming back to Life 07. Hey You 08. A Great Day for Freedom 09. Sorrow 10. High Hopes 11. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Tracks CD Two: 01. Speak to Me 02. Breathe in the Air 03. On the Run 04. Time 05. The Great Gig in the Sky 06. Money 07. Us and Them 08. Any Colour You Like 09. Brain Damage 10. Eclipse 11. Wish You Were Here 12. Comfortably Numb 13. Run Like Hell ———————————————————————

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DICK PARRY (1942-Died May 22nd 2026,at 83).English saxophonist. During his career, he appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably with Pink Floyd on the songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out". He also played on the Bloodstone album Riddle of the Sphinx.Dick Parry - Wikipedia

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