1975 June 18 : Boston Gardens

updated December 2009

Picture by Marla Steinau, provided by Rick Steinau - with thanks to comfortablypink

setlist: Raving And Drooling / You Gotta Be Crazy / Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) / Have A Cigar / Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) / The Dark Side Of The Moon / Echoes

2 Recordings are in general circulation, others are rumored to be out there .... even if the "Echoes In Gardens" source is the most circulated recorder for this date another one used to exist before and it was practically ignored lately ... this first recorder was very often used as filler for other 75 recordings/releases!

here are the 2 sources:
recorder 1 (being released first), do exist at least 2 different sources:

source 1

-"Spaceball Ricochet" (PSR CD 567893-2)
-"Crazy Diamonds" (Triangle PYCD 059-2)

-"Boston Gardens, 18/6-1975" (Space Music PF001/2)

- the U&T track on "Random Precision" (75.6.16 - GDR 9418/ab Great Dane Records)

- the Money track on "Movin' Time" (75.4.26 - RC 2123/24 Rock Calendar Records)

-"Pigs Wishes And Moons" LP (MOONCHILD 0054) that was maybe used for the U&T track on Random Precision ... but I can't tell since I don't have that (but I'm pretty sure of this)

 ..... and maybe was used to patch something else too? .. we'll see... it appeared in the past on fantapes too of course, I found one having this rec.2 from U&T till Echoes but being for the 1st set and the Dark Side set till Money from recorder 1.

source 2

- various fantapes, like this 5thGen

DEFINITIVE

the lately circulated Dan Lampinski's MASTER, complete and in an amazing sound quality!

recorder 2:

-"Echoes In Gardens" (HB-801-1/2/3 Heart Breakers)

-"Stellar Symphony" (DR 61875-5 - DIGITAL REPRODUCTIONS)

-"Boston Gardens Masters" (no label).

- the several Master DAT clones in circulation included the one on the "Reeling In Pink Floyd" series

- "Echoes Of The Stage" PRRP038

don't know about others but I hope you can tell what source they are from checking these

distinctive points where to recognize the 2 sources (there are more but these are enough I guess):

You Gotta Be Crazy - on the recorder 1 guys near to the taper say "yeah ... yeah" as soon as Waters announces the song ... this is not in recorder 2, also during the tuneups beween R&D and YGBC a guy yells "Rock & Roll" and then "come baaaaack!!" on recorder 1
SOYCD (1-5) - hard to explain the right points to check without referring to the exact minutes on each version, a quick listen would be enough to notice the audience chats are different anyway (and on both sources guys in the audience chat a lot during the song). Just notice the guy on recorder 1 who repeats "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" after Waters announces the title of the song ... this is not on recorder 2, on recorder 2 you can hear a guy far in the back (but audible) yelling "ummagumma" right before the keyboard starts the soundscape.
Breathe - on recorder 1 a guy yells "all right" as soon as the song starts (soon after the firework) ... on recorder 2 there's a "wow" + a big whistle as soon as the song starts (soon after the firework)
On The Run - on recorder 1 there's a guy talking at the beginning ... on recorder 2 there's a girl talking.
Us & Them - on recorder 1 a guy near to the taper claps while Gilmour sings "us and them" - about at m. 1:25 (Spaceball) / about at 1:18 (Random) ; on recorder 2 soon after "black and blue" there's a guy yelling a little 'wow' about at m. 2:41 (Echoes In Gardens) ... on the first recorder there's not this guy and here guys near to the taper distinctly chat while Gilmour sings "black and blue" about around m. 2:50 (Random) / around m. 3:00 (Spaceball)
Any Colour You Like - on recorder 1 guys near to the taper chat at the very beginning ... on recorder 2 there are guys chatting but later during the song.
Brain Damage - on recorder 1 guys near to the taper chat at the very beginning (again) ... on recorder 2 source there’s a guy yelling "wooo-ho" at the beginning.
Eclipse - on recorder 2 as soon as Waters finishes singing (on the last words) a guy whistles very near to the taper ... on recorder 1 there's not this whistle and a guy near to the taper yells a big "WOW" after Waters wishes "good night" (at the end of the track on Spaceball)
Echoes - on recorder 1 a guy screams "all right ... wooow" as soon as Waters announces the song.