Pink Floyd - First performance of 'Dark Side Of The Moon' (Brighton 20/01/1972)

PINK FLOYD
Here They Come [Little Pieces Production, 2CD]
Live at Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK, January 20, 1972. Excellent stereo audience recording.
Lineup:
David Gilmour - guitars, vocals
Nick Mason - percussion, vocals
Roger Waters - bass, vocals
Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals
Setlist:
Disc 1
Track 101. Speak To Me
Track 102. Breathe
Track 103. Travel Sequence
Track 104. Time
Track 105. Breathe reprise
Track 106. Mortality Sequence
Track 107. Money
Track 108. Atom Heart Mother
Disc 2
Track 201. Careful With That Axe Eugene
Track 202. One Of These Days
Track 203. Echoes
Track 204. A Saucerful Of Secrets

This is the first time Pink Floyd attempted a public performance of Dark Side Of The Moon, months before recording started in May in the studio. They played as much of the new album as they could, stopping after Money.
Apparently the tapes and sound effects had come unstuck and the band are forced to return to their previous repertoire for the rest of the show.
What was played are tentative versions of Speak To Me, Breathe and Time. Money is just an instrumental with a strong melody and no lyrics. Travel Sequence is an early version of On The Run. While Mortality Sequence, a jumble of keyboard riffs and spoken word, would evolve to The Great Gig In The Sky. Neither Us And Them nor Brain Damage made it to the starting line tonight.
When they revert to their older songs, it sticks out how bluesy pre-Dark Side material is. Whereas the themes of Dark Side are of how life in a modern, urban society tends to grind down your mental health to put you on the edge of insanity. Hence the tape loops of incessant chatter. Pink Floyd had finally moved from Syd Barrettâs pixieish fantasy to social commentary. In a sense, this was modern blues with the help of electronica.
Dark Side Of The Moon was finally completed and released in March 1973. We are grateful some lone taper was stalking the Floyd on January 20, 1972.
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The Great Gig In The Sky
Wembley 1974
Good gawd - I turned 12 on the day of this gig!!!