THE 25 MOST IMPORTANT GIGS



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All the pictures shown on this page are identified with the correct date when 

the informations are available. All the credits are given to the original owner. 

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Early 1972 « Rick Wright & Friends », London, England

A candid damaged video showing Rick Wright with his family and friend circa 1972. We don't know who has uploaded this tape online in 2008 just after the death of Wright yet .

14 January 1972 « Rock en Stock », ORTF TV, Paris, France

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun from the Amougies’ movie is broadcasted.

23 January 1972 The Guidhall, Southampton, Angleterre

Known to have been filmed by the BBC, this never-aired footage would include Floyd performing an early version of « The Dark Side of the Moon » . No chance to see a release of these tapes whan we know how the english channel has treated his archives in the past.

The band photographed backstage

The band photographed backstage

25 January 1972 Studios Strawberry Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France

Several photos show that the group brought their 8mm cameras, bought during their stay in Japan the previous year, into the recording studio.

Roger Waters int eh cantina of Hérouville

25 February 1972 Studios Strawberry Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France

The ORTF came to perform an interview of the group then in full mix of the soundtrack. Falls of the soundtrack can be heard. Broadcast on «Pop 2» on 4 March. A better source in color came out in 2015. Present on the box «Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972»

29 April 1972 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, USA

A short 8mm tape seen on the Bootleg «Pink Floyd - 8mm » .

22 May 1972 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tape bought by the group « VideoHeads » in 2003. The color version that circulates among the collectors is actually a colorized version. Present on the box «Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972»

28 June 1972 Brighton Dome, Brighton, England

Peter Clifton filmed the entire concert of June 28, 1972 in which the band played some old songs but also a pre-release of «Eclipse (assorted pieces for lunatics)».

The director also captured the rehearsals of the same show. Eugene was only seen in Peter Clifton's films «Sound of the City» and «Rock a City»; Then in the films «Superstars in Concert» and finally «Heart of the Sun».

Peter Clifton planned to make a film about the creation of «The Dark Side of the Moon» as early as 1979, but this project had been forgotten until recently. On a visit to Washington at the Smithsonian Center he asked if this audiovisual fund possessed some sequences of rocket fire ... A week later, a reel was delivered to him in his studio in Los Angeles where in place of a few minutes, the director found himself with nearly an hour and a half of film. Present on the box «Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972» but still in an incomplete version unfortunately.

4 August.1972 « Optische Eindrücke der Musik von Pink Floyd », ARD TV, Bremen, Germany
The german TV has broadcasted a special about the band. No more details.

11 August 1972 « The Pink Floyd », Channel 16, New York, USA

No details known for this show.

11 August 1972 « Vivre au présent », ORTF TV, Paris, France

Obscure tape. No details known, the rumor state the band is seen playing some tunes in studio. The existence of the tape is confirmed by INA.

September 1972 « Journal Télévisé », ORTF Studios, Paris, France

4 minute continuous-tracking shot around the band and amplifiers during the instrumental part of Echoes, Part 1. The shot moves in the opposite direction of the shot in the Pompeii film, which leads me to believe this is an alternate performance as well. Unfortunately this is the only one that was in the rushes, I believe Adrian had this footage made (converted from 35mm colour to 16mm black and white) for the short Pompeii reportage segment that was aired on French TV in 1972.

22 September 1972 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA
A 8mm footage recorded by Donald Carey.

27 September 1972 « Press Conference », Rembrandt Hotel, Vancouver, Canada

Before their Garden Auditorium’s show, the band held a press conference before the camera of CBC TV crew.

12 October 1972 « Journal Télévisé Nuit », ORTF, Paris, France

Broadcast of Mademoiselle Nobs from « Live at Pompeii ».

22 October 1972 « Journal de Paris », ORTF, Paris, France

A 1:20 mn topic about the band

4 November 1972 « Pop 2 », ORTF TV, Paris, France

A rebroadcast of the Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun (from the 1970 San Tropez show).

8 November 1972 « Vivre au présent », ORTF TV, Paris, France

The content of this programme is still unknown (but it is present in the INA collection), probably a rebroadcast of a performance.

12 November 1972 Ernst Mercke Halle, Hamburg, Germany

An 8 mm document filmed by Kai Hebbeln at 03:30 shows extracts from Breathe, Eclipse, One Of These Days, Careful With That Axe, Eugène, Echoes and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
The footage was mastered in 2023 by the «Pink Floyd Research Group»

16 November 1972 « De Soleil et d'azur », Salle Valliers, Marseille, France

Some extracts form « Le ballet Pink Floyd ».

21 November 1972 « Ballet Roland Petit », Salle Valliers, Marseille, France

The concerts were filmed by ORTF and broadcasted the following day during the «Actualités méditerranéennes» Present on the box set «Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972»

22 November 1972 « Vivre au présent », ORTFTV, Paris, France

A 6 min report on «Le Ballet Pink Floyd»

26 November 1972 « Ballet Roland Petit », Salle Valliers, Marseille, France

Excerpts from the rehearsals and the concert broadcasted on ORTF, 26 November 1972 (during the Night TV News). Some others bits was broadcasted on the German TV WRD. On the boxset.

26 November 1972 « Binnen en Buiten », BRT, Amsterdam, Netherland
Announcement of the concert on 5 December at the Vorst Nationaal « in quadraphonic » with a photomontage of the band (Duration; one minute).

29 November 1972 Parc des Expositions Les Arenes, Poitiers, France

A tape found by the French researcher J-M. Esnault. The pre-show was  filmed by FR3 with very short excerpts of the concert as well as interviews (never broadcast at the time). Present on the box «Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972».

2 December 1972 « Télé Normandie », ORTF TV, Paris, France

A topic about the concert of the following day at the Parc des expositions of Caen. The TV crew is mainly interested by the reactions of the audience. The band in not shown.

9 December 1972 Hallenstadion Zurich, Suisse

It is likely that an 8mm tape of this concert exists, but it has not yet been brought to the surface.

10 December 1972 « Journal Télévisé de la nuit», ORTF TV, Paris, France
Broadcasting of Mademoiselle Nobs from the « Live at Pompeii », then-recently released

10 December 1972 Palais des Sports, Lyon, France
An 8 mm document filmed by Joseph Kolmansky. The quality of the film is slightly degraded and significantly damaged by the double exposure which the tape suffered.

21 December 1972 « Pop Shop », RTB TV, Bruxelles, Belgique
Apparently, the topic dedicated to Pink Floyd was never broadcasted.