The Greatest Concert, EVER! Pink Floyd at Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario, June 28, 1975

I've been lucky enough to see a lot of great bands and classic concerts, including the Rolling Stones, U2, Adele, Bruce, Springsteen, Eagles, Billy Joel, The Who, Elton John, The White Stripes, Linkin Park, the Kings of Leon, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Styx, Rush, Edgar Winter, the Electric Light Orchestra, Chicago, Deep Purple, Rush and even Roger Waters' The Wall ... but Pink Floyd's performance at Ivor Wynne Stadium on June 28, 1975 will always remain THE GREATEST CONCERT EVER in my mind.
Why? It was the perfect night, an amazing setting and a great set of music by a band at the height of their creativity. It was both raw and polished. It was the final night in North America on the yet-to-be-released "Wish You Here" album tour. It was the last time they would play "Echoes" and "The Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety for a North American audience. We were also treated to songs that they were still working on that you had to be there to hear it in that form.
But I think partly what made it so great for me (other than the experience of getting there and getting in to the show), was that it really was two concerts by one band. The first concert was by a band of musicians that were jamming out tunes together, and that didn't give a shit if the audience was there or not. Very cool to see Pink Floyd in this mode, outside in the bright evening sunlight. The second concert was the full rock concert experience, happening in the dark, with a lightshow, lazers, explosions, the classic spotlight on a disco ball, dry ice, smoke bombs, film projects and of course, an airplane that crashes onto the stage.
I've remastered the audio, from an original DAT tape, to provide greater stereo separation, more realistic EQ and all the more modern mixing techniques (compression, limiting, etc.). For the visual, since there is no video of this concert, for the first set, I told the story of my personal experience while displaying stills from the concert. For the second set, I used the 1975 Pink Floyd touring film that played on the circular truss screen for the North American of their tour. Finally for the encore, "Echoes", I synced up the audio performance with their classic Pompeii no-audience performance.
Please enjoy what, to me, was THE GREATEST CONCERT, EVER!
0:00:00 Start of Video
0:00:11 Raving and drooling (Sheep)
0:12:35 You've Got to be Crazy (Dogs)
0:26:02 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part I
0:28:27 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part III
0:31:19 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part III
0:33:37 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part IV
0:36:08 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part V
0:38:24 Have a Cigar
0:43:12 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part VI
0:47:47 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part VII
0:49:14 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part VIII
0:53:35 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part IX
0:55:09 Speak to Me
0:58:09 Breathe (in the Air)
1:01:04 On The Run
1:06:04 Time
1:11:16 Breathe (Reprise)
1:12:20 The Great Gig in the Sky
1:18:48 Money
1:28:00 Us and Them
1:35:08 Any Colour You Want
1:44:12 Brain Damage
1:48:00 Eclipse
1:51:38 Echoes

[@tomvenner6030]

I was there! I live in Hamilton and was 16. My buddy Kevin and I had no money and were big fans of DSOTM as well. When we got there Kevin says I'm going in, jumps the turnstiles and dissapears into the crowd. I start looking for a way in, find some people getting boosts to go over the fence in the west side where the bleachers were. I get in, go into the bleachers and look towards the area where Keving got in. I see him going up the stairs, whistle real loud (I make a distinct whistle noise). He looks over, spots me and comes over to join me in the bleachers (oposite end from the stage). We sit there for the whole show, people just pass joints down the line to us all night! Amazing show, we still talk about it to this day.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool. Amazing how that concert experience has lasted a lifetime for those who went!

[@johnfloyd4166]

Cool.man..❤😊

[@thekeytothegate]

I was born in 1977. ❤

[@jonblackers4611]

What are "bleachers"?

[@tomvenner6030]

@@jonblackers4611 Cheap endzone seats built on scaffolding.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

I was at this show. My first “big” concert! How spoiled. I thought all shows were like this. It was two weeks before my 17th Birthday! I was there overnight, the night before! I was there at Gate 5 when it was “crashed” I watched the show from the 50yd line, ten rows up, stage left. This record and concert set the “tone” for the rest of my life! Im 65 as I type this. May all of you have musical experiences like this! I ended up spending many many years in the music biz, in Canada - so blessed! Such a great time to “grow up”. At my funeral, “Time”, and “Great Gig in the Sky”, will be played - as well as Warren Zevon’s “Keep me in Your Heart” Then, I’ll be gone forever - but I’ll leave a thought with you! (from my home, now, near Kelowna BC) Peace

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... I was 16 at my first big concert and spent the night before at Gate 5!

[@slkwonk]

This brings a memory. I wasn’t aware of this concert until the mid 2000’s. The story is bittersweet, but one I fondly remember. I was working as a sales engineer and needed to make a quick trip to a customer to resolve an issue with some equipment. I needed a quality guy to come with, and the manager chose Tommy. We left at 4 in the morning for a long drive east of Green Bay Wisconsin. There are a couple things you need to know about Tommy. Number one, he had a very rough life. He survived childhood cancer and two more rounds as an adult. Number 2 he was a HUGE fan of both the Green Bay Packers football team, and Pink Floyd. So as we started our trip I showed him where my CD’s were and told him you choose the tunes on this trip. Now I have pretty much all of the Floyd’s major releases, but none of the obscure stuff. I like the band a lot, heck I bought dark side when I was 16 in 76 or 77 as my first introduction. But really I’m a casual fan. Not Tommy. He gave us a running commentary on all the songs that played as we drove through the early morning darkness. He knew all the back stories of the songs and their evolution along with who was doing what. I was amazed at his knowledge. We then got to the customers around 9, did our business, and headed back. It was still early so I asked if he wanted to have a bit of fun. Remember he was a huge Packers fan? In the mid 2000’s they renovated the stadium in Green Bay with a new Pro shop, hall of fame etc. it was the off season so no player activity, but we went and did the full tour of the place. He had been to games before the renovation but not after. It was tough because he was sick so much and didn’t have much money. So we had a blast on the tour, a nice dinner afterwards, and all on the company dime. We got on the road late for the long drive back with Tommy manning the tunes when Sheep came on. That is when he told me about how the song had evolved over time and how they played it as a different song in the early years. I also remember him telling about this very concert and how it was the best concert ever. He said he had the original quad bootleg vinyl of it, and that I had to come over to his place to listen to it. Well as life goes, I regretfully never did that. I moved on to a different company in the early 2010’s, but would stop and say hi from time to time. Unfortunately cancer being the bastard it is, took Tommy shortly after. He was a young man in his early 40’s but it seems the disease just had it out for him. He did always say how much he enjoyed our day together and how much it meant to him. I’m not sure how this video came to the top of my youtube recs tonight, but MAN all I can think of is Tommy while I watch this and think of what a gentle and kind soul he was. I hope he knew that long day was special to me also. Shine on Tommy. I hope we get to meet in the sky someday where cancer doesn’t exist and we can sit down and listen to this concert together. Till then…

[@davemenard5089]

Here’s to you & Tommy listening together some glorious day at the great gig in the sky🤘🏼🎸❤️

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool and thanks for sharing this well written story. Glad the video brought up some fond memories, even thought Tommy's life was short. (I was going to use the Great Gig comment, but someone beat me to it)

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

@@TheLonePiper God bless you and Tommy and Pink Floyd forever!

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

This was meant for you but God bless you and Tommy and sorry for your loss but I've lost some friends to one thing we love with music a little bit of drugs not that I approve of it but it's life. I'm glad Tommy is not struggling anymore and Pink Floyd is giving me some beautiful memories one of my friends that died of I don't know what they think heart condition few years ago. His name was Steven Fountain we have good times he was probably in his 40s as well when he passed, he was a few years older than me. It was about 15 years ago. We love Zeppelin we love Pink Floyd everytime I hear certain songs I think of my buddies...

[@magicorpse]

Your story is really sweet, I'm sure Tommy is enjoying the company of Sid and Richard :)

[@redjohndeble9862]

This is pure GOLD

[@mbpandora50]

Wow, what an excellent job you've done. Love the commentary along with it. As a 71-year woman I remember when I first heard the Meddle album and knew Echoes would be a huge favourite of mine. The excitement and anticipation when Dark Side of the Moon album was put on the turntable. I loved the 70s!

[@TheLonePiper]

Ditto everything (except the 71-year old woman part)!

[@Eric-jk8py]

I remember & it's amazing I can remember anything from that day, waiting for an encore & everyone, it seems now anyway, was screaming "ECHOES, ECHOES " The band comes out Gilmour steps up to the mic & says "This song is called Echoes." What a moment. Blew my mind. 😎

[@Merylstreep1949]

Monika , you sound like the kind of lady I wish I knew in person! I've been a Floyd fan since grade school in 1973 Had 3 copies of DSOTM and got different stickers each time

[@garypowell1540]

We had our issues going on at the time, but the 70s must surely have been the greatest possible time to be a teenager most especially a teenage male, since the beginning of time itself. We knew it could not last at the time, and we were not wrong. I look into my 6 children's eyes these days I find it hard not to cry.

[@malcshone4409]

I saw PF in Liverpool, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in November 1974. They played a very similar set list to this concert, which was pretty brave of them as none of the audience had a clue about “ Raving & Drooling” or “ You Gotta Be Crazy”! Then they walked off stage fir a 15 minute break/ smoke a joint and came back to play DSOM straight through. “ Echoes” was the encore of course. Then I saw them at Knebworth in July 1975 and they added “ Shine On You Crazy Diamond” to the other unfamiliar songs. Awesome lights and film behind the band. Never saw them again though!!

[@abueloraton]

The sax player was always right on, great interpreter, much underrated!

[@pressureworks]

Not at all underrated, otherwise Floyd wouldn't have used him.

[@carolricard1903]

Best sax, EVER in my seven decade of life.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

The great, but unfortunately named, Dick Parry!

[@pressureworks]

@@thebreakfastmenu now named.

[@guitarclassics]

The word 'underrated' is so overrated in the youtube comments..really everywhere..sigh!!

[@stephenmolnar3393]

I was at this show with my friend Merv. We were 15 years old and we had a spot in the middle on the floor about maybe 50 feet from the stage. Amazing concert. My favorite concert of all time. During Echoes they blew up the rest of the pyrotechnics and damaged the scoreboard and windows in homes in the area. After they finished and took a bow, they had a pie fight on stage. It was the end of the tour and last time Dark Side of the Moon was played with all four original members on North American soil. Plus we heard early versions of songs that would appear on Animals. And then they performed Shine on You Crazy diamond with Have a Cigar in the middle. The music was not yet released so the first set was all new stuff. I remember the big spiral flowery mirror ball they rolled out on a track. I remember the sun was behind us and shining off of it which created a cool visual before it got totally dark. Before they started Dark Side, they played the heartbeat in surround sound around the stadium slowly getting louder and louder and the crowd starting getting louder and louder until they began Breath. As the sun set they played all of DSOTM then Echoes for an Encore.

[@TheLonePiper]

Very cool ... it sounds like you were sitting close to where we were!

[@richardtrotter6008]

Hey Steve. I was there with Merv's brother, Shank. Good memories.

[@stevetomlinson3894]

Cool memory!

[@litedawg]

Damn!

[@stephenmolnar3393]

@@richardtrotter6008 Hi Richard! I remember this show like it was yesterday. Brother Joe and I were able to get tickets from my brother Mike. Mike sold me two tickets and I asked Merv to go. This cleaned up version is great!!! Plus the added pictures is a bonus. Shank and I went to see Roger Waters last summer in Toronto. We are going to see Australian Pink Floyd at Art Park this summer on June 28, 48 years to the day after the Hamilton show. They are doing a 50th anniversary tour of DSOTM. Also going to see Brit Floyd in Rochester on April 25 and they are also featuring DSOTM album.

[@fuzzynails4528]

This was a very memorable concert, I was there and I still talk about it. And of course at 70 I still listen to Pink Floyd. Great job and thanks.

[@johnfloyd4166]

Very cool 😎 😊

[@ChrisBoland]

I've never seen a concert annotated like this - what a fantastic idea. Thanks very much.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... thanx

[@frankvanderzalm6630]

Fantastic retool of a great concert!! I was one of the police officers paid to be security for the day. I had heard PF's Money on the radio and was wowed by it. Sure glad I was able to be there. I became a huge Pink Floyd fan that night. I still have my Dark Side of the Moon vinyl which I bought the next week after the concert. I absolutely love the album particularly the Great Gig in the Sky. I've seen Metallica, Rush, Kiss, Foofighters, Pearl Jam and many more since the Pink Floyd concert but nothing comes close to the great atmosphere of the Ivor Wynne concert. It took a long while but as time went along I took up piano and guitar. It's great to jam with three of my grandkids who are all proficient on guitar. Just gotta get my 13 year old granddaughter to do the Great Gig vocals! Thanks again Lone Piper!!!!!!

[@TheLonePiper]

Very cool. I was sixteen at the time and I remember how cool the Hamilton police were that day. I've recorded a few Pink Floyd tracks on my own during the pandemic, and I've knocked out the guitar in several recordings so you can play along! There's even a few were I've knocked out the drums and left the guitar if you want to pound away ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIqrlqNslNV5n6s

[@frankvanderzalm6630]

I just checked your backing tracks. Nice work!

[@TheLonePiper]

@@frankvanderzalm6630 I re-read your original comment ... your granddaughter can sing Great Gig? Damn!

[@brushstroke3733]

Great Gig in the Sky is not a song I'd encourage a 13 y/o girl to sing! There's so much emotion in that song, seemingly from lust to angst to complete despair.

[@frankvanderzalm6630]

@@brushstroke3733 As things go, our granddaughter is part of a four piece band (through her music school) and their music choices are much more recent pieces. I think I'm falling behind in the music scene. One of my recent "concert" events was the celebration of life for Gord Lewis of Teenage Head.

[@youtubechannelname102]

This is amazing. Well done. Thank you.

[@chriskunz1494]

I thought I listened to every Floyd song, read every Floyd magazine article, heard every Waters, Gilmour and Mason interview…then I stumbled onto this masterpiece on KZbin. Now I’ve heard it all. Until the next masterpiece is revealed. Many thanks for posting this epic concert!

[@johnfloyd4166]

Cool yeah 😊❤

[@Tortu56]

I was at this show with my boyfriend who became my husband. It was a fantastic show !

[@TheLonePiper]

Very cool.

[@thewordofgord]

I drove there from about 20 miles away, upcountry. 23, with my own car. Bit late, walked from my parking spot listening to Gilmour's guitar race across the sky. Loud, I tell ya. Well behaved crowd. Great sound for a stadium. Perfect weather. Better sound than the 73 Dark Side show at the notorious Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, famed for lousy fuzzy echo-y sound. The sax soloing in Echoes was shocking then but I get it now. Thanks for the detailed notes and images. Ah, the glorious seventies! Many great shows....,many.

[@buschovski1]

beautiful. I loved reading your story. I can picture it clearly

[@bradmoxon1061]

Wonderful job on this. My buddies and I did the same thing. Drove from Toronto and slept on the pavement overnight. We were 18 stoned out of our heads. What a show 🔥

[@JohnDuca-dd2dm]

Pink Floyd is one great show!

[@ftolead]

Thank you for this. To hear the very early stages of "Dogs" is worth it.

[@TheLonePiper]

Dogs was very cool, especially as no one knew it and it wasn't released for a couple of albums so it developed a lot

[@gweflj]

Yeah Dogs is the highlight for me.

[@Gothondra]

Well I am 75 now and was a lot younger then than now. I was there with my girl friend Helen and her brother Keith and his girl friend, the weather was great the sound was amazing and the trip was out of this world. I know I was on at least 2 hits of acid, but other things people were handing out, I have no idea, but hey it all worked out for the best. I couldn't believe the rocket ship coming down the length of the stadium and going over the stage, I mean talk about far out man. The other 3 times I saw Floyd was indoors, so this was a real fine treat.

[@dereklachance2810]

I was at this concert, I was 16 at the time and we had slept out in front of gate 5 for 2 nights. Was the biggest party we attended . I remember well being pushed up against the gate . Who knows we may have met the author of the commentary. Glad I stumbled upon this video…brings back so many great memories. We had great view of the band sitting maybe 10 rows back from center stage…just wow..almost 48 years ago.

[@colmanjones]

I could write the same thing: I was 16, also camped out, got in early and was about 10 rows back at the front.. I will never forget the plane that flew in on a cable and crashed behind the stage! Amazing job recreating that show with this video..

[@dereklachance2810]

@@colmanjones I started playing guitar during Covid and Pink Floyd is my go to band to try and learn Wish you were here, Mother, Brain damage were a couple of the first songs I learned…

[@TheLonePiper]

I also play guitar and during COVID, I brought Pink Floyd back together ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYiof32Kq7qEoNU

[@barrybrennan1045]

That concert was my Woodstock. 2 weeks later, I joined the Air Force. Years later, while posted to Toronto, I volunteered to guard an aircraft, parked in the same hangar Floyd was practicing in.

[@MichaelDavidHiltner]

Was this in Downsview? I joined up 4+ years post this concert. Damm, I sure miss my Hometown! Go Cats Go!

[@user-tp6fo7im3d]

How much acid did you drop while they were practicing?

[@Munkifu]

I saw Floyd live June 5, 1995 in Arlington. It was an open dome stadium and about 50 degrees. It started misting and lightly raining which was cold, but was like a part of the show and made everything explode in colors like nothing my 21 year old self had seen before or since. Smoke machines, lasers, misty rain and good vibes all around. The gatekeepers didn't even rip my ticket, they left it whole. That was my #1 experienced concert ever, full stop.

[@johncatney724]

I was there, leaning on the stage. Truly Unbelievable Concert. GENIUS!

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... we are getting close to ID'ing all 55,000 fans now!

[@larryh8072]

I was there as well. Truly an amazing concert. I remember David Marsden from CHUM FM was the MC, The surround sound set up was fantastic. Unfortunately the crowd misbehaved at the end. They tore up a lot of the AstroTurf and were carrying people out like in a hammock. It was mahem after Echoes ended. That would be the last concert at Ivor Wynne for about 40 years.

[@timmkenedy761]

I was there with my childhood sweetheart whom I had married the year before. We were only 22 and this concert was life altering for both of us.

[@davidhyrman144]

I'm 20. You lived my dream my friend.

[@stick5vw]

This concert has one of my favorite versions of Any Colour You Like - amazing intro by Rick Wright, and a blistering guitar solo by Gilmour, with Nick and Roger holding it together. Perfect!

[@lucapasseroni6371]

me too

[@TheLonePiper]

I just relistened to it ... Gilmour is just jamming away ... very cool!

[@dbcobbster]

Excellent video and comments. Thank you.

[@skeezix64]

I’m just shy of 59, so my discovery of Pink Floyd in 1977 meant I was 13 and too young to get permission to go to concerts even if I could have figured out a way to get from The San Fernando Valley to someplace like the LA (“Fabulous) Forum. But man, did I spend endless hours immersed in Animals, DSOTM, and Wish You Were Here. I’m lying here in bed listening to Shine, and imagining the crowd transfixed as they absorbed this masterpiece for the first time as a collective of passionate Floyd fans. It warms my heart just thinking about what that must have been like. And I’m hearing this song for, I don’t know, the 300th time?❤

[@motnosniv]

I'm a HS grad in 77 from Burbank. My friends and I saw more than a few shows from the Greek Theatre (Peter Gabriel), Hollywood Bowl (Santana), LA Sports Arena (The Wall), The Forum (Genesis), Anaheim Stadium (Aerosmith, Jeff Beck, Rolling Stones and Wish You Were Here) and the Long Beach Arena (Deep Purple, ELO and Talking Heads). Plus more Todd Rundgren shows than I can remember. It was a real treat that so much great music was available live. (thanks and praise to God)

[@GuitaristInProgress]

@@motnosniv Todd! I saw Todd solo at Bimbo's in SF way later on, like in the 90s or 00s, and, man. What a set of pipes on that guy. They guy can *sing*.

[@doughostetler8972]

Wow….just……wow. Dogs is a favorite of mine. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheLonePiper]

And that's DOGS two albums before it was released! Cheers.

[@davidbromberg3749]

OMG! Just ran across this and yelped out loud because I was at that concert. One of my most favorite of all time. I still tell people about it. Me and my friends also camped out the night before in front of Gate 5 and managed to find a spot around mid-field. I do like to explain to anyone who will listen that back at that time, using video as part of the stage show was all but unheard of. Seeing the video accompanying the songs was mind blowing (especially given our condition). And not to be contrary but I thought it was a "rocket", not an airplane that flew from the top of the far end of the stadium to crash into the stage during the playing "Dark Side of the Moon". Does anyone else remember it that way? The musicality that night cemented Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, and Echoes as all time favorites for me. An incredible night all around.

[@TheLonePiper]

It was a great show and a great memory ... happy to share it with you (again).

[@williammccleary5878]

Your right it was a rocket/space ship that sailed across

[@shelleyharris9349]

Whoever put this together did a great job.

[@chines00]

It's really crazy to think that half of the setlist was composed by unreleased songs. Even crazier considering that Animals was released 2 years laters. For us, hearing it in the 2020's... This is pure gold

[@dheningt]

I’ve had holes in the sky, the bootleg for this show, on cd for 25 years. Found it in a record store in Eugene when I was In college. Best bootleg all time.

[@leolopez_0728]

Great job on your video or slideshow I would say. All of this reminds me that a couple of years later I would see PINK FLOYD at Olympic Stadium for the ANIMALS tour 1977. It also was general admission and most of us got there around past noon time. The show also was split in two parts: the first one being the Animals album in its entirety and sheep started the show. part two as you say was at night and had all the amazing visuals and props, they still had the round screen but Snowy white was added as stage guitarist with Gilmour. It was the highest attended concert in Montreal rock concert history: 80,000 plus. What a memory, THAT was MY Greatest concert ever! 🙂

[@TheLonePiper]

Very cool shot to have seen. It was at the Olympic stadium that people were calling out for DSOTM during the performance of Animals and Rodger spat on the audience. During the set break, he said to the other band members that he would be happier if there was "a wall" between him and the audience!

[@AMEER-114-]

​​@@TheLonePiper I was 5... Were you 15, 16? In any case... You are under 70 (5/9/23) Your apparent musical knowledge ? Howd you learn about notes and understanding and reading music? This is probably the most unique and interesting video that will ever be made .... In the category of: Presenting a legendary 1970s bootleg audio concert.

[@RNNNPTH]

Thanks for this upload! Definitely one of the best sounding bootlegs I've heard. Whoever was not "sitting down" during "Echoes" must have been super obnoxious because the guy screaming at them became immortalized as the audio version of them in this recording.

[@dheningt]

lol why was standing up such a bad thing? The sit down yelling is CRAZY

[@kevinkinney5445]

Thank you for this... I never saw Pink Floyd live and totally regret it to this day. God, music of this echelon just does not exist anymore nowadays... if anyone knows of Floyd's equal, please turn me on to them.

[@Mr.Eldritch]

Porcupine Tree.

[@ClearSoulProductions]

PINK FLOYD 1975 I was THERE! . . .This was just one of the many gigs I was at as I traveled all over the U.S. & Canada with this 1975 Floyd tour . . . THANKS FOR THIS POST! . . .

[@ClearSoulProductions]

We're you still there after the show when this stadium's brand new high-tech scoreboard got blown to pieces when a stadium janitor threw a cigarette butt on a pile of leftover explosives from the show? . . . HA!!! HA!!!!! HA!!!!!!! . . .

[@jeffrobodeenyehcmon5925]

Glad you decided to record this. Decades later I'm listening to it on a futuristic device I keep in my pocket. Crazy huh.

[@TransparentMediaTruth]

Who woulda ever thunk back in the day that a few Decades later We'd be able to virtually experience these epic performances....& for all but free no less > I'd say technology is great but unfortunately it's not all being used to our benefit, much to the contrary > but in this case, certainly no complaints

[@johnfloyd4166]

Wow sounds amazing ❤ I saw floyd 1994 Earl's court London. PULSE. Best 🌙 night of my life.😊❤ I was 26 .Great memories. Soundtrack 2 my life...😊❤

[@zenmasterjay1]

Uhhhhmmm... That's the freakin coolest FLOYD concert story ever!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool, glad you freakin liked it!!!

[@ianmackie8959]

Seeing this forced me off the couch and dive into my magic box of keep sakes from when I had hair and low and behold a torn and faded ticket stubb proved beyond a doubt that on June 28 1975 I was in Hamilton.....at that show. Thanks for reminding me.

[@pk87441]

Thank you for sharing this audio with the world. I'm too young to have ever seen Pink Floyd live but the commentary made me feel like I was living in the moment and provided a wealth of knowledge as well.

[@leegunter5223]

I saw the same tour a month before at Roosevelt Stadium in NJ on Sat. Just finished my Sophomore year in High School lots of LSD was going around . Saw them the following Monday night at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island totally sober! Unbelievable concerts! Bought all ther other albums but could never find the Animal tracks . WYWH wasn't released till Sept. Best I've ever seen! The Nassau concert it on KZbin!

[@mikestewart4752]

This was 5 months and 14 days after I was born only 50 km away. I’m still pissed at my parents for not taking me. I should’ve been there MOM!

[@TheLonePiper]

Not cool mom!

[@jaredpurdy2164]

Wow, that's a trip down memory lane! I was at that concert. Went with my sister and some friends. I was 15 years old and in high school. Luckily, we lived in Burlington so getting there was a breeze. In terms of rock concerts, it remains the best I've ever seen. That screen and the accompanying video was incredible. Quite the feat for 1975.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... it was ahead of its time.

[@prestontodd9675]

Yes! You're right, This is the Greatest Concert, EVER! because I was there, OMG ! Thanks for sharing & it about time you show this on KZbin ! Bless you!! I was 19 and I have been listen PK on "Ummagumma", then "Meddle", and "DSOTM" then went this concert WOW! Loves PK FOREVER .Thanks again! 👍👏🤟❤

[@ltromelin]

👍👍👍👍

[@peterglueck]

All guys that have been in this concert must be very happy about this! One of the greatest band on earth and an great audience as far as I can see! Greets from Germany!

[@TheLonePiper]

The fact that the audience was calling for Echoes as the encore says everything about the crowd!

[@jeffmckinnon5842]

Hamilton is my town. We are famous for getting wasted!😊

[@Ovula4McMuffins]

After watching this numerous times, I have come to the conclusion that this is the best account of a concert that I have come across. Thank you for sharing this, the details are absolutely amazing.

[@TheLonePiper]

Gosh .. thanks!!!

[@Ovula4McMuffins]

I have a request to ask... Is it possible for you to re-edit this by taking away the "Sit Down" part?@@TheLonePiper

[@johnk4437]

I saw them at 17 on April 13, 1975 in high school performing the Dark Side of the Moon at San Francisco's Cow Palace. Pink Floyd is the greatest ! ❤😊

[@bloomz1]

@JohnK - I was there at the Cow Palace show - after seeing them at Hampstead Heath in London in 1969, just part of their show (we came late because hash brownies lol) this was the first full show I saw. In all I saw PF 17 times and Roger 7 now

[@dirkdirkson2546]

I was at the Cow Palace show too, 19 years old and down on the floor with the masses .... do you remember that guy who lost it and just parted the crowd like Moses did with the Red Sea to advance to the stage and then up onto the stage before being carried away by the big guy? Wonder where that guy is now ....

[@johnk4437]

@@dirkdirkson2546Great. I was flying on about 20 hits. BTW I worked for a Dirk Dirkson at the Fab Mab, the Mabuhay Gardens, an S.F. nightclub. Peace. Glad you were there.

[@scccott]

Totally agree. Have seen PF nearly a dozen times from '73 to '90s. Saw this tour @ Pittsburgh 3 Rivers Stadium, 8 days before this Hamilton, Ontario gig. The show WAS mind boggling. Having them float a pyramid inflatable over the crowd, with silvery moon slip from it into the sky on a full moon night... was an eye-opener, like the rest of the show. My girlfriend was feeling horrible - considered using a wheelchair to attend; she walked away at end on her own, beaming. If there's any show in my life I'd wish to have fully captured, this was it. Your running commentary is wonderful, as is the effort in blending shots and stills. I did the same thing on at least 2 gigs in smuggling that size cassette recorder in to a show. Thank you VERY much for sharing this experience. - it's a godsend to re-live that night. Bravo!

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool. I think the Pittsburgh show was the exact same setlist, including the Echoes encore!

[@tippersdad5152]

I also was at the Pittsburgh gig. Best show ever.

[@scottoz7891]

​@@TheLonePiper Hey. At least I got to see A Momentary lapse of reason in 1987 at 3 rivers. Fresh out of high school in 86. But nothing will ever compare to this..💞💞

[@HempRockTelevision]

I was supposed to go to Pittsburgh with a few friends but they backed out! 😢 Where are your bootlegs?

[@grok023]

I was also at the Pittsburgh show.

[@JacksonPM23]

I went to school for history/museum studies and worked in historical preservation for 2 years -- sir you are preserving history as well as anyone ever has. This is my new favorite video.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool. I have a BS in history!

[@gordonbgraham]

I was at this concert! I had just turned 14. We were on the 50 yard line...stoned on purple microdot and angel dust! It was most certainly the Greatest Concert Ever!

[@longreefbeach]

Purple microdot.. 😂

[@JohnChalmers617]

I lived and worked in Hamilton at one point in my life almost 30 years ago and I still can't believe that Pink Floyd played there ? My uncle was at the show .

[@TheLonePiper]

Wait ... am I your uncle?

[@mikestewart4752]

In all seriousness TLP, thanks for creating/posting this. I do believe that I have found the coolest video on KZbin. 🏆

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... thanx

[@midlifecrises2350]

This is lovely. Appreciate the time you put into this and elaborating your Pink Floyd experience. I was a concert hound in the late 70's and went to dozens of rock concerts in Seattle. From small venues (Robin Trower) to medium venues (Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles) to the kingdome (Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin). There is simply nothing today that compares to the freedom and power of shows in the 70's. People were just there to get stoned and drop into the music. I remember getting to the kingdome early for either Aerosmith or Led Zeppelin and I passed out standing in the heat waiting for the gates to open. We were squished together so tight I never hit the ground. A friend just kept me propped up until I came to. Ah, the good old days. I saw Pink Floyd in 81 for The Wall tour. I may go see Roger Waters in LA in October. I'll be taking my 26 year old daughter who loves Pink Floyd. Full circle! Echoes forever!

[@TheLonePiper]

Very cool. I saw Roger Water's The Wall tour in 2012 in Chicago. I then bought tickets for the Toronto show for my kids so they could experience it. It remains their favourite concert!

[@rhondaleahobrien3988]

I saw Roger Waters’ Us & Them Tour and was sublimely impressed! He’s coming to Vancouver this September for the This Is Not A Drill tour and I’ll be going to that also!

[@TheLonePiper]

@@rhondaleahobrien3988 Us & Them was a cool concert ... very, very political in nature. At the end there was an explosion of paper messages blasted out into the audience. I was covered in pink paper and lots of it somehow landed in the pockets of my leather jacket. They are still there today and every time I wear that jacket, I reach into my pocket and see a little "RESIST" message and remember the concert.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

I drove over from Spokane for a few shows at the Key Arena in the '70's, Yes was one...

[@dougholliday467]

@@TheLonePiper wow

[@AndreasLenze]

Beautifully mesmerizing, still. I think I may have been there...

[@niloyguha]

This is a masterpiece! The writeups accompanying the songs are so detailed and vivid!!

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool, thanx.

[@Commiecrusher99]

@@TheLonePiperwhat a cold response to this nice comment lol

[@TheLonePiper]

@@Commiecrusher99 cool

[@gregoznowich5196]

Good Lord I had fun listening and reading this. Thank you. I was unaware of these details surrounding this iconic concert.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool

[@markcoluzzi5754]

I saw this tour in Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium a few weeks before this. The Floyd became the soundtrack of my life that night. Saw them 4 more times up until their final tour in 94. I was 17 the first time and 36 the last. My girlfriend / wife was with me and we still dream of those days. 🌔

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool

[@timhuguet2221]

THIS was the most enjoyable thing I’ve watched in a long time!!! Thank YOU!!! 🙏🏽 🐷 🐄 🌈 🎸 💥

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... thanks

[@CesarRamosLucas]

Thank you so much!

[@TheLonePiper]

You're welcome!

[@robertduff9058]

Spectacular show for the times, Floyd is the best live band back then I think. I was there that night and will never forget it. I lived in Hamilton from 1974 to 1977 and worked at National Steel Car. Those were the days! ❤👍✌️

[@vincegedeon6583]

Pink Floyd is incredible 💯

[@brianmags1999]

I’m blown away by this!Got the vape pen fired up and cranking up the volume!!Feeling like I did when I was a teenager listening to Pink Floyd for the first time ❤Brings back so many memories of friends who have passed away and they stay young in my mind because they were gone too soon

[@Lukronius]

Only nicotine in that vape, right? 😂 Just playing, of course. Glad we get to enjoy this beauty together. Here’s to our friends we’ve lost along the way, singing their own heavenly harmonies of peace! ❤️

[@theodorebenoit695]

😊hearing and seeing this for my 1st time!

[@philippebondurand7402]

Great video, involving a lot of work. Thank you VERY much

[@gweflj]

An incredible video. Well done.

[@theblackbirdshedbewdley2333]

Well now, that has just Blown my mind, listen until the end. Well worth it. Great notes throughout. WOW!!!

[@Alekx-gq2vt]

Thanks many Bro ! .........alex vitebsk Belarus

[@TheHanmanCan]

This video is perfect

[@JohnHarmer]

The quality is amazing for a cassette tape recorder in the seventies, well done.

[@larrytriv2495]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I was there and agree with you that it was one of the greatest concerts ever! Love your commentary that accompanies the audio too!

[@user-eh3qz4zv1o]

Oh! yes I remember this one. This concert was on my birthday, my friends and I came up from Niagara Falls NY to find a stadium that sits right inside a residential area with houses facing a road which circles the stadium. The gates were not opened yet and the road and people's front yards were full of us druggies. The neighbors I could tell looked worried as they were all out in front of their house talking and being very friendly with the crowd. There was this one neighbor who invited us in and partied with us! Once the gates opened I remember how we just kept walking the circle inside the stadium outside the seating area before they opened the whole stadium. During this walk you could feel the excitement in the air that this was Pink Floyd and anyone could buy just about any drug they wanted. After inside I noticed the huge speaker columns seating on top of the stadium being in quad sound. Yes it was a great concert! And the neighbors, after the show they were harsh not even allowing us to sit on their front lawns to rest lol. C.D.

[@marcsidel1064]

OMG! This is so EPIC on all levels. The concert, your commentary and the fantastic job on the audio ! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@Oliasn8]

This is brilliant! I was there with two buddies…we hitchhiked up from Ohio to see this show. Truly an amazing experience! Thanks for your work on this and sharing it out for all to hear and see.

[@TheLonePiper]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevenhermans337]

Thank you for this gem, will cherish the beauty.

[@grangrampa832]

Im69 still listening to the Floyd ❤

[@Floydrush-zx9wz]

A Brit here, and a lifelong Floyd fan since 73/74 when DSOTM came out in England. My story is that at the age of 11, in 73 I shared a bedroom with my three older brothers, (we were so poor that we all slept in the one double bed) Dave, who was 18 at that time, had a STEREO record deck, and whatever my brothers played on in I had to listen to. Even at 11, I know I was listening to something special, (Breathe, Great Gig etc) and NOW, 50 years later, I STILL know I'm listening to something special, THANK YOU The Lone Piper ... you are doing Gods work, Peace and Love ✌

[@TheLonePiper]

Your brother had great taste in music

[@roy7046]

two days earlier in montreal it was cold and the wind kept smoking my joint

[@Vampagan]

I can't believe I read this whole video. I feel like I just went to Pink Floyd college. Thanks for your experience. Pink Floyd Forever.

[@TheLonePiper]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vito9674]

Absolutely GREAT telling of GREAT NOW CLASSIC SONGS ON ALBUMS YET TO BE MADE ! THANK YOU for the TRIP down memory lane ! GREAT JOB !

[@fd-vy9up]

Thank you Piper amazing loved the show This brings back many many happy memories from those years Was at this show was 22 years old and got in for $5.00 overwhelming again thank you Piper

[@TheLonePiper]

Ahhh ... the good old days before ticketmaster and stubhub controlled a global scalping system

[@fd-vy9up]

True very true@@TheLonePiper

[@keithbarlow2813]

Just sublime from start to finish. Blows me away every time i listen. The Lone Piper thank you so much for all the info and for the concert. Truly is The greatest concert ever.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool

[@stuartwatson3959]

I shouldn't have run across this in the middle of a work day. Over two hours...shot dead in the ass by this very handsome arrangement of original sound, spot-on visuals, and a shit-ton of excellent Floyd insight. Consider the Floyd Void filled for a while! Thanks so much for sharing, and much appreciated by this old rocker!

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... sorry about your workday!

[@Fritzw75]

I saw them April 12, 1975 at the Cow Palace just south of San Francisco. Also again in 1977 at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. Mind blowing almost 50 years later. They played by themselves in 75 for 4 incredible hours. I taped the show with a mini cassette recorder and still have the 2 tapes.

[@nickyvanlalhruaia4657]

lucky you

[@zenmasterjay1]

I am gonna just listen to the concert the first time... second time gonna read the stuff... THAT IS HOW AWESOME THIS VID IS¡!¡!¡!🎉🎉🎉

[@shiftlesswhenidle5848]

Helluva fine job on this. The “Liner notes” were just as captivating as the music itself. Very well done indeed.

[@rurocking]

I got to see that concert. There was something special about that night. I have a copy of the original dat and I must say you did a fantastic job. I'm from Kitchener. That was the last concert at Ivor Winn statioum for 40 years. Apparantly most of Hamilton got to hear the concert the quad system just pushed the sound everywhere. I couln't believe that they packed over 50,000 in Ivor Winn. Great night and superb memories.

[@TheLonePiper]

It's funny, we knew it was special, but it took a few years to sink in just how cool it was

[@jeffmckinnon5842]

I could hit the stadium grounds (now Tim Horton's field) with a four iron from where I live today. I was too young to go to the show, but I remember driving past, the day before the show, and all of the litter. The locals had people "tripping out" in their back yards. We lived on the top of the escarpment, 5 miles away, and had no problem hearing the concert. Still, I was 8 years old, so it meant nothing to me at the time. Now, it's a part of history. Kind of cool!

[@user-jn8tq8tf7r]

Hello. Mike from Sudbury, Canada. I took a Greyhound bus trip from Sudbury to Hamilton to see that great concert. I seen many Floyd concerts since then with Waters concerts Gilmour concerts. When the Floyd played Olympic Stadium in Montreal I rented my own Greyhound bus and went from Sudbury to Montreal and sold tickets and it was absolutely amazing. The only three people I didn't know on the bus was two and the bus driver. We even brought a friend that happened to be in a body cast. The bus driver told us we were leaving at a certain time and everybody had plenty of time to get to the bus. Well there was 1 person missing, Donny, the guy in the body cast. Like how do you lose a guy in a full body cast? The bus driver was getting a little peeved but I said you got to give the guy a few more minutes man I mean he's in Montreal and we are the only ones he knows. Well about 20 minutes later there is Donnie being carried by six or seven guys from Montreal. He was laughing his head off. We tried our best and succeeded to get most of him up in the luggage rack. 8 hours each way. Everybody loved every minute of it. Last summer my Bride and I went to see Waters in Montreal. The, this is not a drill tour. Having seen Floyd many times I felt there was something arye about this concert. I know what it was. It was just to damn depressing. I know what Waters rights about but this time it didn't resonant to well with me. A few months later my bride and I went and seen Nick Mason and a saucerful of Secrets tour. It was at Massey Hall in Toronto. It was absolutely great. I loved it I brought my Gazoo and got a Ovation myself while waiting in line to get a few beers. The encore was to mucking fuch. Syd's "THE BIKE SONG". This was a super concert and a super night. It all made up for the way I felt after Waters in Montreal. It was all older music but it seemed so fresh. Shine On...

[@TheLonePiper]

Great story… you crazy diamond!

[@ikke3704]

i can only say 1 thing; wow

[@Pedro2706]

what a set list-just when you think they can't do any better with Animals/WYWH/DSOTM they finish with Echoes-brilliant.Thanks for uploading.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool

[@davidwillettsmusic4529]

Exemplary. Probably the best KZbin Live experience of them all thanks to your fine work. Such is your attention to detail and knowledge it even acts a an essential companion study piece to wish and dark side. This is the closest we will ever get to Floyd's best set list in its best performance. Thank you lone piper you have enriched us all with this masterpiece which is worthy of its subject.

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool, glad you experienced it with me!

[@davidwillettsmusic4529]

@@TheLonePiper it's also worthy of official release imho come on guys put it out

[@dogcowrph]

When I saw the Floyd in 1975 WYWH wouldn’t be released for three months so all the first set was unknown the audience. They were all patient enough as the sun set. They really wanted to experience Dark Side and the band obliged. A wonderful concert for a fifteen year old me.

[@TheLonePiper]

Exactly my experience!

[@rickjeater7714]

I was two years old at the time. Grew up near the Ivor Wynne as a kid and went to high school right across the road from there. Many people I know including my father were there. Love this.

[@scootercarsoncity]

Absolutely excellent work putting this together..if ...You Tube had an Awards show,this 'effort is *Oscar equivalent ..Bravo

[@TheLonePiper]

I accept the award and I blame Steve Harvey

[@user-jn8tq8tf7r]

I bought tickets from Records On Wheels in Sudbury when Records On Wheels was actually in a bus. I was the first one to buy a ticket and my buddy was the second one and a third great buddy who is no longer with us want a ticket from the local radio station. I knew the program director at the radio station and my buddy so happily won it for some reason he was the fifth caller. That was cool. So we get on a bus go to Hamilton and we head right to center field where we can hear the quad and yes there was some songs from animals that we were not used to. But hearing echoes which is a studio album done to a tee was excellent. The whole concert was excellent it was a party for pretty much 24 hours from we left Sudbury Hamilton and Back Again. Never forget it. When they toured the wall they did Olympic stadium in 76 and I rented a bus from Sudbury to Montreal and back. I made a few bucks we all had a great time there was only three people on a full Greyhound bus that I didn't know and one was the driver and two other people. Everybody pretty much partied at my house the night before so there was not much sleep. It was absolutely excellent and the bus driver even stopped at the beer store in Sturgeon Falls on the way home because we're all so hung over and f***** up we needed something. That was a concert and a half when Waters spit on a fan saying I'm trying to play a bloody song. Me and my bride seen Waters last year in Montreal with his this is not a drill album tour and it was okay but it just was not anything that I've seen him do before and I seen him do the wall and Dark Side of the Moon and etc etc I seen Gilmore to his versions and the one in Montreal with Waters wasn't all that great I guess. I'm babbling but I'm babbling Good Times. Also if anybody gets a chance to see Nick Mason do it. Went and seen him and a great band at messy Hall last year and yes I brought my Gazoo. The Encore was The Bike Song. The tour was called saucer full of secrets. It was excellent it was better than the waters concert in Montreal I tell you. Later Floyd heads

[@dlcyh2000]

Thanks so much for this. A friend and I were at this concert and I never imagined that I would see a film of it. Such a great memory!

[@garrypoulter7278]

Yes a big thank's for this wonderful concert. Sounds sublime.

[@oldgamer1299]

One of the, if not thee greatest bands of ALL time! I have all their albums, and they still sound great today!

[@johnk4437]

What a fantastic show and fantastic bootleg with great "liner" notes ! Awesome 👌👍💯❤️💙

[@shnibby69]

This is the best concert video…and no live action! Love the running commentary, photos and especially the recorded Pink Floyd music!❤️

[@user-fb9zp3mi7h]

Was für eine Setliste... fantastisch.

[@TheLonePiper]

Der beste!

[@dt5735]

Rare rock n roll when bands still free formed and the creativity flowed. This is an amazing concert!!!

[@johnkennedy3970]

Great job Bud !! That was a helluva week. I saw Rush at Massey Hall on Wed. the 25th and I was at this concert on the Saturday. Unfortunately, being 17 and very foolish I took 3 hits of purple mic. and the only part I can remember was Echoes. Then trying to walk home from Hamilton to Scarborough was a whole `nother adventure ! PS. I could`ve swore this was 1976, I guess I lost a year somewhere!😒😄

[@TheLonePiper]

Cool ... you know they had the GO train even back then!

[@GuitaristInProgress]

Whoa! I once took too much purple mic and suddenly gained a year!! That must've been yours! Let me know how to contact you & I'll return it.