California Stockyard (On The Road)
(PF400 – PINK I&II A/D & PF200)
S1: WELCOME TO THE MACHINE/HAVE A CIGAR
S2: WISH YOU WERE HERE/SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND 6-9
S3: PIGS ON THE WING PART 1/DOGS/PIGS ON THE WING PART 2
S4: PIGS (THREE DIFFERENT ONES)
SQ: EXCELLENT MONO AND STEREO
COMMENTS: US BOOTLEG. THE RAREST EARLY ISSUE (ORIGINAL MATRIX NUMBER PINK I&II A/D) WAS IN A PLAIN WHITE COVER WITH A WHITE PAPER INSERT SHOWING A PICTURE OF THE BAND, WITH GLC AND BLUE SMOKIN’ PIG LABELS (RARE) - THERE IS ALSO A RARE TEST PRESSING OF THIS ISSUE WITH A DIFFERENT (CARTOON) INSERT AND LABEL SHOWING A LARGE CROWD. SECOND ISSUE WAS WITH PLAIN WHITE COVER AND A LARGE FOLD-OVER PAPER INSERT WITH A PF400 CATALOGUE NUMBER PRINTED ON IT ALTHOUGH THE MATRIX WAS STILL ‘PINK I&II A/D’. PRESSED ON BLACK VINYL AND ISSUED ON A VARIETY OF LABELS. RE-ISSUED WITH A PF200 MATRIX NUMBER (THESE VERSIONS WERE MISSING ‘PIGS ON THE WING PART 2’ ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL LISTED ON THE INSERT) WITH 50 COPIES PRESSED ON MULTI-COLOURED VINYL WITH 'VERZYL' RECORD LABELS. THESE MCV VERSIONS WERE ALSO PRESSED ON BLACK VINYL WITH PLAIN BLACK LABELS AND CAME IN A PLAIN BLACK DIE-CUT COVER WITH THE SAME INSERT (MINUS THE MCV STICKER).
RARITY RATING: *(BLACK) *****(TEST PRESSING) *****(MCV) *****(RARE INSERT)
SOURCE: ANAHEIM STADIUM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 6.5.77.
KNOWN LABEL VARIATIONS: CROWD LABEL - BLUE SMOKIN' PIG - VERZYL COMIC LABELS - SLIPPED DISCS - RUTHLESS RHYMES - RARING RECORDS - GLC - DRAGONFLY RECORDS - DUCK RECORDS - PLAIN WHITE, BLACK AND COLOURED LABELS.
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