Retitle - Bootlegs and Tour News

John McIntyre MCINTYRE at PA.MSU.EDU
Tue Mar 18 09:31:46 EST 1997


>From: Star Rats <Star_Rats at HAWKWIND.COM>

>One thing about the Pink Floyd thing, and this is a pretty valid point,
>is that they actually developed 'Dark Side Of The Moon' on stage as they
>went along well before the LP saw the light of day. The new material was
>performed, developed, re-arranged and matured in a live environment which
>could not be done today because of bootleggers.

Sorry, Star Rats, but that does not make sense.  While it is true that
nowadays just about every band can expect to have every show bootlegged,
that does not prevent them from varying their material during the course
of a tour.

Besides there are lots of bootlegs of early versions of _Dark Side Of The
Moon_; that's how we know how much it changed before it was recorded.

John McIntyre
Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept
Michigan State University
mcintyre at pa.msu.edu



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