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Format: 2CD
Catalog: DIS 206 CD Discurios
Misc.: Audience recording, ADD
Produced: (r) 1990
Date: 770509
Cover: Front & back: three rows of four pictures per row (3 x 3 centimeters) Front: 1a Photo of clocks (from 'Time'-animation) 1b Toilet with a large block of ice in it. Text: "PINK FLOYD" 1c Two women greeting each other 1d Fast diving plane with burning right-side motor. Text: "Plays The Animals" 2a The Floyd; standing on a road with all their equipment in between them 2b A sheep 2c Famous 'Plane-hijack'; pilot & terrorist with gun leaning out of the cockpit-window 2d Syd (?) sitting on the floor; naked girl (back side) walkes away 3a A man 3b Dog in a street (a sheepdog to be precise) 3c A pig's trotter and his bottom (with a curl in it's tail) 3d Picture of the LP-RoIO "A Great Set - Live At The Oakland Coliseum - May 9, 1977" (3-LP-set) Back: 1a Girl 'licking' a cigar 1b $1 with a pyramid in the circle 1c Roger & Nick playing their instruments 1d WYWH: Man standing upside down in the water. Text: "Live At Oakland Coliseum 1977" 2a Person holding 3-LP-set "Night Plane" 2b Man holding LP "Rock and Roll" 2c Man with 'bright shining' face 2d Robot-like picture of a skull 3a Same picture as on "Brain Damage" 3b Picture of Floyd: Wright, Mason and Waters. Gilmour sitting in front of Mason 3c "The crystal ball" during a performance 3d Two man, one with a clarinet, the other one with an accordeon, saying "Thank You very much ladies and gentleman. And now we'd like to do a Pink Floyd medley..."
Sources: 09 May 1977, Oakland Coliseum USA
Hires-coverscans: <no info>
MP3-Soundsample: <no info>

Tracks:

      Disc 1:
       1. Sheep                                       10:53
       2. Pigs On The Wings Part I                     2:12
       3. Dogs                                        18:26
       4. Pigs On The Wings Part II                    2:14
       5. Pigs                                        17:19
       6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One)       13:43
          Total:                                      64:49

      Disc 2:
       1. Welcome To The Machine                       8:04
       2. Have A Cigar                                 6:42
       3. Wish You Were Here                           6:02
       4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part Two)       21:12
       5. Money                                       10:33
       6. Us & Them                                    7:42
       7. Careful With That Axe, Eugene               10:04
          Total:                                      70:21
Band:
      Roger Waters*
      David Gilmour*
      Rick Wright*
      Nick Mason*

Xref:
Quality:
  • Ex+ -PIET
  • Ex- -TOR
  • EX+ -ABDABS
Comments: Excellent crowd recording. POTW-2 contains 'the' guitar solo at the end. Pigs contains about 3 to 5 minutes jam-session at the end (very nice !!!) - PIET (?)


Great show (the best I've heard). This one is edited a little better than the 'Oakland...' RoIO, but this have also resulted in that some of the speaking between songs have been cut out. There is also a little more tape hiss on this one than on the other. I consider it a to be a must have, to have one of the CD's from this show. -TOR


This is a wonderful recording of an awesome show. The above times are taken from the cd's themselves. The times in parentheses are the actual times from the cd timer. During "WYWH" there are three loud noises, like someone dropped something (quite a shock if you're listening through headphones!). The first part of "SOYCD" fades out a little early (I think they ran out of room when this was recorded). -ANON


It seems that there are versions of Plays The Animals that have SOYCD 1-5 truncated. But mine is not. It features the complete show, and I prefer the sound quality on it than on In The Flesh. So I would say that if you are lucky enough to have the untruncated version, PTA is preferable. -ANON


Up to this time, I thought that "In The Flesh" was the best recording from the 1977 tour. Well guess what, I think I might have been wrong. I just purchased "Plays The Animals", and like it much more than both "Oakland" and "In The Flesh". With the exception of some loud noises during "Wish You Were Here", the sound quality is exceptional, especially for an audience recording. This is the complete show from the May 9, 1977 Oakland show, which includes "Careful With That Axe, Eugene". A definite must have. - ABDABS


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