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Pink Floyd live in Toronto 1987

On 07Aug87, a TV crew filmed Pink Floyd rehearsing for the upcoming world tour (the tour started on 09Sep87 in Ottawa), inside a big hangar at Pearson Airport, Toronto. The total length of these rushes filmed during the band's rehearsals is around 50 minutes.

 This concert footage was shot on three Betacam oxide (professional) tapes. It was shot by a pro crew (likely an MTV crew) but might have been hired by CBS records.

 The songs are all incomplete, and if some are only here in a very short part, some are still very enjoyable. 
 There are several reasons for this. 
 Clearly the crew had only one camera and was shooting for the purpose of B-roll editing, that is getting shots edited in between interview footage to produce one or more MTV segments news. 
 The crew would have had no reason to shoot complete songs, much less the entire set. 
 They may have also received clear indication not to record complete songs in order to prevent bootlegging. 
 The last factor was that they only had three 20 minutes tapes which limited their capacities to record more than necessary.

 Also, keep in mind that the album had not been released yet, and the tour had not started. The crew didn't know the new songs and had no idea of what would come next, neither in terms of content/interest nor in terms of visual event.

 That explains the many lingering dark shots.

 Also, don't forget that this is raw, unedited footage.


Track Listing:

 01. ECHOES
 02. LEARNING TO FLY
 03. TERMINAL FROST
 04. SORROW
 05. THE DOGS OF WAR
 06. ON THE TURNING AWAY
 07. ONE OF THESE DAYS
 08. TIME
 09. WISH YOU WERE HERE
 10. WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
 11. US AND THEM
 12. MONEY
 13. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART 2
 14. COMFORTABLY NUMB
 15. ONE SLIP
 16. RUN LIKE HELL

 Line-up:

 David Gilmour (lead vocals, guitar)
 Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals)
 Nick Mason (drums, vocals)
 Tim Renwick (guitars, vocals)
 Gary Wallis (percussion)
 Jon Carin (keyboards, vocals)
 Guy Pratt (bass, vocals)
 Scott Page (saxophones, guitar)
 Rachel Fury (backing vocals)
 Margaret Taylor (backing vocals)