Pink Floyd - Wesfalhalle Dortmund, Germany 1/23/77 Disc 1

Animals has always been my favorite Pink Floyd album.  It is also the least favorite of most casual fans and the least documented by the band themselves.  I think this happened because it was sandwiched between 2 enormously popular albums which have achieved true iconic status in Wish You Were Here and The Wall.

The Animals tour was the biggest tour Pink Floyd ever mounted by the seminal lineup of David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason.   There were several reasons why fans who saw these shows were treated to something incredibly special.  Firstly, the Animals tour was the last Floyd tour where the band followed their regimen of performing the current album in its entirety in the first set, the previous album in its entirety for the second set, and the encore consisted of 2 songs from the album before that.  Secondly, the band employed a second guitar player to augment the sound of David Gilmour named Snowy White.  Snowy is an incredible talent who went on to join Thin Lizzy after he finished up with the Floyd.  Thirdly, fans got to hear the band in all their quadrophonic glory combined with visuals that were only topped on the Wall tour.

Every night on the Animals tour the set list consisted of the following songs:

Set 1

1. Sheep
2. Pigs on the Wing pt 1
3. Dogs
4. Pigs on the Wing pt 2
5. Pigs (Three Different Ones)

intermission

Set 2

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond pt. I-V
2. Welcome to the Machine
3. Have a Cigar
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond pt. VI-IX

encore

1. Money
2. Us and Them

The tour started in Dortmund, Germany and toured the world.  Dortmund has always been a favorite city of the band and when they chose 4 cities to perform the Wall Dortmund made the cut.

For your pleasure, at https://www.onlinefilefolder.com/2fuep7J4vN7ryI is the first set from that night in Dortmund contained within the two zip file are 4 Apple lossless files or 4 mp3 files which you can import into Itunes, Amara, or something else (Feel free to check out my FAQ page for more detailed instructions) .  I'm not aware of any soundboard recordings from the Animals tour.  In time, I'll share the 2nd disc which includes all of Wish You Were Here and the encore.  This is a high quality audience recording, which has some hiss, showing the band at the peak of their game.  The vocals, guitars, and drums are clear with only slight distortion on the bass side.

Eric