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Sweder
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21-01-2013, 01:22 PM (This post was last modified: 21-01-2013, 01:22 PM by Sweder.)
... Floodlights.

How Pink Floyd helped buy the floodlights for the Dripping Pan back in 1968

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Thumbs Up  21-01-2013, 10:14 PM
(21-01-2013, 01:22 PM)Sweder Wrote: ... Floodlights.

How Pink Floyd helped buy the floodlights for the Dripping Pan back in 1968

Way cool!
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22-01-2013, 08:03 AM (This post was last modified: 22-01-2013, 08:04 AM by Sweder.)
(21-01-2013, 10:14 PM)Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man Wrote: Way cool!

It's a great story, not least because it was one of only five gigs that Floyd played as a five-piece (with Gilmour and Barrett together). And Jimi was 'too expensive' at £700. I wonder what the comparable headliner* would want today?

*assuming there is one

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