Pink Floyd fans have plenty to be grateful for this Christmas season, as the band has released 12 live albums on Spotify and other streaming services.
All recorded in the early ’70s, they are:
- They Came in Peace, Live, Leeds University 1970 Washington University 1971
- Live at Grosser Saal, Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany 25 Feb 1971
- Mauerspechte Berlin Sportpalast, Live 5 June 1971
- Live, Lyon 12 June 1971, Tokyo 16 March 1972; Live in Rome Palaeur 20 June 1971
- Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971 (Live)
- Live in Montreux 18 & 19 Sept 1971; KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Live 23 Sept 1971
- KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Vol II, Live 23 Sept 1971
- Over Bradford Pigs on the Groove Bradford University, Live 10 Oct 1971
- Embryo, San Diego, Live 17 Oct 1971
- The Screaming Abdabs Quebec City, Live 10 Nov 1971
No word on why they were quietly released, but chances are it’s for copyright protection.
Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Beach Boys have also done this in the past due to a 2011 change in European copyright law.
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