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Blog #444-Pink Floyd June 22, 1975

February 26, 2024

On June 22, 1975, the Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" tour came to the Milwaukee County Stadium for a show.

Milwaukee County Stadium was not real happy to have their nice grass baseball field messed up, so I was hired for insurance purposes by Daydream Productions to photograph it before and after! One of the weirdest photo jobs I've ever had but I also got to photograph the setup and rehearsal for the show.

That is why you see a friend holding a board that has 21 on it for the June 21 field condition on the day before the show.

It took two days to set it up and the field survived well enough that more shows were allowed like the Rolling Stones a few months earlier when I also photographed the grass.

Fun to look at the old days and the gear that was used for the show. An airplane they made that flew on a wire over the crowd was one of the more interesting things used.

For the show it rained and I didn't risk the photo gear getting soaked but the crowd didn't care. The show started and stopped a few times and ended at 12:30am with the crowd still wanting more!

Enjoy a look at the setup, people, cars and staging on a very hot couple of days! It makes you appreciate all the work it takes to setup a major show and notice the $0.65 beer!

Also take a look at the guy with the long curly out of control hair parted right down the middle. That would be me!

Here is the setlist from the night.

1. Sheep

2. Dogs

3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)

4. Have a Cigar

5. Speak to Me

6. Breathe

7. On the Run

8. Time

9. Breathe (Reprise)

10. The Great Gig in the Sky

11. Money

12. Us and Them

13. Ant Colour You Like

14. Brain Damage

15. Eclipse

16. Echoes

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

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