The Man and The Journey Tour
The Man and The Journey tour was an informal (mostly English) concert tour of a few dates by Pink Floyd during which the conceptual music piece The Man and The Journey was played. It started on 27 March 1969 and ended on 26 June 1969.
Tour by Pink Floyd | |
Start date | 27 March 1969 |
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End date | 24 September 1969 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 29 (31 scheduled) |
Pink Floyd concert chronology |
Setlist
A typical "The Man and the Journey tour" set list would include:
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Daybreak" ("Grantchester Meadows," released on Ummagumma) | |
2. | "Work" (Percussion and vibraphone with musical sawing & hammering) | |
3. | "Teatime" (The band were served tea on stage) | |
4. | "Afternoon" ("Biding My Time," later released on Relics) | |
5. | "Doing It!" (part of "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" section 2 ("Performance") on Ummagumma, or sometimes a medley of "Up the Khyber" (More soundtrack) and "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" (Zabriskie Point soundtrack)) | |
6. | "Sleep" ("Quicksilver," also released on More soundtrack) | |
7. | "Nightmare" ("Cymbaline," also released on the More soundtrack) | |
8. | "Labyrinth" (instrumental Alarm clocks, or the "Exit" movement of "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party") |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Beginning" ("Green is the Colour," also released on the More soundtrack) | |
2. | "Beset By Creatures of the Deep" ("Careful With That Axe, Eugene," b-side of "Point Me at the Sky") | |
3. | "The Narrow Way" (Part 3, from Ummagumma) | |
4. | "The Pink Jungle" ("Pow R. Toc H.," from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) | |
5. | "The Labyrinths of Auximines" (Instrumental section of "Let There Be More Light," from A Saucerful of Secrets) | |
6. | "Behold the Temple of Light" (Jam of a piece briefly included at the very end of "The Narrow Way" (part 2) on Ummagumma) | |
7. | "The End of the Beginning" ("Celestial Voices" from "A Saucerful of Secrets") |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Interstellar Overdrive" (on 24 May in Sheffield) | |
2. | "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (on 22 and 26 June in Manchester) |
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Europe | |||
27 March 1969 | Chesterfield | England | St James's Hall (first live performance of "The Man and The Journey") |
14 April 1969 | London | Royal Festival Hall | |
19 April 1969 | Stuttgart | West Germany | SDR TV Villaberg TV Studios |
23 April 1969 | Hamburg | NDR Funkhaus | |
26 April 1969 | London | England | Bromley Technical College |
27 April 1969 | Birmingham | Mothers | |
2 May 1969 | Manchester | Manchester College of Commerce | |
3 May 1969 | London | Queen Mary College | |
9 May 1969 | Southampton | University of Southampton Students' Union | |
10 May 1969 | Nottingham | Notts Country F.C. | |
12 May 1969 | London | BBC Radio 1 Top Gear | |
15 May 1969 | Coventry | Locarno Ballroom | |
16 May 1969 | Leeds | Town Hall | |
24 May 1969 | Sheffield | City Oval Hall | |
25 May 1969 | London | Roundhouse | |
29 May 1969 | Bristol | HTV TV Studios (Fusions) | |
30 May 1969 | Croydon | Fairfield Halls | |
31 May 1969 | Oxford | Pembroke College | |
8 June 1969 | Cambridge | Rex Ballroom | |
10 June 1969 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Ulster Hall |
13 June 1969 | Exeter | England | University of Exeter |
14 June 1969 | Bristol | Colston Hall | |
15 June 1969 | Portsmouth | Guildhall | |
16 June 1969 | Brighton | Brighton Dome | |
20 June 1969 | Birmingham | Town Hall | |
21 June 1969 | Liverpool | Philharmonic Hall | |
22 June 1969 | Manchester | Free Trade Hall | |
24 June 1969 | Oxford | The Queen's College | |
26 June 1969 | London | Royal Albert Hall | |
17 September 1969 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Concertgebouw |
24 September 1969 | Maastricht | Staargebouw |
Release
The 27 April (Birmingham) and 2 May (Manchester) concerts were recorded and parts released on the live half of the "Ummagumma" album, in November 1969.[1] A recording from 17 September 1969 in Amsterdam was released as part of the boxset, The Early Years 1965-1972 in 2016. It is included in the volume titled 1969: Dramatis/ation. The volume also contains video footage from a rehearsal at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 14 April 1969.
Tour band
- David Gilmour – electric and acoustic guitars, percussion, vocals
- Roger Waters – bass and acoustic guitars, percussion, vocals
- Richard Wright – Farfisa organ, vibraphone, trombone, vocals
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion
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See also
References
- Mabbett, Andy (2010). Pink Floyd- The music and the mystery. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-857-12418-0.
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