Pink Floyd ?– Nippon Connection

Label:Raven Records
Format:Vinyl, LP,
Country:US
Released: 1976


2.Britsh Rock Meeting 1972

The second British Rock Meeting was suppose to take place on Friesenheimer Island in Mannheim, Germany; however, the Mannheim city council opposed it and MAMA Concerts had to change the venue. The early posters still show Mannheim as the festival location. As can be seen on the left, the original poster was done in blue, with Mannheim as the venue, new posters were printed in red after the promoters found an alternate site to hold the festival. MAMA Concerts first tried to relocate the festival to Korsika and then to the racetrack in Hockenheim but strong reaction from the city councils made these sites unacceptable.

After much searching, the concert promoters were finally able to relocate the festival to Insel Grün (Green Island) in Germersheim. Even then, it looked like the festival would not happen as Germersheim city officials began having second thoughts about allowing such a large festival to be held on Insel Grün and issued a police order against the festival the day prior to its start. City officials relented however after eleventh hour talks with the festival organizers, the mayor of Germersheim, and a top Rheinland Pfalz state official. Over 70,000 people attended this 4-day festival and 35 bands performed there, including Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep, Status Quo, Lindisfarne, and of course, Rory Gallagher.


This is the first and rarest recording of Pink Floyd's rare visit to Germany in the 1970s!


Tracklist
A1 One Of these Days
A2 Fat Old Sun

B Echoes


Notes
A1, B: INSEL GRUN, GERMERSHEIM, WEST GERMANY 5-21-72
A2: BBC PARIS THEATRE LONDON 9-30-71