Ticket
Free Trade Hall
30th March 1972

“I think this was the Dark Side of the Moon tour. People queued overnight to get tickets and it sold out by lunchtime (dinner time in those days up north). Two days before the gig a few of us were in Hime & Addison on John Dalton Street, a record shop that also sold tickets, and somebody asked if they had any returns for the upcoming King Crimson gig. Unfortunately there weren't any for him but we realised that people did return tickets for concerts they couldn't get to, so we asked if they had any returns for Pink Floyd.
"how many do you want?" the guy asked.
"Four please." (More in hope than expectation)
"you're in luck" he said, "just got four back on the front row, do you want them?"
One of the best gigs I've ever seen and we didn't have to queue for a minute.
What a result and I still think that the old Free Trade Hall was one of the best venues to see a band, except for the bars upstairs where they had only bottled beer. In their favour though they did sell Polish Pure Spirit which is better than any vodka I've ever tasted.”

“I agree that the Free Trade Hall was an excellent venue. However, it wasn't the first time they used quad sound, that was much earlier at the Royal festival Hall 14/4/1969”