PINK FLOYD
Animals
Nominated by Steve Bennett spbennett@earthlink.net
What's so special about a Pink Floyd 8-track? Well the answer is simple: There's a guitar solo performed by British prog-rocker Snowy White that is only on the 8-track release of the album! On the usual release of the album/cd/tape, "Pigs on the Wing Part 1" starts the album, then you have POTW part 2 at the end of the album. However, on the 8-track, both parts are bridged together with this special guitar solo. Because of the endless tape loop on the 8-track cartridge, a bridge was needed so that Pt. 2 could be segued straight after Pt. 1, creating a continuous version of the album. Snowy toured with the band a lot in those days as a second guitarist. Gilmour declined doing the solo and offered it to White. This tape has taken on mythic proportions among both 8-track collectors and fans of Pink Floyd.Listen to the "missing" guitar solo at Mike Bartz's web site..
Excerpts from an interview with Snowy White discussing this recording:
T is the interviewer
S is Snowy White
K is Snowy's manager
T : Did you play on [Pink Floyd's] studio albums or was it only live, because
there is a rumour about you playing a bit?
S : I like these rumours!
T : On "Animals", but it only appeared on the USA 8 track cartridge. [Ed. - It
was also on UK cart]
S : That's exactly right!
T : Argg' that's settled that for you!
S : It's a bit of music that plays as the cartridge turns over I think - turns
round you know - you know those 8 track cartridges? Remember those?
K : Oh yeh yeh yeh yeh - you told me, I remember that!
S : They didn't use it 'cos they had more time on the 8 track, so they used that
piece of music and I just happened to do a bit of guitar on it, that's all.
"Pig's on the Wing," that's what it's called!
Pink Floyd - Animals officially enters the Hall of Fame on October 23, 1998.