Live Performances
The song was a concert staple for the band between 1971-75. The Live at Pompeii version was split in two halves. The 1974 and '75 performances featured backing vocals by Vanetta Fields and Carlena Williams and saxophone solos by Dick Parry instead of the guitar solos in the 1971–73 performances (apart from the first show of the US 1975 tour where Gilmour does the first middle solo then gives way to Parry's sax).
It was performed eleven times on the band's 1987 A Momentary Lapse of Reason world tour but now the vocal harmonies were swapped to have Wright singing Gilmour's original lower part and Gilmour singing Wright's original high parts. The band dropped it after eleven shows as they were not happy with the performances. Also of note, Wright used synthesizers instead of the Farfisa organ.
Gilmour would resurrect the song on his 2006 On an Island tour with Gilmour and Wright singing the low parts and Jon Carin singing the higher parts. Wright would bring the Farfisa out of retirement just for this song for the tour. These performances appear on Gilmour's Remember That Night DVD and Live in Gdańsk album.
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