| Orchestra or Band | Pink Floyd (Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour) |
| Set List | 'Grantchester Meadows' (Pink Floyd),
'Work' (Pink Floyd),
'Biding My Time' (Pink Floyd),
'The Grand Vizier's Garden Party' (Pink Floyd),
'Quicksilver' (Pink Floyd),
'Cymbaline' (Pink Floyd),
'Grantchester Meadows (reprise)' (Pink Floyd),
'The Journey' (Pink Floyd),
'Green is the Colour' (Pink Floyd),
'Careful with That Axe, Eugene' (Pink Floyd),
'The Narrow Way: Part 3' (Pink Floyd),
'Pow R. Toc H.' (Pink Floyd),
'Interstellar Overdrive' (Pink Floyd),
'Behold the Temple of Light' (Pink Floyd),
'A Saucerful of Secrets' (Pink Floyd)
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'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun' (Pink Floyd) |
| Performance Notes | The show was billed as The Final Lunacy! and featured performance art pieces including a roadie dressed as a gorilla, the band sawing planks of wood on stage, and two confetti canons.
Richard Wright asked the Hall for permission to play the organ at this event. During the rehearsal the previous day (25 June 1969) Rick Wright practiced on the organ and recorded a an organ solo that was later used for the track 'Autumn '68' on Pink Floyd's 2014 'The Endless River' album. Guitarist David Gilmour explained: "On the afternoon before we did it, during the set-up, Rick asked could he have a go on this great big pipe organ that was built in. So we set him up, set up a couple of mics up and recorded him playing, just jamming away on his own."
The co-producer of 'The Endless River' album, Phil Manzanera, has said the bands use of a 1969 organ solo recorded at the Royal Albert Hall reflects what a great moment of rebellion it was that the band played there. In a new interview with Uncut magazine in 2014, Manzanera said: At the time, playing the organ at the Royal Albert Hall was very controversial. When the Mothers of Invention played there, Don Preston went up and played Louie Louie on the organ and it was considered sacrilege! It was a great moment of rebellion. It sounds silly, doesnt it? But it was a big deal for a rock band to get into the Royal Albert Hall. |