How Long Was 'Careful with That Axe, Eugene' Live on the 1971 Tour?

During the 1971 tour (often called the Relics tour because the compilation had just dropped), “Careful with That Axe, Eugene” routinely stretched past ten minutes. Most bootlegs clock it between 10 and 14 minutes, though some nights it edged toward 15 when the band was locked in.

The improvisational meat came from Gilmour’s wah-wah pedal and Wright’s swirling Farfisa organ — they’d trade melodic lines over a one-chord drone while Waters walked his bass up and down the neck. Mason dropped into open hi-hat patterns, then slammed into tom rolls for