Live at the Empire Pool, 16 November 1974 — The Bootleg with the Early Instrumental 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'

The holy grail for Pink Floyd bootleg collectors is the 16 November 1974 show at Wembley’s Empire Pool. That night the band debuted the first half of what would become “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” — but it was still entirely instrumental, with no lyrics and no title beyond a working tag. The nine-minute piece was played in two parts (I–V) as a stand-alone suite, long before the final album version got its words and the “Remember when you were young” refrain.

The recording circulates under various bootleg names like The British Winter Tour 1974 or Wembley 1974, and it captures a raw, exploratory take on the music. The keyboard sequences are looser, the sax solo shifts slightly, and Gilmour’s slide guitar feels even more