The 1975 Knebworth Fair Bootleg: A Rare 15-Minute 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' with Dick Parry's Extended Saxophone Solo

Pink Floyd’s August 1975 Knebworth Fair show is a famous bootleg among collectors, but one specific soundboard recording stands out for an unusual version of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond.” The track stretches to nearly 15 minutes, with saxophonist Dick Parry adding a rare extended solo that fades out over two full minutes—longer than any official release. This fade-out wasn’t used on the studio album or any live album, making the bootleg the only document of that particular performance choice.

The Knebworth show itself was notable for other reasons: it was one of the first live performances of the newly written Wish You Were Here material, and the band famously played “Echoes” without a second guitar after David Gilmour’s amp failed. But the 15-minute “Shine On” remains the holy grail for fans obsessed with that era’s improvised, extended live versions. The bootleg’s soundboard quality captures the saxophone’s warmth in a way that audience recordings can’t match.