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When Snowy White laid down a guitar solo for Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals, he didn't suspect it
would go unheard by most fans.
His contribution to "Pigs on the Wing" only appeared on the 8-track edition of the album and died
with the format in the early '80s — until the internet revived it.
After accidentally erasing one of David Gilmour's takes, the band tasked White with cutting a solo
that would bridge both parts of "Pigs on the Wing." His solo appears exclusively on the 8-track
version of Animals and has taken on a mythical status among Pink Floyd fans. The Blind Man Sees
All blog noted that as Pink Floyd continued to reissue their catalog, the alternate "Pigs on the Wing"
"became the only commercially unavailable piece of music the band had ever officially released."
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would go unheard by most fans.
His contribution to "Pigs on the Wing" only appeared on the 8-track edition of the album and died
with the format in the early '80s — until the internet revived it.
After accidentally erasing one of David Gilmour's takes, the band tasked White with cutting a solo
that would bridge both parts of "Pigs on the Wing." His solo appears exclusively on the 8-track
version of Animals and has taken on a mythical status among Pink Floyd fans. The Blind Man Sees
All blog noted that as Pink Floyd continued to reissue their catalog, the alternate "Pigs on the Wing"
"became the only commercially unavailable piece of music the band had ever officially released."
Full story at:
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