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The drummer [Nick Mason], through his agent and friend, Ben Sutton, has answered me that the numbers shouted from Waters in 'Pigs' were to identify the bootlegs recordings (literally in the letter: 'The numbers in Pigs that you mentioned were ... to identify bootleg recordings!').
The drummer [Nick Mason], through his agent and friend, Ben Sutton, has answered me that the numbers shouted from Waters in 'Pigs' were to identify the bootlegs recordings (literally in the letter: 'The numbers in Pigs that you mentioned were ... to identify bootleg recordings!').
Contrary to popular belief David plays fretted bass here, not fretless. You can clearly hear the frets when he slides down 7:57