Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd, one of the most successful and influential groups ever, formed in the 1960s when Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright were studying at college in London. They added Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett, a Cambridge friend, who named the band after bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is still considered one of the greatest psychedelic albums, but in 1968 Syd Barrett’s erratic behaviour prompted his replacement by David Gilmour, another friend. Pink Floyd developed the members’ compositional and improvisational talents, and built a large audience via many live tours, releasing a succession of hit albums, including The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall.
Roger Waters left in 1985, but the band enjoyed continuing success with the studio albums A Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell, accompanied by world tours. The final Pink Floyd release was 2014’s The Endless River, another worldwide #1 album.
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An advert for the pair of shows at the delightful Chateau de Chantilly, north of Paris, France, in 1994, along with other French gigs. It features an early, alternate version of the Division Bell cover image. The album's cover imagery was a version of a classic optical illusion - two opposing faces which viewed in another way, gives a third, looking straight at the viewer.
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On what would have been his 24th birthday, Richard Wright and his Pink Floyd bandmates performed at UFO in London:
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A colourful advert for the Floyd's 1968 appearances at the Shrine Exposition Hall in Los Angeles, California. The set list intriguingly included Matilda Mother alongside more expected songs such as Interstellar Overdrive, Set The Controls and the title track of their then latest album...
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Created in July 1972 by Ian Emes, French Windows was an interesting visual accompaniment to Pink Floyd's One Of These Days:
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Arguably the most unusual Pink Floyd promo video - this was Corporal Clegg, for "P1 – P wie Petersilie" broadcast on the SDR TV network in Stuttgart, Germany:
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Assaulting Scottish audiences in 1967 with "weird and exciting lighting effects":
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An interesting article from July 1967 during the band's brief stint playing in Scotland, to mixed opinions from audiences, and understanding hotel staff:
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Let's end the week with a look at the Floyd performing in London's Hyde Park in 1970. The footage isn't in brilliant condition, but interestingly shot from the side of the stage:
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A rare Japanese single cover, but do you know which Pink Floyd songs were on this 7"?
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