Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind the band's peak of critical and commercial success with the albums "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), "Wish You Were Here" (1975), "Animals" (1977), and "The Wall" (1979). The Waters-written musical film based on "The Wall" album, "Pink Floyd – The Wall" (1982), won two BAFTA Awards. Following personal tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, rejoined later by Wright.
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Pink Floyd | Introduction
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The personnel of the English rock group Pink Floyd has changed several times. The group was founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett was ousted from the band in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. From the 1970s onwards, they were augmented by additional personnel in the studio and on stage. Following creative tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Wright rejoined as a session musician and, later, band member.
List of Pink Floyd band members | Introduction
Mason is the only member to appear on all studio releases.
List of Pink Floyd band members | Introduction
Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind the band's peak of critical and commercial success with the albums "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), "Wish You Were Here" (1975), "Animals" (1977), and "The Wall" (1979). The Waters-written musical film based on "The Wall" album, "Pink Floyd – The Wall" (1982), won two BAFTA Awards. Following personal tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, rejoined later by Wright.
Pink Floyd | Introduction
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released 4 August 1967 by EMI Columbia. The only album made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership, it takes its title from chapter seven of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel "The Wind in the Willows", which refers to the nature God Pan, and was recorded at EMI Studios in London from February to May 1967 with producer Norman Smith. The band at the time consisted of Syd Barrett (lead vocals, lead guitar), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals).
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Introduction
"Us and Them" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, from their 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". The music was written by Richard Wright with lyrics by Roger Waters. It is sung by David Gilmour, with harmonies by Wright. The song is 7minutes and 51 seconds, the longest on the album. "Us and Them" was released as the second single from "The Dark Side of the Moon" in the United States, peaking at No. 72 on the "Cash Box" Top 100 Singles chart in March 1974. The single peaked at No. 85 in the Canadian chart.
Us and Them (song) | Introduction
"Arnold Layne," released on 11 March 1967, reached #20 in the charts, while "See Emily Play," released 16 June 1967, made it to #6, their highest charting single in the UK until the release of "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" in 1979. Conversely, "Apples and Oranges," released 18 November 1967, was largely overlooked, with Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters blaming its poor sales on bad production.
1967: The First Three Singles | Singles reception
In December 1967, reaching a crisis point with Barrett, Pink Floyd added guitarist David Gilmour as the fifth member. According to Jenner, the group planned that Gilmour would "cover for [Barrett's] eccentricities". When this proved unworkable, "Syd was just going to write. Just to try to keep him involved."
A Saucerful of Secrets | Recording
Recording spanned from December 1978 to November 1979. Producer Bob Ezrin helped to refine the concept and bridge tensions during recording, as the band were struggling with personal and financial issues at the time. "The Wall" is the last album to feature Pink Floyd as a quartet; keyboardist Richard Wright was fired by Waters during production, but stayed on as a salaried musician. Three singles were issued from the album: "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (the band's only UK number-one single), "Run Like Hell", and "Comfortably Numb". From 1980 to 1981, Pink Floyd performed the full album on a tour that featured elaborate theatrical effects.
The Wall | Introduction
"Arnold Layne" is the debut single released by the English rock band Pink Floyd on 10 March 1967, written by Syd Barrett.
Arnold Layne | Introduction
Various musicians have played in Brit Floyd since its inception in 2011. The present band members are listed here:
Brit Floyd | Band members
Pink Floyd first achieved success in the London underground music scene, when the group was led by Syd Barrett. The group signed a management deal with Peter Jenner and Andrew King in October 1966, becoming Blackhill Enterprises, and recorded a demo late that year in order to attract record company interest. They subsequently signed with EMI Records and released their first single, "Arnold Layne" on 11 March 1967, followed by the album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" in August. Barrett's behaviour eventually led him being replaced by guitarist and singer David Gilmour; he officially left on 6 April 1968 and both he and Gilmour appear on the second album, "A Saucerful of Secrets".
Pink Floyd discography | History
In December of that year, they released "Point Me at the Sky"; no more successful than the two singles they had released since "See Emily Play", it would be the band's last until their 1973 release (in limited territories, not including the UK), "Money".
Pink Floyd | "A Saucerful of Secrets" (1968)
Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining a following as a psychedelic pop group, they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows, and became a leading band of the progressive rock genre. Pink Floyd were one of the first British psychedelia groups, and are credited with influencing genres such as neo-progressive rock and ambient music. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and a successful debut album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" (1967).
Pink Floyd | Introduction
"The Show Must Go On" (working titles "Who's Sorry Now", "(It's) Never Too Late") is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, from their 1979 album "The Wall". It was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour.
The Show Must Go On (Pink Floyd song) | Introduction
In December 1964, they secured their first recording time, at a studio in West Hampstead, through one of Wright's friends, who let them use some down time free. Wright, who was taking a break from his studies, did not participate in the session. When the RAF assigned Dennis a post in Bahrain in early 1965, Barrett became the band's frontman. Later that year, they became the resident band at the Countdown Club near Kensington High Street in London, where from late night until early morning they played three sets of 90 minutes each. During this period, spurred by the group's need to extend their sets to minimise song repetition, the band realised that "songs could be extended with lengthy solos", wrote Mason.
Pink Floyd | Formation
When Metcalfe and Noble left to form their own group in September 1963, the remaining members asked Barrett and guitarist Bob Klose to join. Waters switched to the bass and by January 1964, the group became known as the Abdabs, or the Screaming Abdabs. During late 1964, the band used the names Leonard's Lodgers, Spectrum Five, and eventually, the Tea Set. In late 1965, the Tea Set had changed their name to the Pink Floyd Sound, later the Pink Floyd Blues Band and, by early 1966, Pink Floyd. By early 1966, Barrett was Pink Floyd's frontman, guitarist, and songwriter. He wrote or co-wrote all but one track of their debut LP "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", released in August 1967.
Roger Waters | Formation and Barrett-led period
The Early Years 1965–1972 is a compilation box set by compiling the early work of the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 11 November 2016 by Pink Floyd Records with distribution held by Warner Music for the UK and Europe and Sony Music for the rest of the world. It comprises seven volumes over 33 discs, including CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs, vinyl records, plus memorabilia including photos, posters and tour programmes. It contains early non-album singles plus unreleased studio and live recordings. Although "Volumes 1–6" have been available individually since 24 March 2017, "Volume 7 – 1967–1972: Continu/ation", remains exclusive to the set.
The Early Years 1965–1972 | Introduction
According to Jenner, the group planned that Gilmour would "cover for [Barrett's] eccentricities". When this proved unworkable, "Syd was just going to write. Just to try to keep him involved." In an expression of his frustration, Barrett, who was expected to write additional hit singles to follow up "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", instead introduced "Have You Got It Yet?" to the band, intentionally changing the structure on each performance so as to make the song impossible to follow and learn. In a January 1968 photo-shoot of the five-man Pink Floyd, the photographs show Barrett looking detached from the others, staring into the distance.
Pink Floyd | 1967: Replacement of Barrett by Gilmour
The song, written and sung by Wright, was recorded during two different sessions. During the first session (May 1967), Wright's vocals, piano, and Farfisa organ were recorded and during the second session (October 1967) Syd Barrett's acoustic and slide guitar as well as the bass and drum sections were recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in London. The sessions also produced "Jugband Blues". Andrew King, Pink Floyd's manager, recalls: "I remember De Lane Lea... we did 'Vegetable Man' there... and 'Remember a Day', which Syd does a guitar solo on." In 1968 Barrett wrote: "I was self-taught and my only group was Pink Floyd.
Remember a Day | Recording
First Set: Second Set: Encore: Additional musicians:
Pink Floyd 1974 tours | Set list
Released in September, it reached number one in both the UK and the US.
Pink Floyd | "Wish You Were Here" (1975)
"Wish You Were Here" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released as the title track of their 1975 album "Wish You Were Here". David Gilmour and Roger Waters collaborated to write the music, and Gilmour sang the lead vocal. In 2011, the song was ranked No. 324 on "Rolling Stone"'s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) | Introduction
In December 1967, reaching a crisis point with Barrett, Pink Floyd added guitarist David Gilmour as the fifth member. Gilmour already knew Barrett, having studied with him at Cambridge Tech in the early 1960s. The two had performed at lunchtimes together with guitars and harmonicas, and later hitch-hiked and busked their way around the south of France. In 1965, while a member of Joker's Wild, Gilmour had watched the Tea Set. Morrison's assistant, Steve O'Rourke, set Gilmour up in a room at O'Rourke's house with a salary of £30 per week (), and in January 1968, Blackhill Enterprises announced Gilmour as the band's newest member, intending to continue with Barrett as a nonperforming songwriter.
Pink Floyd | 1967: Replacement of Barrett by Gilmour
"What Shall We Do Now?" (working title "Backs to the Wall") is a song by Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters. It was originally intended to be on their 1979 album "The Wall", and appeared in demo versions of "The Wall", but was omitted due to the time restraints of the vinyl format. In its place is a much shorter song, titled "Empty Spaces", which segues directly into "Young Lust". This was a last-minute decision; the album's sleeve notes still feature the song in its track listing, and include its lyrics.
What Shall We Do Now? | Introduction
But he was allowed to play the concerts as a salaried musician. The four Pink Floyd members were duplicated by the "surrogate band".
Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 | Background
Wright and Mason were out of practice; Gilmour said they had been "destroyed by Roger", and their contributions were minimal. "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" was released in September 1987. Storm Thorgerson, whose creative input was absent from "The Wall" and "The Final Cut", designed the album cover. To drive home that Waters had left the band, they included a group photograph on the inside cover, the first since "Meddle". The album went straight to number three in the UK and the US. Waters commented: "I think it's facile, but a quite clever forgery ... The songs are poor in general ...
Pink Floyd | "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (1987)
During 1974, Pink Floyd sketched out three new compositions, "Raving and Drooling" (which would become "Sheep"), "You Gotta Be Crazy" (which would become "Dogs") and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". These songs were performed during a series of concerts in France and England, the band's first tour since 1973's "The Dark Side of the Moon". As Pink Floyd had never employed a publicist and kept themselves distant from the press, their relationship with the media began to sour. Mason said later that a critical "NME" review by Syd Barrett devotee Nick Kent may have had influence in keeping the band together, as they returned to the studio in the first week of 1975.
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) | Background
"Free Four" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters and released on the band's 1972 album "Obscured by Clouds".
Free Four | Introduction
Waters contributed the song "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" (his first sole writing credit) to the album. By late 1967, Barrett's deteriorating mental health and increasingly erratic behaviour, rendered him "unable or unwilling" to continue in his capacity as Pink Floyd's singer-songwriter and lead guitarist. In early March 1968, to discuss the band's future, Barrett, Mason, Waters, and Wright met with the band's managers, Peter Jenner and Andrew King of the rock music management company they had all founded: Blackhill Enterprises. Barrett agreed to leave Pink Floyd, and the band "agreed to Blackhill's entitlement in perpetuity" regarding "past activities".
Roger Waters | Formation and Barrett-led period
Dick Parry and Snowy White assisted Pink Floyd during the entire tour which lasted from January to July 1977. The setlist featured "Animals" in the first half and "Wish You Were Here" in the second, with "Money" and "Us and Them" the typical encores.
Pink Floyd live backing musicians | <a href="In%20the%20Flesh%20%281977%20Pink%20Floyd%20%27Animals%27%20tour%29">In the Flesh 1977</a>
Pink Floyd were formed in London in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Barrett left in 1968, replaced by guitarist David Gilmour, and Waters left in 1985; Wright died in 2008. While Gilmour and Waters continued performing Pink Floyd material in their solo shows, Mason worked on Pink Floyd reissues and compilations. After assisting with "", a 2017 museum exhibition about Pink Floyd, Mason said: "You end up feeling like you belong to English Heritage. Everything you talk about and do is something that happened forty years ago.
Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets | Formation
In addition to the official members of Pink Floyd, there were several members of bands that preceded it. These bands performed at various times as Sigma 6, the Meggadeaths, the Abdabs (or the Screaming Abdabs), Leonard's Lodgers, the Spectrum Five, and the Tea Set.
List of Pink Floyd band members | Members of early antecedents
Architecture students Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright and art student Syd Barrett had performed under various group names since 1962, and began touring as "The Pink Floyd Sound" in 1965. They turned professional on 1 February 1967 when they signed with EMI, with an advance fee of £5,000. Their first single, a song about a kleptomaniac transvestite titled "Arnold Layne", was released on 11 March to mild controversy, as Radio London refused to air it. About three weeks later, the band were introduced to the mainstream media. EMI's press release claimed that the band were "musical spokesmen for a new movement which involves experimentation in all the arts", but EMI attempted to put some distance between them and the underground scene from which the band originated by stating that "the Pink Floyd does not know what people mean by psychedelic pop and are not trying to create hallucinatory effects on their audiences." The band returned to Sound Techniques studio to record their next single, "See Emily Play", on 18 May.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Background
Pigs and Pyramids, An All Star Lineup Performing the Songs of Pink Floyd is a compilation album released in 2002. It contains members and artists from many bands, including Mr. Big, KISS, Dweezil Zappa, Toto, and many others.
An All Star Lineup Performing the Songs of Pink Floyd | Introduction
The band spent long periods working on basic sounds, or a guitar riff. They also spent several days at Air Studios, attempting to create music using a variety of household objects, a project which would be revisited between "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here".
Pink Floyd | "Ummagumma" (1969), "Atom Heart Mother" (1970), and "Meddle" (1971)
David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English musician who was a member of rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968 shortly before the departure of founder member Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), "Wish You Were Here" (1975), "Animals" (1977), and "The Wall" (1979). By the early 1980s, they had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history; by 2012, they had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million in the United States.
David Gilmour | Introduction
The opening instrumental is a short backwards-played tape made up of Tablas, guitar and a high pitch sound effect, which sounds very similar to what was described by the makers as the piece Barrett had attempted, leading fans to believe his initial idea may have been used by the band. Parts 1 and 2 have seen official release in "The Early Years 1965—1972" box set.
List of unreleased songs recorded by Pink Floyd | "The Committee" Instrumentals
Subsequent singles including "Sing A Song For Freedom" and a cover of "Heartbreak Hotel" failed to match earlier successes, and after Beaudry and Thompson bailed in an attempt to reform the group, a new lineup was created featuring David Alexander (later Jon Wearing) on vocals, Craig Webb on guitar, and Larry Zelanka on keyboards. This version of the group recorded 1972's "Earth Omen". The group would have another lineup in place before re-entering the studio to record 1975's "All Pink Inside" with Jo Baker on vocals and Larry Popolizio playing the bass. In 1981 Stevers and Harris joined forces with Arlen Viecelli, lead singer/guitarist of Salem Witchcraft, and Ray Gunn, guitarist of Virgin Dawn, to record an album at Sound Suite studio in Detroit.
Frijid Pink | Career
Mason said in 2018 that Gilmour and Waters continued to be "at loggerheads". In November 2016, Pink Floyd released a box set, "The Early Years 1965–1972", comprising outtakes, live recordings, remixes, and films from their early career. This was followed in December 2019 by "The Later Years", compiling Pink Floyd's work after Waters' departure. The set includes a remixed version of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" with more contributions by Wright and Mason, and an expanded reissue of the live album "Delicate Sound of Thunder". In 2018, Mason formed a new band, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, to perform Pink Floyd's early material.
Pink Floyd | "The Endless River" (2014) and Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
The film was shown out of competition during the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film's official premiere was at the Empire, Leicester Square in London, on 14 July 1982. It was attended by Waters and fellow Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, but not Richard Wright, who was no longer a member of the band. It was also attended by various celebrities including Geldof, Scarfe, Paula Yates, Pete Townshend, Sting, Roger Taylor, James Hunt, Lulu and Andy Summers.
Pink Floyd – The Wall | Release
The song was the first single to be released from the album in the United States in March 1994. It was the group's third #1 hit on the Album Rock Tracks chart (a chart published by "Billboard" magazine which measures radio play in the United States, and is not a measure of record sales), staying atop for six weeks. The song was included on the 2001 compilation, "".
Keep Talking (Pink Floyd song) | Release
A typical set list would include some of the following: Other songs
Pink Floyd World Tour 1968 | Set list
"Hey You" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on their 1979 double album "The Wall". The song, along with "The Show Must Go On", was edited out of the film for fear on the part of the filmmakers that the film was running too long; however, a rough version is available as an extra on the "25th Anniversary Edition" DVD.
Hey You (Pink Floyd song) | Introduction
David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour. The album was released in May and June 1978 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the Billboard US album charts; it was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. The album was produced by Gilmour, and consists mostly of blues and guitar-oriented rock songs, except for the piano-dominated ballad "So Far Away".
David Gilmour (album) | Introduction
"Chapter 24" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1967 album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, "". It was the second song recorded for the album.
Chapter 24 | Introduction
Gilmour was more interested in improving the band's existing material. Mason's failing marriage left him in a general malaise and with a sense of apathy, both of which interfered with his drumming. Despite the lack of creative direction, Waters began to visualise a new concept after several weeks. During 1974, Pink Floyd had sketched out three original compositions and had performed them at a series of concerts in Europe. These compositions became the starting point for a new album whose opening four-note guitar phrase, composed purely by chance by Gilmour, reminded Waters of Barrett. The songs provided a fitting summary of the rise and fall of their former bandmate.
Pink Floyd | "Wish You Were Here" (1975)
The Bleeding Heart Band was the name Roger Waters gave his backing band for a brief period of his post-Pink Floyd solo career. Although Waters released "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" in 1984, and toured as a solo artist promoting that album (with an "unnamed" supporting band), he was still a member of Pink Floyd, and did not leave the group until late 1985. The name of the band most likely comes from the phrase "the bleeding hearts and artists" found on the tracks "The Trial" and "Outside the Wall" on Pink Floyd's 1979 double album The Wall (an album which Waters was heavily involved in).
The Bleeding Heart Band | Introduction
The 1967 Singles Sampler, or 1967: The First Three Singles, is a compilation album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1997 as a limited edition CD to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band.
1967: The First Three Singles | Introduction
This was the Floyd's first tour since 1973 not to use female backing singers. Augmenting the band were sax player Dick Parry (who occasionally played keyboards out of view of the audience) and guitarist Snowy White, who also played bass on "Sheep", "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" and "Welcome to the Machine". Roger Waters played electric guitar on "Sheep" and "Pigs" and acoustic guitar on "Welcome to the Machine". In the first half of the show, the band played all of "Animals" in a different sequence than the album, starting with "Sheep", then "Pigs on the Wing (Part I)", "Dogs", "Pigs on the Wing (Part II)" and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)".
In the Flesh (Pink Floyd tour) | History
The Wall concerts' personnel (1980–1981): The Division Bell Tour (documented on the "Pulse" album):
Hey You (Pink Floyd song) | Personnel (live performances)
Pink Floyd, 1994 tour David Gilmour – electric guitar, lead vocals Richard Wright – organ Nick Mason – drums with: Guy Pratt – bass Tim Renwick – acoustic guitar Jon Carin – synthesiser Gary Wallis – percussion Sam Brown – backing vocals Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals Durga McBroom – backing vocals
Coming Back to Life | Live personnel
The Later Years is a box set by British rock band Pink Floyd released on 13 December 2019 by Pink Floyd Records. It follows the 2016 box set "The Early Years 1965–1972", and compiles Pink Floyd's work under the leadership of David Gilmour after the departure of founding member Roger Waters. "The Later Years" includes a remixed version of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (1987), with restored contributions by keyboardist Richard Wright and new contributions by drummer Nick Mason, to "restore the creative balance between the three Pink Floyd members". It also includes surround sound mixes of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" and "The Division Bell" (1994).
The Later Years | Introduction
Later editions titled "Masters of Rock" were released in 1974 in France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, to capitalise on the success of "The Dark Side of the Moon". It is one of the "Masters of Rock" series of budget EMI compilations with identical titles, each volume for a different artist. Two different sleeve designs were used: one (by Herman Baas) based on the picture from the centre of the album sleeve for "Meddle", with Syd Barrett's face superimposed over the original photo of David Gilmour, who had not yet joined the band during most of the period covered by the album; and a later edition with the title filling the front cover.
The Best of the Pink Floyd | Later release
The classic line up of Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason) played together on stage for the first time in 24 years (the band toured without Waters in 1987–1989 and 1994). The band performed the songs "Speak to Me", "Breathe / Breathe (Reprise)", "Money", "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb". They were the only band not to be verbally introduced; instead the house and stage lights were darkened while the introduction to "Speak to Me" was played, accompanied on the video screens by an animated version of the heart monitor graphic from "The Dark Side of the Moon" sleeve.
Pink Floyd bootleg recordings | 2000s
A Nice Pair is a compilation album by Pink Floyd, re-issuing their first two albums—"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and "A Saucerful of Secrets"—in a new gatefold sleeve. The album was released in December 1973 by Harvest and Capitol in the United States and the following month in the United Kingdom by Harvest and EMI. It reached number 36 in the US "Billboard" album charts, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 1994.
A Nice Pair | Introduction
In December 1967, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason invited Gilmour to join the band to cover for the increasingly erratic Barrett. Gilmour accepted; they initially intended to continue with Barrett as a non-performing songwriter. One of the band's business partners, Peter Jenner, said: "The idea was that Dave would ... cover for Barrett's eccentricities and when that got to be not workable, Syd was just going to write. Just to try to keep him involved." By March 1968, working with Barrett had become too difficult and he agreed to leave the band. Gilmour took up lead vocal roles with keyboardist Richard Wright.
David Gilmour | Pink Floyd
EMI-Columbia released Pink Floyd's second single, "See Emily Play", on 16 June 1967. It fared slightly better than "Arnold Layne", peaking at number 6 in the UK. The band performed on the BBC's "Look of the Week", where Waters and Barrett, erudite and engaging, faced tough questioning from Hans Keller. They appeared on the BBC's "Top of the Pops", a popular programme that controversially required artists to mime their singing and playing. Though Pink Floyd returned for two more performances, by the third, Barrett had begun to unravel, and around this time the band first noticed significant changes in his behaviour.
Pink Floyd | Signing with EMI
Original band members Additional members 1973–1974
Alice Cooper (band) | Band members
Once complete, members of the band performed in small openings in, atop, in front of, or even behind the wall. The album artwork featured the life-masks of the four band members in front of a black wall; the masks were worn by the "surrogate band" during the song "In the Flesh". "Goodbye Blue Sky" and parts of "Run Like Hell" were taken from the 17 June 1981 show, the very last performance by the four-man Pink Floyd until the 2005 Live 8 concert. The album was re-released in February 2012 in remastered form as part of the "Immersion" boxset edition of "The Wall".
Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 | Introduction
"Wish You Were Here" made its stage debut on the band's 1977 tour, which featured a performance of the entire album at every show. It was not played live by the band for nearly ten years after this, yet became a concert staple after its reappearance in 1987, and was performed at nearly all subsequent Pink Floyd concerts. In the original 1977 concert performances, Gilmour would play his Fender Stratocaster instead of acoustic guitar, while Snowy White played a twelve-string Ovation acoustic guitar. At these shows, Nick Mason tuned an actual transistor radio on stage to a local radio station, seguing into the pre-recorded part from the album to start the song and Richard Wright would perform an extended piano coda as the wind effects played.
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) | Live performances
He had spent two years in the band, playing lead guitar on "Hi, Hi, Hi", "Live and Let Die" as well as "My Love". McCullough's spoken words "I don't know; I was really drunk at the time" can be heard on the Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), at the end of the song "Money". He was recalling a fight he had the night before with his wife.
Henry McCullough | 1970s
"The Early Years 1965–1972" has a score of a 97 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of "Allmusic" called it "a deep, multi-tiered portrait of the years when Pink Floyd were fumbling around trying to find their voice." He praised the tracks "Vegetable Man", "In the Beechwoods", the band's collaboration with John Latham, the soundtracks they recorded for "The Committee" and "Zabriskie Point", and "Moonhead". "Because so much of this music is raw – it's alternately live, unfinished, and improvisatory – the box underscores how Pink Floyd were an underground band right up until "Dark Side"" he concludes.
The Early Years 1965–1972 | Reception
The Tea Set, which became Pink Floyd, recorded "I'm a King Bee" and several other songs in December 1964. The recording features Syd Barrett, Bob Klose, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason. When it was officially issued on the vinyl-only "" (2015), it became the only cover song ever released by Pink Floyd. The song was later issued for the first time on CD as part of "The Early Years 1965–1972" box set in November 2016, along with the other songs recorded in December '64.
I'm a King Bee | Pink Floyd version
The album was released in the UK on 25 May 1978, and on 17 June 1978 in the US, on Harvest and Columbia respectively. In an interview with "Circus" in 1978, Gilmour said: "This album ["David Gilmour"] was important to me in terms of self-respect. At first I didn't think my name was big enough to carry it. Being in a group for so long can be a bit claustrophobic, and I needed to step out from behind Pink Floyd's shadow."
David Gilmour (album) | Release and reception
The latter track was doubled in length with an additional organ solo and repeated verses. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" had been performed in late 1967 with Barrett, but the band increasingly extended it to feature more guitar and organ work. This song would be played at almost every Pink Floyd concert until 1972. In 1968, a large gong also became a characteristic part of the band's live show following its introduction at the "Games for May" concert in 1967.
Pink Floyd World Tour 1968 | History
Dick Parry played saxophone while the Blackberries were the backing vocalists for seven June shows. The setlist consisted of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Raving and Drooling" (an early version of "Sheep"), "Echoes" making up the first half and "The Dark Side of the Moon" making up the second.
Pink Floyd live backing musicians | <a href="Pink%20Floyd%201974%20tours%231974%20French%20Summer%20Tour">French Concert Series 1974</a>
"See Emily Play" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single in June 1967. Written by original frontman Syd Barrett and recorded on 23 May 1967, it has "The Scarecrow" as its B-side. It was released as a non-album single, but appeared as the opening track of the U.S. edition of the band's debut album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" (1967). "See Emily Play" is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list and reached No. 6 in the United Kingdom singles chart.
See Emily Play | Introduction
This is a new "best of" single-disc album released in November 2011.
Why Pink Floyd...? | "A Foot in the Door"
A demo from the "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" sessions, as mentioned in David Parker's book "Random Precision," a guide to the recordings of Barrett. Parker states that he contacted Mason to inquire as to what this song was, but Mason could not remember. The master tape for this song is presumed lost.
List of unreleased songs recorded by Pink Floyd | "Early Morning Henry"
A very early version of "Another Tricky Day" from the band's next album "Face Dances" also featured in one of the band's jams during "Dance It Away" in Los Angeles. As in the second half of 1979, the band employed a brass section, which was showcased in numbers such as "Music Must Change", "Drowned", and "5.15", among others. Notable Pink Floyd sideman Dick Parry handled saxophone duties on this tour.
The Who Tour 1980 | History
"Fat Old Sun" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by David Gilmour. It appears on their 1970 album "Atom Heart Mother", and was performed live in a greatly expanded form (often exceeding fourteen minutes), both before and after the album was released (10 October). Live performances of this song date back to 16 July 1970, but only Gilmour and keyboardist Richard Wright appear on the studio version.
Fat Old Sun | Introduction
"Let's Roll Another One" is a Barrett song, later retitled "Candy and a Currant Bun" before being released in 1967. It was written in 1965. It features the original lyrics which were altered for the released single at the suggestion of Waters, allegedly due to concerns about the acceptability of drug references, and the song can be found on bootlegs like "Feed Your Head".
List of unreleased songs recorded by Pink Floyd | "Let's Roll Another One"
Matching Mole gradually disbanded, and Wyatt began writing material that would eventually appear on his second 'solo' album in Venice. He began to assemble a new band in England to record these numbers, but on 1 June 1973, during a birthday party for Gong's Gilli Smyth and June Campbell Cramer (also known as Lady June) at the latter's Maida Vale home, an inebriated Wyatt fell from a fourth-floor window. He was paralysed from the waist down and has used a wheelchair for mobility ever since. On 4 November that year, Pink Floyd performed two benefit concerts, in one day, at London's Rainbow Theatre, supported by Soft Machine, and compered by John Peel.
Robert Wyatt | Accident
A promotional film for this song was shot for Belgian television on February 18 or 19, 1968, in which the band mimes to the song on a bridge in Brussels. Although Syd Barrett was still a member of the band when the song was recorded (October 1967) and at the time of the film shooting, the film features David Gilmour on guitar, in his first appearance on film with Pink Floyd. The Atomium monument can be seen in the background as the band plays.
Paint Box (song) | Video
"More" reached number 9 in the UK and, upon re-release in 1973, number 153 in the US. This was the last of three Pink Floyd albums to be released in the United States by the Tower Records division of Capitol Records. "The Nile Song" was released as a single in France, Japan and New Zealand around the same time. The track, along with "Cirrus Minor" appeared on the 1971 compilation "Relics". A 1973 US reissue was released on Harvest Records. It was certified gold in the US on 11 March 1994. The album was reissued on CD in 1985, with a digitally remastered version following in 1995.
More (soundtrack) | Release and reception
The album's only single was "There's No Way Out of Here." The single flopped in Europe, but became popular on Album-oriented rock radio stations in the US. The song was originally recorded by the band Unicorn (as "No Way Out of Here") for their 1976 album "Too Many Crooks" (Harvest Records, US title "Unicorn 2"), which Gilmour produced. It was also recorded later by New Jersey stoner rock band Monster Magnet on their "Monolithic Baby!" album. One unused tune he wrote and demoed at the time would evolve, via collaboration with Roger Waters, into Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" from "The Wall".
David Gilmour (album) | Single and songs
All songs written and sung by Syd Barrett, and taken from singles, except where noted.
The Best of the Pink Floyd | Track listing
Geesin worked to improve the score, but with little creative input from the band, production was troublesome. Geesin eventually completed the project with the aid of John Alldis, who was the director of the choir hired to perform on the record. Smith earned an executive producer credit, and the album marked his final official contribution to the band's discography. Gilmour said it was "A neat way of saying that he didn't ... do anything". Waters was critical of "Atom Heart Mother", claiming that he would prefer if it were "thrown into the dustbin and never listened to by anyone ever again".
Pink Floyd | "Ummagumma" (1969), "Atom Heart Mother" (1970), and "Meddle" (1971)
"Not Now John" is a song by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters. It appears on the album "The Final Cut". The track is the only one on the album featuring the lead vocals of David Gilmour, found in the verses, with Roger Waters singing the refrains and interludes, and was the only single released from the album. It reached No. 30 in the UK Singles Chart.
Not Now John | Introduction
The song was re-recorded for the 1981 Pink Floyd album, "A Collection of Great Dance Songs", because Capitol Records refused to license the track to Columbia Records in the United States. With the help of co-producer James Guthrie, David Gilmour re-recorded the song, providing the vocals and playing all the instruments except saxophone, where Parry reprised his role on the original recording. This re-recorded version lasts 15 seconds longer than the original album edition. Four different quadraphonic versions of the song were also released on "Quadrafile", a demonstration record released in 1976. These represent the only Pink Floyd material released in QS, CD-4 and UD-4 quadraphonic formats.
Money (Pink Floyd song) | Re-recording
On 5 June 1975, on the eve of Pink Floyd's second US tour that year, Gilmour married his first wife, Ginger. That day, the band were completing the mix of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" when an overweight man with shaven head and eyebrows entered, carrying a plastic bag. Waters did not recognise him. Gilmour presumed he was an EMI staff member. Wright presumed he was a friend of Waters, but realised it was Barrett. Mason also failed to recognise him and was "horrified" when Gilmour identified him. In Mason's Pink Floyd memoir "", he recalled Barrett's conversation as "desultory and not entirely sensible".
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) | Syd Barrett's visit
Dick Parry and The Blackberries were the backing musicians for the April, June, and July shows. The first half of the setlist consisted of "Raving and Drooling", "You Gotta be Crazy", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (now split into two halves), "Have a Cigar" and the second half consisted of "The Dark Side of the Moon", with "Echoes" as the encore.
Pink Floyd live backing musicians | <a href="Wish%20You%20Were%20Here%20Tour">North American Tour 1975</a>
"Lost for Words" is a song recorded by English rock band Pink Floyd, focused on forgiveness, written by guitarist and lead singer David Gilmour and his spouse Polly Samson for the band's 14th studio album, "The Division Bell". It appears as the penultimate track on the album. The lyrics, mostly penned by Samson, are a bitterly sarcastic reflection on Gilmour's then-strained relationship with former bandmate Roger Waters . The song was released to US rock radio the week of the album's release, succeeding "Keep Talking", the previous promotional release, released the week before. The song reached #53 in the Canadian singles chart.
Lost for Words (Pink Floyd song) | Introduction
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Hey You (Pink Floyd song) | Personnel
Pink Floyd Additional musicians Production
The Final Cut (album) | Personnel
The entire piece had to be re-recorded. The sessions for "Wish You Were Here" at Abbey Road's Studio Three lasted from January until July 1975, recording on four days each week from 2:30 pm until very late in the evening. The group found it difficult at first to devise any new material, especially as the success of "The Dark Side of the Moon" had left all four physically and emotionally drained. Keyboardist Richard Wright later described these sessions as "falling within a difficult period", and Waters recalled them as "torturous". Mason found the process of multi-track recording drawn-out and tedious, while Gilmour was more interested in improving the band's existing material.
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) | Recording
Barrett, two years younger, had moved to London in 1962 to study at the Camberwell College of Arts. Waters and Barrett were childhood friends; Waters had often visited Barrett and watched him play guitar at Barrett's mother's house. Mason said about Barrett: "In a period when everyone was being cool in a very adolescent, self-conscious way, Syd was unfashionably outgoing; my enduring memory of our first encounter is the fact that he bothered to come up and introduce himself to me." Noble and Metcalfe left the Tea Set in late 1963, and Klose introduced the band to singer Chris Dennis, a technician with the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Pink Floyd | Formation
These concerts made One of These Days the only song played at Pink Floyd's 1971 performance and Gilmour's 2016 performance. Roger Waters plays the song in the first set of songs on his 2017 Us + Them Tour. The song also forms part of Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets show closing the main set. The performance again features Guy Pratt on bass. The song was played by Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets in 2018.
One of These Days (instrumental) | Live performances
During the song, the "surrogate band" (also referred to, in Nick Mason's book, as the "shadow band") are onstage with the Pink Floyd members and their quartet of singers. Both Andy Bown and Roger Waters play bass on this song. Bown plays the bass exactly as it was recorded—four quarter notes per bar, playing only roots, using the lowest possible root in drop D tuning. Waters, meanwhile, plays variations at key moments, plays whole notes while singing, and, during the "emptied out" section on D following the synth solo, Waters sometimes improvised high-pitched riffs above Bown's low D.
Run Like Hell | The Wall Tour
Taking their name from a phrase in Pink Floyd's song, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", the six-member band from Sacramento, California comprised—in its "classic" lineup—Ric Jacobs (vocals), Ken Goorabian and Waylin Carpenter (guitars), Rod Toner (keyboards), Vinnie Pantaleoni (bass guitar), and Barry Lowenthal (drums), released their self-titled debut album in 1982 on RCA Records. "You Don't Want Me Anymore", the first single from the album, quickly jumped into the Top 20 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 supported by a video that was a favorite of early MTV, and peaked at No. 16. The next single, "Dreamin' Is Easy", also made it into the Top 40 but went no higher than No.
Steel Breeze | Career
"Vegetable Man" is a song written by Syd Barrett for the English rock band Pink Floyd in 1967. It was considered for the band's third single or for inclusion on their second album "A Saucerful of Secrets". Bootlegged for decades, the song did not have an official release until 2016, when it was included on the box set "The Early Years 1965–1972".
Vegetable Man | Introduction
However, the band waited the entire 1980 working in separated ways. Dave Rowbotham was recording material with Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls, Chris Joyce joined Pink Military, with whom began to work, and Tony Bowers was producing for the latter band.
Does It Matter Irene? | Introduction
Vocalists including Durga McBroom recorded backing vocals, and Gilmour recorded lead vocals on "Louder than Words", with lyrics by his wife, author Polly Samson. Bassist and songwriter Roger Waters, who left Pink Floyd in 1985, was not involved. "Autumn '68", named in reference to the 1970 Pink Floyd song "Summer '68", features a recording of Wright playing the Royal Albert Hall pipe organ during the rehearsal for a show on 26 June 1969. "Talkin' Hawkin contains a sample of scientist Stephen Hawking's speech taken from a British Telecom commercial also sampled for "The Division Bell" on "Keep Talking". Mason received writing credits for "Sum", and "Skins", a two-and-a-half-minute drum solo.
The Endless River | Recording
The Wall is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released 30 November 1979 on Harvest and Columbia Records. It is a rock opera that explores Pink, a jaded rockstar whose "wall" represents his eventual self-imposed isolation from society. The album was a commercial success, topping the US charts for 15 weeks, and reaching number three in the UK. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown and pretentious, but later received accolades as one of the finest albums of all time. Bassist Roger Waters conceived "The Wall" during Pink Floyd's 1977 In The Flesh tour, modelling the character of Pink after himself and former bandmate Syd Barrett.
The Wall | Introduction
Pink Floyd Additional musicians Production
The Wall | Personnel
Starting in 1973, after "The Dark Side of the Moon" was released, Pink Floyd started using regular backing musicians. Many of the musicians that Pink Floyd used as backing musicians were part of the studio recordings of albums such as Dick Parry, who played saxophone on "Money" and The Blackberries who did the backing vocals for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
Pink Floyd live backing musicians | Introduction
"The Trial" (working title "Trial by Puppet") is a track from Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera/concept album "The Wall". Written by Roger Waters and Bob Ezrin, it marks the climax of the album and film.
The Trial (song) | Introduction
The Final Cut (subtitle: A Requiem for the Post War Dream by Roger Waters) is the twelfth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 March 1983 in the United Kingdom and on 2 April in the United States through Harvest and Columbia Records. It comprises unused material from the previous Pink Floyd record, "The Wall" (1979), alongside new material recorded throughout 1982. "The Final Cut" was the last Pink Floyd album to feature founding member Roger Waters, who departed from the band in 1985. It is also the only Pink Floyd album not to feature founding member and keyboardist Richard Wright, who was sacked during the "Wall" sessions.
The Final Cut (album) | Introduction
Dick Parry and the Blackberries were additional musicians for the September, November and December shows. The setlist consisted of having a first half of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Raving and Drooling", "You've Got to Be Crazy" (an early version of "Dogs") with the second half being "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Echoes" as the encore.
Pink Floyd live backing musicians | <a href="Pink%20Floyd%201974%20tours%231974%20British%20Winter%20Tour">British Winter Tour 1974</a>
The tour began with difficulty as the band's lead guitarist, vocalist and primary songwriter Syd Barrett left the band in April 1968. Despite leaving in April, Barrett had only played in the band in January this year, when they were briefly a five-piece with the addition of guitarist David Gilmour, but he soon replaced Barrett entirely. As the main frontman, Barrett had initially been a central part of live performances, although bassist Roger Waters was able to steer the band through a potentially difficult series of live concerts based mainly on the European mainland. Many of these performances took place at multi-artist music festivals in Europe, although the band were starting to establish a successful university circuit around the UK.
Pink Floyd World Tour 1968 | History