"""Arnold Layne"" and ""See Emily Play"" and much of their first album ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"". Barrett's name passed into rock folklore when he was kicked out of Pink Floyd in 1968 and, after two solo albums, disappeared from music altogether amid rumours of a drug-induced breakdown. ""The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story"" has contributions from Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley (who played on Syd Barrett's two solo albums ""The Madcap Laughs"" and ""Barrett"" as well as Syd's final London concert on 6 June 1970 with David Gilmour, when Barrett abruptly left the stage after playing"
"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. 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 Pink"
"and touring under the name Pink Floyd. Following an out-of-court settlement, the band enjoyed worldwide success with ""A Momentary Lapse of Reason"" (1987), ""The Division Bell"" (1994) and ""The Endless River"" (2014). Pink Floyd discography The discography of Pink Floyd, a British rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, three live albums, nine compilation albums, four box sets, five extended plays, and twenty-seven singles. Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and"
"Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, MC5 and Spiritualized. The band is currently signed to Thrill Jockey Records whose artist roster also includes Future Islands, Wooden Shjips, Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Matmos, Liturgy and Trans Am. The band’s first album, ""No Game To Play"", was a solo recording project by Dave W released in 2005. Julian Cope issued a limited remix of the album as ""They’ve Got Blood Like We’ve Got Blood"" on his Fuck Off and Di label. The band’s next album ""Glitter Glamour Atrocity"" (self-released) garnered the attention of Stewart Lee from the Sunday London Times creating sudden visibility for"
"prism from ""The Dark Side of the Moon"". Included with the box set was a hardcover book chronicling the career of Pink Floyd from its inception to the late 1980s and an envelope of postcards depicting artwork from the included seven albums and the cover of the set itself. As the collection was meant to showcase the best of Pink Floyd, the decision was made to not include the soundtrack albums ""More"" or ""Obscured by Clouds"", or the albums ""Ummagumma"", ""Atom Heart Mother"" and ""The Final Cut"". The band's first album, ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"" was not"
"Pink Floyd discography The discography of Pink Floyd, a British rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, three live albums, nine compilation albums, four box sets, five extended plays, and twenty-seven singles. Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most successful acts, the group have sold over 250 million albums worldwide, including 75 million units sold in the United States alone. As a psychedelic"
"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"". Gilmour was equally dismissive of the album and once described it as ""a load of rubbish"", stating: ""I think we were scraping the barrel a bit at that period"". Pink Floyd's first number 1 album, ""Atom"
"two charting singles and a successful debut album, ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"" (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the band's primary lyricist and conceptual leader, devising the concepts behind their albums ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" (1973), ""Wish You Were Here"" (1975), ""Animals"" (1977), ""The Wall"" (1979) and ""The Final Cut"" (1983). ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" and ""The Wall"" became two of the best-selling albums of all time. Following creative tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed"
"Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. They gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett's leadership released"
"the group in 1985. The band recorded several albums, achieving worldwide success with ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" (1973), ""Wish You Were Here"" (1975), ""Animals"" (1977), and ""The Wall"" (1979); all except ""Animals"" reached number one in the US. ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" is one of the best-selling albums in the world and ""The Wall"" is the highest-certified multiple-disc album by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 1986, Waters declared Pink Floyd ""a spent force"" and sued to dissolve their partnership and retire the name Pink Floyd, but the remaining members, led by Gilmour, continued recording"
"The Wall The Wall is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released as a double album on 30 November 1979 in the United Kingdom by Harvest Records and in the United States by Columbia Records. Bassist and songwriter Roger Waters conceived the album as a rock opera during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when his frustration with the audience became so acute that he spat on them. Its story explores Pink, a jaded rockstar character that Waters modeled after himself and the band's original leader Syd Barrett. Pink's life begins with the"
"2002, and Quadruple Platinum on 10 September 2007. The compilation spans the career of Pink Floyd from their first single ""Arnold Layne"" in 1967, through to ""High Hopes"", the final track from their 1994 studio album ""The Division Bell"". Four of their albums—""More"", ""Ummagumma"", ""Atom Heart Mother"" and ""Obscured by Clouds""—are not represented whatsoever, though multiple tracks from ""Atom Heart Mother"" and ""Ummagumma"" were planned to appear on the compilation. Each of the 26 tracks fades from one to the next with no break in the music, courtesy of longtime producer/engineer James Guthrie, to help recreate the concept album feel"
"Nick Mason's personal archive, opened in May 2017; due to its popularity, it was extended for two weeks beyond its original closing date of 1 October. Studio albums Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on"
"attract the attention of the music industry. While in negotiations with record companies, ""IT"" co-founder and UFO club manager Joe Boyd and Pink Floyd's booking agent Bryan Morrison arranged and funded a recording session at Sound Techniques in West Hampstead. Three days later, Pink Floyd signed with EMI, receiving a £5,000 advance (). EMI released the band's first single, ""Arnold Layne"", with the B-side ""Candy and a Currant Bun"", on 10 March 1967 on its Columbia label. Both tracks were recorded on 29 January 1967. ""Arnold Layne""'s references to cross-dressing led to a ban by several radio stations; however, creative"
"two more performances, by the third, Barrett had begun to unravel, and it was around this time that the band first noticed significant changes in his behaviour. By early 1967, he was regularly using LSD, and Mason described him as ""completely distanced from everything going on"". Morrison and EMI producer Norman Smith negotiated Pink Floyd's first recording contract, and as part of the deal, the band agreed to record their first album at EMI Studios in London. Mason recalled that the sessions were trouble-free. Smith disagreed, stating that Barrett was unresponsive to his suggestions and constructive criticism. EMI-Columbia released ""The"
"Pink Floyd. I remember ""Another Brick in the Wall"" being No. 1 in the UK. It was December 1979. Probably my first memory of Pink Floyd. Then I actually heard ""The Wall"" album in its entirety and that's what particularly drew me to Pink Floyd about the age of 12 or 13. I was fascinated by the record that told a story, and all these sound effects linking songs together, and also the wonderful guitar work. I was already learning to play guitar and I wanted to learn to play some of these wonderful guitar solos. That was my introduction"
"by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd; Wright rejoined them as a session musician and, later, band member. The three produced two more albums—""A Momentary Lapse of Reason"" (1987) and ""The Division Bell"" (1994)—and toured through 1994. After nearly two decades of enmity, Gilmour, Wright, and Mason reunited with Waters in 2005 to perform as Pink Floyd in London as part of the global awareness event Live 8; Gilmour and Waters stated they had no further plans to reunite the band. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. The last Pink Floyd studio album, ""The"
"The band made their live debut in May 2018 in front of an invited audience at Dingwalls in London, playing a selection of Pink Floyd material released before their 1973 album ""The Dark Side of the Moon"". This was followed by three small shows at The Half Moon, Putney and European tour in September 2018. In 2016, Mason curated the Pink Floyd boxset, ""The Early Years 1965-1972,"" which documents the pre-""Dark Side of the Moon"" (1973) era of psychedelia and experimentation and the band replacing guitarist and frontman, Syd Barrett with David Gilmour. The boxset contains much live material from"
"the Gates of Dawn"" was voted 347th on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the ""500 Greatest Albums of All Time"". 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"
"The Best of the Pink Floyd The Best of the Pink Floyd, also issued as Masters of Rock, is a compilation album of early Pink Floyd music, concentrating on singles and album tracks from 1967 to 1968. 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"
"first single ""Arnold Layne"". Recorded live at London's Royal Albert Hall, the single featured versions of the song performed by Richard Wright and guest artist David Bowie. The single peaked on the UK Top 20 singles chart at number nineteen. Since their Live 8 appearance in 2005, Gilmour has repeatedly said that there will be no Pink Floyd reunion. With the death of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright in September 2008, another reunion of the core group members became impossible. On 7 November 2014, Pink Floyd released ""The Endless River."" Gilmour stated that it is Pink Floyd's last album, saying:"
"Animals (Pink Floyd album) Animals is the tenth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was first released on 23 January 1977 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States. It is a concept album that provides a scathing critique of the social-political conditions of late 1970s Britain, and presents a marked change in musical style from their earlier work. ""Animals"" was recorded at the band's Britannia Row Studios in London, but its production was punctuated by the early signs of discord that, three years later, would culminate in keyboardist Richard"
"40 million copies worldwide. It was continuing to sell over 8,000 units every week as of 2005. According to Pink Floyd biographer Glen Povey, ""Dark Side of the Moon"" is the world's second bestselling album and the United States' 21st-bestselling album. Waters produced thematic ideas that became the impetus for the Pink Floyd concept albums ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" (1973), ""Wish You Were Here"" (1975), ""Animals"" (1977) and ""The Wall"" (1979)—written largely by Waters—and ""The Final Cut"" (1983)—written entirely by Waters. He referred or alluded to the cost of war and the loss of his father throughout his"
"a 1967 ""Dr. Strange"" comic book story, drawn by Marie Severin. This is the first of several Pink Floyd album covers that were designed by Hipgnosis, and was only the second time that an EMI group (The Beatles were the first) was permitted to hire outside designers for an album jacket. The album was released in the UK on Monday, 01 July 1968 on EMI's Columbia label as both mono and stereo LPs, reaching number 9 in the UK charts. It was released in the US by the Tower Records division of Capitol, where it remains the only Pink Floyd"
"Saucerful of Secrets"" (1968), ""More"" received mixed reviews from critics. ""More"" is a psychedelic rock soundtrack album which contains some acoustic folk ballads, a genre that appeared sparsely on Pink Floyd's later works. It also contains some of the band's ""heaviest"" recordings, such as ""The Nile Song"" and ""Ibiza Bar"", as well as several instrumental tracks, featuring their experimental and avant-garde approach. This is Pink Floyd's first full album without founding member Syd Barrett, who was ousted from the group in 1968 during the recording of ""A Saucerful of Secrets"". It is one of only three Pink Floyd albums to"
"story of Pink, and an appearance by David Gilmour on top of the wall to perform the climactic guitar solo in ""Comfortably Numb"". Other parts of the story were told by Gerald Scarfe animations projected onto the wall itself (these animations were later integrated into the film ""Pink Floyd: The Wall""). At the finale of the concert, the wall was demolished amidst sound effects and a spectacular light show. The earliest shows for what is considered to be ""Pink Floyd"" occurred in 1965 and included Bob Klose as a member of the band, which at the time played mainly R&B"
"lead vocals performed by Roger Waters, except where noted. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Animals (Pink Floyd album) Animals is the tenth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was first released on 23 January 1977 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States. It is a concept album that provides a scathing critique of the social-political conditions of late 1970s Britain, and presents a marked change in musical style from their earlier work. ""Animals"" was recorded at the band's Britannia Row Studios in London, but its production was punctuated by the early"
"Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on 6 December 2001 in the US by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum in the US on 8 January"
"Delicate Sound of Thunder Delicate Sound of Thunder is the first live album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd [provided one discounts Disc 1, Ummagumma.] It was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988. It was released on 22 November 1988, through EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. The band recorded and filmed their series of shows at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia in November 1987 for a potential live concert film"
"first wife. This release consists of the earliest Pink Floyd recordings available commercially, with five original songs written by Syd Barrett and Roger Waters, and one Slim Harpo cover. The tracks were later included in the ""1965–1967: Cambridge St/ation"" portion of the boxset ""The Early Years 1965-1972"". All vocals by Syd Barrett, except for ""Walk with Me Sydney"" by Syd Barrett, Juliette Gale and Roger Waters. 1965: Their First Recordings 1965: Their First Recordings is an EP of Pink Floyd music (at the time called the Tea Set), containing songs recorded around Christmas 1964 by the band. The drums and"
"Meddle Meddle is the sixth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, released on 31 October 1971 by Harvest Records. It was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971. The album was recorded at a series of locations around London, including Abbey Road Studios and Morgan Studios. With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the group devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track, ""Echoes"". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme with lyrics written entirely by"
"following songs were considered for inclusion: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on 6 December 2001 in the US by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum"
"1965: Their First Recordings 1965: Their First Recordings is an EP of Pink Floyd music (at the time called the Tea Set), containing songs recorded around Christmas 1964 by the band. The drums and guitars were recorded ""straight off,"" while the vocals and piano were recorded at a later date. It was released as a special edition set of two 7"" vinyl records, limited to 1,050 copies (1,000 retail and 50 promotional) available only in the EU, to extend the copyright of the recordings. These are the only officially released songs featuring guitarist Rado Klose and Juliette Gale, Richard Wright's"