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David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright of Pink Floyd playing in concert at RFK
Stadium in Washington, DC on July 10, 1994.
was “A Saucer full of secrets”, which was Parsons. Most readers will be familiar that he
recorded at the Abbey Road Studios. “Jugband later became famous in his own right through
blues” in this was the last contribution to Pink the Alan Parsons Project.
Floyd by Syd Barrett. When this album was released, it drew quick
Pink Floyd was also one of the few rock bands and positive response in the UK and around
who engaged professional design companies to the world. It gathered mass as popular and cult
design their psychedelic covers, which was very music. Soon, it rose to the top and stayed there
unusual for bands those days. consistently for a very long time. Till date, it has
Before the seminal Dark Side of the Moon, sold over 45million copies and is the third most
Floyd released three albums: Ummagumma, sold album in the world.
Atom Heart Mother and Meddle. The first Breathe, Time, Money, The Great Gig in the Sky,
album was actually a collection of live Us and Them, Brain Damage all were unique in
performances and contributions of each band its own way. After lulling the senses with slowly
member. Then came Atom Heart Mother. While decaying sounds from Breathe and On The run,
the band members were somewhat dismissive of you are suddenly jolted awake with a cacophony
this effort, this was the first number 1 album of of alarm clocks in Time.
Pink Floyd.
Meddle also saw the emergence of David The lunatic is in my head
Gilmour as a real major contributor of the The lunatic is in my head
group. It also started the upward growth of You raise the blade, you make the change
the group after the previous 2-3 years and the You re-arrange me ‘til I’m sane
album ended up at number 3 on the British You lock the door
charts. This also has the haunting Echoes And throw away the key
number. There’s someone in my head but it’s not me
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
Shooting for the Moon You shout and no one seems to hear
Then in 1973 came “The Dark Side of the Moon”. And if the band you’re in starts playing
This was also recorded in the Abbey Road different tunes
Studios with an EMI staff engineer named Alan I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon
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