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Pink Floyd Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1965. Gaining An Early Following As One Of The First British Psychedelic Groups They Were Distinguished By Their Extended Compositions Sonic Experimentation Philosophical Lyrics And Elaborate Live Shows. They Became A Leading Band Of The Progressive Rock Genre Cited By Some As The Greatest Progressive Rock Band Of All Time. Pink Floyd Were Founded In 1965 By 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 The 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 Primary Lyricist And Thematic Leader Devising The Concepts Behind The Band's Peak Success With The Albums The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 And The Wall 1979 . The Musical Film Based On The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982 Won Two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd Also Composed Several Film Scores. 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. They Produced Two More Albums—A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 And The Division Bell 1994 —and Toured In Support Of Both Before Entering A Long Hiatus. In 2005 All But Barrett Reunited For A One-Off Performance At The Global Awareness Event Live 8. Barrett Died In 2006 And Wright In 2008. The Last Pink Floyd Studio Album The Endless River 2014 Was Based On Unreleased Material From The Division Bell Recording Sessions. In 2022 Gilmour And Mason Reformed Pink Floyd To Release The Song "Hey Hey Rise Up!" In Protest Of The Russo-Ukrainian War. By 2013 Pink Floyd Had Sold More Than 250 Million Records Worldwide Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Dark Side Of The Moon And The Wall Were Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame And These Albums And Wish You Were Here Are Among The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Four Pink Floyd Albums Topped The US Billboard 200 And Five Topped The UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's Hit Singles Include "See Emily Play" 1967 "Money" 1973 "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" 1979 "Not Now John" 1983 "On The Turning Away" 1987 And "High Hopes" 1994 . They Were Inducted Into The US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. In 2008 Pink Floyd Were Awarded The Polar Music Prize In Sweden For Their Contribution To Modern Music. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Studio Albums
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014
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Pink Floyd Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1965. Gaining An Early Following As One Of The First British Psychedelic Groups They Were Distinguished By Their Extended Compositions Sonic Experimentation Philosophical Lyrics And Elaborate Live Shows. They Became A Leading Band Of The Progressive Rock Genre Cited By Some As The Greatest Progressive Rock Band Of All Time. Pink Floyd Were Founded In 1965 By 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 The 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 Primary Lyricist And Thematic Leader Devising The Concepts Behind The Band's Peak Success With The Albums The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 And The Wall 1979 . The Musical Film Based On The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982 Won Two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd Also Composed Several Film Scores. 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. They Produced Two More Albums—A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 And The Division Bell 1994 —and Toured In Support Of Both Before Entering A Long Hiatus. In 2005 All But Barrett Reunited For A One-Off Performance At The Global Awareness Event Live 8. Barrett Died In 2006 And Wright In 2008. The Last Pink Floyd Studio Album The Endless River 2014 Was Based On Unreleased Material From The Division Bell Recording Sessions. In 2022 Gilmour And Mason Reformed Pink Floyd To Release The Song "Hey Hey Rise Up!" In Protest Of The Russo-Ukrainian War. By 2013 Pink Floyd Had Sold More Than 250 Million Records Worldwide Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Dark Side Of The Moon And The Wall Were Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame And These Albums And Wish You Were Here Are Among The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Four Pink Floyd Albums Topped The US Billboard 200 And Five Topped The UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's Hit Singles Include "See Emily Play" 1967 "Money" 1973 "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" 1979 "Not Now John" 1983 "On The Turning Away" 1987 And "High Hopes" 1994 . They Were Inducted Into The US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. In 2008 Pink Floyd Were Awarded The Polar Music Prize In Sweden For Their Contribution To Modern Music. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Studio Albums
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014 read less
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014 read less
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Obscured By Clouds Is A Rock Album By Pink Floyd Based On Their Soundtrack For The French Film La Vallée By Barbet Schroeder. Some Copies Of The Album Refer To The Film By Its Alternate English Title The Valley. The LP Was Released In The UK On June 3 1972 On Harvest/EMI And Then In The U.S. On June 15 1972 On Harvest/Capitol. The Album Reached #6 On The UK Album Charts And #46 On The U.S. Album Charts Where It Was Certified Gold By The RIAA In March 1994 . In 1986 The Album Was Released On CD. A Digitally Remastered CD Was Released In March 1996 In The UK And August 1996 In The U.S. At This Point In Their Career The Band Were Not New To Scoring Movies. They Had Already Scored The Films The Committee And More In 1968 And 1969 Respectively. The Band Were Already Working On The Dark Side Of The Moon During This Period But Production Was Interrupted When The Band Travelled To France To Score The Movie. Nick Mason Refers To The Project "After The Success Of More We Had Agreed To Do Another Sound Track For Barbet Schroeder. His New Film Was Called La Vallée And We Travelled Over To France To Record The Music In The Last Week Of February... We Did The Recording With The Same Method We Had Employed For More Following A Rough Cut Of The Film Using Stopwatches For Specific Cues And Creating Interlinking Musical Moods That Would Be Cross-Faded To Suit The Final Version... The Recording Time Was Extremely Tight. We Only Had Two Weeks To Record The Soundtrack With A Short Amount Of Time Afterwards To Turn It Into An Album." While Recording The Music The Band Were Free To Use "standard Rock Song Construction" To Their Advantage And Such Was The Case For "Obscured By Clouds". The Title Track Featured An Early Use Of Electronic Drums Or "electric Bongos" As Mason Calls Them. Rick Wright Foreshadows What Is To Come Later With His Use Of Synthesisers On This Album. A Droning Note Played On An EMS VCS3 Synthesiser Begins The Album. This Song Was Often Used To Open Their Live Shows In 1973. The Band Also Used Themes To Their Advantage. The Melody Played In "Burning Bridges" Is Echoed Later In "Mudmen". The Song "Childhood's End" Is Said To Have Been Inspired By Arthur C. Clarke's Novel Of The Same Name. "Free Four" Was The First Pink Floyd Song To Get Significant Airplay In The U.S. And The First To Deal Directly With The Death Of Eric Fletcher Waters Roger Waters' Father. In A Snippet Of Interview Footage That Appeared In The 1974 Theatrical Version Later Released On VHS And Laserdisc And Subsequent "Director's Cut DVD" Versions Of Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii Roger Waters Stated That Early UK Pressings Of The Album Contained Excessive Sibilance A Loud High-Frequency Sound Most Apparent On "s" "sh" And "t" Sounds Which Often Causes Distortion. As Waters Says In The Film The Sibilant Distortion Was Caused By "a Bad Cut" Meaning It Came From A Poor Quality Tape To Disk Transfer During Mastering. The Sibilance Problem Was Corrected In Later Pressings. Obscured By Clouds Was The Second Pink Floyd Album To Feature The VCS 3 Synthesiser As Stated By EMS Archives. La Vallée Is A 1972 French Film Written And Directed By Barbet Schroeder. The Film Stars Bulle Ogier As Viviane A Woman Who Goes On A Strange And Accidental Voyage Of Self-Discovery Through The New Guinea Bush. The Pink Floyd Album Obscured By Clouds Is The Soundtrack To The Film. Viviane Ogier The Wife Of The French Consul In Melbourne Joins A Group Of Explorers In Search Of A Mysterious Hidden Valley In The Bush Of New Guinea Where She Hopes To Find The Feathers Of An Extremely Rare Exotic Bird. Along The Way Through The Dense Jungles Of Papua New Guinea And On The Peak Of Mount Gilowe She And The Small Group Of Explorers Make Contact With The Mapuga Tribe One Of The Most Isolated Groups Of Human Beings On Earth Who Inspire Them To Explore Their Own Humanity Unfettered By Their Own Subjective Ideas Of "civilization." The Search Becomes A Search For A Paradise Said To Exist Within A Valley Marked As "obscured By Clouds" On The Maps. The Film Ends With Their Arrival At The Valley Having Endured Much Travail In The Journey.