Pink Floyd Appreciation

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

 

[Jbraswell]

Is this fact?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Is this fact?

Yeah, I watched a documentary on it a while back. It caused quite a kerfluffle.

It also seems to me, that they had to shoot it down for some reason.

 

[Jbraswell]

Yeah, I watched a documentary on it a while back. It caused quite a kerfluffle.

That's giving me another appreciation for this album.

 

[Nee Lewman]

That's giving me another appreciation for this album.

Cover shoot:


Whole doc:

 

[Nee Lewman]

They really are a fascinating band.

 

[yukbon]

Is this fact?

yeah, a lot of the covers were done old school with practical effects. e.g. momentary lapse they really did put out a bunch of hospital beds on a beach. Peter Christopherson of COIL did the photography.

The original cover proposed by strom was bleak in a different way:

Hipgnosis cofounder Storm Thorgerson had proposed to Pink Floyd a cover design with the following image of a child accidentally witnessing his parents copulatin

Pink Floyd’s “Animals”: The Story Behind the Album Cover

Throughout the 20th Century, London’s Battersea Power Station symbolized modern energy efficiency. The Battersea provided as much as 20…

festivalpeak.com

 

[Jbraswell]

I pulled out the '77 Japanese copy.
Played around with translating their version of the English lyrics.
It would be challenging to follow music in this method.

 

[djdavedk]

 

[Gavaxeman]

Not a lot happening in Floyd land at the moment but the catalogue is now being issued under Sony so starting to be rolled out again - usual suspect 1st but hopefully we might get some of the harder to find albums on vinyl soon (Echoes box set plz).

 

[AndySlash]

i want is there anybody out there on vinyl

 

[AndySlash]

apparently pompeii has been 4k scanned and they'll be doing one of those 'one-night-only' event screenings at theaters in april. steven wilson also remixed the audio.

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/pink-floyd-live-at-pompeii-2025-release.1217183/page-9#post-36237894

 

[djdavedk]

I love that Pompeii concert, need to eventually pick up a vinyl press, even though I have the DVD.

 

[Gavaxeman]

Here’s something a bit exciting! Pompeii 72 getting a reissue

Pink Floyd Albums on Vinyl Record and CD, Band T Shirts, Discography, Posters and Merch | HMV Store

 

[Gavaxeman]

https://amzn.eu/d/4AYSsyY

 

[Gavaxeman]

Pink Floyd At Pompeii - Mcmlxxii https://amzn.eu/d/7vk60fP

 

[AndySlash]

 

[Hemotep]

This gave me a good chuckle.