That blues influence, quickly sublimated and only surfacing on the occasional Gilmour guitar solo, was the foundation for the band’s very name, as the group decided to splice the names of two old bluesmen –Pink Anderson and Floyd Council– as a tribute to the American music they loved so. These members of the early Floyd — guitarist/singer Syd Barrett, bassist Roger Waters, keyboardist Rick Wright, and drummer Nick Mason– were all architecture students at London Polytechnic, with the exception of Barrett, who was an art student and a friend of Waters since childhood. This version of the band started gigging regularly in 1965, with Barret becoming the group’s lead singer quite quickly. During this time, the group relied on blues and R&B covers, not unlike many of their British peers, but they wound up extending the time of their sets through extended instrumental jams, planting the seeds of space rock that would come to fruition not much later. During 1966, the group’s increasingly adventurous sets became something of a sensation in the London underground, leading to a contract with EMI early in 1967. Their first single, “Arnold Layne,” backed with “Candy and a Currant Bun,” appeared in March of 1967, and it was banned from some radio stations due to its gender-bending lyrics, but the single wound up in the U.K. Top 20 and the group’s second single, “See Emily Play” — a menacing, mincing stomp with a profound, lasting influence — went into the Top 10, paving the way for the release of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. On their full-length LP, Pink Floyd veered toward the experimental and avant-garde, particularly on the elastic, largely instrumental vamps “Astronomy Domine” and “Interstellar Overdrive,” resulting in an album that had a significant influence not only upon its release but well beyond. It was also a hit in the U.K., reaching number six on the British charts.
- 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1 – 5) [2016 Remaster]
- 2. Welcome To The Machine (2016 Remaster)
Side 2
- 1. Have A Cigar (2016 Remaster)
- 2. Wish You Were Here (2016 Remaster)
- 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6 – 9) [2016 Remaster]











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