3/28/2023 0 Comments Pink floyd munich 1977 recorder 2![]() Waters took over most of the writing and lead vocals and Gilmour turned out to be an excellent guitarist, developing his own unique style of bending, hammering and harmonizing. The next album Saucerful Of Secrets was still somewhat like the debut with one leftover Barrett song, “Jugband Blues”, but things would be changing. The new Pink Floyd would become even more of a hit. With help from his former bandmembers, he did go on to record two somewhat successful solo albums shortly after his departure from the band, but then disappeared into oblivion, his mental problems totally taking over his life. However the five piece Floyd didn’t last long as Barrett’s mental instability grew worse and he left the band just two months later. Plans would be for Barrett to stay in the band, but not play live any longer. Gilmour was to take over the lead guitar. His fellow band members realizing they were about to see the band crash if they didn’t do something, hired their old high school friend David Gilmour as a fifth member in February of 1968. In late ’67 Floyd released a third single “ Apples And Oranges” but two other recordings made at the time, “Vegetable Man” and “Scream Thy Last Scream”, were unsuitable for release and Barrett was at this stage too wasted to finish them properly. On the US tour he would start to play music out of the blue that wasn’t a part of the band’s set and at other gigs he would stand on stage and not play at all. ![]() By this time he was a heavy LSD user and it started to take its toll on him. Syd was a truly gifted genius, but also just a step away from insanity. But it was during the US tour where problems with Barrett started to show up. With the album’s success they began to tour, first with Jimi Hendrix. ![]() It contained mostly Barrett penned songs that were far out experimental pop fantasies with lengthy riff-laden instrumental passages. Many claimed it to be the greatest British psychedelic album next to the Beatles Sgt. The album did not contain their first two hit singles yet it became a Top Ten hit anyway. Later in ’67 their debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was released. Their next single “ See Emily Play” was a even bigger hit and reached number 6 in June of ’67. In early 1967 they signed with EMI Records and released their first single “Arnold Layne” which didn’t sound a lot like their live show, but nevertheless was a hit reaching the UK’s Top 20. They began to play the London underground with experimental light shows and instrumental feedback that was still unheard of at the time. They recorded their first two songs in early ’66, one, Barrett’s “Lucy Leave” a combo RnB-pop song that got the band some attention. With their first two albums they were a psychedelic band. Under Barrett’s guide Floyd would start out quite differently than the concept album kings they would later become known as. The text, written by Paul Oliver, read: “ Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, (…) Pink Anderson or Floyd Council – these were a few amongst the many blues singers that were to be heard in the rolling hills of the Piedmont, or meandering with the streams through the wooded valleys.” The Barrett era only lasted three years He noticed the names in the liner notes of a 1962 Blind Boy Fuller LP (Philips BBL-7512). He came up with the band’s name by juxtaposing the first names of Piedmont bluesman Floyd Council and South Carolina bluesman Pink Anderson. By the end of ’65, Waters, Mason and Wright joined up with Barrett who would become the band’s songwriter, lead guitar player and lead singer. The band’s name changed several times and then Close quit. That lineup didn’t last too long as Metcalfe and Gale left and Waters switched over to bass and Bob Close came on to play lead guitar. With Waters on guitar, Mason on the drums and Wright on keyboards, the band also consisted of bassist Clive Metcalfe and vocalist Juliette Gale (who later would marry Wright). Waters meanwhile attended a architecture school in London where he met Nick Mason and Rick Wright. But after graduation Gilmour decided to go on to art school in London as Barrett wandered around the country side. Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, and David Gilmour were all friends there and talked about forming a band. ![]() The origins of Pink Floyd developed at Cambridge High School in England in the early sixties. But for Pink Floyd, this not only happened once, but twice and still they roll on. Most bands do not survive if their lead singer, chief song writer and leader leaves. Group’s Main Members: Syd Barrett (passed 2006), Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Rick Wright (passed 2008) Formed: 1965 in Cambridge & London, England ![]()
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