Some bands thrive in the safety of the recording studio, away from the chaotic energy of a live audience. But Pink Floyd ...

his worries about leaving art college and much more. Blake, who has also written for Prog and Classic Rock, and who published the respected and best-selling Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story Of Pink ...

On 1 March 1973, Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album, The Dark Side of the Moon.The album had been a work in progress for a couple of years beforehand, as the ten songs were relentlessly ...

The Album Art Studio That Made Pink Floyd’s Pig Fly. ... came to £5,043 — about $26,000 in today’s money and a big sum for the time. (But then again, as Powell, ...

A rare piece of artwork by Pink Floyd's founding member is set for auction in Carlisle on July 30. The earliest known artwork by rock star, Syd Barrett, the pastel and watercolour piece was ...

At the time, Pink Floyd was still reeling from the firing of their good friend and founding member Syd Barrett from the band in 1968. Barrett was suffering from severe mental illness and had been ...

And by the time Pink Floyd began working on the album at EMI's Studio 3 in May 1972, the conditions had aligned perfectly on their behalf. EMI's engineers had made numerous refinements of their ...

Artwork for an iconic Pink Floyd album and a Pete Doherty painting will be auctioned to raise cash for a Kent school. ... Released in 1979 and dubbed one of the greatest albums of all time, ...