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Any Colour You Like: The Dark Side of the Moon Turns 50

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Capitol Records, David Gilmour, Legacy Recordings, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd’s record-setting album was indeed a true band effort

Progressive Rock Rock

Yet Another Movie: Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason at 35

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Anthony Moore, Carmine Appice, David Gilmour, Dogs Of War, Jim Keltner, Learning To Fly, Nick Mason, On The Turning Away, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Sorrow

Looking back at the band’s classic first LP without Roger Waters

Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

Raving and Drooling: Animals at 45

January 22, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1977, 45th Anniversary, Animals, David Gilmour, Dogs, Nick Mason, Pigs, Pigs on the Wing, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sheep

On their best album for Columbia, Pink Floyd give George Orwell a Rock ‘n’ Roll makeover

Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

Pink Floyd Surprise Drop Twelve Post-It Notes

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971 (Live), Copenhagen Live 23 Sept 1971, Copenhagen Vol II Live 23 Sept 1971, David Gilmour, Embryo San Diego Live 17 Oct 1971, KB Hallen, Live 5 June 1971; Live Lyon 12 June 1971, Live at Grosser Saal, Live in Montreux 18 & 19 Sept 1971; KB Hallen, Live in Rome Palaeur 20 June 1971, Mauerspechte Berlin Sportpalast, Musikhalle Hamburg West Germany 25 Feb 1971, Nick Mason, Over Bradford Pigs on the Groove Bradford University Live 10 Oct 1971, Pink Floyd, Quebec City 1971, Richard Barrett, Roger Waters, The Screaming Abdabs, They Came in Peace Live Leeds University 1970 Washington University 1971, Tokyo 16 March 1972

We listened to all of ‘em so you don’t have to

Art Pop Electronics Pop Psychedelics Remembrance Rock

Set The Controls For The Heart Of Pink Floyd

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1997, Broken China, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Sinead O'Connor, Syd Barrett, Wet Dream

Read a 1997 interview from the late Richard Wright

Progressive Rock

Prepare Yourself: Porcupine Tree’s ‘The Sky Moves Sideways’ at 25

March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1995, Dark Side of the Moon, David Gilmour, Delirium Records, Fear of a Blank Planet, Japan, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Richard Barbieri, Steven Wilson, The Incident, The Orb, The Sky Moves Sideways

In 1995, the band released its third official album, an exemplar of the kind of ethereal space rock that would win over fans of Pink Floyd’s post-Syd Barrett and pre-The Dark Side of the Moon period

Pop Progressive Rock Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Eight Notable Features of Pink Floyd’s The Later Years

December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Reissues, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, The Later Years

Exploring the catacombs of this overdue sonic monument to the post Roger Waters era

New Wave Progressive Rock Psychedelics

Is There Anybody Out There?: Pink Floyd’s The Wall at 40

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Alan Parker, David Gilmour, Gerald Scarfe, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd -- The Wall, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Wall

Just how much does Roger Waters’ hallucinogenic post-war opus reflect on these modern times?

Progressive Rock Rock

Learning to Fly Without Waters

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, David Gilmour, Guy Pratt, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters

Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder at 30

Progressive Rock Rock

Wet Dream at 40

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments David Gilmour, Mel Collins, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Snowy White, Syd Barrett

Celebrating the vastly underrated solo debut from Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright