They started as a psychedelic rock band, but evolved into the progressive genre.
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that we could be free artists, and there was a value in that freedom."Īs time went on, Pink Floyd grew into and out of its own image. Waters recalled the Beatles' influence on Pink Floyd in an interview, "I learned from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison that it was OK for us to write about our lives, and what we felt. Pepper.ĭrummer Nick Mason recalls that "the music sounded wonderful and incredibly professional." He went on to say, "They all seemed extremely nice, but they were in a strata so far beyond us that they were out of our league."Īfter Syd left, Roger Waters re-created and re-defined Pink Floyd as the band it went on to become. Pink Floyd got a chance to see the dubbing of "Lovely Rita", the third song of Side B in Sgt.
George Martin gave an unwelcoming smile, but agreed in the end. They begged Smith to let them into a Beatles recording session so they could see the Fab Four in action. Pink Floyd was aware of Norman Smith's connections with the Beatles. The two bands were recording in adjacent studios.
Yet, the influence of the Beatles on Pink Floyd was much more than just Norman Smith and Vic Singh, and indeed The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The Beatles and Pink Floyd are bands from two different sonic worlds. PART III: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun By then, Storm Thorgerson of the iconic Hipgnosis design house of London was doing most of the Pink Floyd cover art. Harrison's prism did return, but in a different incarnation as the iconic black prism of The Dark Side of the Moon cover sleeves. That was the only time Harrison's prism lens was used for a Pink Floyd photoshoot, and the only time Vic Singh did a photoshoot for the band. In the meantime, Syd was designing the back cover. A few days later he received a phone call that the band liked the photos, and would be using one of them as the cover. Singh sent a decent number of shots to choose from. Harrison's prism lens, a Hasselblad camera, and four or five reels of Kodak Ektachrome film. Singh decided to use Harrison's prism lens to create a kaleidoscopic effect of the four band members, in colour, that would be visually psychedelic.
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The Pink Floyd management said Singh was in full control of the front cover. He could not make sense of the music, but an idea came to mind. The management decided to take a gamble like Norman Smith did when he went for Pink Floyd. Singh had met the band in Piccadilly a few weeks earlier. The management called photographer Vic Singh. Album covers at the time were a part of contemporary art. Syd changed it at the last moment to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, after Chapter 7 of his favourite childhood book, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Until late July 1967, the title of the album was "Projection". PART II: "With a little help" from George Harrison From their 1971 iconic, Meddle, Pink Floyd came of age. The band no longer needed tuition in production. He maintained an indirect influence in their next three albums ( More Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother) as the executive producer. With Syd's departure and the inclusion of David Gilmour, Smith felt the band could produce on their own. Norman Smith went on to produce the second Pink Floyd album, A Saucerful of Secrets. That was the sound their fans were used to. This helped create what Pink Floyd was playing at the clubs. Smith encouraged them to do a recording session and then go off for a break to do their gigs. He realised that Pink Floyd grew from their live performances at clubs. To make this technology breathe, Smith needed the band to relax. This was the state of the art in sound technology at the time. Pepper and Piper were recorded on four-track open-reel analogue tape. Sonically, Piper has a distinct sound signature that separates this debut album from other debut albums of the time.
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