History Trivia / PinkFloyd

** Music/RogerWaters suffered from the band’s mainstream success following ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', especially during the 1977 ''In The Flesh'' tour. The audiences became much bigger, and a lot noisier – the old psychedelic fans tended to keep quiet during the numbers, but the mainstream fans often spent the whole gig baying for "Money". It all culminated in a 6 July 1977 show in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}}, where Waters stopped during "Pigs on the Wing (Part II)" to deliver a [[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Waters#Miscellaneous blistering]] [[ClusterFBomb tirade]] and ultimately spat on a rowdy fan that'd annoyed him--the whole incident inspired ''Music/TheWall'', and the "In the Flesh?" sequence in TheMovie was mostly based on Roger's experiences touring the US. Much of his later material, in fact, exposed his grudges at such types as bureaucrats in the music industry ("Welcome to the Machine", "Have a Cigar"), leaders who send men overseas to die in wars (''Music/TheFinalCut'') and despair at society in general.[[note]]in a late 1970s interview, he said that the seventies had been "a very baleful decade", and was worried about what the eighties would be like (in retrospect we know that the spirit of the eighties turned out to be even less in line with his world-view) -- the "knuckles white upon the slippery reins" line on ''Music/TheFinalCut'' sounds like it's quite apt for Waters himself[[/note]] Ultimately, it drove him to leave Pink Floyd. He’s now much less unhappy working a solo career and playing to more specialised audiences.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: A band called Medicine Head coincidentally called an album ''Dark Side Of The Moon'' a year before ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' was released. Pink Floyd considered calling their album ''Eclipse'' to avoid confusion, but the Medicine Head album turned out to be a commercial flop, so they could safely use the title again without it being heavily associated with another performer's album.

** Pink Floyd toyed with the idea of a [[Music/TheBeachBoys Beach Boys]]-style arrangement of letting Syd Barrett stay at home Brian Wilson-style, writing and recording his material in the studio, but touring with David Gilmour filling in for Syd the same way Bruce Johnston did for Brian; Gilmour also got to record alongside Syd, as ''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets'' will attest. This arrangement fell through as Syd's condition worsened beyond repair.

*** "Okay, let's see. We could make an album that's both an homage to Syd and a bold, scathing attack on the oppressive, soul-sucking music industry...or we could make an album comprised entirely of whatever noises we can coax out of various household materials. What do you think?"

** At some point between ''Music/WishYouWereHere1975'' and ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'', Gilmour took a break from his work with Pink Floyd to help Music/KateBush [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush jump-start her career]], later providing guest vocals on [[Music/TheDreaming "Pull Out the Pin"]] and guitar parts on [[Music/TheSensualWorld "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail"]]. Also, that approaching helicopter sound at the start of "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"? Reused in Music/KateBush's songs [[Music/HoundsOfLove "Waking the Witch"]] and "Experiment IV". Supposedly, her engineers just couldn't duplicate the overwhelming sound, so she asked Roger if she could use the original effect. He said yes, just as long as he was thanked in the credits.

** At some point between ''Music/WishYouWereHere1975'' and ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'', Gilmour took a break from his work with Pink Floyd to help Music/KateBush [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush jump-start her career]], later providing guest vocals on [[Music/TheDreaming "Pull Out the Pin"]] and guitar parts on [[Music/TheSensualWorld "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail"]]. Also, that approaching helicopter sound at the start of "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"? Reused in Music/KateBush's song "Experiment IV". Supposedly, her engineers just couldn't duplicate the overwhelming sound, so she asked Roger if she could use the original effect. He said yes, just as long as he was thanked in the credits.

* BuryYourArt: "Scream Thy Last Scream" and "Vegetable Man" were recorded during the sessions for ''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets'' with the intent of either including them on the album or putting them out as two sides of a non-album single as a follow-up to "See Emily Play". However, due to the tracks being too openly reflective of frontman Music/SydBarrett's mental decline (which got him kicked out of the band midway through the album's production due to him becoming too difficult to work with), the band elected to withhold them from release, to the point of shooting down an attempt to include them on Barrett's 1988 compilation album ''Opel''. The songs would consequently become [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes popular bootlegs]] before eventually seeing an official release on the 2016 BoxedSet ''The Early Years 1965-1972''.

* NamesTheSame: Richard Wright the musician and Richard Wright the author were two different people.

* MissingEpisode: Even though ''The Early Years 1965-1972'' marked the official release of numerous rare Pink Floyd songs, there are still a handful unaccounted for, including some that were never even ''recorded'' (such as the legendary "Have You Got It Yet?"). For these, Wiki/TheOtherWiki is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unreleased_songs_recorded_by_Pink_Floyd your guide]].

* ''Trivia/WishYouWereHere''

** In the U.S., the band were first signed to Tower Records (the label, not the store), before switching to Harvest under distribution from Creator/CapitolRecords (who both owned Tower and served as Harvest's US distributor). Capitol would later reissue the band's Harvest catalog under its parent label. For the release of ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', the band moved over to Creator/ColumbiaRecords due to dissatisfaction with Capitol's distribution, staying there until the rights to the band's post-''Dark Side'' albums transferred back to Capitol in 2000. Thus, Pink Floyd ended up on both the British and American Columbia labels. The U.S. rights to the band's back catalog transferred back to Columbia's parent company Sony ''again'' in the wake of the 2012 sale of EMI, with them handling worldwide distribution of Pink Floyd Records outside of Europe.

** At some point between ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'', Gilmour took a break from his work with Pink Floyd to help Music/KateBush [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush jump-start her career]], later providing guest vocals on [[Music/TheDreaming "Pull Out the Pin"]] and guitar parts on [[Music/TheSensualWorld "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail"]]. Also, that approaching helicopter sound at the start of "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"? Reused in Music/KateBush's song "Experiment IV". Supposedly, her engineers just couldn't duplicate the overwhelming sound, so she asked Roger if she could use the original effect. He said yes, just as long as he was thanked in the credits.

** For ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'''s "Immersion box set", you'll get [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZNARH4/ref=s9_bbs_gw_d0_g15_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=01YYCAVFSDB0P1VTBQGR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 3 CD's, 2 DVD's, 1 Blu-ray disk, a 40-page booklet, a photo booklet, an art print, 5 "collectible cards", a replica ticket and backstage pass to a DSOTM show, a scarf, 3 "designer" marbles, 9 special coasters, and a credits booklet.]] And to make matters worse, there are Immersion [[http://www.amazon.com/Wish-You-Were-Here-Immersion/dp/B004ZNAUVW/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b sets]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Immersion-Box-Set/dp/B004ZNAXX2/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_c for]] ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/TheWall'' as well.

* ProductionPosse: The band was well known for their association with the Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} studio, who designed many of their iconic album covers, including ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}''.
* PropRecycling: The band also had the tendency to indulge in reusing sound effects and other bits on their albums, almost as a ContinuityNod. For example, aside from the BookEnds, the submarine "ping" from "Echoes" shows up in "Hey You", the "CarefulWithThatAxe, Eugene" scream is re-used in "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2", "Run Like Hell" and "Two Suns in the Sunset", the distorted whale-noise from "Echoes" is used in "Is There Anybody Out There?", and probably the most extreme example, ''The Final Cut'' cannibalizes sound effects from ''Music/{{Meddle}}'', ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'' '''and''' ''Music/TheWall''.
* RealitySubtext: The title of ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' reflects not only the theme of Syd Barrett's absence but also the difficult recording sessions, marked by a general [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow malaise]].

** Most of ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' was inspired by the record label's pressure on a follow-up... which led to the scathing songs "Have a Cigar" and "Welcome to the Machine".

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: [[http://www.ebay.com/itm/PINK-FLOYD-FIRST-XI-LP-BOX-INCL-PICTURE-DISCS-SLEEVES-/260852748371?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3cbc091053 Too]] [[http://www.ebay.com/itm/EMI-8-LPs-PINK-FLOYD-97-Vinyl-Collection-130-grams-/190576747700?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2c5f4264b4#ht_1756wt_1163 many]] [[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japan-Mini-CD-LP-Promo-Box-PINK-FLOYD-16-CD-sealed-/290562223348?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item43a6dbacf4#ht_500wt_1180 to]] [[http://www.ebay.com/itm/PINK-FLOYD-Dark-Side-Moon-CD-STEEL-BOX-055-100-/180713057725?_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2855699400922560574#ht_7602wt_1396 count.]] It seems like they've released every possible thing you could ever want to have by these guys, let alone the '''entire''' EMI library. For ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'''s "Immersion edition", you'll get [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZNARH4/ref=s9_bbs_gw_d0_g15_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=01YYCAVFSDB0P1VTBQGR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 3 CD's, 2 DVD's, 1 Blu-ray disk, a 40-page booklet, a photo booklet, an art print, 5 "collectible cards", a replica ticket and backstage pass to a DSOTM show, a scarf, 3 "designer" marbles, 9 special coasters, and a credits booklet.]] And to make matters worse, there are Immersion [[http://www.amazon.com/Wish-You-Were-Here-Immersion/dp/B004ZNAUVW/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b sets]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Immersion-Box-Set/dp/B004ZNAXX2/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_c for]] ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/TheWall'' as well.

** "Money", "Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2)", and "Learning to Fly", their best known songs and biggest pop hits, are totally unrepresentative of the band's sound. Somewhat ironically, the closest to representative of these songs is probably "Learning to Fly" despite being by the oft-maligned "dehydrated" (no Waters) line-up and the fact that the album the song was on (''Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason'') gets criticized for its late 80's pop production.

** In the U.S., the band were first signed to Tower Records (the label, not the store), before switching to Harvest under distribution from Creator/CapitolRecords (who both owned Tower and served as Harvest's US distributor). Capitol would later reissue the band's Harvest catalog under its parent label. For the release of ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', the band moved over to Creator/ColumbiaRecords due to dissatisfaction with Capitol's distribution, staying there until the rights to the band's post-''Dark Side'' albums transferred back to Capitol in 2000. The U.S. rights to the band's back catalog transferred back to Columbia's parent company Sony ''again'' in the wake of the 2012 sale of EMI, with them handling worldwide distribution of Pink Floyd Records outside of Europe.

* BuryYourArt: "Scream Thy Last Scream" and "Vegetable Man" were recorded during the sessions for ''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets'' with the intent of either including them on the album or putting them out as two sides of a non-album single as a follow-up to "See Emily Play". However, due to the tracks being too openly reflective of frontman Music/SydBarrett's mental decline (which got him kicked out of the band midway through the album's production due to him becoming too difficult to work with), the band elected to withhold them from release, to the point of shooting down an attempt to include them on Barrett's 1988 compilation album ''Opel''. The songs would consequently become [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes popular bootlegs]] before eventually seeing an official release on the 2016 Boxed Set ''The Early Years 1965-1972''.

** Nick Mason stated that in 1967 they wanted to ask Music/JeffBeck to be their guitarist, but "None of us had the nerve to ask him". It's hard to quibble with Gilmour's playing and songwriting, but still, one can't help wondering what the music of Pink Floyd would have sounded like with Beck's presence in the group. Beck did eventually play guitar on Music/RogerWaters' solo album ''Amused to Death''.

** At some point between ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/{{Animals}}'', Gilmour took a break from his work with Pink Floyd to help Music/KateBush [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush jump-start her career]], later providing guest vocals on [[Music/TheDreaming "Pull Out the Pin"]] and guitar parts on [[Music/TheSensualWorld "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail"]]. Also, that approaching helicopter sound at the start of "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"? Reused in Music/KateBush's song "Experiment IV". Supposedly, her engineers just couldn't duplicate the overwhelming sound, so she asked Roger if she could use the original effect. He said yes, just as long as he was thanked in the credits.

** There's a three-minute version of "Pigs on the Wing" that was only available on the eight-track tape of ''Music/{{Animals}}'' -- it combined "Pigs on the Wing 1" and "Pigs on the Wing 2" as two verses of the same song, bridged together by a short solo by guest musician Snowy White. Interestingly, this was the way the song was originally written -- the only reason Snowy White had to add a guitar solo was that David Gilmour's was accidentally erased. Of course, now that the eight-track is a dead format, this version is more easily heard on bootleg recordings.

* ProductionPosse: The band was well known for their association with the Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} studio, who designed many of their iconic album covers, including ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/{{Animals}}''.
* PropRecycling: The band also had the tendency to indulge in reusing sound effects and other bits on their albums, almost as a ContinuityNod. For example, aside from the BookEnds, the submarine "ping" from "Echoes" shows up in "Hey You", the "CarefulWithThatAxe, Eugene" scream is re-used in "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2", "Run Like Hell" and "Two Suns in the Sunset", the distorted whale-noise from "Echoes" is used in "Is There Anybody Out There?", and probably the most extreme example, ''The Final Cut'' cannibalizes sound effects from ''Music/{{Meddle}}'', ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', ''Music/{{Animals}}'' '''and''' ''Music/TheWall''.

** The cover of ''Music/{{Animals}}'' turned the Battersea Power Station into an unlikely landmark.

** David Gilmour's first take of the guitar solo on "Dogs" is supposedly better than the already excellent one that ended up on ''Music/{{Animals}}'', but we'll never know because Roger Waters accidentally erased it.

** In the U.K., the band were initially signed to Creator/EMIColumbiaRecords before moving to Creator/HarvestRecords for ''Music/{{Ummagumma}}'', staying there for over a decade and a half. Following the departure of Music/RogerWaters in 1985, the band moved over to Creator/{{EMI}} in the U.K., later releasing ''Music/TheEndlessRiver'' through Creator/ParlophoneRecords after EMI went under during the two-decade interim between it and ''Music/TheDivisionBell''. Finally, in 2016, the band would create the imprint Pink Floyd Records, distributed by Parlophone.

** In the U.S., the band were first signed to Tower Records (the label, not the store), before switching to Harvest under distribution from Creator/CapitolRecords (who both owned Tower and served as Harvest's US distributor). Capitol would later reissue the band's Harvest catalog under its parent label. For the release of ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', the band moved over to Creator/ColumbiaRecords due to dissatisfaction with Capitol's distribution, staying there until the rights to the band's post-''Dark Side'' albums transferred back to Capitol in 2000. The U.S. rights to the band's back catalog transferred back to Sony ''again'' in the wake of the 2012 sale of EMI, with them handling Stateside distribution of Pink Floyd Records.

** In the U.S., the band were first signed to Tower Records (the label, not the store), before switching to Harvest under distribution from Creator/CapitolRecords (who both owned Tower and served as Harvest's US distributor). For the release of ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', the band moved over to Creator/ColumbiaRecords due to dissatisfaction with Capitol's distribution, staying there until the rights to the band's post-''Dark Side'' albums transferred back to Capitol in 2000. The U.S. rights to the band's back catalog transferred back to Sony ''again'' in the wake of the 2012 sale of EMI, with them handling Stateside distribution of Pink Floyd Records.

** In the U.S., the band were first signed to Tower Records (the label, not the store), before switching to Harvest under distribution from Creator/CapitolRecords. For the release of ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', the band moved over to Creator/ColumbiaRecords due to dissatisfaction with Capitol's distribution, staying there until the rights to the band's post-''Dark Side'' albums transferred back to Capitol in 2000. The U.S. rights to the band's back catalog transferred back to Sony ''again'' in the wake of the 2012 sale of EMI, with them handling Stateside distribution of Pink Floyd Records.