Saturday, August 25, 2007

See Emily Play


Do you know what it looked when the song See Emily Play came to the market? The Ad was so simple and you can see that it was only made by handwriting, I guess. Look at the picture closer, who are the on the board of the train? It was a funny drawing, right?

Arnold Layne Again


This is another Ad of Arnold Layne song/single with the picture of the members there.

It is said the that the song was co wrtten by Candy and Currant Bun. Do you know what it means? This one was released by EMI

Friday, August 24, 2007

Arnold Layne


This is what the ad looked like when the single of Pink Floyd entitled Arnold Layne reached the market in 1967.

PINK FLOYD'S GARDEN PARTY


This is the picture of a newspaper report about Pink Floyd's Garden Party at the Crystal Palace bowl. The event happened on 15 May 1971. The show was opened by the bands such as the Faces and the Mountain, a guess band from the U.S.A.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Who is Bob Klose?


Rado 'Bob' Klose (born 1944; sometimes referred to as Bob Close or Brian Close in various publications) is an English musician and photographer. He was one of the earliest members of the rock band Pink Floyd, playing lead guitar; however, he left the band before they recorded their first released single, "Arnold Layne".
"The Abdabs" (also known as "The Screaming Abdabs"), with Roger Waters (lead guitar), Rick Wright (rhythm guitar), Nick Mason (drums), Clive Metcalfe (bass guitar), and Keith Noble & Juliette Gale (vocals), performed rhythm & blues under various names ("Sigma 6", "The Meggadeaths", and the Abdabs variations above) during their run with manager Ken Chapman, who also wrote some early material for the band. More here. In the Picture above, We can see him playing the Guitar with a bow tie.

First Solid Pink Floyd


This is the solid original Pink Floyd's linu-up after Bob Klose left the band.
They are (from left to right)
Roger Waters , Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and
Nick Mason. It was probably taken around 1965-1968 before David Gilmour join the band.