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Nick Mason
founder member-
drums, percussion, programming:
- 1965-1996
Richard Wright
founder member-
keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizers, mellotron, backing vocals:
- 1965-1979,
- 1987-1996
David Gilmour
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lead vocals, lead guitars, bass guitar, special effects:
- 1968-1996
Roger Waters
founder member-
lead vocals, bass guitar, guitars, percussion, programming:
- 1965-1985
Syd Barrett
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lead vocals, guitar:
- 1965-1968
Bob Klose
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bass guitar, guitars:
- 1965
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( 6 stories between 6th December 2007 and 10th May 2011 )EMI to Release Original Unheard Pink Floyd Tracks
May, 10 2011
According to Reuters, EMI plans to release a bevy of unheard songs by Pink Floyd beginning in September.
The tracks will be unearthed from archives as part of a multi-month schedule of releases, which will include collectors' box sets and re-mastered studio recordings.
The band originally signed to EMI four decades ago, but in recent years has litigated their former label over the rights to “unbundle” their albums in order to sell individual tracks online. The English rockers won that battle last fall culminating in a new five-year deal.
"We have worked together for more than a year on this program which incorporates all the elements that have made Pink Floyd one of the most inspiring forces in modern music," Roger Faxon, EMI chief executive, said in a statement.
Pink Floyd are most famous for influential and acclaimed albums 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon, 1975’s Wish You Were Here and 1979’s epic double-whammy, The Wall.
According to EMI, Pink Floyd has sold over 200 million albums worldwide, and in the United States alone, The Dark Side of the Moon has sold 45 million copies and is the America’s third best-selling album ever. In 1996, the band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Pink Floyd Sign New Deal with EMI
Jan, 6 2011
Iconic, psychedelic band, Pink Floyd, has just inked a new five-year global partnership with EMI Music to continue marketing and distributing their significant catalog.
The deal is a sigh of relief for a company with many recent high-profile exoduses: Radiohead, Queen, The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney have left EMI in recent years.
Further, the deal ends legal troubles; in dispute was EMI’s sale of individual digital downloads as well as the calculation of online royalty payments. A British High Court judge ruled that EMI didn’t have the right to market a-la-carte tracks; something the band felt compromised artistic intent. EMI's press release did not give details on the resolution or details of the renewed partnership.
In the US alone, 1973′s The Dark Side of the Moon has sold 45M copies. It’s America’s third best-selling album ever, having spent more time on the Billboard chart than any other album in history.
Pink Floyd recorded a total of 14 studio and three live albums. Bassist Roger Waters’ 1979 autobiographical double album, The Wall, has been certified platinum (1M copies) 23 times in the US. He is currently touring behind it.
The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the US in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Floyd Fight For Full Albums
Mar, 11 2010
There are many ways in which new technology has favored the song instead of the album: digital music stores such as iTunes make single-song purchases more cost-efficient; huge storage capacities on tiny MP3 players make it easier to skip over less-immediate songs in search of a favorite; and devices like the iPod Shuffle make it clear that there’s lots of people who pay no heed at all to song sequencing.
But purists would argue that many albums were created to be listened to as a whole, without skipping or shuffling, and those are the kind of albums Pink Floyd made. The English prog-rockers were determined that their albums should be considered in full unedited form, so they ensured their original contract with EMI stated that their albums would only be available in that way. Many years later the internet was invented, EMI decided to make classics like Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall available track-by-track on digital retailers, and the boys from Floyd weren’t happy about it. So they’ve taken them to court.
The High Court in London agreed with the band that the contractual ban on selling individual tracks applied to online sales. For EMI, it’s another blow as they struggle to adjust to the new music landscape. They've already lost the trust, and the contracts, of big groups like Radiohead and The Rolling Stones. They’ll be praying that Pink Floyd don't walk away too.
