From these sessions the band developed Shine On You Crazy Diamond, (A passionate tribute to Syd Barrett, words by Roger Waters. During a two-to-three week jam session in early 1974, the band worked on ideas for three new compositions. Following the success of 1973’s The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd pondered their next move. The album was released on January 23rd 1977, but the roots of Pink Floyd’s tenth studio album go back earlier in the decade. Its critique of capitalism and greed caught the prevailing mood in Britain: a time of industrial strife, economic turmoil, The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the race riots of Notting Hill. Here they are, enjoy, there’s nothing controversial, just a few simple facts.ĭespite being recorded in London during the long, summer heatwave of 1976, Pink Floyd’s Animals remains a dark album.
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The final draft of the liner notes was fact checked and agreed as factually correct by me, Nick and Gilmour. Good work James Guthrie by the way, and sorry Mark Blake. I am agreeing to the release of the new Animals remix, with the sleeve notes removed. There’s a lot of “we did this” and “we did that,” and “I did this” and “I did that.” So, two things: But, he has for the last 35 years told a lot of whopping porky pies about who did what in Pink Floyd when I was still in charge. Yes he was, and is, a jolly good guitarist and singer. This is a small part of an ongoing campaign by the Gilmour/Samson camp to claim more credit for Dave on the work he did in Pink Floyd, 1967-1985, than is his due. He does not dispute the veracity of the history described in Mark’s notes, but he wants that history to remain secret.
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Gilmour has vetoed the release of the album unless these liner notes are removed. These mixes have languished unreleased because of a dispute over some sleeve notes that Mark Blake has written for this new release. What precipitated this note is that there are new James Guthrie Stereo and 5.1 mixes of the Pink Floyd album Animals, 1977.
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A note from Roger Waters to Pink Floyd fans:Īs I am banned by Dave Gilmour from posting on Pink Floyd’s Facebook page with its 30,000,000 subscribers, I am posting this announcement here today and in full on .įirst, a warm welcome back to our little band of brothers and sisters who have always kept an open mind, let’s hope some of the fans whose access to my words is suppressed by Gilmour find their way here and discover some truth.