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47-570: During the 1970s, bands such as Pink Floyd created a lucrative market for the mass production of unofficial recordings with large followings of fans willing to purchase them. In addition, the huge crowds that turned up to these concerts made the effective policing of the audience for the presence of recording equipment virtually impossible. Vast numbers of recordings were issued for profit by bootleg labels. Some Pink Floyd bootlegs exist in several variations with differing sound quality and length because sometimes listeners have recorded different versions of

94-491: A groupie . "Absolutely Curtains", the closing instrumental on the album, is primarily based around Wright's keyboards. It ends with a recording of the Mapuga tribe chanting, as seen in the film. The album's cover was, like several other Pink Floyd albums, designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis . The cover is a still from a workprint of La Vallée depicting a man ( Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Gaëtan) sitting in

141-424: A collection of Syd Barrett era Floyd, featuring a pre-Floyd acetate, rough mixes of the early singles plus BBC TV and the unreleased single "Scream Thy Last Scream". As late as 2004, a bootleg album entitled "Outtakes From Outer Space" emerged from Israel on the dubious-sounding "Hippie Shit Label", featuring a compilation of studio session recordings and outtakes, some mentioned above. The track listing was: During

188-554: A series of well-structured songs. Drummer Nick Mason recalls that the sessions were very hurried, and the band spent most of the time in Paris locked away in the studio. During the first recording session in February 1972, the French television station ORTF filmed a short segment of the band recording the album, including interviews with bassist Roger Waters and guitarist David Gilmour . In

235-479: A snippet of interview footage at Abbey Road Studios that appeared in the 1974 theatrical version (later released on VHS and Laserdisc and subsequent "Director's Cut" DVD) of Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii , Waters said that early UK pressings of the album contained excessive sibilance . After recording had finished, the band fell out with the film company, prompting them to release the soundtrack album as Obscured by Clouds , rather than La Vallée . In response,

282-547: A tree, reaching out to pick the fruit from one of its branches. The still is out of focus to the point of complete distortion. Hipgnosis viewed a number of stills from the film on a 35mm projector and liked the visual effect when the slide jammed. Schroeder later said the band did not want to make the cover particularly good as The Dark Side of the Moon would have to compete with it, but Thorgerson insisted it be given proper consideration like any other Floyd album. Obscured by Clouds

329-448: Is one of two songwriting collaborations on the album between keyboardist Richard Wright (who wrote the music) and Waters (who wrote the lyrics). " Wot's... Uh the Deal? " is a straightforward acoustic piece. It was never performed live by Pink Floyd, but Gilmour resurrected the piece for his solo tour in 2006. One of these performances features on Gilmour's 2007 DVD Remember That Night and

376-857: Is the British recorded music industry's trade association . It runs the BRIT Awards ; is home to the Mercury Prize ; co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association; and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards. Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies, including ( Sony Music UK , Universal Music UK , Warner Music UK ), and over 500 independent record labels and small to medium-sized music businesses. The BPI council

423-616: Is the management and policy forum of the BPI. It is chaired by the Chair of BPI, and includes the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer (COO), General Counsel, Chief Strategy Officer and 12 representatives from the recorded music sector: six from major labels – two each from the three "major" companies – and six from the independent sector, who are selected by voting of all BPI independent label members. BPI has represented

470-718: Is the recognised charitable arm of the BPI. It was conceived in 1989 by BPI and a collection of music industry individuals. The BRIT Trust is the only music charity actively supporting all types of music education. Proceeds from the BRIT Awards and The Music Industry Trusts Award (MITS) go to the BRIT Trust, which has donated almost £30m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation. As of 2024, beneficiaries include The BRIT School , Nordoff and Robbins, East London Arts and Music , Music Support, and Key 4 Life . Opened in September 1991,

517-513: The Arthur C. Clarke novel of the same name . It was performed live at a few gigs in late 1972 and early the following year; the drum pattern opening the track was recycled for "Time" on The Dark Side of the Moon . " Free Four " was the first Pink Floyd song since " See Emily Play " to attract significant airplay in the US, and the second (after " Corporal Clegg " from A Saucerful of Secrets ) to refer to

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564-800: The BRIT School is a joint venture between The BRIT Trust and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Based at Selhurst in Croydon, the comprehensive school describes itself as the leading performing and creative arts school in the UK and is completely free to attend. It teaches over 1,400 students each year aged from 14 to 19 years in music, dance, drama, musical theatre, production, media and art and design. Students are from diverse backgrounds and are not required to stick to their own discipline; dancers learn songwriting, pianists can learn photography. In August 2023,

611-466: The Classic BRIT Awards . The organising company, BRIT Awards Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the BPI that has distributed almost £30m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989. In September 2013, the BPI presented the first ever BRITs Icon Award to Elton John . The BPI also endorsed the launch of

658-552: The Mercury Prize for the Album of the Year in 1992, and since 2016 has organised the Prize. The recorded music industry's Certified Awards programme, which attributes Platinum, Gold and Silver status to singles, albums and music videos (Platinum and Gold only) based on their sales performance (see BRIT Certified Awards ), has been administered by the BPI since its inception in 1973. The BRIT Trust

705-556: The Oakland Coliseum in Oakland . The classic line up of Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason) played together on stage for the first time in 24 years (the band toured without Waters in 1987–1989 and 1994). The band performed the songs " Speak to Me ", " Breathe / Breathe (Reprise)", " Money ", " Wish You Were Here " and " Comfortably Numb ". They were the only band not to be verbally introduced; instead

752-572: The A Saucerful of Secrets US Tour. Most of these bootlegs were released by the label "Ace Bootlegs Production". The track list consists of "Tunings", "Astronomy Domine", "Careful with that Axe, Eugene", "Interstellar Overdrive", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "A Saucerful of Secrets" In January 1996, the label See For Miles Records released the bootleg album "Psychedelic Games for May" which includes

799-465: The BPI which search for members' repertoire across more than 400 known infringing sites and generate URLs which are sent to Google as a DMCA Notice for removal within hours of receipt. Additionally, personnel are also seconded to the City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit to support anti- "piracy" operations. Obscured by Clouds Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by

846-693: The Department for Education approved BPI’s plan to open a new specialist creative school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, inspired by the successful model of the BRIT School in Croydon. The BPI administers the BRIT Certified Platinum, Gold and Silver awards scheme for music releases in the United Kingdom. The level of the award varies depending on the format of the release (albums, singles or music videos) and

893-525: The English progressive rock band Pink Floyd , released on 2 June 1972 by Harvest and Capitol Records . It serves as the soundtrack for the French film La Vallée , by Barbet Schroeder . It was recorded in two sessions in France, while Pink Floyd were in the midst of touring, and produced by the band. Obscured by Clouds is among Pink Floyd's shorter albums and makes heavy use of the acoustic guitar. Lyrically,

940-550: The Moon . One year and one month before the official release of that same album, the bootleg had already sold over 120,000 copies. In 2008, the Pink Floyd bootleg Madison Square Garden, New York, NY – 2 July 1977 was mentioned on the Yahoo 's Top 10 of Best Bootlegs of All Time . Most of Pink Floyd's early bootlegs concern performances from the European A Saucerful of Secrets Tour and

987-469: The Moon before its release. Many of Pink Floyd bootlegs date back from this period. Most of these bootlegs contain a pre-release version of the entire album. The bootleg Supine in the Sunshine contains an audience live recording with extended versions of two songs from the soundtrack Obscured by Clouds (1972); namely the title track (5:38) and " When You're In " (7:48). Yeeshkul! is so named because

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1034-796: The Rainbow Theatre in London (17–20 February 1972). In 2012 The Godfather label released a 10-CD box set of Pink Floyd songs called The Massed Gadgets of Hercules 1970–1974 . The box contains five Pink Floyd shows, recorded at 14 March 1970, Live at Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg, West Germany / 13 February 1971, Live at Students Union Bar, Technical College, Farnborough, Hampshire, England / 16 April 1972, Live at Township Auditorium, Columbia, South Carolina, USA / 12 October 1973, Live at Olympiahalle, München, West Germany / 14 December 1974, Live at Colston Hall, Bristol, Somerset, England. British Phonographic Industry British Phonographic Industry ( BPI )

1081-605: The VCS 3, and features Mason playing electronic drums. The following track, "When You're In", is similar in style. Its title came from a phrase said by roadie Chris Adamson. The two pieces were played back-to-back live in late 1972 and on the 1973 tours. They were also part of the set used for the group's collaboration with Roland Petit and the Ballet National de Marseille at the Palais de Sports, Paris, in early 1973. " Burning Bridges "

1128-434: The band saw a rough cut of the film and noted certain timings for cues with a stopwatch. From this, they created a number of pieces that they felt could be cross-faded at various points in the final cut of the film. They were not worried about creating complete songs, feeling that any musical piece would be workable without the need for any solos, but nevertheless, under pressure to produce enough material, they managed to create

1175-453: The bootleg work when record company executives would come around (in which case the printed label could show the artist and song names) and other times they would print labels with fictitious names. For example, the 1972 Pink Floyd bootleg called Brain Damage was released under the name The Screaming Abdabs. In January 1972, Pink Floyd debuted the live performance of their album The Dark Side of

1222-507: The bootlegger, or someone close to him, mentions the word several times during the performance. The name has inspired a forum for discussing Pink Floyd bootlegs which closed on 28 February 2023. The bootleg British Winter Tour , a recording of the 19 November show in Stoke-on-Trent was a notable bootleg released in 1975. It featured the three new songs that Pink Floyd were playing on that tour. It sold an estimated 50,000 copies. The record

1269-431: The death of Waters' father during World War II. The title is derived from the count-in "One, two, 'free, four!", spoken in a Cockney accent. The track was released as a single in the US, as the band felt it was suitable for AM radio . "Stay" was written and sung by Wright, with lyrics by Waters. It is superficially a love song, except the protagonist cannot remember the girl's name, suggesting that she might have been

1316-578: The film was retitled La Vallée (Obscured by Clouds) on its release. The songs on Obscured by Clouds are all short and economical, in contrast to the lengthy instrumentals found on other Floyd albums. A strong country music influence is present on several tracks, with prominent use of acoustic guitar. The album also features the VCS 3 synthesiser, which Wright had purchased from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop . The title track makes prominent use of

1363-484: The first time. Streaming's contributions to chart-eligible sales totals for singles and albums are calculated using the methodology employed by the Official Charts Company for consumption at title level. In April 2018, a new Breakthrough certification was introduced, pertaining to an artist's first album to reach 30,000 sales. Additionally, the programme was re-branded as BRIT Certified, with public promotion of

1410-419: The group from 1966 to 1981. Pink Floyd was one of the mainstays of the bootleg industry in the 1970s. In 1999, the group was mentioned on BPI 's list of most bootlegged British artists of all time. One of the best known ROIO 's by Pink Floyd is Best of Tour '72: Live at the Rainbow Theatre with a concert performed on 20 February 1972. This bootleg includes one of the first performances of The Dark Side of

1457-602: The house and stage lights were darkened while the introduction to "Speak to Me" was played, accompanied on the video screens by an animated version of the heart monitor graphic from The Dark Side of the Moon sleeve. Due to the death of Richard Wright in September 2008, this would be the only reunion of all four members of the post-Syd Barrett incarnation of the band. The bootleg label The Godfather released in March 2011 an 8-CD box set of Pink Floyd songs called The Complete Rainbow Tapes . The box contains four Pink Floyd shows, recorded at

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1504-444: The interests of British record companies since being formally incorporated in 1973, when the principal aim was to promote British music and fight copyright infringement . In 2007, the association's legal name was changed from "British Phonographic Industry Limited (The)" to "BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited". In September 2008, the BPI became one of the founding members of UK Music , an umbrella organisation representing

1551-400: The interests of all parts of the industry. In July 2022, YolanDa Brown was appointed chair of BPI, replacing Ged Doherty , who had served in that role the previous seven years. In July 2023, Jo Twist was appointed chief executive of BPI, replacing Geoff Taylor, who had served in the role since 2007. BPI founded the annual BRIT Awards for the British music industry in 1977, and, later,

1598-548: The landmark of one billion career UK streams – as calculated by the Official Charts Company. Recipients to date include RAYE , Billie Eilish , Queen , The Rolling Stones , Olivia Rodrigo , Katy Perry , Whitney Houston , Mariah Carey , Wizkid and Coldplay . In Autumn 2023, Ed Sheeran was presented with a special edition Gold BRIT Billion Award, celebrating his achievement as the first British artist to surpass ten billion career UK streams. The BPI have developed bespoke software and automated crawling tools created in-house by

1645-522: The level of sales achieved. Although the awards programme was for many years based on the level of shipments by record labels to retailers, since July 2013 certifications have been automatically allocated by the BPI upon the relevant sales thresholds being achieved in accordance with Official Charts Company data. Since July 2014, streaming media has been included for singles and from June 2015 audio streams were added to album certifications. In July 2018 video streams were included in singles certifications for

1692-435: The movie soundtrack on a double compact disc, four previously unreleased Pink Floyd out-takes were also revealed. Almost simultaneously, a 15-track bootleg CD of the complete sessions appeared that revealed additional works in progress, among them a track that was long referred to by Pink Floyd as "The Violent Sequence". It was penned by Richard Wright for a riot scene in the movie and although unreleased in any form officially,

1739-416: The music. The group had already started working on another album, The Dark Side of the Moon , including some basic recording and live performances, but took two breaks to Strawberry Studios, Château d'Hérouville , France, just before and after doing a Japanese tour, to write and record music for the film. The album was mixed from 4–6 April at Morgan Sound Studios in London. As they had done on More ,

1786-526: The programme being assumed by the BRIT Awards' social media outlets and digital properties. Former Chief Executive Geoff Taylor justified the change by stating that it was part of an effort to cross-promote the certifications with "the UK's biggest platform for artistic achievement". In May 2023, BPI launched an expansion of the BRIT Certified Awards Scheme with BRIT Billion, which celebrates outstanding achievement in recorded music by surpassing

1833-439: The same performance at the same time. Pink Floyd was a group that protected its sonic performance, making recording with amateur recording devices difficult. In their career, Pink Floyd played over 1,300 concerts, of which more than 350 were released as bootlegged recordings (sometimes in various versions). Few concerts have ever been broadcast (or repeated once they were broadcast on television), especially during 'the golden age' of

1880-537: The similarities to their later material. By 1972, Pink Floyd had recorded the soundtracks to the films The Committee (1968) and More (1969), and part of Zabriskie Point (1970). On the back of More ' s success, its director, Barbet Schroeder , asked them to record the soundtrack to his next major project. The new film, La Vallée , features two travellers on a spiritual quest in New Guinea , and Schroeder thought Pink Floyd would be suitable to provide

1927-492: The songs centre around love, a theme the album has in common with the film. The album's only single was " Free Four ". Obscured by Clouds has been seen as a stopgap for the band, who had started work on their next album, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). The album reached number six in the United Kingdom and number 46 in the United States; retrospective opinions from both fans and critics have been mixed, some critics noting

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1974-559: The two one-week recording sessions in November and December 1969 of the soundtrack for Michelangelo Antonioni 's Zabriskie Point at International Recording in Rome, Pink Floyd experienced for the first time a studio leak. Three out-takes appeared on a bootleg album Omay Yad , also known under titles as Oneone , Fingal's Cave and Rain in the Country . With the advent of a 1997 deluxe reissue of

2021-478: The vinyl version of his 2008 live album, Live in Gdańsk . "Mudmen" is an instrumental adaptation of "Burning Bridges" in a different time signature, and one of the few tracks from this era to be credited to just Wright and Gilmour. " Childhood's End " was the last song Pink Floyd released to have lyrics written by Gilmour until the release of A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987. The title may have been derived from

2068-408: Was incorporated into their live set as an acoustic piano piece in the early part of the year. It was a forerunner to the melody of " Us and Them ", which featured on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon . At least 34 bootlegs of different concerts from 1971 were released (not counting the several bootlegs of each concert). Sometimes the smaller record mastering and pressing plants simply hid

2115-424: Was issued with the lyrics to the songs, and the quality of presentation convinced a number of buyers that the album was a bona fide follow-up to The Dark Side of the Moon . The British Phonographic Industry were not impressed, and attempted to find out who the bootleggers were, with the intent of prosecuting them. The bootleg Animals Instincts concerns the recording of the Pink Floyd concert at 9 May 1977, at

2162-508: Was released in the UK on 2 June 1972 and then in the United States on 15 June 1972, both on Harvest . The album reached number one in France, number six on the UK Albums Chart, and number 46 on the US albums chart (where it was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1997). In 1986, the album was released on CD. A digitally remastered CD was released in March 1996 in the UK and August 1996 in the US. It

2209-454: Was remixed in 2016 for the Early Years box set, and released individually the following year. Even among fans, it is not one of Pink Floyd's more popular albums, though Mason has said it is one of his favourite Floyd albums. Retrospective critical reception has been mixed; The Daily Telegraph said "its elegant instrumentals point the way to Dark Side ", while Rolling Stone said it

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