Biography
Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in the history of popular music. Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. They gained popularity performing in London’s underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett’s leadership released two charting singles and a successful debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd
Album & Cover
More is the first full-length soundtrack album, and third studio album, released on 13 June 1969 in the United Kingdom by EMI Columbia and on 9 August 1969 by Tower Records, a subsidiary label of Capitol Records in the United States as Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the film More. It is the first album by the band to be released by Capitol internationally. The album is a soundtrack for the film More, which was primarily filmed on location on Ibiza where most of the story takes place. It was the directorial debut for Barbet Schroeder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(soundtrack)
The front cover photograph was ‘solarized’ in the Hipgnosis studio from a shot in Formentera Island in Spain to give it some pizzazz, so says Aubrey Powell…
Cover Location: Formentera Island, Ibiza, Spain.
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell. Cover Design – Hipgnosis.
Label: Tower ST-5169(US), Columbia SCX6346(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Cirrus Minor The Nile Song Crying Song Up The Khyber Green Is The Colour Cymbaline Party Sequence |
Side Two Main Theme Ibiza Bar More Blues Quicksilver A Spanish Piece Dramatic Theme |
Credits
Producer, Performer – Pink Floyd
Written-By – Gilmour (tracks: A7, B1 to B4 to B6), Mason (tracks: A4, A7, B1 to B4, B6), Wright (tracks: A4, A7, B1 to B4, B6), Waters (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B1 to B4, B6)
Film Director – Barbet Schroeder.
