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Pink Floyd   Obscured By Clouds  1972       LP Vinyl Record Album Vintage and Original Sealed Never Opened  Unopened * Note: Album is being sold as a sealed collectible! This items value is in the fact that it has never been opened! No refund if you have opened a sealed albums! Obscured by Clouds is the seventh  by the English  band , based on their  for the French film , by . Some copies of the album refer to the film by its English title, The Valley. The cover of Obscured by Clouds is an out-of-focus film still of a man in a tree. The lyrics and music tell the story of one's journeys. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 2 June 1972, and a few weeks later in the United States, by , reaching number 6 and number 46 respectively. A single, "", was issued in the US only.
Album Notes
The last in Pink Floyd's series of 1970s film-inspired works, OBSCURED BY CLOUDS, like much of the band's music, has a cinematic feel. In retrospect, however, the album sounds like a warm-up for--or even a collection of high-quality outtakes from--Floyd's next and greatest record, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. The opening title track is the sort of proto-ambient music that Pink Floyd helped pioneer and, with its spooky slide guitar, sounds uncannily like some of Eno's work with U2. After another instrumental, the album takes a more traditional, song-based turn and the next seven tunes cover a dizzyingly diverse array of styles.There is stomping, Grand Funk Railroad-style hard rock and gentle ballads like "Stay" and "Burning Bridges" (which recalls Hendrix's "Little Wing"). "Childhood's End," a funky psychedelic number, sounds like a work-in-progress version of DARK SIDE's "Time." David Gilmour, especially, is on top form. Whether creating Robert Fripp-esque soundscapes or blistering Clapton-style blues solos, Gilmour always plays for the song, effortlessly walking the thin line between guitar hero and ensemble musician. Throughout, the band weaves a beautiful, yet decidedly un-flashy, tapestry of sound that makes for a subtle, varied, and ultimately essential Pink Floyd album. More interesting tidbits from the web! The band was named after two American Blues musicians: Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. Other names they used included The Megadeaths and The Abdabs. Waters, Wright and Mason formed the band when they met at a London architectural school. Syd Barrett joined them shortly after. Syd Barrett was the first high-profile acid casualty. He was the group leader until he gradually went crazy and had to be kicked out of the band. It got to the point where he would stand on stage and refuse to play his guitar. When Barrett couldn't contribute musically, the remaining members hoped he could stay on as a songwriter, similar to what Brian Wilson did for The Beach Boys, but he was too far gone. On July 7, 2006 Barrett died in his home in Cambridge at the age of 60 due to diabetes. (thanks, Will - Raleigh, NC) Gilmour has an extensive collection of classic guitars, including the Fender Stratocaster with the first serial number. Waters loves golf. On their later tours, he would make an effort to book hotels near golf courses. Because they were rarely pictured on album covers (they appear on the cover of their 1969 album Ummagumma) and the light show was the focus of attention at concerts, many people have no idea what the band members look like. This has helped them remain anonymous and live more normal lives. In the '60s, they gave fans a completely different concert experience. Audiences came to their shows to listen to the music and enjoy the visual effects. There was no dancing. They were the first band to use a quadraphonic sound system at their concerts. Using four different channels of audio, it was an early version of surround sound. Their famous light shows started off very low-tech. In the early days, they used slide projectors and colored condoms stretched over lights. In 2002, Gilmour sold his London house for $6.48 million, and gave all the money to charity. He claimed he had grown tired of having too many expensive possessions. They were the first British rock group to use a liquid light show and the first act to use gold-colored lasers in their shows. (thanks, Brandon - Baldwinsville, NY) They put a big emphasis on the artwork for their albums. Their art director, Storm Thorgeson, would listen to the albums, then bring ideas to the band, which they usually loved. In an attempt to keep ticket prices low, they once appeared in a French soft-drink commercial. This went against their anti-commercialism philosophy and was a horrible experience. They haven't done anything like that since. They have worked on the soundtracks to the movies Zabriske Point, The Valley, and Tonight Let's All Make Love In London. Apparently, Pink Floyd shows up in The Muppet Show. A member of the band is mostly colored pink. His name is Floyd. (thanks, Jeff - Kendall Park, NJ) The Dark Side of The Moon set an impressive chart record that is largely misunderstood. The album has logged over 880 weeks on the Billboard Albums chart, which is far more than its closest competitor, Johnny Mathis' Johnny's Greatest Hits, which stayed for 490 weeks and is unlikely to return. Most of Dark Side's weeks on the chart came during a run from 1977-1988 when it never dropped off. For a long time, its number of weeks was 741, but reissues, digital releases and promotions have since led to its occasional re-entry and have added to that total. Syd Barrett had a great influence on the other band members even after he left. "Shine On you Crazy Diamond" is dedicated to him, since it reads S-hine on Y-ou crazy D-iamond. "Wish You Were Here" is also in his memory. In the movie The Wall, several scenes are inspired from actual events involving Syd. In the movie, the character Pink shaves off all his facial hair, including his eyebrows - something Syd once arrived to the studio having done himself. (thanks, Ahmer - Karachi, Pakistan) Their 1979 album The Wall has sold at least 23,000,000 copies in United States alone, making it the third-highest-selling album of all time, and the highest-selling Hard Rock album of all time. (thanks, Jeff - Seaville, NJ) There are a striking number of coincidences between events in the movie The Wizard Of Oz and musical cues (and lyrics) on the 1973 Pink Floyd album Dark Side Of The Moon. It is highly improbable that the band had a print of the movie with them when they recorded that album at Abbey Road, and few attempt to claim it to have been deliberate (David Gilmour dismisses it as nonsense), but the coincidences are remarkable nonetheless. If you begin the album on the third roar of the MGM lion (using the NTSC version of the movie, not the 25 fps PAL version which runs a little over 4% faster) the coincidences include (but are not limited to):
The line "balanced on the biggest wave" comes as Dorothy balances on the fence. -The song "On the Run" starts as Dorothy falls off the fence.
"The Great Gig in the Sky" begins when the tornado first appears.
The song "Us and Them" is played when Dorothy meets the Wicked Witch of the West.
The line "black and blue" is repeated when they are talking to one another (Dorothy in her blue outfit, the Wicked Witch in black).
The line "the lunatic is on the grass..." coincides with Dorothy meeting the Scarecrow.
When we first see Miss Gulch on her bicycle, the song "Time" starts with its bells and alarms.
Dorothy asks Professor Marvel what else he sees in his crystal ball as the line "thought I'd something more to say" comes along in the song "Time."
As the Scarecrow sings "If I Only Had a Brain", Pink Floyd sing "Brain Damage."
Side 1 of the original vinyl album (up to the end of "The Great Gig in the Sky") is exactly as long as the black and white portion of the film.
As Dorothy listens to the Tin Man's chest, the album ends with the famous heartbeat sound effect. (thanks, Dieter - Turnhout, Belgium) Roger Waters would sometimes yell out numbers before the start of certain popular songs in concert. This was most likely a way for him to keep track of bootleg concert recordings and possibly to help identify them to those who purchased them. (thanks, Jonathon - Clermont, FL) They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. The band reunited for a performance at Live 8 in 2005, and in 2007 the surviving members got together for a tribute to Syd Barrett - just not all at the same time. Gilmour, Mason and Wright played together, and Waters performed alone, skipping the final performance by all of the other artists who played the gig. According to the book Comfortably Numb: A History of The Wall by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon, there were 5 different versions of the album The Wall: Water's original demo, the final album version, and 3 additional demos. The book was released in a limited edition run of just 5000 copies. Founding member Rick Wright died of cancer on September 15, 2008 at age 65. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France, for above 4) In Nick Mason's rock n' roll memoir Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, he says that really the only reason Roger ever bothered to approach him in the first place was because he wanted to borrow Nick's car. (thanks, Jenny - Indianapolis, IN) When their record label EMI allowed individual Pink Floyd to be downloaded in March, 2010, the band sued, as their contract states that tracks cannot be sold unbundled from albums. EMI argued that the contract applied only to physical albums, not downloads, but the judge didn't agree, ruling that the label is "not entitled to exploit recordings by online distribution or by any other means other than the complete original album without Pink Floyd's consent."

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