Obscured by Clouds

New editions:

  • EMI ( Europe)
  • Capitol Records (USA)

Occupation

  • David Gilmour - guitar, vocals
  • Nick Mason - drums, percussion
  • Roger Waters - bass, vocals
  • Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals

Obscured by Clouds is an album by British band Pink Floyd based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vallée (directed by Barbet Schroeder ). Recorded at Chateau- d'Heuroville studios near Paris in just two weeks, some songs sound for the ratios of Pink Floyd rather rough and spontaneous. The album was released on 3 June 1972 and presented the largest ever commercial success of the band in the U.S. The song dar. Free Four in the U.S. was a hit single, the songs Obscured by Clouds When You're In and made ​​it to the live program of the band.

With this album, the band featured for the first time a synthesizer (EMS VCS 3).

The Song Childhood's End is, according to the band inspired by the eponymous novel by the author Arthur C. Clarke.

Title

Musician

  • David Gilmour - guitar, vocals, VCS3
  • Roger Waters - bass guitar, vocals, VCS3
  • Nick Mason - drums, percussion
  • Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals, VCS3
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