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‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50

As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogue

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“The music needed to be paced differently and we needed a bit more going for us, thematically. We very much realised we needed a new identity to rise above the fray”: Wishbone Ash laid a plan for Argus, and surprised themselves when it worked

War, peace, dictators and a failed pursuit of young love were at the heart of the band’s attempt to make “proper grown-up music” in 1972

Louder

Pink Floyd announce 50th anniversary reissue of Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd will release Wish You Were Here 50 on various formats on December 12

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“I was on Battersea Bridge when the pig broke free. I drove to the power station and saw this look of schoolboy glee on Roger Waters’ face… ‘You sort this out, Po’”: Aubrey Powell’s Hipgnosis story

Storm Thorgerson’s right-hand man on breaking the law, pushing creative concepts, refusing to work with record labels, watching Pink Floyd get rich and staying friends by never taking sides

Louder

“The four-note phrase is arguably the most recognisable motif of the entire Pink Floyd catalogue”: Seven powerful moments that help make Wish You Were Here so unique

…and two of them occur before a single note is heard of the band’s 1975 classic

Louder

"Loath to actually leave Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett made it so they had to chuck him out. And none of them ever got over it": Storm Thorgerson's documentary on the Pink Floyd founder reviewed

Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd reviewed

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“These kinds of albums only come along once in a generation." Wishbone Ash and the making of Argus

The story of how UK rock quartet Wishbone Ash made their prog masterpiece Argus...

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“We probably did about as much as we could have... but I have a regret or two”: Pink Floyd's David Gilmour reflects on what he might have done differently with Syd Barrett

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour looks back on his relationship with Syd Barrett in new documentary

Louder

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) review – Anton Corbijn’s fascinating snapshot of rock art history

The Control director’s first documentary tells the story of the British design firm behind some of the most iconic album covers of all time

The Guardian - UK

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) review – album cover as concept art

Anton Corbijn directs this enjoyable documentary about the design duo who created extraordinary images for Pink Floyd, 10cc, Led Zeppelin and more

The Guardian - UK

‘They found ways to do the impossible’: Hipgnosis, the designers who changed the record sleeve for ever

Control director Anton Corbijn’s new film tells the chaotic, tragic story of the creative duo behind some of the most recognisable covers of all time

The Guardian - UK

Review: Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Classic rock revisited.

Reason

Watch the trailer for the new Syd Barrett movie

Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd opens in Everyman Cinemas in May

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Rush take centre stage with Signals on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Jethro Tull, Hawkwind, Alan Parsons Project, Hipgnosis, Crown Pands, Exploring Birdsong and loads more...

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Pink Floyd's enigmatic, record-breaking album The Dark Side Of The Moon turns 50

The iconic cover art, the boundary-pushing sonics, that thing where it supposedly synchronises with The Wizard Of Oz — Pink Floyd's legendary album is one of the most successful releases of all time.

The Conversation

The Dark Side of the Moon at 50: an album artwork expert on Pink Floyd’s music marketing revolution

This month marks 50 years since the release of The Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album beamed the band into super stardom with platinum-selling singles such as Money and The Great Gig in the Sky.

Daily Mirror

Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon cover designer shares what inspired iconic artwork

Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, who designed the iconic album cover, created a number of stories about the cover's creation to add to the mystery but Po has finally shared the true story

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