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Pink Floyd with then managers Andrew King and Peter Jenner at their EMI signing!

On February 1, 1967 Pink Floyd signed their first recording contract with EMI in London. Shortly after the signing Pink Floyd started to record with their focus on finishing The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. A month after the signing Pink Floyd released their debut single “Arnold Layne.”

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June and Marc pictured circa 1968 when they were starting their relationship.

"The day he came into the office he went into Peter's room, which was next door to mine, and I was typing and suddenly something hit me on the head and I stopped typing. It was like an electric shock, the most extraordinary thing. I'll never know or love anybody like that again, ever." ~ June talking about when she met Marc.

"There would be June, who was meant to be answering the phones and doing all those things that women were meant to do back then, and she would be constantly canoodling, and they'd be staring into each other's eyes. She'd apparently done it with Syd (Barrett) too. I'd missed that, but I couldn't help noticing it with Marc. It really was very intense. Finally it got to the crunch and I said to her, 'I don't mind what you do. It's up to you. But you can either just look after Marc, or you can have nothing to do with him and just look after other things, or you can leave and be Mrs Marc and just live with Marc and be in love. I don't mind, that's up to you. But what we can't do is have you sitting round in the office with him on your lap.' It was- definitely him sitting on her lap. Instantly they left." ~ Peter Jenner, June's boss at Black hill Enterprises, talking about June bringing Marc into the office with her.

From Remembering June Child Feld Cosmic Jewel facebook group.

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David Gilmour Pink Floyd - London, January 1968. Photo: PeterJenner/Blackhill Enterprises.

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An Apple A Day

Our article about the Apples And oranges hand written lyrics has been updated.

URL: https://atagong.com/iggy/archives/2023/05/an-apple-a-day.html

Picture: Rino Di Lernia.

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The single that was never released: Scream thy Last Scream / Vegetable Man

Scream Thy Last Scream This song, first intended to be put on Pink Floyd’s second album, then was to become a single after the success of See Emily Play, but due to its grim and disturbing lyrics, the band prevented it from being released. It was recorded at the same session as Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. Most parts were sung by Nick Mason, which is a rarity as his voice can be heard on only 4 Pink Floyd tracks.

Vegetable Man Probably the most honest, yet most and disturbing track Syd Barrett has ever recorded with Pink Floyd. The lyrics were written on the spot; the band had a recording session scheduled, and Syd had to come up with a new song, so he simply described his outfit.

In my paisley shirt I look a jerk/ And my turquoise waistcoat is quite out of sight

The lyrics lack of always present enthusiasm; Vegetable Man he calls himself, but you can’t describe him as detached from reality. These words are coming from a man who is not only painfully down-to-earth, but filled with rage as well. Everything dressed in a thick coat of irony and cynical humour. A great document on how Syd felt at the time about both his career and himself.

I've been looking all over the place for a place for me, But it ain't anywhere, it just ain't anywhere

Musically hardly sounds like Pink Floyd at all. No keyboard track, barely recognisable backing vocals, completely stripped of “Piper...”’s dreamy mood. Musically and lyrically turned into statement of breakdown of both a man and a band. Peter Jenner, who produced both tracks, recalls: “They're disturbing, and not a lot of fun, but they're some of Syd's finest work – though God knows, I wouldn't wish anyone to go through what he's gone through to get to those songs. [...] I always thought they should be put out, so I let my copies be heard. I knew that Roger would never let them out, or Dave.”

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