On March 28, 1994, Pink Floyd released the progressive rock album, The Division Bell, by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and on 4 April by Columbia Records in the United States. Pink Floyd artist Storm Thorgerson
positioned two gigantic heads in a cold wintry field near Ely, Cambridgeshire to
create the iconic album cover shoot in early 1994. The heads were devised by artist Keith Breeden and constructed by John Robertson.
I had the wonderful fortune to see The Division Bell tour in April of 1994 at the Oakland Coliseum. It was the last concert by Pink Floyd as a group. During the concert they performed one of my favorite songs which is actually from A Momentary Lapse of Reason. It was the fantastically beautiful Learning To Fly cut with its glorious choral backup (link below).
The huge metal heads that are on the cover of The Division Bell were shown in an exhibition, Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Running from Saturday 13th May to Sunday 1st October 2017, the exhibition celebrated the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and inaugural single Arnold Layne.
The huge metal heads that are on the cover of The Division Bell were shown in an exhibition, Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Running from Saturday 13th May to Sunday 1st October 2017, the exhibition celebrated the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and inaugural single Arnold Layne.
photos from Victoria & Albert Museum & other sources (links below)
Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains, Victoria and Albert Museum - 2017
photo by Tim P. Whitby/gettyimages
Viewfinder links:
all things Pink (Floyd)
The Division Bell CD & blue glass bell
The Division Bell blue vinyl LP
Net links:
Consequence of Sound ~ Cool Things at Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains
Imagine Exhibitions ~ Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains
Planet Rock ~ V&A museum: Pink Floyd exhibition
YouTube links:
Victoria & Albert Museum ~ Their Mortal Remains (39' 39")
Pink Floyd - Their Mortal Remains (trailer 30 sec.)
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains (interview)
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains (interview)
Pink Floyd -
High Hopes (Official video)
Learning To Fly (Official video)
Marooned (Official video)
Pink Floyd -
High Hopes (Official video)
Learning To Fly (Official video)
Marooned (Official video)
The Division Bell Tour - Oakland 1994 (2 hr., 30 min., 44 sec.)
The Division Bell Tour - Rotterdam 1994 (2 hr., 20 min., 33
The Division Bell Tour - Rotterdam 1994 (2 hr., 20 min., 33
Styrous® ~ Thursday, March 28, 2019
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