The blue vinyl Division Bell LP
photo by Styrous®
I started the Vinyl LP series because I have over 20,000 albums I am selling; each blog entry is about an album from my collection. Inquire for more information.
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This is a follow up to the blog article I did:
20,000 Vinyl LPs 8: Pink Floyd ~ The Division Bell CD).
I just could not ignore the vinyl version of the album.
LPs 8 and this article demonstrate the advantage LPs had over CDs as far as packaging goes. The size of a record album compared to a CD made it a thing to be taken more seriously. The design and thinking that went in to designing LP albums mostly ended with the advent of the CD. What a loss. There are a few exceptions, The Division Bell CD one of them. The packaging with it's blue glass bell shows the extremes one has to go to to match what was once done in the vinyl record format.
20,000 Vinyl LPs 8: Pink Floyd ~ The Division Bell CD).
I just could not ignore the vinyl version of the album.
LPs 8 and this article demonstrate the advantage LPs had over CDs as far as packaging goes. The size of a record album compared to a CD made it a thing to be taken more seriously. The design and thinking that went in to designing LP albums mostly ended with the advent of the CD. What a loss. There are a few exceptions, The Division Bell CD one of them. The packaging with it's blue glass bell shows the extremes one has to go to to match what was once done in the vinyl record format.
I have all the details for the music, performers, etc. in the previous Pink Floyd's Division Bell article, so I'm just putting images in this one as they speak for themselves.
One bit of trivia, the name Pink Floyd was a combination of the names of two great bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. (The old joke went that the band could have ended up as
Anderson Council – until a tribute band took the name.)
(click on any image to see slideshow)
The Division Bell gatefold
Photography: Tony May, Rubert Truman
and Stephen Piotrowski
Cover Design: Storm Thorgerson
Sculptures by Aden Hynes and John Robertson
from drawings by Keith Breeden
Graphics: Peter Curzon, with Ian Wright
Illustrations by John Whitely and Sally Norris
photo of The Division Bell gatefold by Styrous®
The Division Bell gatefold interior
photo of The Division Bell gatefold interior by Styrous®
The Division Bell front cover
Photography: Tony May, Rubert Truman
and Stephen Piotrowski
photo of The Division Bell cover by Styrous®
The Division Bell back cover
Photography: Tony May, Rubert Truman
and Stephen Piotrowski
photo of The Division Bell back cover by Styrous®
The Division Bell interor (right)
Photography: Tony May, Rubert Truman
and Stephen Piotrowski
photo of The Division Bell interior by Styrous®
The Division Bell interor (left)
Graphics: Peter Curzon, with Ian Wright
Illustrations by John Whitely and Sally Norris
photo of The Division Bell interior by Styrous®
The Division Bell record sleeve back
photo by Styrous®
Division Bell blue vinyl record
photo by Styrous®
Division Bell blue vinyl record kite side
photo by Styrous®
Division Bell blue vinyl record Bear side
photo by Styrous®
Credits
- Arranged By [Orchestra], Technician [Orchestrations] – Michael Kamen
- Artwork [Graphics] – Ian Wright (4), Peter Curzon
- Artwork [Sculptures] – Aden Hynes, John Robertson
- Backing Vocals – Carol Kenyon, Durga McBroom, Jackie Sheridan, Rebecca Leigh-White, Sam Brown
- Bass – Guy Pratt
- Design [Cover] – Storm Thorgerson
- Drums, Percussion – Nick Mason
- Guitar – Tim Renwick
- Illustration – John Whitely, Sally Norris
- Keyboards, Synthesizer, Programmed By – Jon Carin
- Keyboards, Vocals – Richard Wright
- Lyrics By – Anthony Moore (tracks: A6), David Gilmour (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1 to B5), Nick Laird-Clowes (tracks: A3, A6, B1), Polly Sampson* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1, B3 to B5)
- Mastered By – Doug Sax, James Guthrie
- Mixed By – Chris Thomas
- Mixed By, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Programmed By – David Gilmour
- Music By – David Gilmour, Richard Wright
- Percussion, Programmed By – Gary Wallis
- Photography By – Rupert Truman, Stephen Piotrowski, Tony May (4)
- Producer, Keyboards, Percussion – Bob Ezrin
- Recorded By [Orchestra] – Stephen McLaughlin
- Recorded By, Engineer – Andrew Jackson
- Technician [Drums] – Clive Brooks
- Technician [Orchestrations] – Edward Shearmur
- Tenor Saxophone – Dick Parry
- Written-By – Bob Ezrin (tracks: B1), David Gilmour (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B5), Richard Wright (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B3)
Notes
With thanks to: Polly Samson, Nick Laird-Clowes, Douglas Adams, Anthony Moore, Stephen Hawking
Release Information: Limited edition on blue vinyl. This version of the album is shorter than the CD version, as the following songs have been edited in length to allow the album to fit on an LP: Poles Apart, Marooned, Wearing the Inside Out, Coming Back to Life, Lost for Words, and High Hopes.
Release Information: Limited edition on blue vinyl. This version of the album is shorter than the CD version, as the following songs have been edited in length to allow the album to fit on an LP: Poles Apart, Marooned, Wearing the Inside Out, Coming Back to Life, Lost for Words, and High Hopes.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: Two faces facing each other. Title. Photo taken at dawn with the lights on (UK version has daytime photo on the cover)
Back Cover: Two faces facing each other. Song listing. Bar code.
Inside Cover: Various pictures. Two faces facing each other.
Spine: Title. Catalog number.
Inner Sleeve: Art background with lyrics and credits.
Vinyl Color: Blue.
Labels: Columbia picture labels.
Text around the bottom edge of label starts at 8 o'clock and says:
C 64200/AL 64200/© 1994 Pink Floyd Music (1987) Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment Inc./P 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Only this color blue (no other kind of blue or any other colors) is genuine.
A more limited black vinyl was also released with the same information as above, but with a slighty different matrix number in the run-out groove.
The entire collection is for sale. Interested? Contact Styrous®
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