Pink Floyd – Obscured By Clouds
(Harvest Records 1972 SHSPJ4020)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – Rare South African Pressing
“Gramophone Co” ringwording text
Flipback Sleeve in Good condition
– wear to edges/corners, split in top spine, ringwear, name written on sticker on front & name written on back & tear across back cover
Vinyl in Excellent condition
(there are quite a few surface marks visible on the vinyl which do give some pops/crackles but sound quality is Excellent overall – name written on both labels)
Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder. Some copies of the album refer to the film by its English title, The Valley. The cover of Obscured by Clouds is an out-of-focus film still of a man in a tree. The album was released in the UK on 2 June 1972, and a few weeks later in the US, by Harvest, reaching number 6 and number 46 respectively. A single, “Free Four” was released in the US only.
Track listing
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length | ||||||
| 1. | “Obscured by Clouds” | Gilmour, Waters | Instrumental | 3:03 | ||||||
| 2. | “When You’re In” | Gilmour, Waters, Wright, Mason | Instrumental | 2:30 | ||||||
| 3. | “Burning Bridges” | Wright, Waters | Gilmour, Wright | 3:29 | ||||||
| 4. | “The Gold It’s in the…” | Gilmour, Waters | Gilmour | 3:07 | ||||||
| 5. | “Wot’s… Uh the Deal?” | Gilmour, Waters | Gilmour | 5:08 | ||||||
| 6. | “Mudmen” | Wright, Gilmour | Instrumental | 4:20 | ||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length | ||||||
| 7. | “Childhood’s End” | Gilmour | Gilmour | 4:31 | ||||||
| 8. | “Free Four” | Waters | Waters | 4:15 | ||||||
| 9. | “Stay” | Waters, Wright | Wright | 4:05 | ||||||
| 10. | “Absolutely Curtains” | Wright, Mapuga tribe | Instrumental, chant by Mapuga tribe | 5:52 | ||||||
Personnel
- Pink Floyd
- David Gilmour – guitars, vocals, pedal steel guitar, VCS3
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion, vocals, tape effects
- Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals, VCS3, tape effects
- Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals, VCS3
- Additional personnel
- Hipgnosis – album cover
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