PINK FLOYD & THEIR BEGININGS

PINK FLOYD & THEIR BEGININGS

January: 1966
Pink Floyd make their debut appearance using that name with the line-up of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Rick Wright. The venue is the Countdown Club in London's Palace Gate. They play for five hours with only a 20 minute break. Their fee is £ 15.
13th March:
Pink Floyd gets its first billing at London's Marquee Club.
14th October:
The band play their first real "underground" set at All Saints Hall, Powis Gardens in London having dumped all their r&b material.
15th October:
Band performs at the International Times "All Night Rave" at London's Roundhouse.
31st October:
Pink Floyd sign a management contract with Peter Jenner and Andrew King.
18th November:
A "philadelic" music event is staged at Hornsey Colege Of Art featuring Pink Floyd and light show.
November:
Peter Jenner and Andrew King take the band into Thompson Private Recorders in Hemel Hempstead to record a demo tape. Four tracks are cut, "Interstellar Overdrive", "Lucy Leave", "Stoned Alone" and "Silas Lane".
12th December:
Band plays for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall.
18th December:
Pink Floyd play The Blarney Club in Tottenham Court Road. The next week it changes its name to the UFO Club.

Scorpions: Albums

Lonesome Crow (1972)
Fly to the Rainbow (1974)
In Trance (1975)
Virgin Killer (1976)
Taken by Force (1977)
Tokyo Tapes (1978, live)
Lovedrive (1979)
Animal Magnetism (1980)
Blackout (1982)
Love at First Sting (1984)
World Wide Live (1985, live)
Savage Amusement (1988)
Crazy World (1990)
Face the Heat (1993)
Live Bites (1995, live)
Pure Instinct (1996)
Eye II Eye (1999)
Moment of Glory (with the Berlin Philarmoniker, 2000)
Acoustica (acoustic, 2001)