Pink Floyd TIME CAPSULE 1960s, 70s

In 1967, Pink Floyd began to attract the attention of the music industry. While in negotiations with record companies, IT cofounder and UFO club manager Joe Boyd and Pink Floyd s booking agent Bryan Morrison arranged and funded a recording session at Sound Techniques in West Hampstead. Three days later, Pink Floyd signed with EMI, receiving a 5, 000 advance EMI released the band s first single, Arnold Layne, with the Bside Candy and a Currant Bun, on 10 March 1967 on its Columbia label. Both tracks were recorded on 29 January 1967. Arnold Layne s references to crossdressing led to a ban by several radio stations; however, creative manipulation by the retailers who supplied sales figures to the music business meant that the single peaked in the UK at number 20.