Pink Floyd - Paintbox (1967)

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I first heard "Paintbox" in 1971 with the purchase of the Relics LP. It was originally released in the UK in 1967 as the B-side to the single "Apples and Oranges." Some of my most favorite tracks on the early, pre-Dark Side Of The Moon, albums were songs by Richard Wright. I remember many an afternoon in '71 and '72 after listening to both sides of Relics, replaying the tracks "Paintbox" and "Remember A Day" by Wright then turning it over for another play of Roger Waters' "Julia Dream." Beautiful songs to watch the shadows play on the houses and rooms in the late afternoon as the sun began its setting course. I loved the reflective, haunting, even meditative moments I spent listening to these songs, and it is for this that "Paintbox" and its Relics companion, "Remember A Day," will always be treasured by me. Both songs reinforced what I saw in real time and at the same time gave me waking dreams. Surreal film footage is combined with live performance used on this music video. Oddly enough it was given for David Gilmour to appear in the various videos of this song the band made despite the fact that Syd Barrett was still with the group and, indeed, is the guitarist and back up vocalist on the recording. It would be a good year before Gilmour would replace Barrett, but the two did work together on the second album and, for late 1967 and all of the year 1968, Pink Floyd would actually be a five-man rock band.