11th January:
Two days of recording at Sound Techniques studio
in Chelsea with Joe Boyd. The tracks recorded are "Interstellar
Overdrive", "Arnold Layne", "Let's Roll
Another One" (later to be called "Candy And A Currant
Bun") and "Nicks Boogie".
20th January:
Granada TV film part of a TV documentary at London's
UFO Club, featuring the "house band", Pink Floyd.
1st February:
Pink Floyd turn professional.
7th February:
Granada's TV documentary on the UFO club and underground
scene is broadcast.
27th February:
The band go into Sound Techniques studios to record
with Joe Boyd. The tracks will become the band's first single.
Early March:
Pink Floyd sign to EMI records with an advance of
Ј 5,000.
11th March:
"Arnold Layne" is released backed by "Candy
And A Currant Bun".
16th March:
Sessions start at EMI's Abbey Road Studios for the
first album.
24th April:
Roger Waters is hurt when a coin is thrown from
the audience.
29th April:
The "14 Hour Technicolour Dream" is staged
London's Alexandra Palace. 10,000 watch Pink Floyd play at
sunrise.
12th May:
A "musical and visual exploration" is
staged at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Titled "Games For
May:" it features a song composed for the event, which
is soon re-named "See Emily Play". The concert features
the most complex light show seen in London and the first use
of a quadrophonic sound in the U.K.
23rd May:
After several days abortive work at Abbey Road Studios,
the band moves to Sound Technique studios to record "See
Emily Play" and "Scarecrow". They'd been unable
to re-create the sound achieved on "Arnold Layne"
without returning to the same studio.
16th June:
"See Emily Play" is released backed by
"Scarecrow".
24th June:
First appearance on Top Of The Pops to promote "See
Emily Play". Syd is immaculate in velvet and satin.
31st June:
Top Of The Pops again. Syd is still wearing he same,
now crumpled, clothes.
6th July:
Top Of The Pops. This time Syd arrives in all his
psychedelic finery but changes into dirty rags before going
in front of the cameras.
5th August:
"The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" is released.
7th August:
Danish tour starts.
11th August:
Sessions at Abbey Road Studios for "Apples
And Oranges".
21st August:
German tour is abandoned when Syd vanishes.
24th October:
First U.S. tour.
26th October:
First of three nights at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
29th October:
The band appear on Dick Clark's American Bandstand
lyp-synching to "See Emily Play". Syd doesn't open
his mouth.
30th October:
The Pat Boone Show. The band are interviewed but
Syd doesn't react when questioned.
2nd November:
Recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios for "Paintbox".
14th November:
Start of U.K. tour supporting the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
David O'List of The Nice (also on the tour) stands in on dates
when Syd doesn't show up or cannot play
18th November:
"Apples And Oranges" is released backed
by "Paintbox".
5th December:
The Hendrix tour ends at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow.
22nd December:
"Christmas On Earth Revisited" is staged
at Olympia. Syd seems incapable of playing, standing staring
at the audience.
