The 1975 World Tour is probably better known as the ‘wish you were here’ tour amongst fans as it was designed to support the release of the then forthcoming Pink Floyd album ‘Wish You Were Here’. It also has a hood with drawstring, ribbed cuffs on the sleeves and hem, and both front and back prints. The wall Pink Floyd hoodie features the iconic brick wall design on the front.
With 23 million certified units sold in the US, the album cover, with a stark brick wall and the band name, is iconic today. it also reached number three in the UK and is also number three on the Recording Industry Association of America’s list of the all-time Top 100 albums. This was Pink Floyd's first single since "Money", and the Wall LP topped the Billboard chart in the US for 15 weeks. The wall was released on 30th November 1979 and was supported by "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)", which topped the charts in the US and the UK.
Distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows, the band never looked back. The Dark Side of the Moon album was released 6 years later in March 1973, and became an instant chart success in the UK and throughout Western Europe. EMI released the band's first single, "Arnold Layne", with the B-side "Candy and a Currant Bun", on 10 March 1967. The deal earned them an advance of £5,000, which is the the equivalent of around £100k today. In 1967, Pink Floyd began to attract the attention of the music industry and three days after an arranged recording session at Sound Techniques in West Hampstead, they signed with EMI. Waters is also documented as being a big Neil Young fan. Early influences are also thought to be the kinks and the rolling stones, a fact which is alluded to in the pink floyd book ‘The visual documentary’. Nonetheless the ‘Fab Four’s’ influences are unavoidably spattered over much of the Floyd’s greatest works. Waters reportedly once wished he was John Lennon, but the Floyd never tried to be the Beatles or even sound like them. Waters and Barrett were childhood friends and Waters met Mason while studying architecture at the London Polytechnic on Regent Street. Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965 by students Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright.