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Richard Wright
Born 1943-07-28 · London, England, UK
Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English musician who co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He played keyboards and sang, appearing on almost every Pink Floyd album and performing on all their tours. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Pink Floyd. Wright grew up in Hatch End, Middlesex, and met his future Pink Floyd bandmates Roger Waters and Nick Mason while studying architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London. After being joined by frontman and songwriter Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd found commercial success in 1967. Barrett was replaced by David Gilmour in 1968, who, along with Waters and Wright, took over songwriting. Initially contributing more as a singer-songwriter, Wright later acted mainly as an arranger on compositions by Waters and Gilmour. He began to contribute less towards the end of the 1970s and left the band after touring The Wall in 1981. He rejoined as a session player in 1987 for A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and rejoined full-time for The Division Bell in 1994. Sessions with Wright during this period were later released on the 2014 album The Endless River. Away from Pink Floyd, Wright recorded two solo albums and was briefly active in the pop duo Zee with Dave Harris of Fashion. Following Pink Floyd's Live 8 appearance in 2005, he became part of Gilmour's touring band, singing occasional lead vocals on songs such as "Arnold Layne". Wright died from lung cancer in London in September 2008, aged 65. Wright's jazz influences and distinctive keyboard playing were an important part of the Pink Floyd sound. As well as playing Farfisa and Hammond organs and Kurzweil synthesisers, he sang regularly in the band and took lead vocals on songs such as "Remember a Day" (1968), "Time" (1973) and "Wearing the Inside Out" (1994).
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NRThe Grammy-nominated 1988 concert, restored, re-edited and remixed from the original films and master tapes. Filmed at the Nassau Coliseum (Long Island, NY) and featuring David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright at their incendiary best, this engrossing and uplifting event uses an innovative mix of lighting and staging, balancing the then-new material and classic Pink Floyd songs.
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder
2026
8.1British progressive rock band Pink Floyd perform at the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in the ruins of Pompeii, Italy in 1971. Although the band perform a typical live set from the era, there is no audience beyond the basic film crew.
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
1972
7.4On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians from across the globe - asked people not for their money, but for their voice.
Live 8
2005
8.2Concert video taken from the A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. It was largely filmed during the concerts running from August 19, 1988 through August 23, 1988 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, with some additional footage from June 21, 1988 and June 22, 1988 at the Place d'Armes of the Château de Versailles, Versailles, France (used to provide the performance of "The Great Gig in the Sky").
Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder
1989
8.4Live performance from the legendary band, recorded live at Earls Court in London on 20th October 1994, during The Division Bell tour.
Pink Floyd: Pulse
1995
7.7Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour plays a number of that band's most well known songs along with selections from his solo album On An Island. A number of special guest stars play with him over the course of the evening including David Bowie, and Graham Nash.
David Gilmour: Remember That Night
2007
NRDelicate Sound of Thunder is a landmark 1988 live album and concert film by Pink Floyd documenting their hugely successful post-Roger Waters A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, featuring spectacular visuals, iconic hits, and new songs from the studio album, showcasing the band's successful continuation led by David Gilmour, becoming a major success despite initial mixed reviews about its slickness but praised for its performances and technical prowess.
Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 2 - Delicate Sound of Thunder
2019
NRA documentary chronicling the tour for David Gilmour's 2006 album "On An Island"
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
2007
NRThis is a great collection of videos and live stuff, a must for any fan.
Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983
2007
6.9Live concert by Pink Floyd in Piazza San Marco, Venezia, in 1989, performing: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Learning To Fly, Yet Another Movie, Round And Around, Sorrow, The Dogs Of War, On The Turning Away, Time, The Great Gig In The Sky, Wish You Were Here, Money, Another Brick In The Wall, part two, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell.
Pink Floyd: Live in Venice
1989
6.0It is now over 25 years since the release of The Wall. Conceived by Roger Waters as an ambitious double album, a spectacular live show and a ground breaking feature film. The Wall has gone on to achieve iconic status in the history of popular music. This program draws on live performance footage of Pink Floyd and highlights from the film. Also includes extracts from archive interviews with Gerald Scarfe and Alan Parker, the director of The Wall, along with the views of a team of leading musicians and musicologists. This is the independent critical review of a milestone in popular culture, which strips away the prejudice to produce the ultimate retrospective on one of the most important and iconoclastic popular works of the twentieth century. Featuring Highlights From: • Another Brick in The Wall Part 2 • Comfortably Numb • One Of My Turns • Plus Many More!
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's The Wall (The Ultimate Critical Review)
2007
7.3Follow the moment Barrett was kicked out of Pink Floyd, from the narrative of him going from groundbreaking musician to iconic rocker and manic, unstable star.
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
2023
6.2Documentary of a 1970 rock concert held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Stamping Ground
1971
10.0Volume 7: 1967–1972: Continu/ation from Pink Floyd. Hampstead Heath And St. Michael’s Church, Highgate, London, UK, March 1967 - Arnold Layne (Alternative Version). P1 - P Wie Petersilie’ Stuggart, Germany, 22 July 1969 - Corporal Clegg, Band Interview, A Saucerful Of Secrets. Bath Festival Of Blues & Progressive Music’, Shepton Mallet, UK, 27 June 1970 - Atom Heart Mother. Kralingen Music Festival’ Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 28 June 1970 - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, A Saucerful Of Secrets. ‘The Amsterdam Rock Circus’ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 May 1972 - Atom Heart Mother, Careful With That Axe Eugene, A Saucerful Of Secrets.
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 7 - Continu/ation
2016
NRPink Floyd founder member and keyboard player Richard Wright’s debut solo album, Wet Dream, reissued on Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and new stereo mixes by Steven Wilson, along with the original stereo mix. Upon rediscovering this record, it becomes hugely apparent how much of Richard’s DNA runs through Pink Floyd. His distinct rhythm patterns, song structure and style of play exudes throughout, shining a light on his unique talent and influence on modern music.
Richard Wright: Wet Dream
2023
NROver ten years, documentary filmmaker Peter Clifton has recorded performances by some of the biggest names in world pop rock. From 1964 to 1973, groups such as the Rolling Stones, Animals, Cream, Blind Faith, Pink Floyd and Faces passed through London, as well as emblematic singers of that period, some with meteoric trajectory such as Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix; others, poets of a single era, like Cat Stevens and Donovan, as well as those who would shine brighter a few years later, like Joe Cocker and Tina Turner. You can check it all out on this historic DVD, an indispensable document for anyone who appreciates the purest rock.
Superstars in Concert
1984
10.0Forum Musiques, Paris, France, 22 January 1969 ("Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", David Gilmour interview [in French], "A Saucerful of Secrets") The Man and The Journey: Royal Festival Hall, London, rehearsal, 14 April 1969 ("Afternoon", "The Beginning", "Cymbaline", "Beset by Creatures of the Deep", "The End of the Beginning") Essencer Pop & Blues Festival, Essen, Germany, October 11, 1969 ("Careful with That Axe, Eugene", "A Saucerful of Secrets") Music Power & European Music Revolution, Festival Actuel Amougies Mont de L'Enclus, Belgium, 25 October 1969 ("Green Is the Colour", "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Interstellar Overdrive" [with Frank Zappa])
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 3 - Dramatis/ation
2016
7.3Wish You Were Here, released in September 1975, was the follow up album to the globally successful The Dark Side Of The Moon and is cited by many fans, as well as band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour, as their favorite Pink Floyd album. On release it went straight to Number One in both the UK and the US and topped the charts in many other countries around the world. This program tells the story of the making of this landmark release through new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason and archive interviews with the late Richard Wright. Also featured are sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson, guest vocalist Roy Harper, front cover burning man Ronnie Rondell and others involved in the creation of the album. In addition, original recording engineer Brian Humphries revisits the master tapes at Abbey Road Studios to illustrate aspects of the songs construction.
Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
2012
NRWish You Were Here 50 gives fans an exciting new perspective into one of Pink Floyd’s most iconic and best-loved records. This 50th anniversary edition features rarities and live recordings - at the core of this special collection are six previously unreleased alternate versions and demos presenting Pink Floyd's eighth studio album in a brand new way that demands repeat listening. This Blu-ray includes a Dolby Atmos mix of the album for the first time by James Guthrie, plus 25 bonus tracks made up of nine studio rarities, and 16 live recordings captured by the renowned bootlegger Mike Millard at Pink Floyd’s Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on April 26th 1975, now receiving its first official release. The live audio has been meticulously restored and remastered by Steven Wilson. The Blu-ray also gives fans the chance to see three concert screen films from the band’s 1975 tour, plus a Storm Thorgerson short film.
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary)
2025
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Pink Floyd: Live In Venice
1989
7.5On the 30th June 1990 in the grounds of Knebworth House a concert was staged to raise funds for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and the Brit School For Performing Arts. It has since been heralded as the "best British rock concert of all time". The breathtaking performing line-up was drawn entirely from acts who had been recipients of the prestigious Sliver Clef Award presented annually by Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy for outstanding services to the British Music Industry. All the artists gave their time and performances for free in order to support the charity and this 20th Anniversary deluxe edition will continue to raise funds so that they can continue their invaluable work. For the SD Blu-ray release the footage has been newly restored and has audio in DTS-HD Master Audio and LPCM Stereo to present this legendary concert in the best possible sound and picture quality.
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
2010
10.0Recording "Wot’s...Uh the Deal?", Château d’Hérouville, France, 23–29 February 1972 David Gilmour and Roger Waters interview – 7.14 Brighton Dome, UK, 29 June 1972 ("Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Careful with That Axe, Eugene") Roland Petit Pink Floyd Ballet, France, news reports 1972–73 "Actualités Méditerranée", Marseille, 22 November 1972 "JT Nuit – Les Pink Floyd", Marseille, 26 November 1972 "JT 20h – Pink Floyd", Paris, 12 January 1973 "Journal de Paris – Les Pink Floyd" , Paris, 12 January 1973 Concert set up news report – France, 29 November 1972 Poitiers – Autour du passage des Pink Floyd Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii ("Careful with That Axe, Eugene", "A Saucerful of Secrets", "One of These Days", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Echoes") [2016 5.1 audio mix]
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 6 - Obfusc/ation
2016
7.0Live In Gdańsk is David's first solo live album and captures the magic of his concert held in front of 50,000 in the Gdańsk shipyards, the final performance of his critically acclaimed 2006 tour. It also features the first-ever recording of selected Pink Floyd classics performed live.
David Gilmour: Live In Gdańsk
2008
10.0Volume 1: 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation. 01. Chapter 24: Cambridgeshire, UK 1966. 02. Nick’s Boogie: Sound Techniques Studio. 03. Interstellar Overdrive: 'Scene - Underground'. 04. Arnold Layne: (Promo Video). 05. Pow R. Toc H. / Astronomy Domine Plus Syd Barrett And Roger Waters Interview: 'The Look Of The Week'. 06. The Scarecrow: 'Pathé Pictorial'. 07. Jugband Blues: 'London Line'. 08. Apples And Oranges Plus Dick Clark Interview: 'American Bandstand'. 09. Instrumental Improvisation: BBC ‘Tomorrow’s World’. 10. Instrumental Improvisation: 'Die Jungen Nachtwandler'. 11. See Emily Play: 'Top Of The Pops' - Partially Restored BBC Studios. 12. The Scarecrow (Outtakes): 'Pathé Pictorial'. 13. Interstellar Overdrive: 'Science Fiction - Das Universum Des Ichs'.
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 1 - Cambridge St/ation
2016