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Pink Floyd fans: What are your favourite memories of seeing the band live?

Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd performing on stage
Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd performing on stage

A music writer is appealing for fans of psychedelic rockers Pink Floyd to share their memories of their early gigs in the north-east.

Richard Houghton is keen to hear from anyone who may have attended their concerts in Aberdeen and Elgin in 1967 to help him write a people’s history of the group.

The band are famous for their multimillion selling album Dark Side Of The Moon, their controversial 1979 No 1 hit, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2), and their remarkable stage effects.

These included the inflatable pig Algie, who once slipped his moorings at Battersea Power Station, and flew off across London.

However, prior to selling out arenas around the world, Pink Floyd launched their career by playing a range of smaller venues, including performances at the Two Red Shoes in Elgin and the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen during what came to be known as the Summer of Love.

And Mr Houghton is determined to try and trace those who attended the two events 50 years ago.

He said: “I’m interested in capturing people’s memories of these gigs for posterity and hopefully in the process telling the band’s story in a different way, via first hand accounts of these earliest shows.

“The book isn’t just about Pink Floyd as a band. Through people’s stories, I am hoping to capture a slice of what it was like to be young in 1967, long before the band became the chart-topping force they did.”

Mr Houghton has already recorded the rise of The Beatles and the Rolling Stones and is preparing another work on The Who.

To share memories of Pink Floyd early in their career, e-mail isawpinkfloyd@gmail.com or write to Mr Houghton at 1 Totnes Road, Manchester, M21 8XF.