another in the occasional series of sounds purchased when the came out . . . 

On this day in music history: June 3, 1972 - “Obscured By Clouds”, the seventh studio album by Pink Floyd is released. Produced by Pink Floyd, it is recorded at the Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville in Île-de-France, France from February 23 - 29 and March 23 - 27, 1972. The album features music (six tracks with vocals and four instrumentals) from the soundtrack of director Barbet Schroeder’s (“Single White Female”) film “La Vallée” (“The Valley”). It is the bands’ second collaboration with the French film director, having composed the music for his 1969 film “More”. Pink Floyd will record “Clouds” just prior to the sessions for their next studio album “The Dark Side Of The Moon” at Abbey Road Studios in London beginning in June. Working under a tight schedule, the band complete the recording of their film score in just two weeks of studio time, following Schroeder’s rough cut of the film to create specific music cues and interludes. The albums’ enigmatic cover art (designed by regular graphic collaborators Hipgnosis) features a deeply out of focus photo of a man sitting in a tree. Remastered and reissued various times since making its CD debut in 1986, it is most recently reissued in 2011. The vinyl LP, out of print since 1990, is remastered and reissued as a 180 gram LP in 2016. The album packaging replicates the original UK cover artwork, with the LP jacket having rounded die cut corners and the original hype sticker spotlighting the film. “Obscured By Clouds” peaks at number six on the UK album chart and number forty six on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.

Heavy heavy stuff and it fits my mood today as upon waking hear there has been another terrorist attack on the streets of London . . . 7 dead as I write and only feel ashamed to feel so relieved to hear from my son first thing who lives nearby to let me know they are okay! Such ambivalence and fear . . . .another van driven into crowds it seems and yet with the added horror of these cowards attacking people with huge knives stabbing anyone they can . . . . . . . don't know what else to say other than feeling speechless in the face of such abominations, such dreadful acts on the country's capitol . . . . . . the extraordinary bravery of the authorities and medical staff with accounts again of their running towards the source of danger and mayhem and relief that it sounds like the three monsters who perpetrated these horrific murders have been shot dead by the authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . our thoughts are with all the victims and their families