Lucy Lee in Blue Tight (Barrett/1965)Title given to Lucy Leave by Nick Mason in a 1973 interview.
Flutter by Butterfly (Barrett/1964) Title given sometimes by band members for Butterfly.
« THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN »
The Bike Song (Barrett/1967) Working title for Bike.
Film Track (Barrett/1967) Given for Interstellar Overdrive during his recording on 29 january 1967.
Matilda’s Mother (Barrett/1967) Used for the first take on 21 February 1967.
Flame (Barrett/1967) Working title for Flaming.
Percy the Ratcatcher (Barrett/1967) Working Title for Lucifer Sam. This track come from an unreleased projet.
« Power Toch »Pow R. Toc H h as noted on the American vinyl of « The Piper ... ». It was his working title during the recording sessions, too.
« Projection » This title was initially proposed for the first album to state the lightshow dimension of the band.
Sunshine (Wright/1967) Working Title for Remember a Day. Not to be confused with the instrumental lick later inserted in Mathilda Mother.
« A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS »
Richard’s Rave Up (Wright/1968)Recorded on February 12, 1968. This track corresponds to the fourth part of A Saucerful of Secrets know today as Celestial Voices.
The Most Boring Song I’ve ever Heard (Wright/1968) Ironic title given to See-Saw during the recording sessions of « A Saucerful of Secrets ».
« Electric Electric Shock » Alternate title published in « Record Mirror » on April 30, 1968 for an unidentified song. It’s certaintly an error since, in the same article, the newspaper gives the name of « Corporal Clegg » to this LP!
Mildenhall (Waters/1968) Working title for Let there be more light as stated on the 13 February demo tape.
« MORE »
Jukebox (Mason, Wright/1969) Alternate title for Up the Khyber on « More ».
« The Last Drop » (1969) The first title of the movie « More » at the time where the band worked on the soundtrack (January 1969).
Spanish Music (Gilmour/1969) Working title for A Spanish Piece on« More »as noted on the master tapes
Stephan's Tit (Waters/1969) Initial title of Green is the Colour.
Waterpipe (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason/1969) Working Title for Quicksilver.
« UMMAGUMMA »
Nickey's Tune, Section 1, 2, 3 (Mason/1968) Working title for The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Part 1 to 3).
Dave's Scene 1st Movement, 2nd Movement, 3d Movement (Gilmour/1968)Working title for the three parts of The Narrow Way.
Roger's Quarter (Waters/1969)Title for Several Species ...
Rich’s Scene (Wright/1968)Title of Sysyphus
I am the Embryo (Waters/1969) First title for The Embryo.
« ATOM HEART MOTHER »
The Amazing Pudding (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970) Name given found by David Gilmour for Atom Heart Mother.
Core to exist (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970) Working title given by Geesin for the second part of Atom Heart Mother.
Dick Tiger Tanned (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970) An another title for Atom Heart Mother.
Emerge (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970) Working title given by Geesin for the part Remergence of Atom Heart Mother.
One night Stand (Wright/1970) Working Title of Summer 68 given during his initial demo recording (1968).
Split Knees (Gilmour, Waters, Wright, Mason, Geesin/1970)Working title given by Geesin for the future Funky Dung part in Atom Heart Mother.
Theme From an Imaginary Western (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970) First title for Atom Heart Mother. The origin of this name come from the « countryesque » feeling when Gilmour has presented the chords sequence to the band for the first time. Waters has since stated it looked like the soundtrack of « The magnificent Seven » movie.
Tubular Journey (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970)Geesin’s initial title for the part of Atom Heart Mother called Mind Your Throats Please.
Alan’s Story (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970)Alan’s psychedelic Breakfast.
« MEDDLE »
BillWorking title for Fearless.
Organ Drone (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour/1971) Title for the central part of Echoes.
Nothing (part 1-24) (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1971) One of the working Titles for Echoes. But, the following titles: The March of the Dambusters, We Won the Double, (looking) Through The Knotholes In Granny’s Wooden Leg, Nothing To The Sun And Back, Return of The Son of Nothing or The Son of Nothing are not some working titles but some random names given by Roger Waters during 1971-1972 gigs.
Return of the son of Nothing / Nothing To The Sun And Back (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1971) Many titles given to Echoes when the band began to work again on this title after his US tour
One of these Days, I’m going to cut into little pieces (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour/1971)Working title given to One of these Days during the recording sessions. This name appeared during the « John Peel Sessions » (1971) and the « Live at Pompeii ».
Rooks fx (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour/1971) One of the working title for the central part of Echoes.
Train Section (Waters, Wright, Mason, gilmour/1971)One of the working title for the central part of Echoes.
Winds fx (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour/1971) One of the working title for the central part of Echoes.
Dave’s guitar thing (Waters, Gilmour/1971) One of the working title for A pillow of winds
« RELICS »
« Golden Grollies » First proposed title for the « Relics » album.
Roger's Blues (Waters/1971) A working title who appeared on a session-sheet dated on 25 March 1969.
Rest (Waters/1971) Name for Biding my Time on June-July 1969.
Boxtape showing that Paintbox was cutted from this tape on November 14, 1967 for the album then-named « Golden Grollies ».
« OBSCURED BY CLOUDS »
The Gold it's in the Gasp (Waters, Gilmour/1972) Full name (?) of The Gold it's in the ...
Magic drink Working title that journalist Richard Adaridi noted as a session sheet during his interview with the band in Hérouville on 28 March 1972 ("Pink Floyd in studio", Pop Music superhebo, April 1972).
Feathers Provisional title that journalist Richard Adaridi noted as a session sheet during his interview with the band in Hérouville on 28 March 1972 ("Pink Floyd in studio", Pop Music superhebo, April 1972). A reference to the sequence where Vivienne looking for parrot’s feathers
The return of the incredible Bongo Jim Working title that journalist Richard Adaridi noted down as a session sheet during his interview with the band in Hérouville on 28 March 1972 ("Pink Floyd in studio", Pop Music superhebo, April 1972).
« THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON »
All that you (Waters/1972) Working title for Eclipse during recording session of « Dark Side of the Moon ». While the suite ended with a series of unconvincing sound effects, Waters wrote this track rather late in the day. It was not played until the concert at Bristol's Colston Hall on 5 February 1972.
"Eclipse (A Piece for assorted Lunatics) Used title for the first live renditions of « Dark Side of the Moon » in January and February1972. However, when the band went into the rehearsal studio at Broadhurst Gardens on 30 November 1971, and again in December 1971 and from 3 to 15 January 1972 at the Rolling Stones studios in Bermondsey, it was already called 'The Dark Side of the Moon - Eclipse (A Piece for assorted Lunatics)'. Then on the US tour they called it 'ECLIPSE'.
Ecclesiastics (Wright/1972) The working title of The Great Gig in the Sky, although the melody and orchestration evolved considerably.
Home Again (Wright, Gilmour, Waters/1972) Working title of Breathe (cover version) as it appeared until June 1972 on the session-sheets for « The Dark Side of the Moon ».
Lunatic (Waters/1972) Working title given to Eclipse during the « The Dark Side of the Moon » sessions. While All that you was the name given by the band during the first live performances of the 'Eclipse (A piece of assorted Lunatics)' suite, this title appeared on the session sheets during the recording sessions.
Scat (Gilmour, Mason, Wright/1973) Working Title for Any Colour you like.
« WISH YOU WERE HERE »
Funky Section (1975) Featured on the Advanced copy of "Wish you were here" distributed to radio stations at the end of July 1975. Certainly corresponds to part 8 of Shine on you Crazy Diamond.
Shine on (Gilmour, Wright, Waters/1975) First working title given to Shine on you Crazy Diamond.
The Machine Song (Waters/1975) Working title given to Welcome to the Machine during the "Wish you were here" sessions. This track was still present on the Advance copy distributed to radio stations at the end of July 1975.
Ugly-Booglies (1975) Title present on the Advance copy of "Wish you were here" distributed to radio stations at the end of July 1975.
An Afternoon At Home With The Duke Of Roydon aka Squire of Roydon First title for the song Wish you were here. It seems to have been a private joke aimed at the author of the title track, David Gilmour, who had just bought a large house in Roydon.
« Flight from reality » (1975) One of the first album’s title for the follow-up of « The Dark Side of the moon » before the theme of absence dominates.
Nick Sedgwick:
« The band was shown an idea for the cover of a future album: a photograph of a suburban living room, with the inevitable flight of ducks nailed on the wall. The ducks were real, however. The design, and proposed title, «Flight from Reality» went down well by the band (...) »
«In the Pink (not a hunting memoir) », Nick Segdwick, 2004.
« THE WALL »
Another Brick (Waters/1979)Titre donné à … Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2).
Bricks in the Wall (Waters/1979)Titre de travail de What Shall we do now ? C’était également, à un moment donné, le titre de travail de l’album. Pour être tout à fait exact, ce titre regroupait Empty Spaces (part 1) avec le morceau qui sera effectivement connu plus tard sous le nom de What Shall we do now ? Lors des dernières séances de mixage au mois de Septembre 1979, les titres furent scindés. Mais finalement fin Octobre, ils ne gardèrent que Empty Spaces (part 1) qui devint finalement Empty Spaces.
Bleeding Hearts (Waters/1978) Morceau présent sur la maquette originelle de « Bricks in the Wall ». Ce titre sera repris dans un des lignes du morceau Outside the Wall qui finalement le remplacera. Incidemment ce sera le nom du groupe qui accompagnera Waters à partir de 1984.
Brick 1: Reminiscing (Waters/1978) Titre de travail de Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1) sur la première maquette faite par Waters.
Brick 2: Education (Waters/1978) Titre de travail de Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) sur la première maquette faite par Waters.
Brick 3: Drugs (Waters/1978)Titre de travail de Another Brick in the Wall (Part 3) sur la première maquette faite par Waters.
« Bricks » Titre de travail de « The Wall ».
« Bricks in the Wall » Second titre de travail de « The Wall ».
The Doctor (Waters, Gilmour/1979)Nom de travail de Comfortably Numb qui montre de manière évidente l’inspiration de ce morceau qui se réfère selon Waters à l’incident que le bassiste a vécu le 29 juin 1977 lorsqu’un médecin lui injecta un médicament qui le rendit malade. Ce morceau ne prit le titre de Comfortably Numb que le dernier jour de son mixage, le 12 Octobre 1979.
Follow the Worms (Waters/1978)Titre de travail de Waiting for the Worms qui deviendra son nom officiel au mois de Mars 1979.
« In the Wall » Un des titres de travail de « The Wall ».
Never too Late (Waters/1978) Titre de travail de
Prophet (Waters, Gilmour/1979)
The Show (Waters/1979) Titres de travail des deux parties de In the Flesh ? et In the Flesh ! Ils n’auront leurs noms définitifs que le 24 Septembre 1979.
The Theme (Waters/1979) Titre de travail de In the Flesh !
Trial by Puppets (Waters/1978) Titre de travail de The Trial qui fut raccourci lors des séances de mixage le 22 Octobre 1979.
When the Tiger broke trough (Waters/1981) Premier titre de When the Tigers broke free.
Who’s sorry nowWorking title for The Show must go on.
« THE FINAL CUT »
Nips (Waters/1983) The working title for The Post War Dream.
Your Impossible Pasts (Waters/1983) A mislabelled title seen on the promo « Selections from The Final Cut».
« A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON »
« Delusions of Maturity » Titre de travail de « A Momentary Lapse of Reason ».
« Of Promises broken »Titre de travail de « A Momentary Lapse of Reason ».
« Sign of Life » Titre de travail de « A Momentary Lapse of Reason ».
« SHINE ON »
« Big Bong Theory » An idea by Mason for this boxset.
« THE DIVISION BELL »
Cosmic 13 (Wright, Gilmour/1993) C’était l’un des noms de travail de Marooned repris d’une bande de Jams effectués en prévision de l’album « The Division Bell ».
« Down to Earth » Titre proposé pour l’album « The Division Bell ».
Evrika (Moore, Wright/1993) Titre de travail de Wearing the Inside out.
In the Shade of Grey (Gilmour, Samson/1994) Premier titre envisagé par Gilmour pour la future A Great Day for Freedom.
Shades of grey (Gilmour, Samson/1993) Autre titre de travail de A Great Day for Freedom.
Hardly alive (Wright, Moore/1993)Alternate title for Wearing the inside out as seen on a sheet in the «Their Mortal Remains » exhibition.
The Whale Piece (Wright, Gilmour/1993) C’était l’un des noms de travail de Marooned pour l’album«The Division Bell». Ce titre se réfère aux chants de baleines utilisés comme bruitage par le groupe pour ce morceau.
David Gilmour:
« We called it ‘The Whale Piece’ for ages [because of certain sonorities]. ‘Maroon’ came up as a colour at one point in discussion for some title of something. ‘Maroon’ became ‘Marooned’ and it seemed to fit that tune. There’s no particular huge significance to ‘Marooned’; it’s just an appropriate title. »
« Questions and Answers with David Gilmour,” pink-floyd.org website, June 1994.
« IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE ? THE WALL LIVE »
The Medley (Waters/1980)Titre de travail donné à The Last few Bricks pendant les séances de travail de l’album live « Is there anybody out there ? The Wall live 1980-81 ». Le nom définitif viendra d’un coup de fil de Guthrie à Waters alors que l’album était en cours de finalisation.
« ECHOES - THE BEST OF PINK FLOYD »
« Raving & Drooling » First working title for the compilation.
James Guthrie:
«It occurred to me that "Raving and Drooling" was a good title and I put that on my first mock-up. Needless to say the title didn't make the cut, though it was well received by some»
«James Guthrie: Building A Compilation Album». Pink Floyd Website, 2 June 2010.
« Some of the parts »Roger revealed at the London Press Conference in October that David's favoured title for the album was « Some Of The Parts » which might not have travelled too well internationally ... depends on knowing the phrase that this is a pun on.
Roger Waters:
« I tried to persuade the band to have a secret ballot for the track listing. But they all showed each other their lists. (…) I had to, because the name the boys came up with was so awful. What was it? «Sum of the Parts». See what I mean ? If there are songs i wouldn't have put on there? Oh, clearly. Everything made after I left »
« Still Walls apart », London Times International, 2001.
« THE ENDLESS RIVER »
« It’s what we do »Working titles for « The Endless River »
Aubrey Powell:
«Before Storm died [in April 2013] he put me forward to take over as creative director and caretaker of Pink Floyd's artwork. Six months ago I metup with David and Nick, who explained they were releasing an album that was a tribute to Rick and wanted a cover. The working title was 'It's What We Do', so that was the brief l initially worked to. Then Polly Samson wrote some lyrics for the song Louder Than Words, so that became the new title. Then, eventually, it became The Endless River. Typical Floyd!»
«The long goodbye», Mojo, December 2014
BONUS: ALTERNATE TITLES
For various reasons (thematic integration, humor, etc.), the group sometimes used titles different from those under which the songs were recorded.
Afternoon (Waters/1969) First title for Biding my Time in the concept « The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes » as played in 1969-70.
The Beginning (Waters/1969) Title for Green is the Colour in « The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes ».
Beset by the Creatures of the Deep (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1969)Careful with that Axe, Eugène in the concert-concept « The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes » in 1969.
Consequently (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970) Atom Heart Mother as introduced by the band for a German gig on 20 March 1970.
Daybreak (Waters/1969) Grantchester Meadows in the concert « The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes »
The End of the Beginning (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1968)Last part of A Saucerful of Secrets for « The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes » in 1969.
Epic (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1970) Ce n’est pas à proprement parler un titre de travail mais l’un des nombreux titres sous lequel le groupe présente Atom Heart Mother lors d’un concert en Allemagne le 20 Mars 1970.
Looking Through The Knotholes In Granny’s Wooden Leg (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1971)Un des nombreux titres donnés en concert à Echoes, c'est un souvenir d'une blague d'un des membres du Floyd du début, Chris Denis.
The March of the Dambusters (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1971)Un des nombreux titres donnés en concert à Echoes.
Nightmare (Waters/1969) Nom donné à Cymbaline dans la suite thématique « The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes » en 1969.
The Pink Jungle (Barrett, Mason, Waters, Wright/1967) Nom donné à Pow R., Toc H. dans la suite thématique « The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes » en 1969
Return of The Son of Nothing (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1971) Un des nombreux titres donnés en concert à Echoes. Cela se réfère au titre de travail studio de l’époque : Nothing.
The Son of Nothing (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1971) Un des nombreux titres donnés en concert à Echoes.
We Won the Double (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright/1971)One of the many titles used on stage for Echoes. This title was used after Liverpool Football Club won the league and cup (the double).
Often confused with unreleased tracks, working titles are names given by the group to their songs during their recording.
