EPISODE · Dec 3, 2024 · 3 MIN
Pink Floyd’s Inflatable Pig Once Got Loose Over London
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Today in 1976, Pink Floyd was trying to take a photo of an inflatable pig flying over a power plant for one of its iconic album covers… only the situation literally got out of hand. Plus: today in 1971, the release of the debut album by the Electric Light Orchestra, which accidentally got released with the wrong album title because of a phone call gone wrong. Pink Floyd's Pig Gets Loose (Songfacts) Electric Light Orchestra's No Answer Don’t get dragged down by the stone, back our show on Patreon
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Today in 1976, Pink Floyd was trying to take a photo of an inflatable pig flying over a power plant for one of its iconic album covers… only the situation literally got out of hand. Plus: today in 1971, the release of the debut album by the Electric Light Orchestra, which accidentally got released with the wrong album title because of a phone call gone wrong. Pink Floyd's Pig Gets Loose (Songfacts) Electric Light Orchestra's No Answer Don’t get dragged down by the stone, back our show on Patreon
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