Did the bands who preceeded Pink Floyd ever make any records?
Of all the permutations that Pink Floyd went through, none were ever commercially successful. The only band which even released anything was Joker’s Wild, Gilmour’s old band. Their record was a one-sided LP, and contained all cover versions: Beautiful Delilah (Chuck Berry) Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Frankie Lymon) Don’t You Ask Me (Manfred Mann’s arrangement) Sherry (The Four Seasons) Big Girls Don’t Cry (The Four Seasons) They also recorded a single, Sam & Dave’s “You Don’t Know What I Know” with Otis Redding’s “That’s How Strong My Love Is.” But the original version of “You Don’t Know” became popular at about the same time, and the single was never even noticed. [all this straight from the ASOS/Odessey book, p.
