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Roger Keith " Syd " Barrett ( 6 ___MASK67___ 1946  7 July 2006 ) was an English ___MASK73___ , composer , singer - songwriter , and painter . Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd , Barrett was the lead singer , guitarist and ___MASK6___ songwriter in its early years and is credited with naming the band . Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist , and was briefly hospitalised amid speculation of mental illness . Columbia Records ( also known simply as Columbia ) is an American record ___MASK9___ owned by Sony ___MASK79___ ___MASK41___ ( SME ), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc ., the United States division of Sony Corporation . It was founded in 1887 , evolving from an earlier enterprise named the American Graphophone ___MASK20___ , the successor to the Volta Graphophone ___MASK20___ . Columbia is the oldest surviving ___MASK43___ name in the recorded sound business , being the second major record company to produce recorded records . Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers , instrumentalists , and bands . From 1961 to 1990 , its recordings were released outside the U . S . and Canada by the CBS Records ___MASK9___ ( which was named after the Columbia Broadcasting System ) to avoid confusion with the EMI ___MASK9___ of the same name , before adopting the Columbia name internationally in 1990 . It is one of Sony ___MASK79___ ' s three flagship record labels alongside RCA Records and Epic Records . " Comfortably Numb " ( working ___MASK95___ " ___MASK83___ ") is a ___MASK84___ by the English rock band Pink Floyd , which first appears on the 1979 double album " The Wall ". It was also released as a single in 1980 with " Hey You " as the B - side . It is one of only three songs on the album for which writing credits are shared between guitarist David Gilmour and bassist Roger Waters . The chorus melody was written by Gilmour while Waters contributed the lyrics and the music for the verses . An early version of the ___MASK84___ was included under the working ___MASK95___ on the " Immersion Box Set " of " The Wall ", released in 2012 . Harvest Records is a major record ___MASK9___ belonging to Capitol ___MASK79___ Group , originally created by EMI , active from 1969 to present . Pink Floyd  The ___MASK80___ is a 1982 British live - action / animated ___MASK11___ drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe , and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name . The film centers around a confined rocker named Pink , who , after being driven into insanity by the death of his father and many depressive moments during his lifetime , constructs a metaphorical ( and sometimes physical ) wall to be protected from the world and emotional situations around him . When this coping mechanism backfires he puts himself on trial and sets himself free . The screenplay was written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters . A double ___MASK94___ ( or double record ) is an audio ___MASK94___ which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold , typically records and compact discs . A double ___MASK94___ is usually though not always released as such , because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium . Recording artists often think of double albums as comprising a ___MASK61___ piece artistically ; however , there are exceptions such as John Lennon ' s " Some Time in New York City " and Pink Floyd ' s " Ummagumma " ( both examples of one studio record and one live ___MASK94___ packaged together ) and OutKast ' s " Speakerboxxx / The Love Below " ( effectively two solo albums , one by each member of the duo ). A classic example of this idea is Works ( Volume One ) by Emerson Lake and Palmer , where side one was Keith Emerson , two Greg Lake , three Carl Palmer while side four was by the entire group . " Run Like Hell " is a ___MASK84___ by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd , written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters . It appears on the album The Wall . It was released as a single in 1980 , reaching # 15 in the Canadian singles chart as well as # 18 in Sweden . `` The Last Few Bricks '' is an instrumental bridge / medley used by Pink Floyd and Roger Waters at The ___MASK80___ live shows , between `` Another Brick in the ___MASK80___ ( Part III ) '' and `` Goodbye Cruel World '' . Progressive ___MASK45___ ( shortened as " prog "; sometimes " art ___MASK45___ ", " classical ___MASK45___ " or " symphonic ___MASK45___ ") is a broad subgenre of ___MASK65___ that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s . Initially termed " progressive pop ", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz , folk or classical music . Additional elements contributed to its " progressive " label : lyrics were more poetic , technology was harnessed for new sounds , music approached the condition of " art ", and the studio , rather than the stage , became the focus of ___MASK11___ activity , which often involved creating music for listening , not dancing . Nicholas Berkeley " Nick " Mason ( born 27 ___MASK67___ 1944 ) is an English ___MASK73___ and composer , best known as the drummer of progressive rock group Pink Floyd . Pink Floyd were an English ___MASK31___ formed in London . They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music . Distinguished by their use of philosophical ___MASK70___ , sonic experimentation , extended compositions and elaborate live shows , they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in the ___MASK72___ of popular music . The ___MASK80___ is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd , released as a double album on 30 November 1979 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States . Considered one of the most famous concept albums by any artist , " The ___MASK80___ " features the band ' s only ___MASK61___ to top various charts , " Another Brick in the ___MASK80___ , Part 2 ", followed with " Run Like Hell " and " Comfortably Numb ". In 1982 , the album was adapted into a feature film : " Pink Floyd  The ___MASK80___ ". Psychedelic ___MASK79___ ( sometimes psychedelia ) covers a ___MASK8___ of popular ___MASK79___ styles and genres influenced by the 1960s psychedelic culture , a ___MASK76___ of people who used psychedelic drugs such as LSD , psilocybin mushrooms , mescaline and DMT to experience visual and auditory hallucinations , synesthesia and altered states of consciousness . Psychedelic ___MASK79___ attempted to replicate the hallucinogenic experience of using these drugs or enhance the experience of using them . Psychedelic ___MASK79___ emerged during the mid - 1960s among folk ___MASK45___ and blues ___MASK45___ bands in the United States and Britain . George Roger Waters ( born 6 ___MASK23___ 1943 ) is an English singer , songwriter , bassist , and composer . In 1965 , he co - founded the progressive ___MASK31___ Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason , keyboardist Rick Wright and guitarist , singer , and songwriter Syd Barrett . Waters initially served as the group ' s bassist , but following the departure of Barrett in 1968 , he also became their lyricist , conceptual leader and co - lead vocalist .