Pink Floyd's debut album was released on this day in 1967 in the UK.  The album would not get its US release until October in a version that nixed three of the tracks on the English release and added See Emily Play.  All but two of the songs on the original release were written by Syd Barrett.  At the time, the lineup of the band included Barrett, Richard Wright and Nick Mason.  The album was recorded between February and April at Abbey Road Studios in London.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on August 4 include...

 

1968 Day two of the Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, California.

1975 Robert Plant, wife and children injured in car crash on Isle of Rhodes. 

1979 A tribute concert to Lowell George is staged by Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Emmylou Harris.

1979 Led Zeppelin plays Knebworth in the group's first UK concert in four years.

1984 Phil Collins marries Jill Tavelman.  Eric Clapton and Robert Plant perform during the reception.

1987 John Mellencamp releases The Lonesome Jubilee.  

2010 Jim Morrison's handwritten lyrics for LA Woman sell for $20,680 at UK auction.

2015 Paul Simon makes an unannounced appearance with Billy Joel during the last concert at the Nassau Coliseum.

2020 Neil Young files a copyright infringment lawsuit against the Trump campaign for continued use of Rockin' in the Free World at rallies.