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Tom Robinson asks for listeners' suggestions for a Pink Floyd playlist, following news that Royal Mail are releasing a set of stamps to mark the band's fiftieth anniversary.

With news Royal Mail are releasing a set of stamps to honour 50 years since Pink Floyd turned professional it makes sense to create a playlist this Sunday around the band. Another Lick In The Wall, if you will.

There will be 10 stamps in total including album covers such as The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. Some of the stamps will celebrate the band's live performances - portraying Pink Floyd's psychedelic light shows and the staging of their The Wall album.

Pink Floyd need no introduction so here are some facts about the band with some ideas for suggestions thrown in...

They have released 15 studio albums, selling over 100 million albums they are the most commercially successful and influential rock band of all time.

They are pioneers of live performances - lavish stage shows mixed with high standards in sound quality; making use of innovative sound & light techniques - their slide-and-light show was one of the first in British rock, and it helped them became popular among London's underground, for example.

They have influenced people like David Bowie, U2, Queen, Radiohead, Kraftwerk,The Orb, Smashing Pumpkins...

They cite artists like The Beatles, Stones, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry and Love as people that inspired them.

They helped finance Monty Pythons film 'The Holy Grail'...

Gilmour is an amazing guitarist - Rolling Stone ranked Gilmour number 14 in their "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" calling him "the missing link between Hendrix and Van Halen."

There's some stuff to go on in regards of where to go for suggestions but remember to state WHY you want the song you want. Why is it special to you and why are the band important to YOU.

You pick the music, so get your Pink Floyd inspired suggestions to Tom via the hashtag #PinkFloyd6Music to help create a playlist. Comment on the Now Playing Facebookpage, here on the blog, email nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or drag tracks onto our Spotify playlist.

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Sun 29 May 2016 18:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Pink Floyd

    Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2

    • Pink Floyd.
    • Harvest.

  • Bo Diddley

    Bo Diddley

    • Chess.

  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • EMI.

  • The Orb

    Little Fluffy Clouds

    • Big Life.

  • David Gilmour

    Arnold Layne (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 2006) (feat. David Bowie)

  • Kate Bush

    The Man With The Child In His Eyes

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • The Charlatans

    Here Comes A Soul Saver

  • Pink Floyd

    Breathe (In The Air)

    • Dark Side of the Moon.
    • EMI.

  • Pink Floyd

    Comfortably Numb

    • Harvest.

  • Depeche Mode

    Clean

  • PJ Harvey

    Let England Shake

    • Island.

  • Pink Floyd

    On The Turning Away

    • EMI.

  • Television Personalities

    I Know Where Syd Barret Lives

  • Tame Impala

    Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

  • Pink Floyd

    Wish You Were Here

    • EMI.

  • Robert Wyatt

    Sea Song

  • Courtney Barnett

    History Eraser

    • Milk Records.

  • Pink Floyd

    Have A Cigar

  • Pink Floyd

    Money

    • EMI.

  • Pink Floyd

    Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    • EMI.

  • Easy Star All-Stars

    Time

  • Pink Floyd

    Time

  • Scissor Sisters

    Comfortably Numb

  • Air

    Playground Love

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.

  • Pink Floyd

    Brain Damage/Eclipse

    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 May 2016 18:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music