Paint Box (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Paint Box


Artist = Pink Floyd
from Album = The Early Singles
A-side = "Apples and Oranges"
Released = November 18, 1967
Format =
Recorded = October 1967
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length = 3:33
Label = Columbia (EMI) (UK)
Writer = Rick Wright
Producer = Norman Smith
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "See Emily Play"
(1967)
This single = "Apples and Oranges"
(1967)
Next single = "It Would Be So Nice"
(1968)"Paint Box" is a song by psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by keyboardist Rick Wright. It was first released in 1967 as the B-side to the single "Apples and Oranges".

Prominent features of the song include its long drum fills by Nick Mason and the anti-social sentiment of the lyrics ("Last night I had too much to drink / Sitting in a club with so many fools"). "Paint Box" was later included on the compilation album "Relics" as "Paintbox", as stereo-mix and in the third disc of the release of the of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, also named "Paintbox".

Personnel

*Syd Barrett - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Roger Waters - bass, backing vocals
*Rick Wright - piano, lead vocals
*Nick Mason - drums, percussion

Cover Version

*A cover version of "Paint Box" by Jimmy Caprio appears on the 2003 Pink Floyd tribute album "A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd".

ources

Regarding the use of E minor ninth chords in Pink Floyd's music, see the following sheet music songbooks:
* "Pink Floyd: Anthology" (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.) for "Paint Box"
* "Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd., London, England, ISBN: 0 7119 1028 6 [USA ISBN: 0 8256 1078 8] )
* "Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here" (1975 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd., London, England, ISBN: 0 7119 1029 4 [USA ISBN: 0 8256 1079 6] )
* "Pink Floyd: The Wall" (1980 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd., London, England, ISBN: 0 7119 1031 6 [USA ISBN: 0 8256 1076 1] )
* "Pink Floyd: The Final Cut" (1983 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd., London, England. ISBN not available.) The E minor ninth chord appears in "Your Possible Pasts"; "The Hero's Return"; "The Gunner's Dream"; and "The Fletcher Memorial Home".