Original Pink Floyd Flying Pig Replaced For Remastered Album Releases
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Friday, 23 September 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Pink Floyd’s legendary flying pig, famous for its appearances on stage and on the cover of their album ‘Animals’, will be making an emotional return for the re-mastering and rerelease of the iconic band’s studio albums.
 But, sadly, the inflatable porker has had to be replaced after it was found ‘not airworthy’, retiring the 35 year-old original for good.
The band is using the new flying animal to re-create the artwork for the 1977 album, which has now reached a four times platinum status. The cover featured the bizarre floating pig ‘flying’ over Battersea Power Station, and went on to become one of the most iconic album artworks ever. The new pig was commissioned and created by Air Artists, a company that specialises in inflatables.
“Working together with Battersea Power Station and the inflatable specialists Air Artists, creators of all the Pink Floyd inflatables since 1976, EMI have arranged for the pig to float above the iconic building throughout the day, giving Londoners plenty of opportunity to glimpse it bobbing around,” said a band spokeswoman.
“Differing from the original 1976 floatation, the 2011 event will see the pig fly at the north end of Battersea Power Station next to the river due to the condition of the building…
“Sadly, it’s not going to be the original Algie; two weeks prior to the event the original neoprene glued pig was officially declared not airworthy and a brand new high frequency welded PVC replica was made for the occasion…
“Unfortunately, the remaining members of Pink Floyd will not be able to attend the event, and there will be absolutely no access to the site. However, you may well find that better viewing is found from further back, and even from across the River Thames.”
The new, re-mastered studio albums will be available from Monday.
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