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Inflatable Pink Floyd flying pigs were one of the staple props of their live shows. The first was a sow, but a very obviously male pig appeared in the 1980s. Pigs appeared numerous times in concerts by the band, promoting concerts and record releases, and on the cover of their 1977 album ''Animals''. The image rights for the pigs passed to Roger Waters when he split from the rest of the group,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Animals Trivia and Quotes )〕 though the pigs continued to be used by both post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd and Roger Waters in their gigs. ==''Animals''== The original Pink Floyd pig was designed by Roger Waters and built in December 1976 by the artist Jeffrey Shaw with help of design team Hipgnosis,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Jeffrey Shaw, "Pig for Pink Floyd" )〕 in preparation for shooting the cover of the ''Animals'' album. Plans were made to fly the forty-foot, helium-filled balloon over Battersea Power Station on the first day's photo-shoot, with a marksman prepared to shoot the pig down if it broke free. However, the pig was not launched. On the second day, the marksman wasn't present because no one had told him to return. The pig broke free due to a strong gust of wind on the third day, gaining a lot of press coverage. It disappeared from sight within five minutes, and was spotted by airline pilots at thirty thousand feet in the air.〔 Flights at Heathrow Airport were cancelled as the huge inflatable pig flew through the path of aircraft, eastwards from Britain and out over the English Channel, finally landing on a rural farm in Kent that night. The pig was recovered and repaired for the resumption of photography for the album cover, but unfortunately the sky was cloudless and blue, thus "boring". However, the pictures of the sky from the first day were suitable; eventually, the album cover was created using a composite of photos from the first and third days.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= "The Album Covers of Pink Floyd", By Storm Thorgerson, Hipgnosis Design, London. )〕 The pig that was originally floated above Battersea Power Station was called "Algie".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Austin Scaggs, A Pig's Tale: Roger Waters Traces the History of Rock's Most Famous Prop. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pigs On The Wing (Two Different Ones)... )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pink Floyd pigs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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