DECEMBER 3
ON THIS DAY IN 1976 WHILE SHOOTING THE COVER FOR PINK FLOYD’S ALBUM “ANIMALS” A GIANT HELIUM-FILLED PIG SHAPED BALLOON BROKE FREE. THE PIG FLEW OVER HEATHROW AIRPORT, RESULTING IN PANIC AND CANCELLED FLIGHTS. IT EVENTUALLY LANDED AND WAS RECOVERED BY A LOCAL FARMER.
DEEP PURPLE ARRIVE IN MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND IN 1971 TO RECORD THEIR ‘MACHINE HEAD’ ALBUM AT THE MONTREUX CASINO. IT DOES NOT GO AS PLANNED: THE CASINO BURNS DOWN THE NEXT DAY AND THEY END UP RECORDING THE ALBUM USING THE ROLLING STONES’ MOBILE UNIT. THEY TELL THE TALE IN THE SONG “SMOKE ON THE WATER”.
FINALLY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN MICHAEL OSBOURNE BETTER KNOWN AS OZZY OSBOURNE WHO TURNS 75 TODAY.
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