Pink Floyds’ Creative Director, Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis, was recently in London to promote his brand new Through The Prism publication.

The event took place on May 19th, 2022 and featured questions from those in attendance. One of the questions answered was regarding the (NEW) 2018 Remix of the 1977 Pink Floyd Animals Album.

Here is a transcribe of the response.

“Yes, it will be coming out shortly. I was working on it today in fact. I’m just preparing it for release. There is, in fact, a completely new cover for it. It has been shot at Battersea Power Station semi-late at night, and it looks amazing, but it really does look very different. I’m really interested in people being able to see that.

Animals is one of my favourite albums by Pink Floyd just because of the stories attached. You know, the pig flying away. People say it must be a publicity stunt, but no it wasn’t. You see the picture of it in the book and you think, Oh God, am I really responsible for that? But, you know, it wasn’t publicity stuff, but you couldn’t do that now.

I remember going to Battersea Power Station and it was a dump. It was full of coal and debris and broken cars. It was just absolutely horrid. I knocked on the door and a lad answered. I said I was looking for someone important and the chap went, well thats me, and I said I want to fly a pig. He said it was fine but you wouldn’t get away with it these days because you know health and safety.

I remember speaking to Roger and Storm when we got the pig flying because next door to Battersea was the American embassy, who saw it on CCTV and said “Take that down, take that down.”

Not many people know this, but the media reported the band was being charged with flying an undentified flying object. Luckily, a farmer in Kent put a stop to that when he phoned and said are you looking for a pig and I said yes. It was a relief, that can be said. It’s all in the book. ” – Aubrey Powell

A release date was given at the event, but we are unable to share it due to legalities and the risk of being held accountable for a further leak of information.

With that in mind, it won’t be June, as previously stated at the Their Mortal Remains exhibition, but it will be available towards the latter end of the year.

Our thanks go to Marcelo Paulo de Souza for filming the public Q & A responses.