Green Is the Colour Green Is the Colour "Green Is the Colour" is a track on Pink Floyd's 1969 "More". It was composed and written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour. A tin whistle is heard in the song, played by drummer Nick Mason's then-wife Lindy. A live version of the song was released as the third single to promote "The Early Years 1965–1972" box set in October 2016. Live arrangements of the song were performed as a full electric band piece and at a slower tempo. Richard Wright built a calm sheen of warbling organ sound throughout, which created a more
The Malachite Casket (fairy tale) The Malachite Casket (fairy tale) "The Malachite Casket" (), also known as "The Malachite Box", is a folk tale (the so-called "skaz") of the Ural region collected and reworked by Pavel Bazhov. It was first published in the several issues of the Sverdlovsk newspaper "Na Smenu!" in September—November 1938, and in "Uralsky Sovremennik" (volume 1, 1938). It was later released as a part of "The Malachite Casket" collection. "The Malachite Casket" is considered to be one of the best stories in the collection. The story was translated from Russian into English by Alan Moray Williams in 1944, and by Eve