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I don't know about the recording, but it's the same recording used for the 4th wedding in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral", which was also released in 1994. it's important to note that's it's NOT the same recording which was used on their song "Fat Old Sun", from 1970.

The single tolling bell was (I believe) a bell cast especially for making the album. Because aging rock bands can afford to do things like that. Certainly a bell was taken on tour with the band after the album as it can been seen being played on "PULSE", the concert film from the tour.

The album cover is, like most Pink Floyd album covers, a non-composite image with no trick photography. 2 heads were made for the shot, both about 1.5m high. Forced perspective makes them look much taller. A good friend of mine who's local to the area has told me that farmers have problems with avid Pink Floyd fans trying to find the exact field which was used for the shot - a hard thing to do as the landscape is quite flat and barren in that part of the world.

Ironic that Ely Cathedral doesn't have a ring of bells.

Like many others, I have stories of non-ringers appreciating good ringing without having to be told what it is. I suspect that many of them wouldn't be able to say what makes it good, but that doesn't mean that they can't appreciate it.

Similarly, I suspect that most, if not all, ringers can tell the difference between good and bad ringing. Therefore, the difference in ability lies in realising what isn't right and having good enough bell control to improve it.

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I'm not sure that would be the case, as much as I might like it to me. Recruitment comes from getting people started - by showing that we exist and that almost anyone can join us.

Pedantry aside, a good training and development plan is needed for retention, although please remember that there is much more to bellringing than making progress, even for a complete beginner.