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Syd Barrett and The Beatles: 1966-1969 by John J. Olivar

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Syd Barrett and The Beatles: 1966-1969 by John J. Olivar

Syd Barrett and The Beatles: 1966-1969 by John J. Olivar The Pink Floyd appear at dawn, Syd Barrett on the right: ’14 Hour Technicolor Dream,’ 1967. An often-debunked rumor has suggested that Syd Barrett participated in a version of the Beatles song “What’s the New Mary Jane.” While the chronology below does not attempt to prove that Barrett played on a Beatles track, it may show that the notion is not so far-fetched, and has a bit more to it than just bootleggers’ mislabelings. I’ve tried to list all reliably documented instances of Barrett at a location simultaneously with the Beatles. Barrett and Beatles session information comes from Parker and Lewisohn, respectively (see Reference Materials). Songs are identified by their finished titles. All sessions (except those on 12 October, 1967) took place at EMI Studios, 3 Abbey Road, St. John’s Wood, London, NW8. Gathering The Evidence 15 October, 1966 –...

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Memories of Knebworth 1975 By Freddy Bannister

Pink Floyd perform live at Knebworth 1975 as promoted by article authour Freddy Bannister. Click to enlarge. The 1975 Pink Floyd festival was without doubt my favourite out of all the festivals I promoted at Knebworth. Firstly, because Steve O’Rourke was one of the most pleasant people in the music industry with whom to work. Secondly, Steve, along with several members of the band, were like me total car nuts and thirdly, and probably most importantly to a promoter, they were prepared to work on a straight percentage. However, the event was not without its dramas! With the stage virtually finished the Floyd’s crew were busy rigging the large model aircraft that was used at one point during the performance. For maximum effect it had to fly over the heads of the audience before crashing into a corner of the stage. To achieve this effect a cable had been rigged...

A Requiem For The Post-Wall Dream By Sean Ellis (mosespa)

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A Requiem For The Post-Wall Dream By Sean Ellis (mosespa)

A mock-up of what The Wall could have been… according to David Gilmour! It is often said that The Final Cut is “simply left-overs from The Wall.” This misconception (as I am about to demonstrate this notion to be,) often seems to stem from one of two places: 1. A comment in the book A Saucerful Of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey by Nicholas Schaffner in which David Gilmour is quoted as saying “…songs that we threw off The Wall, he (Waters) brought them back for The Final Cut–same songs. Nobody thought they were that good then; what makes them so good now?” 2. The fact that at one time, The Final Cut was originally intended to be either the soundtrack to the film of The Wall, or an album of songs that were re-recorded especially for the movie (such as Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky and both versions of In...

The Final Cut: A Review By Christian Bobocea

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The Final Cut: A Review By Christian Bobocea

Above: Front cover of Pink Floyd’s last album with Roger Waters The Final Cut. Below: rear cover from CD album. Bottom: Final Cut CD art. Artwork done by Roger Waters with photography from Willie Christie. © Pink Floyd Music 1994 The Final Cut a requiem for the post war dream by roger waters… performed by pink floyd. The Final Cut… Pink Floyd’s first and only album without Richard Wright, and the last with Roger Waters. As you can see it is a Roger Waters solo album… the only thing is that David Gilmour does all the guitar work, and Nick appears in some songs. The rest is all Roger Waters, and session musicians. When you look at the cover you see some stripes on a black background… and Pink Floyd-The Final Cut. When you look at the sleeve and at the album credits, you see song, after song , after...

An Ultimate Interstellar Overdrive – a track-by-track review of “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” By Andrei Kiisler, aka: moom

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An Ultimate Interstellar Overdrive – a track-by-track review of “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” By Andrei Kiisler, aka: moom

Piper cover as shot by Vic Singh If you are looking for THE BEST soundtrack to your acid trips, you won’t find any better than Pink Floyd’s debut album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”. Recorded and released at the same time as The Beatles’ “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” with ideas borrowed from one another, it sounds much trippier- while The Beatles’ album – much hippier. 1. Astronomy Domine- Speech effects that were on the forefront of music technology, combined with spacey lyrics and melody into a whole new music science… Where astronomy dominates the mind. 2. Lucifer Sam- Although the song is about a cat, it sounds like one of James Bond’s movie themes. Every instrument represents something about a cat: Wright’s organ meows, the bass is a sneaking sound, “and whip-like sounds and special effects further the feline theme”. The cat’s real name was “Percy...

Helen Boulding and Rick Wrights Hazel Eyes Video Exclusive for NPF

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Helen Boulding and Rick Wrights Hazel Eyes Video Exclusive for NPF

Links – Watch Video (WMV 5.8MB) | Discuss on the Forum Helen Boulding, an up and coming singer songwriter with one of the most beautiful and soulful voices about to emerge on to the mainstream, has recorded a new song co-written with Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright and Chris Difford(formerly of Squeeze). This is the first song-writing heard form Richard since his Broken China album in 1996! Helen was kind enough to perform the song “Hazel Eyes” exclusively for Neptune Pink Floyd as well as giving us an interview about how the song came about. Watch Video (WMV 5.8MB) Right-click on link above to download to your computer or click and it should open up in Windows Media Player. If you would like to share your thoughts on the writing of the song or the interview, then feel free to discuss it on the forum. Links : Helen’s Website |  Helen’s MySpace Source [ Helen Boulding ]