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Syd Barrett : Orange Dahlias in a Vase

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Unseen Syd Barrett Painting up for Auction

Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett once gifted a painting he did to a former teacher when leaving high school aged fifteen. The son of that teacher is now selling the picture and is expected to bring £3k-£5k at an auction by Cheffins. The painting is called Orange Dahlias in a Vase and Syd painted it whist attending Cambridgeshire High School for Boys. Roger Waters and Storm Thorgerson also attended the same school. Orange Dahlias in a Vase is estimated to fetch £3,000 – £5,000 at the Cheffins Art & Design Sale in Cambridge on Thursday 27th May 2021. Gerald Harden’s son, Philip Harden, who currently owns the painting and was a boyhood friend of Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett and Roger Waters, says: “I used to go and visit Roger on a regular basis and I even remember playing cowboys and Indians and watching the first Doctor Who shows with him and Roger Waters back...

2021-03 Classic Rock Magazine Pink Floyd

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Pink Floyd in Classic Rock Magazine

Pink Floyd has of course made the front cover of Classic Rock Magazine! There is also material in there from Kate Bush who was good friends with David Gilmour of course, he helped bring her to fame. The material in the magazine covers how Roger Waters and David Gilmour reinvented Syd’s Barrett’s Pink Floyd band. Discuss the magazine content on the forum. The piece is written by the legend Mark Blake and features some rather excellent photographs. Well worth getting hold of a physical copy or getting involved in the digital options. How To Get the Magazine You can get a free subscription to Amazon Kindle online (no kindle hardware required, use the Kindle app on your phone) to read the magazine, and cancel within 28 days, so its free. If you choose to continue your subscription, then its £19.59 per year which is quite reasonable in this day and...

Have You Got It Yet HYGIY Syd Barrett

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Have You Got It Yet? HYGIY? Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett, what an amazing mythological character! He has gained cult status across the seven seas and has made a large splash in the ocean of modern music! Have You Got It Yet? is a compilation of unreleased material that is now freely available for all fans of Syd Barrett – across 19 CDs! The HYGIY? project was started by Kiloh Smith at the Laughing Madcaps group. The Laughing Madcaps Syd Barrett Community is the premier and world’s largest Syd Barrett fan organization. Their resources help you attain further knowledge and insight into the reclusive genius! They also have a trading group where people copy CDs for each other and discuss Syd and his work/life. Obtain The Collection You join the Laughing Madcaps Yahoo group and ask somebody to post you a copy of the CDs. You either send them twice as many CDs as is needed and money for postage and packaging (known...

Barrett Book Paperback 2020

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Syd Barrett Book Available as Paperback

If you wind your mind back all the way to March 2011 you will recall that an exceptional book called Barrett was released. It featured an incredible range of rare photographs that told the life story of Syd Barrett and his early Pink Floyd. You might also recall it was rather expensive – £300 for the signature edition! It was a premium hardback book, printed on luxurious paper and was constructed like a work of art in itself. The signature edition was truly exceptional and worth every penny. The great news is that a more accessible paperback edition will be available so more fans can enjoy what is an amazing book! The paperback costs £40, has 272 pages and 250 photos. It also has 60,000 words. The officially authorised book is split into sections covering Pink Floyd, Solo career, Letters and Art. It was created in conjunction with the Barrett...

The Lyrics of Syd Barrett Book 2021 Rob Chapman featured

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The Lyrics of Syd Barrett Book Feb 21 by Rob Chapman

Omnibus Press will release The Lyrics of Syd Barrett book next year on 18th February and will be available in all good bookstores including Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. It is an official book. The book has had the involvement of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour who has been carefully checking the lyrics that are included in the book. He mentioned it on his “Von Trapped” family broadcast he has been doing on Covid Lockdown. The book is beautifully illustrated. Syd of course was the driving force of Pink Floyd when the band was established. It was his songs that firmly established the band on the underground scene and set the tone for decades to come. Syd was also overly fond of LSD amongst other drugs and this, along with schizophrenia, meant that he drifted away from Pink Floyd – a collection of young lads that wanted to be pop stars –...