Monthly Archive: February 2006
A brief look at the development of bootleg trading and its transformation after the introduction of the internet. The article looks at new electronic trading systems and questions what the future of bootleg trading may be in light of The Who making their own concert bootlegs and selling them! —————————————————————————- Above: a re-pressing of the first rock vinyl bootleg by Bob Dylan called Great White Wonder. Below: An old TDK C60 cassette tape! The first ever vinyl rock bootleg recording is commonly believed to be of Bob Dylan which had live tracks and basement recordings dating back to 1961 circulated around 1969. It was a collection of demos which went by the name of “Great White Wonder”. There are other recordings which precede this one but many are jazz and opera performances which may not be of interest to many rock fans! Since that first recording, the process of people...
In this article, Andy Gibbons takes us from the political scene of 1968 when the early threads of ‘Careful With That Axe, Eugene’ were sewn together, through a multitude of dimensions and view points up until the raw energy of that scream was expressed as The Wall. ———————————————————— Roger Waters circa 1968 It is May 1968. In Paris the streets erupt into protests which threaten to topple the government and across the world youth is rising in a cry of rage against the Vietnam war. On the 23rd of May 1968 Pink Floyd plays a new instrumental at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Based on a two note bass riff underpinning a guitar and organ jam, it’s called ‘Keep Smiling People’ and will feature in their live performances for much of the next 10 years. It is to become known, amongst other names, as ‘Careful with that Axe Eugene’. The track...
David MacIlwaine is the artist responsible for the iconic “Wire Man” sculpture used in the artwork of David Gilmour’s 2006 album On An Island. It also features on Gilmour’s website in an animated form. David the artist has kindly shared with NPF Magazine how the sculpture and use of it in Gilmour’s 3rd solo album came about. David has also shared some of his other “Wire People” with us! ————————————————– Above: Photo of original “Wire Man” Sculpture by David MacIlwaine standing 20cm tall. Below: edited image used on Gilmour’s album. The origin of the wire figure used on the cover and CD of ‘On an Island’ goes like this: About two years ago David invited me to a performance he gave at the South Bank, I’m afraid I’ve forgotten the exact date and the title. I was completely mesmerised by David’s playing and by the extraordinary contained intensity of his...
Roger Waters: In The Flesh DVD Front Cover “Returning from a 12-year long hiatus from the road, Roger Waters’ In The Flesh concert tours were a showcase of his best known work from his days with Pink Floyd to his recently released solo album Amused to Death. The In the Flesh tour was a massive, worldwide undertaking by Waters that spanned three individual tours over the course of three years (1999, 2000, and 2002). The title is an allusion to the 1977 Pink Floyd tour for the Animals album, as well as the two songs so titled on the album The Wall.” – Wikipedia Sound: Roger is sounding great. His voice sounds a lot better in my opinion than it did during the Wall shows. The tones are always perfect, and sound effects are cued in at exactly the right time (unlike during his current tour when the sound manager...
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett & The Pink Floyd Story Title: Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett & the Dawn of Pink Floyd Authors: Mike Watkinson and Pete Anderson Publisher: Omnibus Press Edition: 2nd Published: August 2006 Pages: 192 (Paperback) ISBN: 1.84609.739.8 Rating: 5/5 Laughing Syd Barrett, he of the gypsy eyes, bewitching smile and ghost-like beauty, was Long Gone… The life of the misunderstood and much harassed Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett was a remarkable journey that would touch more people around the world than Roger first imagined or was prepared for. Although he wanted to be a pop star, and would rehearse with an ever increasing amount of people in his parents living room at 183 Hills Road in Cambridgeshire, he should probably have stuck to painting as his mind may not have then disintegrated as severely and as quickly as it did. The Crazy Diamond book, first published in 1991 and...
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...
