The beautiful artwork from the “Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story” DVD (region 1 USA & Canada) is to go on auction starting 1st October 2006. Long time Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett fan Mark Wilkinson who owns The Masque Studios was commissioned to do the cover. He was very excited to be offered the chance to work on such an excellent project. He told NPF, “[To] get the commission for the Syd painting was a huge moment for me and I immersed myself into the project completely”. His final piece of artwork above is a fitting tribute to the great man Mr Barrett. Inspired Moments On his inspiration for the artwork, Mark said, “I didn’t want to do a pastiche…but to imagine if I had been paintingback then…what would I have done? Syd’s story is usually told in a pretty mournful way nowadays especially by the press since his...
There is an exclusive interview with Pink Floyd’s guitarist and singer David Gilmour in October 2006’s edition of the highly acclaimed Q Magazine. It is out in the UK on 30th September. Having just finished his 2006 On An Island Tour, and recorded a performance in Abbey Road Studios for a forthcoming Channel 4 (UK) documentary, Gilmour has done an interview with Q coverning such issues as personal highlights and the lowlights of the past 20 years of his career. Press Info from EMAP/Q ON SEPTEMBER 30 Q magazine will launch a unique publishing event in the UK. On that date Q publishes its 20th anniversary issue – which will feature 20 separate cover stars, each one a musical icon, and each one exclusively photographed and interviewed for Q. The 20 stars that have given exclusive shoots and interviews are Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Madonna, Noel Gallagher, Pete Townshend, Paul...
Resources & Links Press Release – Excerpt – Buy from MusicRoom.com – Discuss on the forum New 2006 version with 14,000 extra words. Omnibus Press released an updated version of Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett & The Dawn of Pink Floyd on 17th August 2006. The best selling biography of Syd Barrett by Peter Anderson and Mike Watkinson has had a new introduction added, the “where are they now” section has been updated and a final chapter has been added concerning the death of Syd. The book features new interviews with the Barrett family concerning the last days of his life thus bringing the book up to date to cover Syd’s entire life. The new interviews are in addition to the previous ones which allowed the authours to accurately document Syd’s life. In total, an extra 14,000 words were added to the book which is a third as much again compared...
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 –...
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...
Resources & Links David Gilmour Website | Abbey Road Studios | Channel 4 UK | DG Photos Gilmour recording at Abbey Road on 29th August 2006. (Pic: Polly Samson) On 29th August 2006, Pink Floyd’s guitarist and singer David Gilmour recorded several songs for UK Channel 4’s The Abbey Road Sessions, due to be broadcast in the UK on Sunday December 3rd 2006. David recorded with his touring band. The Abbey Road Sessions is a 12 part series which will be broadcast over several weeks. With a full live band set up in Studio One of the legendary recording studio, it was full circle for David, since the orchestral sessions for On An Island were recorded there. This time, the band performed several takes of On An Island, The Blue, Take A Breath, and Smile, from David’s On An Island album, as well as Astronomy Domine from Pink Floyd’s very...
