Monthly Archive: May 2007
Resources & Links BBC Radio 2 | Discuss On Forum | Syd Barrett Photos | Newsnight Obituary Video BBC Radio 2 are to broadcast a documentary about Syd Barrett as part of their 60s Season of documentaries. It will be broadcast on Saturday 14 July 2007 between8pm to 9pm and is called The Thing About Syd. The programme comes up to date with an exploration of Barrett’s passing and the fulsome tributes in the media with comments from editors and journalists about what made Barrett so special when his entire recorded output is just 3 albums. The programme features interviews with members of Pink Floyd, manager Peter Jenner, Phil Alexander editor of Mojo, Allan Jones editor of Uncut and others. You can listen online from the link at the top right of the BBC Radio 2 home page. Sources: [ BBC ]
Resources & Links Forum A few things are going on below that you may be interested in so I thought I would do a nice little news roundup story to inform those who don’t know of these things already! The BBCs Seven Ages of Rock series featuring Pink Floyd will be broadcast tomorrow (Saturday 26 May 2007) on BBC2 from 9:05pm and is repeated on BBC1 at 11:05pm on Sunday 27th. Read More or Discuss on Forum. Cheffins Auctioneers are to auction off a Syd Barrett love poem he wrote in 1965!You can read more on the Brain Damage website or discuss it on the lovely NPF Forum! And finally, you can pop over to David Gilmour‘s official website to watch a 5 minute preview video of his forthcoming DVD from his 2006 tour called Remember That Night. Go here to watch or discuss on the forum. Sources: [ Various...
Resources & Links BBC News Story | Brain Damage Story | Discuss On Forum Downlaods – Official Concert Programme (PDF 0.3MB) – Youtube Videos – Bike and Arnold Layne Above: Gilmour, Mason and Wright. Watch Bike and Arnold Layne videos. Pink Floyd’s stars have performed at a concert in honour of their ex-bandmate Syd Barrett, who died last year – but stopped short of a full reunion. Roger Waters and David Gilmour, who famously fell out more than 25 years ago, appeared separately at the tribute gig at London’s Barbican Centre. Gilmour was joined by original drummer Nick Mason and keyboard player Rick Wright, while Waters played solo. Damon Albarn, Chrissie Hynde and Robyn Hitchcock also performed Barrett songs. The guitarist was the band’s first creative force and an influential songwriter, writing their early favourites. David Gilmour led the other artists in a grand finaleGilmour, Mason and Wright performed Arnold...
Resources & Links Uncut Magazine | Discuss on Forum | A rare Pink Floyd promo video for “Jughead Blues” is to be screened on TV for the first time, as part of a new BBC documentary series “The Seven Ages Of Rock.” The promo video was made by the Central Office of Information (COI) primarily for North American, Canadian and Australian television and is made up of small shorts including talking computors and see-through teapots. “Jughead Blues” was the final video that Syd Barrett was included in before he was replaced by Roger Waters. The new series will also feature a multitude of rare and never-seen-before film footage, including the first known broadcast of an alternate promo for the Floyd single “Arnold Layne” as well as home-made film footage of the band in 1967. Previously unknown to Pink Floyd collectors, there is also a clip of the first film in...
Resources & Links TimesOnline Article | Storm Thorgerson (designer of much of Pink Floyd’s album cover art) did an interview for The Times (UK) which was published on 28th April 2007. The interview is a promotional effort for his new book “Taken By Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson” which is published on May 3rd. The interview mentions such things as a new book of sketches concerning Syd Barrett and a possibly 40th anniversary edition of The Piper At The Gates of Dawn – Pink Floyd’s first album! You can read the interview on the TimesOnline website. Sources: [ TimesOnline ]
