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Sunday, July 06, 2008

Syd, London 1967 and Pink Floyd


Extraits du film Tonite Let's All Make Love In London de Peter Whitehead montrant l'intégralité des deux morceaux de Pink Floyd : Interstellar Overdrive et l'inédit Nick's Boogie. Ils ont été enregistrés en studio les 11 & 12 janvier 1967. On voit aussi quelques extraits de concert à l'UFO Club et au 14 hour Techinicolour Dream (enregistré à l'Alexandra Palace en avril 1967).


Memories of Syd Barrett. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use.
He was active as a rock musician for about seven years, recording two albums with Pink Floyd and two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years. His post–rock band life was as an artist and keen gardener, ending with his death in 2006, and a number of biographies have been written about him since the 1980s. During his withdrawal from public life there were numerous speculative, although largely appreciative works about him, most notably his former band Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here.

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