At the start of last month, we brought you a review of the revised, 2011 edition of Nick Mason's "Inside Out - A Personal History Of Pink Floyd".

The original book was a big hit with fans and critics alike for the candid and in places, incredibly amusing text looking at the rise of the band. The original paperback, released in October 2005, brought matters up to date with Nick's personal view of the band's reunion with Roger Waters for Live8, which included some new pictures, too. An entertaining audiobook, read by Nick, was published at the same time. Nick has been revising the text further, taking into account activities from the past five years, and making some changes to existing passages, and a new edition of the paperback for 2011 has just been published.

The original hardback edition was essential enough for Floyd fans, and the revised paperback in 2005, including the Live 8 reunion, made 'Inside Out' even more indispensable. If you haven't got the paperback, or indeed either edition, this really is the perfect time to fill the hole in your collection.

We've had confirmation from a few people that the 2011 edition is now shipping from the following retailers: Amazon UK, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.

Many of you will recall that last year, and the early part of this year, we told you about Barrett, a limited edition, high quality, large-format book that describes itself as the "definitive visual companion to the life of Syd Barrett".

Published in March 2011 in "Classic" and the 500-copy "Signature" editions, Barrett is the first book to have been made in conjunction with the Barrett family and the Syd Barrett Estate, and this has paid dividends with the material which has been uncovered and revealed for the first time. However, the publishers have cast their net far and wide, which has resulted in a wide variety of incredible, unpublished photos of the band, and Barrett, onstage and off. Our full review can be seen here.

As a special offer, for those who thought that the asking price for either edition was too much to pay all at once, they can now pay in stages and those taking advantage of this will be entered into a draw for prizes including an Adam Ritchie photo print of the band and a copy of the Signature Edition. More details of the staged payment scheme here.

Guy Pratt is being interviewed on Shaun Keaveny's Breakfast on BBC 6 Music radio station (UK) next Monday (August 8th) after 9am. His new show 'Guy Pratt's Wake Up Call' shares tales of his life as a touring musician. Bizarre, poignant and often hilarious he chats with Shaun about his career that has seen him play with Pink Floyd, Gary Moore, Roxy Music, Michael Jackson, Echo & the Bunnymen, Coverdale Page, Kirsty MacColl, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Lemon Jelly, The Orb, All Saints and Jimmy Nail.

You can tune in to BBC 6 Music on DAB digital radio, TV (Sky, Freeview, Freesat and Virgin Media), and online at BBC.co.uk/6music. Our thanks to David Haddock for the info...

As a reminder, Guy will next be performing his show at the Gilded Balloon as part of the Edinburgh Festival, between August 19th and 29th. His excellent book, "My Bass and Other Animals", has also just appeared in Kindle format. More info here...

Many of you will be very familiar with Joe Boyd's name. Boyd, an American, lived in London in the mid-60s, and amongst many other things managed UFO with John "Hoppy" Hopkins. This club was a matrix of the London "Underground" scene in the pivotal years of 1966/7, where Pink Floyd was the house band and The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention and the Move all played memorable shows. Boyd also produced the Floyd's first single, Arnold Layne.

He tells his story in the incredible book White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, and is taking his tales on the road with singer-songwriter (and huge Syd Barrett fan) Robyn Hitchcock. In Chinese White Bicycles, Boyd reads from his memoirs, and Hitchcock plays the songs.

They make the London debut of their show at the Purcell Rooms at the Southbank Centre on December 1st, 2011. Tickets are now on sale from the SBC box office. The show will mark the approximate 45th anniversary of the first UFO club events.

On the NPR website there's a video (and separate audio download) giving a special, twenty-three minute taster of the show, which you can see through this link.