A collection of special items relating to Syd Barrett or Pink Floyd are currently being auctioned for charity through this link to eBay.

These include six signed copies of 'Mind Over Matter', Storm Thorgerson's excellent book exploring the images of the band's album sleeves and the artwork they contain. A world-famous artist, Storm's memoirs of his time spent with Pink Floyd are combined with the artwork he created to represent the band at each stage of their career. Released in 2007, the book sees Storm revisit the work he created for the albums and tell the stories behind them.

Also available are Syd Barrett posters based on a photograph taken by Mick Rock and "A Pink Floyd Fan's Illustrated Guide to Cambridge", the city where many of the band members originated from.

All money raised goes to the Syd Barrett Trust, set up in 2008 by Syd's sister Rosemary. The fund was founded to support Escape Artists, a company which promotes mental well-being through the arts.

Back in November, we told you that Harry Waters, son of Roger, had been busy working away on his own material. The first album release from the Harry Waters Band is now available to buy, and is a cracking alternative to the music that you might normally listen to.

Enlisting, amongst others, the likes of Ian Ritchie on tenor sax, Chester Kamen on acoustic guitar, and the excellent Yaron Stavi on double bass (Yaron forms part of Phil Manzanera's current band for the Firebird V11 project), the album's style and infectious jazz-centred tunes might take you by surprise!

A very enjoyable album, it can be ordered now through the following links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, or Amazon France. Harry's own website, www.HarryWaters.co.uk, includes some audio samples to give you a taster.

For those who can be in London in just over a week's time, you can catch the Harry Waters Band live at the Bulls Head Jazz Club in Barnes. They will be appearing there on June 21st, starting at 8pm, and will be playing two one-hour sets - ostensibly to launch the album properly, so attendees will be hearing a number of tunes from it as the evening unfolds.

Many of you will recall that last year, the online charity website Buy Once Give Twice had a Gerald Scarfe hand-painted guitar celebrating Pink Floyd's The Wall up for auction. More details, and exclusive picture, here. Then, back in February, they offered the chance to kiss Nick Mason!

Now, they have teamed up with Nick again to offer a set of drum sticks and the 14-CD album Oh By The Way box set, both of which are signed by Nick. Bidding for this special pairing ends on June 25th at 3pm BST.

The proceeds of this lot will not only raise money for Scope but also for Charlotte, who has Cerebral Palsey, epilepsy and hydrocaphulas (which is water on the brain). The money raised will go towards specialist treatment for Charlotte which is only available in the USA and will help her learn to walk using spider therapy.

More details of the lot, and how to place your own bid, can be found at www.BuyOnceGiveTwice.co.uk.

The various Amazon online stores across the world have tapped into music lovers' desire to share their enthusiasm with others by creating 'Listmania', in which customers compile their own lists of favourites and post them on the site.

Now, EMI Records have teamed up with Amazon.com to create a competition, the prize for which is a print by Storm Thorgerson, personally dedicated to the winner. The print is the new version of his 'Triangles' design, which takes the triangle/prism motif from The Dark Side Of The Moon and illustrates recurring triangle shapes in various settings - some classic versions of the cover, some very silly (such as the samosa with a blob of mango chutney!). This is an updated version of the poster which came with the vinyl edition of the 30th anniversary DSOTM (still available to buy through this link). The new version features eight different panels to the 2003 version.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of this prize, is to create and publish a list on Amazon.com (you will need an Amazon account) and send the list to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , along with your name and contact email. One winner will be selected at random; the contest ends and all entries must be in by July 31st, 2009.