Warren Dosanjh, a school friend of Syd Barrett, and the manager of the early Barrett band Those Without, is selling some of his framed and glazed posters and other ephemera through the Cambridge based auction house Cheffins. Cheffins Auctions were the people who sold Barrett's possessions after his death, on behalf of his family, so it is no real surprise they are being used again.

The auction is being held this Thursday, October 26th, under the sale title Art and Design October 2023. You can view the details of each of the lots, on page 50-51 of Cheffins catalogue for this auction, which can be viewed through this link or by clicking the thumbnail of the auction pages below:

Most of the items are from exhibitions to do with Syd, held after his death. The first is a City Wakes poster (from the Syd celebration in Cambridge) signed by Storm Thorgerson and Rosemary Breen (Syd's sister), together with assorted ephemera relating to the exhibition, a facsimile poster of the BBC Cambridgeshire and Anglia Ruskin University invitation to the unveiling of a Blue Plaque in memory of Syd; a Royal Mail Syd Barrett first day cover, numbered 658 of 3000; a copy of Melody Maker from August 1967 featuring Syd on the cover and other Syd related ephemera.

There's a VIP invitation poster for 'Syd Barrett: A Celebration' at the Cambridge Corn Exchange from October 2016 , featuring an unveiling of public commemorative art followed by a celebratory concert and music from Men on the Border together with the Sandviken Symphony Orchestra and lights by Peter Wynne-Willson, interpreting the music of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, at the venue where Barrett performed his last ever concert in 1972.

There's a Royal Mail limited edition, numbered giclée print of the Wish You Were Here stamp, and a poster from the Their Mortal Remains exhibition in Rome, Italy.

The most unusual lot though is from a gig at the Cambridge Corn Exchange that Syd played in with a support band, The Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band. This comes with a live recording CD of the band which had Syd on guitar, and a CD of Hawkwind on the same evening. Potentially this is the only remaining example of this poster in existence. We suspect the estimate of £500-1000 will be shown to be very pessimistic...

You might recall that back in July, we brought you something a little different - a BD visitor had been in touch with details of a documentary he had put together on Pink Floyd's 1970 album, Atom Heart Mother. Well, Lee has been back in touch. He has put together a new documentary, this time looking at Animals. As with the AHM one, he treads some slightly different ground, and it is an interesting watch:

In part tying in with today's eclipse that those of you in the Americas will be able to see (weather permitting), and hopefully be able to view with a soundtrack of The Dark Side Of The Moon, was the release yesterday afternoon of the full documentary of the April 2023 eclipse in Australia, on the Pink Floyd YouTube channel. The documentary looks at the special listening event that was held for eight very lucky attendees, and also speaks to others who witnessed the eclipse in the wider location:

Some magazine news for you this morning! Just published is the latest issue (number 41 - cover date October 2023) of the Pink Floyd fanzine "Heyou" run by our friends over at the Italian website of the same name. The 52-page dual language magazine (in Italian and English), which is normally published every six months or so (but in this case, three months after the last issue!), catches up with things in the Floyd world.

There's a look at the design of the 50th anniversary box set, discussing the ideas behind the different elements, with the how and why of their inclusion.

The final section of the magazine is taken up with an eight page interview with collector extraordinaire Stefano Tarquini - also known as Mr Pinky - and is the second half of the interview started in the previous issue. Stefano's latest book is a guide to The Dark Side Of The Moon on vinyl, revealing over 700 variants known at the time of going to press (Stefano has since added to his incredible collection of this album) and the book can be ordered direct from Floydstuff.com. It's an incredible piece of work, and shows how dedicated us collectors can be at times! Stefano gives background to his life and how his interest in music - and Pink Floyd in particular - grew, and what drew him to collect, and focus on, The Dark Side Of The Moon in particular. As he acknowledges, the book will need an update at some point as more variants have appeared since, quite incredibly.

All this is preceded by a lengthy (taking up half of the magazine) and detailed review of the Roger Waters show in Bologna as part of his This Is Not A Drill tour. Accompanied by some good pictures of the concert, the reviewer is clearly a big fan of Waters and his views, and of this latest live production. The reviewer goes into close examination of the ideas and themes of the show, explaining it step-by-step.

The Heyou website can now be found through this link at www.heyou.it, where you can get individual copies (including back issues), and subscription enquiries (four issues costing 35 euros within Europe, and 45 euros outside Europe) should go to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - make sure you mention Brain Damage when you write!