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 WOW - it's now the 27th YEAR of Brain Damage, your Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett, Richard Wright and Roger Waters news resource!
Marking the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's iconic 1975 album, a range of Wish You Were Here 50 celebratory editions: deluxe box set, blu-ray, 3LP set, 2CD set and coloured vinyl single LPs came out at the end of last year. Full details here. The LA 1975 concert, recorded by Mike Millard and remastered by Steven Wilson, came out as a standalone item on 4LP for Record Store Day, and 2CD across most of the world.
The stunningly restored and remixed Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII on Blu-ray, 2CD, 2LP, DVD, and digital was also released in 2025 - and is NOT to be missed. As is the 4K UltraHD edition out now!
Also last year, celebrating the concerts to coincide with David Gilmour's album, Luck and Strange, cinema/IMAX screenings, and a book, 2Blu-ray, 3DVD, 4LP, 2CD and deluxe box set options were also released and are getting very high praise.
The Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets 2024 Set The Controls tour revealed a band in even better form than the 2022/23 shows which managed to exceed everyone's hopes and expectations! Our sincerest hopes are that they continue, but in the meantime, there's their RSD release, and the earlier live recording from London's Roundhouse on Blu-ray, DVD/2CD, and 2LP which is really excellent.
Of course, Roger Waters read three extracts from his memoirs in October 2023 at the London Palladium, so it might not be too much longer before that is published...he's also working on his new album based around The Bar - we'll let you know as soon as we get all the info! Before all that though is the release of Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill Live In Prague on 4LP vinyl, Blu-ray, DVD, 2CD and digital which is out now.
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Roger Keith Barrett - tributes pour in |
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Written by Matt
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Tuesday, 11 July 2006 |
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It was with much sadness that we
brought you the news yesterday that Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett, founding
member of Pink Floyd, has passed away, leaving us on Friday, July 7th.
Tributes to the man have been
flooding in following the announcement yesterday afternoon.
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A selection of UK newspaper
tributes and headlines |
A statement
from Pink Floyd said: "The band are naturally very upset and sad to
learn of Syd Barrett's death. Syd was the guiding light of the early
band line-up and leaves a legacy which continues to inspire."
Roger Waters added, "It's very
sad. Syd was a lovely guy and a unique talent. He leaves behind a body
of work that is both very touching and very deep and which will shine
on forever."
David Bowie, who covered Syd's
"See Emily Play" on his Pin-Ups album, described Barrett as a "major
inspiration", saying: "I can't tell you how sad I feel. The few times I
saw him perform in London at UFO and the Marquee clubs during the '60s
will forever be etched in my mind. He was so charismatic and such a
startlingly original songwriter. Also, along with Anthony Newley, he
was the first guy I'd heard to sing pop or rock with a British accent.
"His impact on my thinking was enormous. A major regret is that I never got to know him. A diamond indeed."
Former Blur guitarist Graham
Coxon released a statement saying: "Lost him again... for bang on 20
years Syd led me to better places. From my agape 17-year-old first
listen to Bike to, just the other day, Jugband Blues. Languished in his
noise... dreamt in his night... stared at his eyes for answers..."
Barrett biographer Tim Willis to
BBC Radio Five Live, "I don't think we would have the David Bowie we
have today if it wasn't for Syd. Bowie was very much a kind of clone of
Syd in the early years. His influence is still going. New bands
discover him all the time. There's always a Syd revival going on - if
it wasn't the punks, it was REM, and I'm sure that Arnold Layne and
Emily Play as pop songs will live forever."
Indeed, the NME had comments from
a number of young musicians, including Elbow's Guy Garvey, who cited
Barrett as a huge influence on his career, and revealed: "Bizarrely
enough, Jimi Goodwin (Doves) gave me a Syd Barrett record for
Christmas. I wonder what music would be like if he'd never lived."
Steve 'Chadrasonic' Savale from
Asian Dub Foundation also told NME.COM: "I play the way I do because of
Syd. May he rest in peace."
The first of the musical tributes
happened last night, at the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at the MEN
Arena, in Manchester. The band opened with Interstellar Overdrive, and
later in the set, John Frusciante played Golden Hair on his guitar. At
the end of it, he said "Long Live Syd".
We have had many emails from fans wishing to mark their own respects to Barrett, and to share their thoughts and prayers.
We have therefore set up an
online "Book Of Condolence" in response to this - and if you wish to
add your comments, or read those of others, click here to visit it.
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