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Pink Floyd 1968WELCOME TO THE 26th YEAR OF BRAIN DAMAGE, YOUR PINK FLOYD, DAVID GILMOUR, NICK MASON, SYD BARRETT, RICHARD WRIGHT AND ROGER WATERS NEWS RESOURCE!

It's 2025! This year sees the 50th anniversary of Wish You Were Here, which is an incredible thought; where does the time go?!

The stunningly restored and remixed Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII on Blu-ray, 2CD, 2LP, DVD, digital and cinema screenings are now here - with some more cinema screenings in selected places. However you experience it, it is NOT to be missed!

There's also been three Record Store Day releases released on April 12th, from David Gilmour, Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets, and Roger Waters which are also definitely worth tracking down, either in a participating store, or online, now that RSD has finished.

Last year, David Gilmour's superb new album, Luck and Strange, was released in a variety of formats, and a selection of coloured vinyls. A limited number of concert dates thrilled crowds in Brighton and London, England, Rome, Italy, and Los Angeles and New York, USA. Rome shows were filmed for release at some point...watch this space!

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 the 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 long 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!

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Syd Barrett tribute in new Rolling Stone Print E-mail
Written by Matt   
Sunday, 30 July 2006

The August 10th, 2006, issue (number 1006) of the world renowned magazine Rolling Stone includes a detailed, two page tribute to Syd Barrett.

Rolling Stone issue 1006
Rolling Stone issue 1006
Rolling Stone issue 1006
Rolling Stone,
August 10th
Drawing on past interviews with his colleagues from Pink Floyd, alongside contemporary comments from those close to him, the tribute looks at the events of the early days of the band, until Syd left and went down the route of solo material, and focuses on the love, the sadness and the regret of those he has left behind.

In the article, Roger Waters notes: "What was so stunning about Syd's songs, was through the whimsy and the crazy juxtaposition of ideas and words, there was a very powerful grasp of humanity. They were quintessentially human songs. And that is what I've always attempted to aspire to..."

The sadness of Syd's story is summed up by David Gilmour's comments: "[Barrett's life] is a sad story romanticized by people who don't know anything about it. They've made it fashionable, but it's just not that way."

Andrew King and Peter Jenner, who managed the band in the early days, look back with fondness for the man, with some interesting insights into the influences on Syd, and some of the creative processes - in particular looking at how Syd would operate the mixing desk with painterly movements of his hands, and also how he agonized over the lyrics to Arnold Layne for a month.

The magazine is hitting US shelves now, and is available in a number of countries either as an import, or in a domestic version. Domestic versions might not all have the Barrett tribute in them - this depends on the editorial policy of each region.

Our thanks to Nick Urmston for his help with this story.



 
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