Syd Barrett was a serious contender for the position of King of the Acidheads although John Lennon would have taken some beating. To sing in your kazi* while you suss out the moon I'll sing you a song with no words and no tune English psychedelia had one foot in Croydon and the other in Tibet : This was often because English people had not actually taken any acid but had just read descriptions of acid trips and what acid music was supposed to be in the newspapers. The English type of acid music was so different from the American. This album is an entracing whirligig of English psychedelia of the Alice in Wonderland-meets-Pooh Bear-and an elf-on a croquet lawn-in the 5th dimension variety. English psychedelia had one foot in Croydon and the other in Tibet : I'll sing you a song with no w "Such music I never dreamed of," as Rat said to Mole.more This, instead, is a celebration of a moment when everything seemed possible, when creative worlds and forces converged, when an album spoke with an entirely new voice.
These things have served to overshadow the achievement of The Pink Floyd on their debut album: an outstanding group performance a milestone in record production and something made in much happier circumstances than I had expected to find.This is not another book about "mad Syd". The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a wondrous creation often seen through the distorted view of later events. He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's groundbreaking live performances of the time.
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He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's ground Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created.
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