Pink Floyd: 21st Anniversary Edition

I wore a version of this out in my late teen/ early adulthood. This is the 'ur' document for all Floyd freaks. There are later, more interesting books- but it all began here for anyone interested in tracking down Floyd info. It is now delightfully archaic- but updated have kept it in time with the latest developments. A must own for Floyd fans.

Look no further. This book is the best describing the history of Pink Floyd with quality images of Syd and the early Pink Floyd. The only thing close to this book is the video epic "VH1: Legends Syd Barret & Pink Floyd Story". Between this book and that video you will know everything about the history of Pink Floyd.

The book is subtitled "a visual documentary" - however it's more like the band's diary and scrapbook. Every appearance, concert, recording session and disk is cataloged in this amazingly well researched volume. A must for Floyd fans. The band's early history, particularly the 1960s, is well documented. Also done well is the famous Roger Waters / David Gilmour rift - this difficult history is analyzed so we can see each point of view. As the founding members go their separate ways, they have different paths in the book's catalog of events.The photographs are great and include many very early shots. I only wish that captions had been included, however. I'd like to know if any of the shows I attended were captured on film and included in the book.

This book is a documantary for someone who knows about the real Pink Floyd. It zero's in on the older more contraversial stuff. It has some really rare photographs, very interesting. This book is a little harder to read than In the flesh cos it is ment for someone who knows a bit about the Floyd. All (most) of the Pink Floyd books I read focus in on The wall, or The darkside of the moon. I highly reccomend this book.