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New Pink Floyd 8mm Films – LA 1975 & Montreal 1977

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 25/11/2023 by Tony R25/11/2023

Our friends over at The Pink Floyd Research Group have dropped two new films in the last week and a half. The first being a lent scanned copy of Pink Floyd live at the LA Sports Arena on April 27th, 1975 and the second being newly obtained footage just this year of Pink Floyd’s famous Montreal show in QC on July 6th, 1977 (the famous spitting incident) do check them out as they are worthy of repeat viewings!  If you have any archival material you’d like to have color timed and synced up do send them an email as its a labor of love for them and they share these films for free to fans all over the world.

Contact them at pinkfloydresearch@gmail.com

Pink Floyd - Live in Los Angeles, CA (April 27th, 1975) Super 8mm film - SOURCE 2

Major thanks to John Waters!!!

The Pink Floyd Research Group are proud to unveil a BRAND NEW Super 8mm film of Pink Floyd performing in Los Angeles, April 27th, 1975. If this date sounds familiar to you, it’s because we already have a film from this date; making this another source 2 for Pink Floyd!

This film is one of many duplicate concert film prints that were distributed through Creem & Hit Parader magazines back in the 1970s. You would see an advertisement, and you could order a copy. Unfortunately the whereabouts of the original master reels are lost.

This particular duplicate reel is owned by film archivist John Waters, who was gracious enough to lend me a scanned copy. I asked if I could share it online for everybody, and he said go for it! Endless thanks to him! – TPFRG 


Pink Floyd - Live in Montréal, QC (July 6th, 1977) - Super 8mm film - SOURCE 2

Filmed by Daniel Graham Here is the infamous second film source of Montréal 1977 that appeared online a few months ago, synced up to a multi-recording matrix done by Davide Capolongo, as well as a colour correction. This is the legendary concert where Waters was so fed up with the rowdy American crowds that he ended up spitting in the face of a fan who was climbing up the front of the stage.

Waters claims in interviews that this moment was during a “quiet bit”. Chris Cockram — a roadie for the 1977 tour, working around the stage — claims that the spit did indeed happen during ‘Money’, and that the famous Wray Ellis account — who was not even near the stage after Animals — is simply untrue. The shot of Waters whistling at 4:13 clearly shows him facing upward. Judging by his upward stance and very pig-based dialog (a la, 1980-81), it is more than safe to assume — if not confirm — that the spit did NOT happen during Pigs, and that he was simply yelling at the inflatable. The clip of Waters at 14:08 during ‘Money’ shows him yelling angrily at somebody in the crowd, and giving them the middle finger. At 14:16, during the “quiet bit” to ‘Money’, Waters is seen lunging forward, in a spitting motion. This is very likely to be the historical moment captured on film. This will teach you; don’t believe everything you see on the internet, unless there is footage of it. – TPFRG 

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Fingal’s Cave Podcast Ep. 10 – Col Turner on ‘A Fleeting Glimpse‘, UFO and the dangers of asking Roger Waters to smile

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 24/11/2023 by Tony R24/11/2023

Our very own Col Turner, the founder of ‘A Fleeting Glimpse’ is this months’ guest on Fingal’s Cave podcast. Hear Col reminisce about seeing Pink Floyd at the UFO Club, insight on the A Fleeting Glimpse website and the one occasion where he asked Roger Waters to smile plus more! This is a very special episode and you don’t want to miss it! Once you have finished watching or listening to it you can read all of Col’s memories HERE

Ep. 10 - Col Turner on ‚A Fleeting Glimpse‘, UFO and the dangers of asking Roger Waters to smile

Col Turner is an influential and significant figure amongst Pink Floyd fans across the globe who has been following Pink Floyd since 1966.

We discuss Col’s UFO Club experiences and the London scene. Col emigrated after the Hyde Park 1970 concert and reconnected to the band in Australia in 1971 and 1988.

Perhaps best known for ‘A Fleeting Glimpse’ (www.pinkfloydz.com), Col’s website was created 25 years ago and features countless stories, interviews and fascinating Pink Floyd insights. Col has met Roger Waters on four occasions and, as you will hear, it hasn’t always gone smoothly.

Join us to hear Col, Nils and Ian enjoy a warmhearted conversation and stories from this superfan’s 57 year Pink Floyd journey.

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Unsung: Unsaid: Syd and Nick in Absentia

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 21/11/2023 by Tony R26/03/2024

Famous author Rob Chapman who wrote the perfect (and most informative) Syd Barrett autobiography A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett pens a new book titled Unsung: Unsaid: Syd and Nick in Absentia. It tells a partially fictional tale of what if Syd Barrett and Nick Drake had a series of encounters in the mid seventies? It also delves into each mens life and their troubled psyches. It will no doubt be an interesting read! Read the official synopsis below and find the link to pre-order, available January 1st, 2024.

In the summer of 1974 Nick Drake and Syd Barrett made their final ill-fated ventures into a recording studio. There has never been any evidence that they ever met or that their paths crossed in any meaningful way. Until now.

In a parallel fictional universe it turns out that they did indeed have a series of encounters that year, firstly in the café snack bar in Kensington Market and subsequently in other central London locations. These meetings, tentative and fragmentary, yet full of shared understanding reveal much about the inner life of each man during that troubled late stage of their respective careers.

In Unsung : Unsaid we also learn about other previously undocumented aspects of their young lives. There’s Nick’s showcase Festival Hall concert in the summer of 1971 and Syd’s short-lived band with Steve Took, during 1972. A portfolio of Syd’s unrecorded songs which turned up at his music publishers in 1974 will reveal to the reader for the very first time an abundance of previously unseen lyrics. Similarly, a bootlegged copy of Nick’s unreleased fourth LP is faithfully and lovingly detailed by two of his most ardent admirers. You can read about the long-lost solo album that Syd was going to record in 1967 before the demo went missing, and about Nick’s aborted plan to record an album of cover versions, complete with a full run down of the tracks he chose and his reasons for choosing them. A rare audio letter has been unearthed in which Nick muses on his musical apprenticeship and his misgivings about the record industry. In another equally candid letter, written but never sent to Francoise Hardy he talks about his love of Paris, about Albert Camus and other philosophical matters.

We explore the intricacies of both men’s dreams and what they say about their troubled psyches. We learn in more animated detail than ever before about the realities (and acid induced unrealities) of Syd’s formative years in Cambridge and his coming of age in Swinging London. The Happenings. The art school apprenticeship. The light shows. The I Ching and the search for spiritual enlightenment. Syd’s residency at the Chelsea Cloisters hotel and his increasingly wayward daily derives around London. It’s all here.

Unsung : Unsaid gives momentum to stasis, substance to enigma and helps us understand more about what drove and derailed each man’s creativity. It is a philosophical meditation on absence, existential crisis and loss. But underpinning it all is those three (or is it four? Or more?) encounters in 1974. “This bedraggled Estragon and haunted Vladimir, so alike in their vacancy” captured shortly before they both drift into myths and fables. In a way it always has been about myths and fables but you’ll learn as much here about the actual Syd Barrett and Nick Drake as you will from any biographical account.

Here’s to more plausible myths and fables.

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Join Our Facebook Group!

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 16/11/2023 by Tony R16/11/2023

A Fleeting Glimpse now has a Facebook Group! You can join here Pink Floyd – A Fleeting Glimpse Facebook Group  or use the QR code below. We welcome all fans and we hope to see you there! Please be respectful to each other and let’s share our love for all things Pink Floyd!

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Happy Birthday James Guthrie!

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 14/11/2023 by Tony R14/11/2023

We at AFG would like to wish legendary Pink Floyd recording engineer and producer James Guthrie a very happy birthday! Have a great birthday, James! We hope you enjoy your day.

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Prog Magazine – Issue 144: Exploring The Solo Work Of Richard Wright

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 04/11/2023 by Tony R04/11/2023

In the latest issue from Prog magazine they explore the solo work of Richard Wright and celebrate the recent reissue of Rick’s 1978 solo album Wet Dream with Gala Wright, Guy Pratt and Steven Wilson (who remixed the recent reissue). The issue is now available in stores, or you can buy it online here: http://bit.ly/buyprogmag

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Fingal’s Cave Podcast Ep. 9 -Rosemary Breen on her brother Syd Barrett “He never sought celebrity”

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 03/11/2023 by Tony R03/11/2023

Our friends over at Fingal’s Cave have released yet another amazing episode this time featuring Rosemary Breen, the sister of Syd Barrett. This episode is a really special one and we highly recommend you check it out.

Ep.9 - Rosemary Breen on her Brother Syd Barrett: „He never sought celebrity“

Syd Barrett: “An amazingly attractive, energetic, sparkly boy goes the wrong way in life and is lost”

Rosemary Breen knew her brother Syd Barrett better than anyone. They were inseparable as children, and in later years, Rosemary cared for Syd between the early 1980s and his untimely death in 2006. A “bright cookie” and kind, Syd had an unusual brain, and Rosemary became the single individual he could cope with.

Rosemary spoke to Ian Priston on 16 September 2023 to get things on record and encourage youngsters who look up to Syd to carefully think about why and how things happened to him.

Rosemary eloquently sums up how Syd wanted to play with the other members of Pink Floyd and with sound. He neither sought celebrity nor understood it. When being in the band ceased to be fun, Syd left. Syd Barrett expressed his true self through his art. After he returned to Cambridge, Syd produced some memorable artworks when he was in a good frame of mind. He had many ideas and would paint enormous canvases, and there was often one in progress when Rosemary visited.

The two used to go on days out. On one occasion, Rosemary and Syd were in central Cambridge, and Syd stopped and feared crossing a road because he felt compelled to get a painting out of his head and onto a canvas. For Syd, art was about much more than simply being creative; according to Rosemary, the process fulfilled a need and was vital.

The interview covers some serious topics, but there is also humour. For example, Rosemary explains how Syd was “Mr. DIY”. Talking about Syd Barrett’s lyrics, Rosemary says, “They make me giggle. He was a clown and was joking. Life was a joke. If anybody took him seriously, he just would giggle away.”

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Hipgnosis Exhibition in Berlin: BREATHE – 50 Years of The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 31/10/2023 by Tony R31/10/2023

Starting this weekend The Browse Gallery in Berlin is hosting an exhibition featuring the groundbreaking cover art from Hipgnosis, specifically celebrating Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon for its 50th anniversary. Curated by John Colton and Aubrey “Po” Powell himself, with photographic contributions from special guests. The Exhibition opens to the public this Saturday, 4th November and runs through 17th December, see below for details.

Album Cover Art & Photo Design by Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson

4.11.-17.12.2023

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Curation: John Colton & Aubrey Powell with photographic contributions from special guests

In 1973 Pink Floyd released their album The Dark Side of the Moon. The record sleeve for it was designed by the British art house HIPGNOSIS, founded in 1969 by Pink Floyd friends Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell. The album is an icon of rock music history. Music and cover of the record became cult, as well as Pink Floyd and HIPGNOSIS.

Browse Gallery presents the world’s only exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon in two parts.

HIPGNOSIS: The Dark Side of the Moon and Other Album Cover Art

On display inside are artistic works of groundbreaking album cover art by HIPGNOSIS: history and design of The Dark Side of the Moon, magnificent art prints of other Pink Floyd record cover motifs, and photo designs for other music greats of the 70s: Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, 10cc and others.
Also on display as a special feature are black and white photos of the band – on and off stage – taken during The Dark Side of The Moon Tour 1973. Pink Floyd let Hipgnosis look behind the scenes with 4 photographers*. The result was an intimate portrait of the band at the height of their creative power and friendship. This never existed again.

Photo installation: Themes from The Dark Side of the Moon

The concept album addresses various stages of existential human experience and coming of age: the search for self and a connection with others, the passage of time, the omnipresence of death, money and greed, war and conflict, isolation and madness. Do we choose the light or do we give in to the destructive impulses within ourselves and turn to the dark side of the moon? Universal themes that continue to speak anew to millions of people worldwide, across generations, to this day.  So where are we today, 50 years after the album’s release?

On the occasion of the LP’s anniversary, the curators of the exhibition have asked Berlin and internationally renowned photographers to contribute images that take up themes from The Dark Side of the Moon and stimulate a reflection on their relevance to the present. Photographs contributed by: Nikos Pilos, Robert King, Lisa Bukreyeva, Günter Zint, Barbara Klemm, Gordon Welters, Wolfgang Krolow, Jutta Matthess, Jackie Baier, Holger Gross, Jesus Pastor, Alexander von Reiswitz, Edith Siepmann, Stefan Melchior,  Axel Benzmann, Tomas Petreikis, heba, Oliver Feldhaus, Christina Palitzsch u.a.. Portraits: Sabine Drwenzki, Sönke Tollkühn, John Colton.

Vernissage: November 3, 7 p.m.
with HIPGNOSIS founder Aubrey Powell
Greeting by Klaus Lederer (former Senator of Culture)
Musical performance: Zam Johnson & Guests

Exhibition duration:  4.11. to 17.12.2023
Opening hours: Tue to Sun – 13:00 to 19:00 o’clock
Location: Bergmannstr. 5, 10961 Berlin

Admission: 5€, erm. 3€
Buy ticket online through the pretix ticket portal

Kindly supported by the Berlin ministry for Cultural Affairs and Social Cohesion

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Bob Dylan Blues – Syd Barrett – Official Lyrics Video

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 29/10/2023 by Tony R29/10/2023

The Official Syd Barrett YouTube page has released another lyric video, this time featuring Bob Dylan Blues. This was a track Syd wrote in 1965 but not recorded until 1970 for the album Barrett. It was thought to be lost until it turned up in a tape collection at home by David Gilmour.

Bob Dylan Blues - Syd Barrett - Official Lyrics Video

“Bob Dylan Blues” was written in 1965 and later demoed for inclusion on the “Barrett”, on the Friday 27th of February 1970 at studio 2, EMI studios Abbey Road. This session for the second LP was engineered by Peter Bown, Alan Parsons and John Leckie, with David Gilmour stepping in as producer. This session consisted mostly of Syd demoing new (old?) material including Wolfpack, Living alone, Jigalo Aunt (sic) and “Dylan Blues”. Details of take numbers, false starts etc. are not noted on the recording sheet, but 1 reel of ¼” tape was used in making a 7.5 ips copy tape of the recordings. This was “Taken away by David Gilmore (sic)” on a 7” spool. Unfortunally he (Gilmour) returned and removed the masters as well.

In 2000-2001 David Gilmour mastered and released the track officially on the 2001 compilation “Wouldn’t you Miss Me?” and again later on the 2010 compilation “An introduction to Syd Barrett.

An in-depth look at the story of the song is published on the official Syd Barrett website: https://www.sydbarrett.com/featured_s… For this artistic interpretation of Syd Barrett’s music, Artist on the Border teamed up with Danish artist Jørgen Folmer Neergard Larsen. Jørgen has specialized in high contrast ink drawings “inks” of various cultural domestic and international personalities, including often reoccurring Syd Barrett. Among his accolades the inked tributes have been posted on social media pages belonging to the likes as Elvis Costello, Lou Reed and The Ramones. Artist page JFNL digital & ink: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?…

The Artist On The Border commented “Syd Barrett had, as many other of his peers, an infatuation with the prodigal Robert Zimmerman. This is something that I wanted to reflect in the animation. The various templates had Bob and Syd swap places in respective album covers. Syd would appear on the sleeve of “The Times are a-changing” and Bob would be in the striped bedroom at Wetherby Mansions But as things progressed I started to get a feeling that Syd was not just a fan of Bob’s. Syd and his mates, might actually have tried to mold Syd into a British Dylan character. As described in the “stories behind the songs” on Bob Dylan Blues, there are several links between Bob and Syds lyrics and if one squints, and tips his head slightly to the left, the covers of “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” and “Bringing It all back home” appear eerily similar to the photos shot at and around Duggie Field’s Wetherby mansions flat. But I digress.

Syd become Bob with his signs and a simple, effective gloomy backdrop made of Jørgen Folmers inkblots, running black paint and stylized faces of the two. He is Mr. Dylan, the king. Free as a bird on the wing“.

===== Listen to the song on spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/7x7aiP…

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