Pink Floyd - The Early Years (2006)
Barry MilesI was involved in the UFO Club & saw them play many times in the early days so it was an era I was completely familiar with. I researched & found all their childhood houses in Cambridge & photographed them, & put the book together rather quickly. I was expecting it to be released in glorious psychedelic colour, more of a coffee-table book than a regular paperback, as the Syd Barrett period Floyd lent itself very much to such a treatment; in fact it is a gift to a graphic designer. Instead, it was treated in a very conventional way & to my mind looks very dull. But Omnibus has a history of re-packaging, so who knows what the future might bring.
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This is an authentic & compelling story of the group that gave alternative London its 1st real soundtrack & launched on the rock world a radical combination of music, light shows & pyrotechnic stage effects, a revealing diary of Pink Floyd's daily routine, from their roots in Cambridge to cult status in Sixties London. Author Barry Miles saw the band play when they were st