Friday, December 7, 2007

Terrapin Articles : Syd Barrett's Fans Magazine





Syd Barrett had his own fanatic fans. And They published teir own magazine about him. This is some of the articles that I found from the magazine; Terrapin, Syd Barrett fans based magazine. Click on the picture to get better view. Hope it would be found useful.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

The Band Promotional Pictures In Japan








This is Pink Floyd Promotional Pictures during their tour to Japan in 1972. As you can see there Nick Mason at Press Conference. And in another picture you can see David Gimour with a beautiful Japenese girl. Who is she? and you can also see the whole members picture was snapped for the tour promotion.

They went to Osaka too


In the Same Year, the Band also went to Osaka. This is their picture when the went to Osaka.

Japan - Hakone Tour, January 1971 Pictures




I was just about a year at that time. This is the time where I wanted to be, to see my favourite band playing. Pink Floyd lovers, I got this pictures from outerspace, enjoy and don't forget to give your comments.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Child by Syd Barrett


This is another painting made by Syd Barrett. Is this his own childhood face or another child face?
Give your ideas, but in my opinion, the boy in the picture much look like himself. Click the picture to get bigger image.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Portrait of a Girl by Syd Barrett


instead of becoming teh most gifted songwriter and music maker of psychedelic brain, Syd Barrett showed his other talent of painting. This oil canvas painting is one of his masterpieces entitled "Portrait of a Girl". Click the picture to get bigger image.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Playing in The Park


This a report about Pink Floyd took part at a free concert in Hyde Park. I don't know exactly when it was held, can anyone help me with the info? Please put your comment there. To read the article you can left click to get bigger image.. Thanks.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Confusion and Mr. Barrett.


This was an article written by Chris Welch for Melody Maker published on January 31, 1970. In that article, it was said that Syd Barrett is a happy creative young man but still give Pink Floyd, the band hits and headache.. Click the picture to get better image to read and leave your comments too.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Pink Floyd-the electrical wizards who care!


This article was written by Caroline Boucher in February 1970. She wrote about the phenomenon of the band at the time. Click the article to get bigger image.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

The Real Emily


You must be familiar with the song See Emily Play.. Do you know what real Emily looks like and who the real Emily is..? Here is the real girl who became Syd Barrett's inspiration in writing the song. Click the picture to get bigger image and to read the clearer article.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Saville Theatre Concert Picture Report


This is a picture of a newspaper report of a concert in Saville Theatre where Pink Floyd played there and shared the stage with another band called Tomorrow.. Do you know when the concert took place? It was quite a long time ago, right? Since we still see that Syd was still among them. If you know the answer, please post your comment here. Thanks

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Was Listening to Pink Floyd Painful?


This Newspaper cut was published a long time ago when they were still young. I don't have any other supporting story that can tell us why the writing came up. Was Pink Floyd musics or songs considered too heavy, destructing and painful to the ears or the words that they wrote led to someting evil?(I don't agree with this one). Or was this only an ad to encourage people to listen to the band.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Pink Floyd's Profiles


From this article you can read all the things about the members, from the real names to personal descriptions, from the favourite colours to the car they drove at that time, from what they liked to what they disliked. Click the picture to get clearer image, and wait for another surprise soon. Thanks

Saturday, September 1, 2007

David Gilmour Joined to The Group


When did David Gilmour Joined to Pink Floyd? This is a newspaper article reported about his coming to the Group and his relation with the members when he was not even in the group. We can see there that he was a closed friend to Syd Barrett. Click on the picture and save on your computer to get better and larger image.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

See Emily Play


Do you know what it looked when the song See Emily Play came to the market? The Ad was so simple and you can see that it was only made by handwriting, I guess. Look at the picture closer, who are the on the board of the train? It was a funny drawing, right?

Arnold Layne Again


This is another Ad of Arnold Layne song/single with the picture of the members there.

It is said the that the song was co wrtten by Candy and Currant Bun. Do you know what it means? This one was released by EMI

Friday, August 24, 2007

Arnold Layne


This is what the ad looked like when the single of Pink Floyd entitled Arnold Layne reached the market in 1967.

PINK FLOYD'S GARDEN PARTY


This is the picture of a newspaper report about Pink Floyd's Garden Party at the Crystal Palace bowl. The event happened on 15 May 1971. The show was opened by the bands such as the Faces and the Mountain, a guess band from the U.S.A.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Who is Bob Klose?


Rado 'Bob' Klose (born 1944; sometimes referred to as Bob Close or Brian Close in various publications) is an English musician and photographer. He was one of the earliest members of the rock band Pink Floyd, playing lead guitar; however, he left the band before they recorded their first released single, "Arnold Layne".
"The Abdabs" (also known as "The Screaming Abdabs"), with Roger Waters (lead guitar), Rick Wright (rhythm guitar), Nick Mason (drums), Clive Metcalfe (bass guitar), and Keith Noble & Juliette Gale (vocals), performed rhythm & blues under various names ("Sigma 6", "The Meggadeaths", and the Abdabs variations above) during their run with manager Ken Chapman, who also wrote some early material for the band. More here. In the Picture above, We can see him playing the Guitar with a bow tie.

First Solid Pink Floyd


This is the solid original Pink Floyd's linu-up after Bob Klose left the band.
They are (from left to right)
Roger Waters , Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and
Nick Mason. It was probably taken around 1965-1968 before David Gilmour join the band.