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Campamento en invierno en el volcán Llaima.

En memoria de Syd Barrett 1946 - 2006.

Recuerda cuando eras joven

Brillabas como el sol

Brilla, loco diamante

Vamos minero de la verdad y la decepción, y ¡brilla!

Pink Floyd – Shine on you crazy diamond

Syd Barrett

View On Black

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This serrated-edge glossy postcard of a splash-less diver in Mono Lake, California, was issued as an insert in Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here vinyl album released on the Harvest label in 1975. The record, comprising just five tracks, represented the rise and fall of Syd Barrett, the estranged former band member who suffered from severe mental illness. Its most famous track is ‘Shine on you crazy diamond’, a 14-minute nine-part composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright.

The colour is deliberately dull, indicating the irony of the typical postcard message (“having a lovely time, wish you were here”).

Pink Floyd were one of the most commercially successful and influential rock groups in the history of popular music, selling more than 250 million albums worldwide. Talking of which, here's David Gilmour’s floating recording studio on the River Thames at Hampton.

Image featured in EXPLORE (though given this is merely a scan of an old postcard, I do wonder why!)

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I hope Gerald never gets too old to ride Syd's bike:

* Bike (1967)

I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house

I don't know why I call him Gerald

He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse

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He looked quite good in his blue-green hood:

* The Gnome (1967)

Before departing on his big adventure in the Great Lands, I treated Grimble Crumble with several glasses of a fine Newberg, Oregon, wine, Patricia Green Cellars 2016 Estate Vineyard Bonshaw Pinot Noir. Only the very best for my little friend.

"Of mîr had kingin!" Grimble exclaimed in Old Gnomish.

Indeed.

He wore a scarlet tunic

A blue-green hood, it looked quite good

He had a big adventure

Amidst the grass, fresh air at last

Wining, dining

Biding his time

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Echoes

Pink Floyd

Composição: Waters, Wright, Mason e Gilmour

Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air

And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves

The echo of a distant tide comes willowing across the sand

And everything is green and submarine

And no one show us to the land

And no one knows the wheres or whys

But something stares and something tries

And starts to climb towards the light

Strangers passing in the street

By chance two separate glances meet

And I am you and what I see is me

And do I take you by the hand

And lead you through the land

And help me understand the best I can

And no one calls us to move on

And no one forces down our eyes

And no one speaks

And no one tries

And no one flies around the sun

Cloudless every day you fall upon my waking eyes

Inviting and inciting me to rise

And through the window in the wall comes streaming in on sunlight wings

A million bright ambassadors of morning

And no one sings me lullabies

And no one makes me close my eyes

So I throw the windows wide

And call to you across the sky

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

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You can't beat them, so you might as well just join them:

* Flaming (1967)

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Edited in DDG.

Settle down and throw back this ditty:

* Paint Box (promotional film; 1967)

The promotional film for Richard Wright's song features in the background the Atomium, a 1958 modernist building located in Brussels, Belgium.

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Hard to believe, but today marks the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon album that was released on March 1, 1973 for the U.S., and later on March 16, 1973 for the U.K.

One of the best selling and iconic albums of all time, DSOTM sold estimated sales of 45-50 million album copies. It holds the records for both the consecutive and total weeks on Billboard's top 200 album sales chart. From its release in March of 1973 to 1988 it was on the Billboard's chart for 741 consecutive weeks, and as of today, March of 2023 on the charts for 972 weeks.

In 1973 I got my first Hi-Fi system from having two morning paper routes. I asked my friends what should be the first album to buy, and they definitely said Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon since it was fresh out on release. After getting the first U.S. pressing, I was so blown away by the great sound quality of the album, and also the outstanding job done on the production of the album. I went through three albums of DSOTM until I bought mt first CD in 1984. Personally, DSOTH is in my top three favorite albums, if not my favorite of all times.

Two years ago I was able to get a super clean 1979 MoFi (MFSL) original master recording from a person who only played it a couple of times, which the album cover is seen in the photo. Also in the photo is a 1978 Marantz 6370Q turntable, and 1978 Marantz 2500 stereo receiver.

"She took a long cold look at me

and smiled and gazed all over my arm

she loves to see me get down to ground

she hasn't time just to be with me

her face between all she means to be

to be extreme, just to be extreme

a broken pier on the wavy sea

she wonders why for all she wants to see...

But I got up and I stomped around

and hid the piece where the trees touch the ground...

The end of truth that lay out the time

spent lazing here on a painting dream

a mile or more in a foreign clime

to see farther inside of me.

And looking high up into the sky

I breathe as the water streams over me..."

Syd Barrett

primitive / heat

I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.

It's got a basket, a bell that rings

And things to make it look good.

I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

Extract from "Bike" - Pink Floyd - 1967

Hold on to your hair (if you have any) and journey with Brother Gregory as he unravels the mysteries of The Floyd:

* Astronomy Domine (Tienerklanken; 1967)

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Take up thy headphones and listen:

* Arnold Layne (1967)

* Grantchester Meadows (BBC live; 1969)

* Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk (1967)

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Laying on the gate of the Element. (from the archives)

This Saturday at Blue Orange... 2PM SLT... DJ Flossy encouraging you to.. Turn on, tune in, dream your own Utopia... here's the taxi...

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This was the final song Syd Barrett wrote for Pink Floyd:

* Apples and Oranges (promotional film; 1967)

The promotional film was shot in a Belgian fruit market. Roger Waters is lip syncing with the voice of the then-departed Barrett.

I catch her by the eye then I stop and have to think

What a funny thing to do 'cause I'm feeling very pink

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Journey through time and space with Syd and friends:

* Interstellar Overdrive (1967)

Left: For hundreds of generations, the Tesla Brotherhood of Space Folders Unlimited had what they thought was an unbreakable monopoly on interstellar travel and commerce. Dreadfully expensive, as well as destructive to the very fabric of space-time, the company had long convinced the natural sapient, and even their own wealthy shareholders, that there was no alternative to their space folding technology. The company motto: "Expand or die! Have a nice day."

Center: "Let there be more light." It is now the year 10191 AD. From the depths of space came a brilliant flash of light, music and forbidden colors. Strangely, the electrifying music could travel in the vacuum of space. Even stranger was the sudden appearance of ancient and well-used Danelectro 3021 electric guitars in the hands of everyone. But no one but the Tesla shareholders had the zuleks for music lessons or even amplifiers. Lord Tesla itself dismissed it all as "so much cave gas."

Right: Years later, a strange mostly-human with terrible fingers from the planet Hammersmith IV, a doctor some say, demonstrated the true nature of the guitars. His motto: "Expand your mind and live! Now, fly!" The space folders were now obsolete.

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Two songs, one vision:

* See Emily Play (promotional film; 1967)

* Julia Dream (1968)

Although "Jugband Blues" (1968) was the last Syd Barrett song published for a Pink Floyd album, I believe "See Emily Play" is the song that better represents the change that Syd's reliable and stable replacement, David Gilmour, would bring to the band, starting with "Julia Dream," written by Roger Waters.

"See Emily Play":

Put on a gown

That touches the ground (Ah-ooh)

Float on a river

Forever and ever, Emily (Emily)

"Julia Dream":

Every night I turn the light out

Waiting for the velvet bride

Will the scaly armadillo

Find me where I'm hiding?

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The Floyd had just stepped out of Abbey Road Studios for some candy and currant buns when this happened:

* Pow R. Toc H. (1967)

It was Brother Gregory! And he was chasing them with a plate of English oysters. Nobody expects an English oyster inquisition!

After being chased off Earth and around the solar system by Gregory, Pink managed to evade the monk and land the band's battered starship on the outskirts of Poperinge, Belgium, for a much needed rest and repairs. Eventually, they made their way back to Abbey Road to record their experience, word for word.

"I'd like to think that oysters transcend national barriers." — Roger Waters, Studio Europasonor, Paris, 1971

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♪ ♯ ♫

Open your eyes and don't be blind

can't you see we're two of a kind?

I've got to say this, I hope you don't mind

I love you, we're two of a kind.....

-Syd Barrett (The peel session)

♪ ♯ ♫ Listen?

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Enjoying the January sun.

Oh, no! Syd can't explain his cat:

* Lucifer Sam (1967)

At night prowling, sifting sand

Hiding around on the ground

He'll be found when you're around

After some forty years, I still miss my sweet and spicy Siamese cat, Nicola.

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Found text, Recoleta, Buenos Aires

Round Church, Cambridge. Third, and final in the "Bicycle" series. All three titles from Pink Floyd's "Bike" song (1967).

Dedicated to Santi: www.flickr.com/photos/fotografia-urbana/ Santi is a top class photographer, one who inspires with his high quality work. Check out his impressive portfolio.

String beans, the whole lot of them:

* The Scarecrow (promotional film; 1967)

The black and green scarecrow was sadder than me

But now he's resigned to his fate

'cause life's not unkind

He doesn't mind

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Cambridge, UK

Nikon D7100

18-105mm Lens

Pink Floyd's 2nd Studio Album released in June/July 1968

This is a Mono First Pressing on the Columbia Label for EMI

This copy has the Misspellings of Dave Gilmour as "Gilmore"...Also the Track "Let There Be More Light has "Me on the label instead of 'Be'

youtu.be/FVB-sCHdjLk

"See Emily Play"

This set was taken on the "Emily's" basement. I saw it one month ago and I felt in love with that "room". When I was shooting the pictures I had in mind the Syd Barrett song and I tried to re-create the mood of it.

After having seen the pictures I decided to create a slideshow with them and with this music, in the David Bowie's version.

This is the result:

"See Emily Play" Set Slideshow

Let me know what you think about it... the poor quality of the video is due to the web optimization, I tried to do my best.

All my thanks to Emily, a wonderful model, a fantastic and fierce girl, a unique friend.

Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. May Ball 2009: Moonlight Masquerade. Title from Pink Floyd's track "Brain Damage" in the famous Dark Side of the Moon album.

Think Pink Floyd and think Syd Barrett. Think Syd Barrett and think Cambridge. Think Cambridge:-)

Syd Barrett was a founding member of Pink Floyd and the main man until 1968. He was a Cambridge lad. As were fellow Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Roger Waters. Syd's impact on the band was massive. And that was even when he left due to mental illness. Many Pink Floyd tracks have references to Syd, including this well known track in Dark Side of the Moon (1973).

"See Emily Play"

This set was taken on the "Emily's" basement. I saw it one month ago and I felt in love with that "room". When I was shooting the pictures I had in mind the Syd Barrett song and I tried to re-create the mood of it.

After having seen the pictures I decided to create a slideshow with them and with this music, in the David Bowie's version.

This is the result:

"See Emily Play" Set Slideshow

Let me know what you think about it... the poor quality of the video is due to the web optimization, I tried to do my best.

All my thanks to Emily, a wonderful model, a fantastic and fierce girl, a unique friend.

Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. 2/3 "Bicycle" series.

Somewhere just outside the gates of dawn:

* Chapter 24 (1967)

The time is with the month of winter solstice

When the change is due to come

Thunder in the other course of heaven

Things cannot be destroyed once and for all

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"See Emily Play" Slideshow

Here the complete set.

"See Emily Play"

This set was taken on the "Emily's" basement. I saw it one month ago and I felt in love with that "room". When I was shooting the pictures I had in mind the Syd Barrett song and I tried to re-create the mood of it.

After having seen the pictures I decided to create a slideshow with them and with this music, in the David Bowie's version.

This is the result:

"See Emily Play" Set Slideshow

Let me know what you think about it... the poor quality of the video is due to the web optimization, I tried to do my best.

All my thanks to Emily, a wonderful model, a fantastic and fierce girl, a unique friend.

"See Emily Play"

This set was taken on the "Emily's" basement. I saw it one month ago and I felt in love with that "room". When I was shooting the pictures I had in mind the Syd Barrett song and I tried to re-create the mood of it.

After having seen the pictures I decided to create a slideshow with them and with this music, in the David Bowie's version.

This is the result:

"See Emily Play" Set Slideshow

Let me know what you think about it... the poor quality of the video is due to the web optimization, I tried to do my best.

All my thanks to Emily, a wonderful model, a fantastic and fierce girl, a unique friend.

"you'd better watch out!

there may be dogs about!"

Pink Floyd, "Sheep" - 1977

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)

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See through in the sunlight

She wore lemon

But never in the daylight

She's gonna make you cry

She's gonna make you whisper and moan

And when you're dry

She draws her water from the stone

And I feel

Like I'm slowly, slowly, slowly slipping under

And I feel

Like I'm holding onto nothing

[Lemon-U2]

Pink Floyd / The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Side one:

- "Astronomy Domine" - 4:12

- "Lucifer Sam" - 3:07

- "Matilda Mother" - 3:08

- "Flaming" - 2:46

- "Pow R. Toc H."(Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason) - 4:26

- "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" (Roger Waters) - 3:05

Side two:

- "Interstellar Overdrive" (Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason) - 9:41

- "The Gnome" - 2:13

- "Chapter 24" - 3:42

- "The Scarecrow" - 2:11

- "Bike" - 3:21

(All songs written and composed by Syd Barrett unless otherwise noted.)

Syd Barrett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals

Roger Waters – bass guitar; slide whistle, percussion, gong, vocals

Richard Wright – Farfisa Combo Compact organ, piano, tack piano, Hammond organ, harmonium, celesta , cello, Lowrey organ, vibraphone, Hohner Pianet, violin, percussion, vocals

Nick Mason – drums, percussion

Recorded: February – May 1967 at EMI Studio, London

sleeve design: cover photography by Vic Singh

(Vic Singh was hired to photograph the band for the album cover. Singh shared a studio with photographer David Bailey, and he was friends with Beatles guitarist George Harrison. Singh asked Jenner and King to dress the band in the brightest clothes they could find. Vic Singh then shot them with a prism lens that Harrison had given him. The cover was meant to resemble an LSD trip, a style that was favoured at the time. In 2017, the lens was displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains exhibition.)

Label: EMI Records / 1967

ex Vinyl-Collection MTP

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piper_at_the_Gates_of_Dawn