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1. A
Collectors Guide to Pink Floyd Audio Recordings
1966-1983 & solo tours
Author:
Publisher: PFA, private issue, 1998, 76 pages
Synopsis: A privately issued booklet that covers Pink Floyd and related
audio recordings. Every known live Pink Floyd recording from 1966 to 1983, plus
recordings of solo tours, are listed chronologically with venue, date, length
of recording and quality of recording. Additionally, every song on each
recording is cataloged with timings. Also included is a listing of bogus and
mislabeled tapes.
C/P: New / $6 (only a few
left)
2. A Collectors Guide to Pink Floyd Video Recordings
Author:
Publisher: PFA, private issue, 1998, 76 pages.
Synopsis: A privately issued booklet listing all known Pink Floyd and
related videos. Sections include Live and Promo Videos, Specials &
Interviews, Related Videos, and Movies with Pink Floyd Involvement. Every video
is listed chronologically with venue, date, length and quality of recording.
Additionally, every song on each video is listed with it's timing.
C/P: New / $6 (only a few
left)
3. Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall" - Pink Floyd 1978-1981
Authors: Vernon Fitch & Richard Mahon
Publisher: PFA Publishing, Inc. 2006, hardcover limited edition of just
5,000 copies, numbered & signed by both authors, ISBN 0-9777366-0-1, 288
pages.
Synopsis: A deluxe, full-color limited edition book about The Wall.
Includes chapters on The Making of The Wall album, The Wall album, Preparing to
Stage The Wall Live, The Wall live in Concert, a look at each of the 31 Wall
concerts, The Wall Live album, and an overview of the band's history leading up
to The Wall. Hundreds of rare pictures. Also includes a Wall discography
including bootlegs, and a detailed look at the equipment used to record The
Wall album and stage The Wall concerts.
C/P: New / $39.95 (limited
printing - get them while you can!)
4. Pink Floyd
Author: William Ruhlman
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers, 1993, hardcover, ISBN 0-8317-6912-2, 96
pages
Synopsis: A history of Pink Floyd with photos. Includes a large Pink
Floyd poster.
C/P: Brand new / $20
5. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia
Author:
Publishing Information:
First edition: CG Publishing, November 1998
Second Edition: CG Publishing, November 1999, ISBN 1-896522-44-0, 448
pages.
Third Edition: CG Publishing, April 2005, ISBN 1-894959-24-8, 448 pages.
Synopsis: An in-depth reference work by Vernon Fitch of The Pink
Floyd Archives. This book includes the Pink Floyd Reference Encyclopedia, a
listing of Pink Floyd and solo member concert dates, and an historical look at
Pink Floyd's equipment throughout the years. Also included with the book is a
special CD of Hawkwind performing the Pink Floyd song Interstellar Overdrive,
plus two additional Pink Floyd tribute songs, commissioned exclusively for
release with this book.
C/P: Brand new / $25 (3rd edition
with Hawkwind CD)
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6. Pink Floyd - Manual Rock 4
Author: Luca Ferrari
Publisher: Arcana Editrice, 1985, ISBN 88-85008-75-7, 192 pages.
Synopsis: An Italian book, written in Italian, about Pink Floyd.
C/P: VG++ / $20
7. Pink Floyd - The Press Reports 1966-1983
Author:
Publisher: CG Publishing, May 2001, ISBN 1-896522-72-6, 304 pages.
Synopsis: Ever wonder what the band members, themselves, were saying
about their activities as they were happening? In this book are hundreds of
band interviews, compiled for the first time from the major music papers during
the years 1966 through 1983. Also reported in this book are record reviews,
reviews of significant live performances, reports of band projects, and more,
in a chronological history of Pink Floyd as told in the news articles of the
time. A must read.
C/P: Brand new / $15
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- The Press Reports
Pink Floyd Related Books
1. A Collectors Guide to Soft Machine / Gong / Henry Cow & Related Group Recordings
Author:
Publisher: PFA private printing, 1998, 44 pages.
Synopsis: A privately issued booklet that lists hundreds of live
recordings by the Soft Machine and their many offshoots. Other bands listed
include Matching Mole, Carla Bley, Delivery, Elton Dean Quartet, El Skid, Hugh
Hopper Band, Hopper-Dean & Coxhill, Hopper-Dean-Tippett & Galivan, In
Cahoots, Isotope, Just Us, Ninesense, Pink Floyd, Raincoats, Soft Head, Soft
Heap, Supersister, Symbiosis, Wilde Flowers, WMWM, Wolf, Robert Wyatt, Gong,
Daevid Allen, Mother Gong, Steve Hillage, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Bloom,
William Burroughs, Here and Now, Pierre Moerlen, Octavia Neptune, Terry Riley,
Kevin Ayers, David Bedford, Lol Coxhill, Mike Oldfield, Caravan, Hatfield and
the North, Egg, Gilgamesh, National Health, Gordon Beck Quartet, Bill Bruford
Band, Camel, Contrepoint, Ivor Cutler, Allan Holdsworth, Nucleus, Rapid Eye
Movement, Tempest, David Sinclair, Dave Stewart, Keith Tippett, U.K., Henry
Cow, Art Bears, Duck & Cover, Fred Frith, Skeleton Crew, Massacre, The
Work, Peter Blegvad Ensemble, Boulevard Theater, Faust, Slapp Happy, Zu Band
and others. This book is great for concert dates although it primarily covers
concerts in the 1960s and 1970s.
C/P: New / $5
2. Hippie
Author: Barry Miles
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2004,
Synopsis: A large full-color book that looks at the Hippie period from
1965-1971 and the cultural changes that were taking place such as psychedelia,
the London underground, the summer of love, IT and OZ, etc. Features a section
on Pink Floyd with a look at Syd Barrett, the Spontaneous Underground, the
Technicolour Dream, light shows, UFO, rare concert posters, etc. Also covers
the Beatles, Timothy Leary, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones,
Bob Dylan, Bill Graham, the Acid Tests, Byrds, fashion, Wavy Gravy, Doors,
Love, Mothers of Invention, Velvet Underground, Fugs, orange sunshine,
Monterey, LSD, Move, Brian Jones, Black Panthers, Charlie Manson, Fillmore
East, Paris riots, Janis Joplin, the Weathermen, Woodstock, Altamont,
Steppenwolf, the sexual revolution, Amsterdam, Gay Pride, Kent State, Chicago,
Alice Cooper, Earth Day, Zabriskie Point, Bath Festival, Jim Morrison, and the
Hippie Legacy. A fantastic book.
C/P: New / $23
3. Hollywood Riviera Cannes
Authors: Cari Beauchamp and Henri Behar
Publisher: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1992, hardcover, ISBN
0-688-11007X, 491 pages.
Synopsis: The history and inside stories of the Cannes Film Festival
with the rules and regulations of the festival, the Cannes jury members, and a
complete listing of the Cannes award winners throughout the years. Includes
information about The Wall movie at
C/P: New / $20
4. I Want to Take You Higher - The Psychedelic Era 1965-1969
Author: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Publisher: Chronicle Books, 1997, softcover, ISBN 0-8118-1725-3, 208
pages.
Synopsis: A large book full of essays and pictures on the psychedelic
bands. Includes a look at the early Pink Floyd by Barry Miles, with photos of
some rare Pink Floyd posters and live performances.
C/P: New / $20
5. Moguls and Madmen - The Pursuit of Power in Popular Music
Author: Jory Farr
Publisher: Simon And Schuster, 1994, hardcover, ISBN 0-671-73946-8, 319
pages.
Synopsis: A behind the scenes look at some of the most influential and
powerful people in rock music. Includes a mention of Pink Floyd among groups
that have made bad business deals.
C/P: New / $15
6. Radio Waves - Life and Revolution on the FM Dial
Author: Jim Ladd
Publisher: St. Martins Press, 1991, hardcover, ISBN 0-312-05952-3, 306
pages.
Synopsis: A book on the history of FM radio from 1967-1987 by DJ Jim
Ladd. Includes stories about Roger Waters and a report of the
C/P: New / $20
7. Rock & Roll - an unruly history
Author: Robert Palmer
Publisher: Harmony Books, 1995, hardcover, ISBN 0-517-70050-6, 325
pages.
Synopsis: A companion volume to the PBS television series of the same
name, this book takes a look at the history of rock and roll. Chapter 6, Eight Miles
High, includes a look at 1967
C/P: New / $25
