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Syd Barrett

Index Syd Barrett

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and musician. [1]

266 relations: A Saucerful of Secrets, Abbey Road Studios, About Face (album), Acetate, Acoustic guitar, Alternative rock, American Bandstand, AMM (group), Amplifier, An Introduction to Syd Barrett, Andrew King (music manager), Andy Partridge, Anglesey Abbey, Anthony Newley, Apples and Oranges (song), Arnold Layne, Arnold Schoenberg, Asperger syndrome, Atom Heart Mother, Audio feedback, Bad trip, Barbican Centre, Barrett (album), BBC, BBC Radio, Beyond the Wildwood, Bike (song), Binson, Blackhill Enterprises, Blind Boy Fuller, Blur (band), Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Blues, Bob Geldof, Bob Klose, Boy Scouts, Brian Eno, Brian Wilson, Brothers Grimm, Bryan Morrison, Brylcreem, Camberwell College of Arts, Cambridge, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridgeshire High School for Boys, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Candy and a Currant Bun, Captain Sensible, Carlos Castaneda, Chapter 24, ..., Chrissie Hynde, Colin Moulding, Consonance and dissonance, Contemporary Sant Mat movements, Crawdaddy (magazine), Crazy Diamond, Cream (band), Cremation, Daevid Allen, Dahlia, Damon Albarn, Danelectro Shorthorn, David Bowie, David Gilmour, David O'List, Delay (audio effect), Diabetes mellitus type 2, Dick Clark, Distortion, Distortion (music), Doodlin' (Horace Silver song), Duggie Fields, Earlham Street, Eddie "Guitar" Burns, Egerton Gardens, Eight Miles High, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, EMI, Experimental rock, Extended technique, Fender Esquire, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Fifth Dimension (album), Flaming (song), Flat cap, Floyd Council, Frank Zappa, Freak Out!, Fred Frith, Free jazz, Friends meeting house, Fulbourn Hospital, Ginger Gilmour, Gong (band), Grimms' Fairy Tales, Guitar World, Guru, Harmony Company, Harrods, Harvest, Harvest Records, Hemel Hempstead, Hills Road, Cambridge, Horace Silver, Humble Pie, I Ching, I'm a King Bee, Ian Smith, Ibiza, Idiosyncrasy, Independent music, Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, Interstellar Overdrive, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jack Bruce, Jack Monck, Jamie Reid, Jazz, Jerry Shirley, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Joe Boyd, John Harris (critic), John Leckie, John Peel, John Wood (record producer), Johnny Depp, Jokers Wild (band), Jonathan Meades, Joy of a Toy, Jugband Blues, Julian Cope, Keith Rowe, Kevin Ayers, Legion (TV series), List of songs recorded by Syd Barrett, List of unreleased songs recorded by Pink Floyd, Lode, Cambridgeshire, London '66–'67, Love (band), Lysergic acid diethylamide, Mandolin, Marc Bolan, Matilda Mother, Max Barrett, MC5, Mental disorder, Methaqualone, Mick Rock, Music for Pleasure (The Damned album), My Little Red Book, Nektar, Nicholas Schaffner, Nick Kent, Nick Mason, NME, Noah Hawley, Norman Smith (record producer), Octopus (Syd Barrett song), Opal (band), Opel (album), Ostinato, Oxfam, Oxford, Pancreatic cancer, Paparazzi, Pat Boone, Pathology, Paul McCartney, Peptic ulcer disease, Pete Brown, Pete Townshend, Peter Jenner, Peter Whitehead (filmmaker), Pin Ups, Pink Anderson, Pink Fairies, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd – The Wall, Pink Floyd bootleg recordings, Plasticland, Plectrum, Polydor Records, Pow R. Toc H., Progressive rock, Psychedelic drug, Psychedelic experience, Psychedelic music, Psychedelic rock, Punk rock, R. D. Laing, Record producer, Record Store Day, Remember a Day, Revolver (Beatles album), Rhythm and blues, Richard Wright (musician), Robyn Hitchcock, Rock 'n' Roll (play), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rock music, Roger Waters, Roundhouse (venue), Royal Albert Hall, Schizophrenia, Scream Thy Last Scream, See Emily Play, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Sex Pistols, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Sikh, Singing a Song in the Morning, Skylarking, Slim Harpo, Soft Machine, South Kensington, Stars (British band), Storm Thorgerson, Sunny Afternoon, Swinging Sixties, Syd Barrett (album), Synesthesia, Tangerine Dream, Television Personalities, Terrapin (song), The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?, The Byrds, The Damned (band), The Dark Side of the Moon, The Early Years 1965–1972, The Fillmore, The Fugs, The Guardian, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Madcap Laughs, The Mothers of Invention, The Nice, The Peel Session (Syd Barrett album), The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The Radio One Sessions (Syd Barrett album), The Rolling Stones, The Shamen, The Soup Dragons, The Sunday Times, The Teachings of Don Juan, The Trash Can Sinatras, The Wall, Tom Stoppard, Tonite Lets All Make Love in London, Top Gear (radio show), Twink (musician), UFO Club, UK underground, Ummagumma, University of Southampton, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vegetable Man, Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song), XTC, Zippo. Expand index (216 more) »

A Saucerful of Secrets

A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on Monday, 01 July 1968 by EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom (following adverts in Melody Maker giving that date) and released on 27 July 1968 in the United States by Tower Records.

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Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios (formerly known as EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England.

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About Face (album)

About Face is the second solo album by the English musician David Gilmour.

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Acetate

An acetate is a salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with an alkaline, earthy, metallic or nonmetallic and other base.

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Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar).

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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American Bandstand

American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer.

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AMM (group)

AMM is a British free improvisation group that was founded in London, England, in 1965.

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Amplifier

An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the power of a signal (a time-varying voltage or current).

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An Introduction to Syd Barrett

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Andrew King (music manager)

Andrew King (born 1942) is a music manager, formerly for Blackhill Enterprises, where he co-managed Pink Floyd and others.

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Andy Partridge

Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer from Swindon.

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Anglesey Abbey

Anglesey Abbey is a country house, formerly a priory, in the village of Lode, northeast of Cambridge, England.

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Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter.

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Apples and Oranges (song)

"Apples and Oranges" is the third United Kingdom single by Pink Floyd, the final one written by Syd Barrett, and released in 1967.

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Arnold Layne

"Arnold Layne" is the debut single released by the English rock band Pink Floyd on 10 March 1967, written by Syd Barrett.

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Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter.

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Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.

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Atom Heart Mother

Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.

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Audio feedback

Audio feedback (also known as acoustic feedback, simply as feedback, or the Larsen effect) is a special kind of positive loop gain which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example, a power amplified loudspeaker).

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Bad trip

A bad trip (drug-induced temporary psychosis or psychedelic crisis) is a frightening and unpleasant experience triggered by psychoactive drugs, especially psychedelic drugs such as LSD and magic mushrooms.

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Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.

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Barrett (album)

Barrett is the second and final studio album of new material released by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Radio

BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927).

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Beyond the Wildwood

Beyond the Wildwood – A Tribute to Syd Barrett is a tribute album consisting of music written by Pink Floyd's original guitarist, vocalist and primary songwriter Syd Barrett.

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Bike (song)

"Bike" is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd, which is the final track featured on their 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

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Binson

Binson (Milan - Italy) was an early manufacturer of echo machines.

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Blackhill Enterprises

Blackhill Enterprises was a rock music management company, founded as a partnership by the four original members of Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright), with Peter Jenner and Andrew King.

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Blind Boy Fuller

Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen, July 10, 1904 or 1907February 13, 1941) was an American blues guitarist and singer.

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Blur (band)

Blur are an English rock band, formed in London in 1988.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Bob Dylan Blues

"Bob Dylan Blues" is a song written in 1965 by Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd.

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Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist and occasional actor.

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Bob Klose

Rado Robert Garcia Klose (professionally known as Bob Klose in the 1960s and Rado Klose more recently) is an English musician, photographer and printmaker.

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Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts may refer to.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, RDI (born Brian Peter George Eno; 15 May 1948) is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist.

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Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded <!-- DO NOT CAPITALIZE -->the Beach Boys.

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Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century.

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Bryan Morrison

Bryan Morrison (14 August 1942 – 27 September 2008) was an English businessman, music publisher and polo player.

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Brylcreem

Brylcreem is a British brand of hair styling products for men.

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Camberwell College of Arts

Camberwell College of Arts (formerly known as Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, and is regarded as one of the UK's foremost art and design institutions.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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Cambridge Corn Exchange

Cambridge Corn Exchange is a concert venue located in Cambridge, England with a capacity for up to 1849 people.

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Cambridgeshire High School for Boys

The Cambridgeshire High School for Boys was founded as the Cambridge and County School for Boys in Cambridge, England, in 1900.

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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Candy and a Currant Bun

"Candy and a Currant Bun" was the B-side to Pink Floyd's first single, Arnold Layne.

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Captain Sensible

Raymond Ian Burns (born 24 April 1954), known by the stage name Captain Sensible, is a singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Carlos Castaneda

Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925April 27, 1998) was an American author with a Ph.D. in anthropology.

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Chapter 24

"Chapter 24" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

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Chrissie Hynde

Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician who is best known as a founding member of the rock band The Pretenders.

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Colin Moulding

Colin Ivor Moulding (born 17 August 1955) is an English bassist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the core members of the rock band XTC.

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Consonance and dissonance

In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds.

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Contemporary Sant Mat movements

Contemporary Sant Mat Movements are esoteric philosophy movements active in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and especially India.

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Crawdaddy (magazine)

Crawdaddy was an American rock music magazine launched in 1966.

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Crazy Diamond

Crazy Diamond is a 1993 triple-CD boxed set of Syd Barrett's two 1970 albums The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, and Opel, an out-takes compilation from 1988.

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Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce.

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Cremation

Cremation is the combustion, vaporization, and oxidation of cadavers to basic chemical compounds, such as gases, ashes and mineral fragments retaining the appearance of dry bone.

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Daevid Allen

Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), known as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist.

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Dahlia

Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico.

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Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn (born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer.

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Danelectro Shorthorn

The Danelectro Shorthorn line of guitars are a dual cutaway hollow bodied design, made of Masonite and poplar.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour, (born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a longtime member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd.

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David O'List

David "Davy" O'List (born 13 December 1948) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist and trumpeter.

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Delay (audio effect)

Delay is an audio effect and an effects unit which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time.

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Diabetes mellitus type 2

Diabetes mellitus type 2 (also known as type 2 diabetes) is a long-term metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin.

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Dick Clark

Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting American Bandstand from 1957 to 1987.

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Distortion

Distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of something.

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Distortion (music)

Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone.

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Doodlin' (Horace Silver song)

"Doodlin'" is a composition by Horace Silver.

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Duggie Fields

Duggie Fields born Tidworth, Wiltshire, 1945, Duggie Fields.com.

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Earlham Street

Earlham Street is a street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden that runs from Shaftesbury Avenue in the west to Neal Street in the east, crossing Seven Dials midway, where it intersects with Monmouth Street, Mercer Street, and Shorts Gardens.

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Eddie "Guitar" Burns

Eddie "Guitar" Burns (February 8, 1928 – December 12, 2012) was an American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter.

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Egerton Gardens

Egerton Gardens is a street and communal garden, regionally termed a garden square, in South Kensington, London SW3.

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Eight Miles High

"Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby and first released as a single on March 14, 1966 (see 1966 in music).

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Experimental rock

Experimental rock (or avant-rock) is a subgenre of rock music which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre.

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Extended technique

In music, extended technique is unconventional, unorthodox, or non-traditional methods of singing or of playing musical instruments employed to obtain unusual sounds or timbres.

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Fender Esquire

The Fender Esquire is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Fender, the first solid-body guitar sold by Fender, debuting in 1950.

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Fender Stratocaster

The Fender Stratocaster is a model of electric guitar designed in 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares.

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Fender Telecaster

The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele, is the world's first commercially successfulLes Paul had built a prototype solid body electric guitar known as "The Log" in the 1940s, but could not market his invention.

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Fifth Dimension (album)

Fifth Dimension is the third album by the American folk rock band The Byrds and was released in July 1966 on Columbia Records (see 1966 in music).

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Flaming (song)

"Flaming" (formerly titled "Snowing") is a song by psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

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Flat cap

A flat cap is a rounded cap with a small stiff brim in front.

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Floyd Council

Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 &ndash; May 9, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer.

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Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, activist and filmmaker.

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Freak Out!

Freak Out! is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released June 27, 1966, on Verve Records.

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Fred Frith

Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improvisor.

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Free jazz

Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 60s as musicians attempted to alter, extend, or break down jazz convention, often by discarding fixed chord changes or tempos.

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Friends meeting house

A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held.

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Fulbourn Hospital

Fulbourn Hospital is a mental health facility located between the Cambridgeshire village of Fulbourn and the Cambridge city boundary at Cherry Hinton, about south-east of the city centre.

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Ginger Gilmour

Ginger Gilmour (born Virginia Hasenbein; 19 January 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American artist, sculptor, author, former model, and the first wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

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Gong (band)

Gong are an international progressive rock band that incorporates elements of jazz and space rock into their musical style.

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Grimms' Fairy Tales

The Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (lead), is a collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812.

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Guitar World

Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists, published since July 1980.

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Guru

Guru (गुरु, IAST: guru) is a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a "teacher, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.

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Harmony Company

The Harmony Company was, in its heyday, the largest musical instrument manufacturer in the United States.

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Harrods

Harrods is a luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London.

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Harvest

Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.

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Harvest Records

Harvest Records is a British record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI, active from 1969 to present.

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Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead is a new town in Hertfordshire, England.

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Hills Road, Cambridge

Hills Road is an arterial road (part of the A1307) in southeast Cambridge, England.

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Horace Silver

Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.

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Humble Pie

Humble Pie were an English rock band formed by Peter Frampton in Essex during 1969.

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I Ching

The I Ching,.

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I'm a King Bee

"I'm a King Bee" is a swamp blues song that has been performed and recorded by numerous blues and other artists.

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Ian Smith

Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a politician, farmer and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (or Southern Rhodesia; today Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979.

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Ibiza

Ibiza (Eivissa) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the east coast of Spain.

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Idiosyncrasy

An idiosyncrasy is an unusual feature of a person (though there are also other uses, see below).

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Independent music

Independent music (often referred to as indie music or indie) is music produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing.

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Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd

Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd is Nick Mason's personal memoir of Pink Floyd, published on 7 October 2004, in the United Kingdom.

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Interstellar Overdrive

"Interstellar Overdrive" is an instrumental composition written and performed by Pink Floyd.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

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Jack Bruce

John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter known primarily for his contributions to the British supergroup Cream, which also included the guitarist-singer Eric Clapton and the drummer Ginger Baker.

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Jack Monck

Adam John Monck known as Jack (born London 1950) is a British bass guitarist, song-writer and teacher.

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Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid (born 1947) is an English artist and anarchist with connections to the Situationists.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jerry Shirley

Jerry Shirley (born 4 February 1952) is an English rock drummer, best known as a member of the band Humble Pie, appearing on all their albums.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Joe Boyd

Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer and writer.

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John Harris (critic)

John Rhys Harris (born 1969) is a British journalist, writer, and critic.

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John Leckie

John William Leckie (born 23 October 1949) is an English record producer and recording engineer.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist.

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John Wood (record producer)

John Wood is an English sound engineer and producer, best known for his work with Fairport Convention, John Martyn, Cat Stevens, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, the Incredible String Band, Pink Floyd, Nico and Squeeze.

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Johnny Depp

John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician.

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Jokers Wild (band)

Jokers Wild were an English Rock band formed in Cambridge in 1964.

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Jonathan Meades

Jonathan Turner Meades (born 21 January 1947) is an English writer and film-maker, primarily on the subjects of place, culture, architecture and food.

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Joy of a Toy

Joy of a Toy is the debut solo album of Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine.

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Jugband Blues

"Jugband Blues" is a song by the English psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets, released in 1968.

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Julian Cope

Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator. Originally coming to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes, he has followed a solo career since 1983 and worked on musical side projects such as Queen Elizabeth, Brain Donor and Black Sheep. Cope is also an author on Neolithic culture, publishing The Modern Antiquarian in 1998, and an outspoken political and cultural activist with a noted and public interest in occultism and paganism. He has written two volumes of autobiography; Head-On (1994) and Repossessed (1999); two volumes of archaeology; The Modern Antiquarian (1998) and The Megalithic European (2004); and three volumes of musicology; Krautrocksampler (1995), Japrocksampler (2007); and Copendium: A Guide to the Musical Underground (2012).

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Keith Rowe

Keith Rowe (born 16 March 1940 in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter.

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Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement.

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Legion (TV series)

Legion is an American cable television series created for FX by Noah Hawley, based on the Marvel Comics character David Haller / Legion.

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List of songs recorded by Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett (1946–2006) was an English musician who recorded 37 songs during his short two-year solo career.

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List of unreleased songs recorded by Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd have been known to perform and/or record a number of songs and instrumentals which have never been officially released on a single or album.

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Lode, Cambridgeshire

Lode is a small village in East Cambridgeshire on the southern edge of The Fens.

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London '66–'67

London '66–'67 is an EP and film of Pink Floyd music, containing two "lost" tracks—an extended version of "Interstellar Overdrive" and a previously unreleased track "Nick's Boogie".

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Love (band)

Love is an American rock group that was most prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Lysergic acid diethylamide

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known as acid, is a psychedelic drug known for its psychological effects, which may include altered awareness of one's surroundings, perceptions, and feelings as well as sensations and images that seem real though they are not.

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Mandolin

A mandolin (mandolino; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is usually plucked with a plectrum or "pick".

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Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet.

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Matilda Mother

"Matilda Mother" is a song by British band Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

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Max Barrett

Arthur Max Barrett, MD (28 July 1909 – 11 December 1961), also known as Dr.

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MC5

MC5 was an American rock band from Lincoln Park, Michigan, formed in 1964.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Methaqualone

Methaqualone, sold under the brand name Quaalude (pronounced) and sometimes stylized "Quāālude" in the United States and Mandrax in the United Kingdom and South Africa, is a sedative and hypnotic medication.

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Mick Rock

Mick Rock (born 1948) is a British photographer best known for his iconic shots of rock and roll legends such as Queen, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Geordie, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Crossfade, Thin Lizzy, Mötley Crüe, and Blondie.

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Music for Pleasure (The Damned album)

Music for Pleasure is the second studio album by English punk rock band the Damned.

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My Little Red Book

"My Little Red Book" is a song composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David.

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Nektar

Nektar (German for Nectar) is a 1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany.

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Nicholas Schaffner

Nicholas Schaffner (January 28, 1953 – August 28, 1991) was an American non-fiction author, journalist, and singer-songwriter.

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Nick Kent

Nick Kent (born 24 December 1951) is a British rock critic and musician.

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Nick Mason

Nicholas Berkeley Mason (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer, best known as a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.

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Noah Hawley

Noah Hawley (born) is an American television writer and producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author, best known for creating and writing the FX television series Fargo (2014&ndash;present) and Legion (2017&ndash;present).

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Norman Smith (record producer)

Norman "Hurricane" Smith (22 February 1923 – 3 March 2008) – accessed March 2011 was an English musician, record producer and engineer.

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Octopus (Syd Barrett song)

"Octopus" (originally recorded as "Clowns and Jugglers" and also known as "The Madcap Laughs") is a song by Syd Barrett.

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Opal (band)

Opal were an American rock band in the 1980s.

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Opel (album)

Opel is a 1988 album compiled from recordings made by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett between 1968 and 1970.

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Ostinato

In music, an ostinato (derived from Italian: stubborn, compare English, from Latin: 'obstinate') is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently at the same pitch.

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Oxfam

Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass.

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Paparazzi

Paparazzi (singular: masculine paparazzo or feminine paparazza) are independent photographers who take pictures of high-profile people, such as athletes, entertainers, politicians, and other celebrities, typically while subjects go about their usual life routines.

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Pat Boone

Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman.

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Pathology

Pathology (from the Ancient Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning "experience" or "suffering" and -logia (-λογία), "study of") is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research, concerned mainly with the causal study of disease, whether caused by pathogens or non-infectious physiological disorder.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Peptic ulcer disease

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a break in the lining of the stomach, first part of the small intestine or occasionally the lower esophagus.

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Pete Brown

Peter Ronald Brown (25 December 1940) is an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce.

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Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Who.

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Peter Jenner

Peter Jenner (born 1943) is a British music manager and a record producer.

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Peter Whitehead (filmmaker)

Peter Lorrimer Whitehead (born 8 January 1937, in Liverpool) is an English writer and filmmaker who documented the counterculture in London and New York in the late 1960s.

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Pin Ups

Pin Ups (also referred to as PinUps) is the seventh studio album by David Bowie, containing cover versions of songs, released in 1973 on RCA Records.

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Pink Anderson

Pinkney "Pink" Anderson (February 12, 1900 – October 12, 1974) was an American blues singer and guitarist.

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Pink Fairies

Pink Fairies are an English rock band initially active in the London (Ladbroke Grove) underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Pink Floyd – The Wall

Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name.

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Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

Pink Floyd bootleg recordings are the collections of audio and video recordings of musical performances by the British rock band Pink Floyd, which were never officially released by the band.

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Plasticland

Plasticland is an American Neo-Psychedelic and Garage rock (revival) band, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1980 with two members of Arousing Polaris, Glenn Rehse and John Frankovic.

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Plectrum

A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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Pow R. Toc H.

"Pow R. Toc H." is an instrumental, with vocal effects, by Pink Floyd on their 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Psychedelic drug

Psychedelics are a class of drug whose primary action is to trigger psychedelic experiences via serotonin receptor agonism, causing thought and visual/auditory changes, and altered state of consciousness.

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Psychedelic experience

A psychedelic experience (or 'trip') is a temporary altered state of consciousness induced by the consumption of psychedelic drugs (such as mescaline, LSD, psilocybin, and DMT).

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Psychedelic music

Psychedelic music (sometimes psychedelia) covers a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline and DMT to experience visual and auditory hallucinations, synesthesia and altered states of consciousness.

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Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a diverse style of rock music inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centred around perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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R. D. Laing

Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illnessin particular, the experience of psychosis.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an annual event inaugurated in 2007 and held on one Saturday every April to "celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store".

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Remember a Day

"Remember a Day" is a song by the British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by their keyboardist Rick Wright, appearing on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968).

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Revolver (Beatles album)

Revolver is the seventh album by the English rock band the Beatles.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Richard Wright (musician)

Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English musician, composer, singer, and songwriter.

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Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Rock 'n' Roll (play)

Rock 'n' Roll is a play by British playwright Tom Stoppard that premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2006.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Roger Waters

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English songwriter, singer, bassist, and composer.

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Roundhouse (venue)

The Roundhouse is a performing arts and concert venue situated at the Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in Chalk Farm, London, England.

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Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality.

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Scream Thy Last Scream

"Scream Thy Last Scream" is a song by Pink Floyd, written by frontman Syd Barrett and scheduled to be the band's next single after "See Emily Play".

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See Emily Play

"See Emily Play" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single in June 1967.

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Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd.

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Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975.

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Shine On You Crazy Diamond

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Rick Wright.

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Sikh

A Sikh (ਸਿੱਖ) is a person associated with Sikhism, a monotheistic religion that originated in the 15th century based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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Singing a Song in the Morning

"Singing a Song in the Morning" (originally titled "Religious Experience") was the first solo single released by Kevin Ayers, one of the founding members of the band Soft Machine.

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Skylarking

Skylarking is the ninth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released on 27 October 1986.

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Slim Harpo

James Isaac Moore (January 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970), better known by his stage name Slim Harpo, was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists of his day".

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Soft Machine

Soft Machine are an English rock and jazz band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs.

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South Kensington

South Kensington is an affluent district of West London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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Stars (British band)

Stars were a short-lived British supergroup that played a small number of live concerts in Cambridge in February 1972.

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Storm Thorgerson

Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English graphic designer and music video director, best known for his work for rock artists such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Phish, Nik Kershaw, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Yes, Al Stewart, Europe, Catherine Wheel, Bruce Dickinson, Dream Theater, Anthrax, The Cranberries, The Mars Volta, Muse, The Alan Parsons Project, Helloween, Biffy Clyro, Ween, Angels and Airwaves and Rival Sons.

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Sunny Afternoon

"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by the Kinks, written by chief songwriter Ray Davies.

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Swinging Sixties

Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the UK during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London as its epicentre.

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Syd Barrett (album)

Syd Barrett is a 1974 double-album pairing of Syd Barrett's two solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, both originally released in the UK in 1970.

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Synesthesia

Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.

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Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese.

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Television Personalities

The Television Personalities are an English post-punk band formed in 1977 by London singer-songwriter Dan Treacy.

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Terrapin (song)

"Terrapin" is the opening song on Syd Barrett's first solo album The Madcap Laughs.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?

The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? is a compilation album by Syd Barrett released in 2001 that spans Barrett's entire solo career.

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The Byrds

The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.

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The Damned (band)

The Damned are an English rock band formed in London, England in 1976 by lead vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, bassist (and later guitarist) Captain Sensible, and drummer Rat Scabies.

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The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records.

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The Early Years 1965–1972

The Early Years 1965–1972 is a compilation box set by Pink Floyd released on 11 November 2016.

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The Fillmore

The Fillmore is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous originally by rock promoter Chet Helms who introduced Bill Graham to the venue they both shared in the mid 60's.

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The Fugs

The Fugs are a band formed in New York City in late 1964 by the poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hobbit

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Madcap Laughs

The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett.

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The Mothers of Invention

The Mothers of Invention were an American rock band from California.

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The Nice

The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s.

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The Peel Session (Syd Barrett album)

The Peel Session is a collection of recordings by Syd Barrett released on 25 January 1987.

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The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story is a 2001 television documentary produced by Otmoor Productions for BBC Two's Omnibus series and originally called Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond (in the US, a slightly modified version aired as Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett in the VH1 Legends series in January 2002).

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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership.

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The Radio One Sessions (Syd Barrett album)

The Radio One Sessions is a live album by former Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist, Syd Barrett.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Shamen

The Shamen were a Scottish electronic dance music band, formed in 1986 in Aberdeen.

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The Soup Dragons

The Soup Dragons were a Scottish alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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The Teachings of Don Juan

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology, though many critics contend that it is a work of fiction.

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The Trash Can Sinatras

The Trashcan Sinatras are a Scottish band that was formed in Irvine, Scotland in 1986.

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The Wall

The Wall is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd.

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Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter.

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Tonite Lets All Make Love in London

Tonite Lets All Make Love in London is a soundtrack album released on LP in 1968, for the 1967 semi-documentary film made by Peter Whitehead about the "swinging London" scene of the sixties.

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Top Gear (radio show)

Top Gear was a radio show known for its specially recorded sessions in addition to playing records.

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Twink (musician)

John Charles Edward Alder (born 29 November 1944), better known as Twink, is an English drummer, singer and songwriter who was a central figure in the English psychedelic movement, and an actor.

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UFO Club

The UFO Club (pronounced "You-foe") was a famous but short-lived UK underground club in London during the 1960s.

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UK underground

The British counter-culture or underground scene developed during the mid 1960s, and was linked to the hippie and subculture of the United States.

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Ummagumma

Ummagumma is the fourth album by the English rock band Pink Floyd.

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University of Southampton

The University of Southampton (abbreviated as Soton in post-nominal letters) is a research university located in Southampton, England.

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Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is a magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.

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Vegetable Man

"Vegetable Man" is a song written by Syd Barrett for the English rock band Pink Floyd in 1967.

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Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)

Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd.

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Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)

"Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here.

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XTC

XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972 and active until 2006.

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Zippo

A Zippo lighter is a reusable metal lighter manufactured by American Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett

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