Sunday, December 6, 2009

Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey by Nicholas Schaffner - Very Good!.

Saucerful of Secrets is the first in-depth biography of this very private group. At the heart of the saga is Syd Barrett, the groups brilliant founder, whose public decline into shattered incoherence--attributable in part to his marathon use of LSD--is one of the tragedies of rock history. The making of Dark Side of the Moon and Floyds other great albums is recounted in detail, as are the mounting of The Wall  and the creation of the flying pigs, crashing  planes, Mr. Screen and the other elements of their spectacular stage shows. The book also explores the many battles between bass player/song writer Roger Waters and the rest of the group, leading up to Waters acrimonious departure for a solo  career in 1984 and his unsuccessful attempt to disolve the group he had left behind.

Saucerful of Secrets is an electrifying account of this ground-breaking, mind-bending group, covering every period of their career from  earliest days to latest recordings. It is full of  revealing information that will be treasured by all who love Pink Floyds music.

Very Good!.
A Very well written and Complete history of Pink Floyd up to 1992. My only wish was that the Author would add a few Chapters on Newer things such as the G8 reunion, Richard Wright's death, and Semi reunion at a Syd Barrett memorial and plus the Division Bell and Amused to Death CD's, but that's just nit picking. A very fair account although Roger Water's king size Ego comes across badly.

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