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Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd Free FREE CRAZY DIAMOND: SYD BARRETT AND THE DAWN OF PINK FLOYD PDF Mike Watkinson,Pete Anderson | 192 pages | 30 Jul 2007 | OMNIBUS PRESS | 9781846097393 | English | London, United Kingdom Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett, Loads of LSD, and the Founding of Pink Floyd Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Syd Barrett was Pink Floyd's founder, singer, guitarist and principal composer, who left the group in amidst tales of acid-induced madness. Barrett's brief flash of erratic brilliance has is now the stuff of rock legend, and his post-Floyd recordings have become cult classics. Updated forthis book draws on years on research to relate an epic rock tragedy. Home 1 Books 2. 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A Revised and Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd Edition of the original version updated after his death in Learn all about Barrett's career as lead member of the original Pink Floyd, his subsequent release from the group, and solo career. A revealing investigation into the life of a reclusive cult genius. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd May 1st by Omnibus Press first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Crazy Diamondplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jul 23, Paul Bryant rated it liked it Shelves: popular-and-unpopular-music. Cirrus Minor written by Roger Waters from More, 7. Crying Song written by Roger Waters from More, 8. Dominoes written by Syd Barrett from Barrett, Note - I would have added youtube links for these but they ain't there View all 6 comments. Nov 13, Ryan Williams added it. Not only do you get to learn about one of the band's founding members, but you also get to learn a lot about the bands history. Syd Barret is not as well known as the members in Pink Floyd today, but his biography his extremely interesting and even if you are not familiar with Pink Floyd, Watkinson makes this book readable for anyone who simply likes to read. I would highly recommend it for anyone. Oct 09, AL rated it really liked it. Got this as a gift for a friend when I was on a road trip to Los Angeles with my sister. I found the book to be very satisfying and informative, as I knew little about the early Pink Floyd days when they still used the 'The' before their name. A quick read and full,of good information, perhaps not enough, but overall I would recommend this for anyone interested in Syd Barrett. I remember the interviews going smoothly, of course Syd Barrett was not a participant, until, I assumed, that someone had asked Roger Waters and Davis Gilmour, separately, what happened to Syd Barrett. The camera showed a very quiet Roger Waters who responded with something like, "We don't talk about that. This was a great insight about the members of Pink Floyd. After reading it, though, I still really couldn't determine whether Syd took too much acid and it triggered something mental, or if it was just the acid after all. I find it highly repectable that the members didn't exploit Barrett by discussing his situation. View 2 comments. I first read this book in high school, having been looking for a good biography of Syd Barrett and seeing this as being the most accurate out there at the time. I'd be interested in finding a revised copy, if one was ever released after the poor man's death. It would be interesting to hear what others, in particular Breen, had to say about him then and whether or not his life in the end was Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd contended one. This biography is short, easy to read, and fascinating. It dispels some of the more harmfu I first read this book in high school, having been looking for a good biography of Syd Barrett and seeing Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd as being the most accurate out there at the time. It dispels some of the more harmful myths about Syd, and unfortunately confirms some of the worse aspects of his character. It's a humbling read for those who idolize Syd, and a sad reminder of just how damaging drugs can be to an already troubled personality. I'll always wonder what Syd could have achieved had he not been destroyed as he was, but shall take some solace in the fact that at least for even a little while he was happy in his solitude. Shine on, Syd and rest in peace Roger. View all 3 comments. Jul 24, Sam rated it liked it. For hardcore fans ONLY. I give it 3 stars because "Random Precision" is more detailed. Still a pretty stelar read. Feb 18, Branden rated it really liked it. I was so happy to find this book and couldn't wait to read it in order to learn more about the mystery of Syd Barrett. This book is probably the most informative work out there on the life of Syd and the early career of Pink Floyd. I recommend this book to any Pink Floyd fans if you love Pink Floyd Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd you have to appreciate Syd and his early influence on the band. After reading it, his songs made more sense to me and the album " Wish You Were Here " has more feeling to it. However it never really even attempts to get inside Barretts head or seriously delve into exactly what was wrong with him. Its way too simple to say he just fried his brain by doing too much acid. The most likely thing was he had some form of Schizophrenia. I think this partially because of his behaviour and partially because about the age he was when he started to get really batty is a common age when Schizophrenia begins to manifest itself in young adult males. Of course all the acid he was doing didn't help his condition either. Sep 05, Taylor Berschet rated it really liked it. Love Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd Floyd and went through a long phase of learning as much as i could about them.
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