The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story | |
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Directed by | John Edginton |
Starring | Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Peter Jenner, Bob Klose |
Narrated by | Kirsty Wark |
Music by | Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Basil Comely |
Producer | John Edginton |
Editor | Ray Frawley |
Running time | 60 min |
Production company | Otmoor Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) |
Related | |
VH1 Legends: Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett |
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). Directed by John Edginton, the film includes interviews with all the Pink Floyd members – Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright – plus the "fifth Pink Floyd", Bob Klose, who left the band in 1965, getting their points of view on the original band founder Syd Barrett. The film includes rare early television appearances of Pink Floyd, and home movies.
The film was first released on DVD on 24 March 2003. In 2021, the director and archivist, John Edginton, retrieved the original interview tapes and released them in full on his YouTube channel in a playlist titled Pink Floyd Unfiltered [1]
Plot
The focus of the film is Syd Barrett, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the early Pink Floyd, who created their unique psychedelic sound and most of the band's early songs, including the singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" and much of their first album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
Barrett's name passed into rock folklore when he was kicked out of Pink Floyd in 1968 and, after two solo albums, disappeared from music altogether amid rumours of a drug-induced breakdown.
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story has contributions from Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley (who played on Barrett's two solo albums The Madcap Laughs and Barrett as well as Barrett's final London concert on 6 June 1970 with David Gilmour, when Barrett abruptly left the stage after playing only four numbers), bassist Jack Monck who played at Barrett's last public concert in 1972 at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, producer Joe Boyd who produced "Arnold Layne", photographer Mick Rock who photographed Barrett for The Madcap Laughs cover, and artist Duggie Fields who shared an apartment in London's Earls Court with Barrett in 1968 and witnessed his changing mental state at close hand.
According to his sister, Barrett watched the documentary when it was broadcast on the BBC. He apparently found it "too loud", although he did enjoy seeing Mike Leonard, whom he referred to as his "teacher". He also enjoyed hearing "See Emily Play" again.[2]
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[3] | Gold | 5,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] | Platinum | 50,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Pink Floyd Unfiltered". YouTube.
- ^ Willis, Tim (6 October 2002). "You shone like the sun". The Observer. London. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Canadian video certifications – Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett – The Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story". Music Canada. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "British video certifications – Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett – The Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
External links
- The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story at IMDb
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- Syd Barrett
- Bob Klose
- Roger Waters
- Richard Wright
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- A Saucerful of Secrets
- More
- Ummagumma
- Atom Heart Mother
- Meddle
- Obscured by Clouds
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Wish You Were Here
- Animals
- The Wall
- The Final Cut
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- The Division Bell
- The Endless River
- The Best of the Pink Floyd
- Relics
- A Nice Pair
- A Collection of Great Dance Songs
- Works
- Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
- The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
- 1967–1972: Cre/ation
- The Later Years: 1987–2019
- 1967: The First Three Singles
- 1965: Their First Recordings
- San Francisco
- The Committee
- Tonite Lets All Make Love in London
- More
- Zabriskie Point
- La Carrera Panamericana
- "Lucy Leave" / "I'm a King Bee"
- "Arnold Layne" / "Candy and a Currant Bun"
- "See Emily Play" / "The Scarecrow"
- "Flaming" / "The Gnome"
- "Apples and Oranges" / "Paint Box"
- "It Would Be So Nice" / "Julia Dream"
- "Let There Be More Light" / "Remember a Day"
- "Point Me at the Sky" / "Careful with That Axe, Eugene"
- "The Nile Song"
- "One of These Days" / "Fearless"
- "Free Four"
- "Money" / "Any Colour You Like"
- "Time" / "Us and Them"
- "Have a Cigar" / "Welcome to the Machine" / "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part I"
- "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" / "One of My Turns"
- "Run Like Hell" / "Don't Leave Me Now"
- "Comfortably Numb" / "Hey You"
- "When the Tigers Broke Free" / "Bring the Boys Back Home"
- "Not Now John" / "The Hero's Return"
- "Learning to Fly" / "Terminal Frost"
- "On the Turning Away"
- "One Slip" / "The Dogs of War"
- "Keep Talking"
- "Lost for Words"
- "What Do You Want from Me"
- "Take It Back" / "Astronomy Domine"
- "High Hopes"
- "Wish You Were Here" / "Coming Back to Life"
- "Louder than Words"
- "Grantchester Meadows"
- "Childhood's End"
- "Green Is the Colour"
- "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
- "Brain Damage"
- "The Great Gig in the Sky"
Concerts |
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Narratives | |
Documentaries |
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- World Tour 1968
- The Man and The Journey Tour
- Dark Side of the Moon Tour
- 1974 French Summer/British Winter Tour
- North American/Wish You Were Here Tour
- In the Flesh/Animals Tour
- The Wall Tour
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (Concert in Venice, Italy)
- The Division Bell Tour
and tributes
- 19367 Pink Floyd
- The Amazing Pudding
- The Australian Pink Floyd Show
- Brit Floyd
- The Dark Side of the Moo
- "Echoes"
- "Embryo"
- Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd
- Live at the Empire Pool
- The Man and The Journey
- Music from The Body
- Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
- Pinkfloydia
- Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery
- "Proper Education"
- Roger Waters: The Wall
- Synalpheus pinkfloydi
- Umma gumma
- Their Mortal Remains
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