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In November 1967, Pink Floyd toured America for the first time, to promote their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. In the first week of their visit, the English band were invited to play ABC Television’s prestigious American Bandstand show, hosted by Dick Clark, to mime to their recently-recorded third single Apples And Oranges. Now a Swedish artist known as Artist On The Border has painstakingly colorised the archive performance, frame-by-frame, bringing new life to the group’s mannered performance.
“I started the project in February 2021,” he reveals. “It ended on the 30th of December 2021. I’m not doing this again, like this.”
While in Los Angeles, Floyd were invited to stay with the Alice Cooper Band, in the group’s shared apartment on Beethoven Street in Venice Beach.
“The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was already a mainstay of our listening,” Cooper told this writer in 2020. “We totally got it, because it was like us, so weird and left-field – we didn’t think anyone else knew who they were. I remember that Glenn Buxton, our guitar player, really bonded with Syd Barrett, because they both used to play guitar through an Echoplex unit: they’d sit in Glenn’s room and get high and play guitar together all night.”
As Cooper recalls, it soon became apparent to all that Syd Barrett was having some mental health issues, which would ultimately cost him his place in the band.
“Syd was in a different headspace,” he recalls. “One night he got onstage, strummed one single chord, and got a shock from his guitar and mic: he stood there like a statue for an hour while the other guys just played around him.”
“I remember one morning I walked into the kitchen and Syd was sitting with a box of cornflakes in front of him, laughing, and he goes, ‘This is really cool, watch them!’” Cooper continues. “I’d no idea what he was talking about, there was nothing to see, but he was so high that he thought that the cornflakes were putting on a little show for him, singing and dancing, and he was having the best time watching them, he thought it was the most entertaining thing on the planet. I left the room and I could hear him laughing to himself for ages. At that point, I kinda had the feeling that he may be on the way to losing his mind…”
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- Pink Floyd - Meddle - 1st [a] - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £195.00, $259.35, €228.15 (New Item) (arrived 24-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 27, 2025 at 5:02 am
PINK FLOYD Meddle (1971 UK first press 6-track LP, with 'Gramophone Co' label perimeter text & stamped matrices ending 'A4/B3' matrices. Comes housed in the original fully textured gatefold picture sleeve with 'Patent No.' text on the bottom right inside panel & the Harvest catalogue inner. This is a superb one previous owner example. The sleeve is Excellent with just a little mild shelf wear & the vinyl is nice & clean & in Excellent condition with just a little spindle wear and acouple of faint hairline scuffs to indicate play. A fantastic copy of this Floyd classic! SHVL795)
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 5th + Posters - UK - vinyl LP - £40.00, $53.20, €46.80 (New Item) (arrived 21-Apr-2025 10:27)on April 27, 2025 at 5:02 am
PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon (1979 UK issue of the classic 1973 10-track LP with 'EMI Records' label perimeter text, housed in the iconic gatefold sleeve with blue copyright statement inside lower left & two colour posters. The sleeve is Excellent & shows some light shelf wear scuffing, the posters are unused with a little minor foxing on the back - The vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with the odd faint paper scuff not affecting play SHVL804) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 1st - Complete - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £1,495.00, $1,988.35, €1,749.15 (New Item) (arrived 15-Apr-2025 17:25)on April 27, 2025 at 5:02 am
PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon (Ultra Rare 1973 UK first press 10-track vinyl LP with SOLID PRISM labels with silver lettering, Gramophone Co. perimeter text, complete with the original black poly lined inner, two stickers & twoposters. The classic gatefold picture sleeve on this version differs from later issues in that it has a single right-side pocket opening only & displays a subtle green tinge unlike the jet black print of later issues. This earliest collector'spressing has the machine stamped A2/B2 matrices in the run-outs but does NOT have the well known skip during the track 'Money'. Please see 'more info' for condition details... SHVL804) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 1st - Complete - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £1,495.00, $1,988.35, €1,749.15 (Back In Stock) (arrived 16-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 27, 2025 at 5:02 am
PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon (Ultra Rare 1973 UK first press 10-track vinyl LP with SOLID PRISM labels with silver lettering, Gramophone Co. perimeter text, complete with the original black poly lined inner, two stickers & twoposters. The classic gatefold picture sleeve on this version differs from later issues in that it has a single right-side pocket opening only & displays a subtle green tinge unlike the jet black print of later issues. This earliest collector'spressing has the machine stamped A2/B2 matrices in the run-outs but does NOT have the well known skip during the track 'Money'. Please see 'more info' for condition details... SHVL804) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Pink Floyd - Live At Knebworth 1990 - 180 Gram - 45RPM - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £44.99, $59.84, €52.64 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2025 10:31)on April 27, 2025 at 5:02 am
PINK FLOYD Live At Knebworth 1990 (2021 UK/EU limited edition double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl and cut at 45RPM for enhanced audio quality. Remixed from the original master tapes by David Gilmour and Andy Jackson, this concert was previously unreleased until it appeared on 2019s Later Years box set, and now available for the first time as a stand-alone release. Gatefold picture sleeve with 16-page booklet and hype sticker, factory sealed)
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