Floyd's performance at the Knebworth charity concert that day was also the group's 200th show of the tour. Still a fine addition to any fan's bookshelf or coffee table.June 30, 1990, Pink Floyd completed the tour that it had started in Ottawa, Canada, Sept. A good book, if it had interviews of its own to fill in the blanks noted, it could have been great. Anyway, it's not exactly small print and there's lots of nice pictures, so don't be too intimidated by the size. The breakdown into albums (in chronological order) makes the big book more digestible, with natural break points between albums. I would have liked to have seen a short postscript with what happened after, where are they now, that sort of thing, especially maybe just a quick note about Roger Waters and where his path took him after leaving the band. Perhaps they ran into licensing problems or exorbitant fees? The authors tend to gush about the band (I mean, I get it, I love 'em too!), so there are the songs that are totally awesome, then there are the songs that are more awesome! If anything, the book (perhaps like the band?) ended rather abruptly. Also, they don't always show the album art, which for such a big beautiful book, seems a shame. That said, it seems to rely only on other secondary sources, the authors not having done their own interviews to fill in the many missing pieces they also identified (was that the black Strat, or.?). It is carefully end noted and well-sourced. It also gets very technical with how each song was made, to include where the various sound effects came from. I'm a fan of the band, but the book helped fill in "the rest of the story" on a lot of the drama within the band and what really happened. What a great big beautiful book! Obviously something to enjoy in paper, not electronically! For Pink Floyd enthusiasts, a great read, perhaps even a must read.
Would've been absolutely amazing.Īround The Year in 52 Books: A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads The only thing that pissed me off was not including the album covers. Not only that, the book gives a small account of Pink Floyd from start to the end but in digestible chunks in between the main focus.įor anyone who treasures Floyd, this is a brilliant book to have. And this book gives an honest account of all those stories hidden behind all those tracks. There was so much I didn't really know about some of my favorite tracks, some that really helped me get through certain periods in life. I never thought I'll get so sucked into it once I started reading it. It was there, dazzling and smiling and looking at me like, 'oi, take me home, you need me' and I did. I wasn't thinking straight when I picked up this book. Yet, they became somewhat of a foundation to the music taste I developed later in life. Pink Floyd was formed and lived it's best before I was born. I'm dazed than I was when we were stoned out of our minds on top of the mist covered mountains and was listening to Echoes for an uncountable length of time. Packed with more than 500 photos, All the Songs is also filled with stories fans treasure, such as Waters working with engineer Alan Parsons to employ revolutionary recording techniques for The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios in 1972 or producer Bob's Ezrin's contribution in refining Water's original sprawling vision for The Wall. Organized chronologically by album, this massive, 544-page hardcover begins with their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the only one recorded under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership through the loss of Barrett and the addition of David Gilmour to Richard Wright leaving the band in 1979 but returning to Roger Waters leaving in 1985 and the albums recorded since his departure, including their 2014 farewell album, The Endless River, which was downloaded 12 million times on Spotify the week it was released. In Pink Floyd All the Songs, authors Margotin and Guesdon describe the origin of their nearly 200 released songs, details from the recording studio, what instruments were used, and behind-the-scenes stories of the tensions that helped drive the band.
While much is known about this iconic group, few books provide a comprehensive history of their time in the studio. Since 1965, Pink Floyd been recording sonically experimental and philosophical music, selling more than 250 million records worldwide, including two of the best-selling albums of all time Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.
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The newest addition to the best-selling All the Songs series details the unique recording history of Pink Floyd, one of the world's most commercially successful and influential rock bands.
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