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No Good Trying: Syd Barrett’s The Madcap Laughs at 50

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1970, 50th, 50th anniversary, David Gilmour, EMI, Harvest Records, Jokers Wild, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett

Rock & Roll Globe contributor Bill Kopp shares an excerpt from his acclaimed book Reinventing Pink Floyd

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Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Eight Notable Features of Pink Floyd’s The Later Years 

December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Reissues, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, The Later Years

Exploring the catacombs of this overdue sonic monument to the post Roger Waters era

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Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

Minneapolis Musical Force Ed Ackerson Has Died

October 5, 2019January 13, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Ashley Ackerson, BNLX, Ed Ackerson, Husker Du, John Kass, Polara, Problem with Mary, Soul Asylum, Susstones, Syd Barrett, The 27 Various, The Dig, The Replacements, The Slugs, Thee Milkshakes, Twin/Tone

Songwriter-producer-bandleader — and friend-father-husband — felled by cancer

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Pop Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

A Saucerful of Syd

April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Pink Floyd, Robyn Hitchcock, Syd Barrett

Pink Floyd’s original leading man still casts a long shadow

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Wet Dream at 40

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments David Gilmour, Mel Collins, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Snowy White, Syd Barrett

Celebrating the vastly underrated solo debut from Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright

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