Pink Floyd, BBC Top of the Pops, rehearsal at Lime Grove Studios, Shepherds Bush, London, MCMLXVII.
“For long you live and high you fly; And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry; And all you touch and all you see; Is all your life will ever be.” — Pink Floyd
Richard Wright at his French home, somewhere around MCMLXXXVI.
“No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.” — David Gilmour.
Richard Wright, Just Having a Sip, Somewhere mid MCMLXX’s.
“We fought during 'The Wall,' which was an album Waters wrote, based on his family story, we clashed long before that, during the period of the Dark Side and 'Wish You Were Here.' Actually, we never got along.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Syd Barrett and Richard Wright in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 April 1967. Photo by Nico van der Stam.
“I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway.” — Syd Barrett.
| MARIANNE FAITHFULL. Getting ready to go to HYDE PARK, 5th JULY, 1969.
NICHOLAS: Where’s Charlie? Charlie! What’s Charlie doing?
MICK: What’s Charlie gonna do?
MARIANNE: He’s going to play the drums.
NICHOLAS + MICK: He’s gonna play the drums!
MICK: Do you think he’s gonna wave at you?
NICHOLAS: The drums!
MARIANNE: Oh yes, he must wave.
Syd Barrett age 16
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Marianne Faithfull photographed by Johnny Dewe Mathews, 1973.
Roger Waters and Syd Barrett, interviewed by Hans Keller, circa. 1967.
“Keller was a dick to them. But the lads come off as very polite and well spoken by comparison.”
anita with mick jagger, marianne faithfull & keith richards in brazil, 1968.
Pictures taken by Syd Barrett, 2002/2005