When he crashed the same studio during Pink ... lyrical reference to the early Barrett-penned single "See Emily Play" on Wish You Were Here. "I'm very sad about Syd, [though] I wasn't for years ...

A brand new Pink Floyd biography, Pink Floyd Shine On: The Definitive Oral History, by noted Floyd biographer Mark Blake, ...

Following up a hit record is no mean feat for any band, and even under the best of circumstances, Pink Floyd might have found it all but impossible to come back from the massive success of Dark ...

Fifty years ago today, Syd Barrett walked into the studio while Pink Floyd were finalizing their tribute to him.

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Barrett showed up to the studio as Pink Floyd recorded “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” the band’s epic tribute to their erstwhile founder from Wish You Were Here. That wasn’t the first time ...

Peter Jenner, Pink Floyd’s original manager, even convinced Barrett to book some studio time ... about Syd,” he says in the same documentary, “and ‘Wish You Were Here’ has a broader ...

Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part IV (8:42) As if to underline the theme of absence on Wish You Were Here ... Barrett – in the album’s mournful sign-off, invoking a melody line from their Syd ...

Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett ... Then while the band was recording its Wish You Were Here album, Barrett somehow appeared in the ...

Members Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour created music that stood out. Their sound shaped what rock music would become in later years. Their album The Dark ...