[QUOTE=robo2448][url]www.stubhub.com[/url]

And to make this on topic, A Saucerful of Secrets is a great cd.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the link. :)

[QUOTE=standard]Damn .. Terrible spelling, and no, he does not have the first strat ever. It's #1.. but it isn't the first ever.[/QUOTE]

I expect leo fender still has all the prototopes, and probably the first actual one made.

What;s gilmour's then? serial number AA00000001?

[QUOTE=magicbus]:lol: Those are his only 3 posts.[/QUOTE]

lol sorry about that, my computer hasn't felt like cooperating lately. Stupid dial-up.

Anyway, I was wondering what everyone thought about Atom Heart Mother. I've been reading these forums for quite a while now and haven't seen it mentioned much. I think it's rather underrated compared to a lot of Floyd's other work. My favorite songs are If, Summer '68, and the title track. Anybody else like this album?

was just listening to summer of 68

[QUOTE=Britton]was just listening to summer of 68[/QUOTE]
I bought Atom Heart Mother today from HMV on Oxford Street. It's amazing.
I also got offered free tickets to see Dream Theater again tonight.

I bought AHM a couple weeks ago, great album. I love Fat Old Sun.

I actually haven't heard AHM all the way through, because I haven't been able to find it on CD, cassette, or vinyl anywhere...and the version I downloaded was all like messed up and unlistenable.

Well then don't download music...

[QUOTE=thickasabrick]I actually haven't heard AHM all the way through, because I haven't been able to find it on CD, cassette, or vinyl anywhere...and the version I downloaded was all like messed up and unlistenable.[/QUOTE]

I've everybody who wants it would post their emails, i'll upload it tomorrow.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]I am getting The Wall DVD for my 18th, hopefully!! Only a week and a bit and I will be able to see what my friend said was the trippiest video of his lifetime.[/QUOTE]

i've got it....it's crazy....:thumb: .......your friend is correct though, the first time i watched it, i was high as a kite dude....lol, i am never the same since

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]I bought Atom Heart Mother today from HMV on Oxford Street. It's amazing.
I also got offered free tickets to see Dream Theater again tonight.[/QUOTE]

How'd you manage that?

Atom Heart Mother is definitly a great album, even if the weird factor is almost as ski high as Piper.

[QUOTE=moaner]I expect leo fender still has all the prototopes, and probably the first actual one made.

What;s gilmour's then? serial number AA00000001?[/QUOTE]

It's the first strat manufactured in a factory. I think Leo Fender keeps all the ones he made, like you said.

Yeah, that's his serial number.

[QUOTE=Obi One Kenodi]How'd you manage that?

Atom Heart Mother is definitly a great album, even if the weird factor is almost as ski high as Piper.[/QUOTE]
Two middle-aged guys saw my t-shirt and asked if I was going tonight, I said I went last night and then they offered me a spare ticket. But I had to get back to Wales for work tomorrow.

[QUOTE=Mister Blue Sky]It's the first strat manufactured in a factory. I think Leo Fender keeps all the ones he made, like you said.

Yeah, that's his serial number.[/QUOTE]Leo Fender's dead...

[QUOTE=thickasabrick]I actually haven't heard AHM all the way through, because I haven't been able to find it on CD, cassette, or vinyl anywhere...and the version I downloaded was all like messed up and unlistenable.[/QUOTE]

With ones like Atom Heart Mother, CD is probably best, since tapes require changing sides.

Pink Floyd
 

My favourite album by pink floyd is..... The Dark Side Of The Moon. The songs on that cd are so catchy and easy to get into. A person that hasn't even heard them before would still end up listening to that whole album its so good. evry damn song.

[QUOTE=supercheech19]My favourite album by pink floyd is..... The Dark Side Of The Moon. The songs on that cd are so catchy and easy to get into. A person that hasn't even heard them before would still end up listening to that whole album its so good. evry damn song.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't call DSOTM or any of Floyd's work catchy at all. All of Floyd's cds take multiple listens to get into IMO. DSOTM is the most accessible of all their cds though and probably the easiest to get into. Not my favorite Floyd cd but still really good.

I'd say that some Pink Floyd songs are pretty catchy. Time is catchy, Money is catchy, WYWH I suppose could be called catchy (are acoustic songs catchy?). But, whatev.

Gilmour's guitar was among the first batch. I think there's debate over whether or not it was actually [I]the[/I] first.

It was the first mass production. But not the first ever made

[QUOTE=moaner]I expect leo fender still has all the prototopes, and probably the first actual one made.

What;s gilmour's then? serial number AA00000001?[/QUOTE]

No.

From Fender.com "including a 1954 Strat® (The first year of production) with the serial number ‘001.' (Although it is not the first production model.)"

Hmm I thought it was...Okay

David Gilmour's "001" Strat®

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has long been associated with the Stratocaster®. You can hear this Strat®'s dulcet tones on the rhythm part of Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall Pt II, as well as Gilmour's eponymous first solo album and Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright's solo album Wet Dream (1978), where the guitar was played by Snowy White. More recent appearances include Paul McCartney's Run Devil Run (1999) album and a live appearance at London's Royal Albert Hall with Jools Holland and Mica Paris on April 1st 2004. It was also used at the historic 50th Anniversary Strat concert at London's Wembley Arena on 24th September, 2004.

Not the First Strat®

Undoubtedly the jewel in Gilmour's collection is this white 1954 Stratocaster® - serial number 001. Despite the impressive serial number, it's not the first Stratocaster® built, but because of the date on the neck joint, it's known to be one of the earliest still in existence. This is because Stratocaster® guitars first started being built between March and May of '54, and this one is dated September '54. The inside of the guitar bears a piece if masking tape with "Mary 9.28.54' handwritten on it.

The 001 Strat® was probably specially built, since it has some custom features, such as an unusual custom colour finish, non-standard gold plating on hardware, a gold anodized scratchplate and a one-of-a-kind serial number.

Origins

This 'numero uno' Strat® was originally given to a Fender® employee, who then gave the guitar to his son. A few years later, it was sold to legendary pickup guru Seymour Duncan. Seymour sold it to David Gilmour's guitar tech, Phil Taylor in 1977. Eighteen months later, Gilmour pursuaded Phil to part with it for an undisclosed (i.e. enormous) sum.

Gilmour himself says, "Some guitars make everyone sound the same. Others tend to emphasize the differences-which this one does. I haven't got a clue what it's worth. But it's

[url]http://www.fendereurope.com/images/gilmourstra.jpg[/url]

[QUOTE=magicbus]I should go, but I'm broke. Are you in Detroit too?[/QUOTE]

Same here man, I want to go so badly. What venue are they playing at in Detroit?

They're playing at the State Theater.

How big is this tour?

I got to see a Floyd cover band called Floydian Slip a while back at this huge awesome classic rock cover band festival, and they came back to the same place alone, but there was no one at home to take me to Raliegh that day :( Not being able to drive sucks arse. By the way, the band was awesome; they had 6 members (drummer, guitarist/singer, singer, guitarist, bass, drums), and they were all very good; the lead guitarist in particular was absolutely amazing; he was 22 but could play like noone's business :eek: And they played a great set, I posted it in here a while back...


On a side note, I really really want the Pink Floyd shirt the guy on I Love The 80's 3D has on every episode so far :(

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]I got to see a Floyd cover band called Floydian Slip a while back at this huge awesome classic rock cover band festival, and they came back to the same place alone, but there was no one at home to take me to Raliegh that day :( Not being able to drive sucks arse. By the way, the band was awesome; they had 6 members (drummer, guitarist/singer, singer, guitarist, bass, drums), and they were all very good; the lead guitarist in particular was absolutely amazing; he was 22 but could play like noone's business :eek: And they played a great set, I posted it in here a while back...


On a side note, I really really want the Pink Floyd shirt the guy on I Love The 80's 3D has on every episode so far :([/QUOTE]

Which guy is it? I'll look out for him.

[QUOTE=magicbus]Which guy is it? I'll look out for him.[/QUOTE]
It's a black guy, which makes it all the mroe obvious. I'm not racist, it's just I've seriously never met a black person who likes Pink Floyd. It's white with Pink Floyd in block letters, and as far as I can tell each letter has an album cover in it :D

I bought Inside Out as well... Has anyone here read that? There's a bit about Syd Barret coming into Abbey Road when they were recording "Wish You Were Here", and he was apparently 5 stone heavier, bald and clinically depressed... Nick Mason writes really well.

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]I bought Inside Out as well... Has anyone here read that? There's a bit about Syd Barret coming into Abbey Road when they were recording "Wish You Were Here", and he was apparently 5 stone heavier, bald and clinically depressed... Nick Mason writes really well.[/QUOTE]

Well, a lot of the stuff in The Wall was based off those recording sessions with Syd.

Really? I haven't read that far yet... :p

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]I bought Inside Out as well... Has anyone here read that? There's a bit about Syd Barret coming into Abbey Road when they were recording "Wish You Were Here", and he was apparently 5 stone heavier, bald and clinically depressed... Nick Mason writes really well.[/QUOTE]
That story always makes me sad. Poor Syd...

What happened to Syd? What's he doing now? Any ideas?

[QUOTE]What happened to Syd? What's he doing now? Any ideas?[/QUOTE]

He lives at home, never talks to anyone.

He wants to get better one day and be well enough to hold a steady job and commute in and out of the city every day.

Is he married or anything?
What's wrong with him?

[QUOTE=Med the should-be supermod]he hasn't really appeared in public or anything for years (as if in, 30 years or so). He's pretty much a complete enigma.
[/QUOTE]

I have a picture of him walking down the street in Cambridge from '94. Check out the book "A Saucerful of Secrets"

Edit: This is the ending from said book, about Syd.

[QUOTE=A Saucerful of Secrets]In Cambridge, tucked away on a cul-de-sac in his little semidetached suburban home, the man who named the Pink Floyd follows a quiet, solitary existence.

Among his everyday hobbies and pastimes, only the unfinished canvases - painted in a style that is, to say the least, abstract - give any indication that this is an individual of any exceptional sensibility. The rest of Roger Barrett's time is whiled away tending to his beloved garden and his coin collection; watching TV and reading (everything from Shakespeare to the daily newspapers to books on home improvements and mathematics); and endlessly redecorating his cozy Shangri-la. He has not touched a guitar in years, and the only music he listens to is jazz and the classics - never pop or rock 'n' roll.

This portly, balding, middle=aged man is not entirely unaware of that other life he led as "Syd" or of the ongiong fascination with his extinguished alter ego's work and legacy. But any lingering memories are rarely accompanied by any trace of pleasure or satisfaction - with the exception, howerver perverse, of America, which he is tickled pink as an old sailor to have gone so far as to visit. As for the rest, it was a difficult and demanding life that he would never again wish upon anyone, least of all himself.

Yet Syd's Floyd records continue to bring in more than enough to subsidize Roger Barrett's modest pleasures and needs; he rarely buys anything, and money in the bank means nothing to him. Occasionally, moreover, he does think about his old friends Dave, Rick, and Nick - and Rog.

Any Syd freaks so presumptuous as to track him down, howerver, are likely to find their faces on the receiving end of a slammed door; Roger Barret would in any case have absolutely nothing to say to them. While his family and few friends are grateful that he is "getting better" with each passing year, it remains painfully difficult for him to relate to or communicate with other human beings on almost any level. But though he seldom ventures beyond the perimeters of his English garden, the man who was once Syd is settled and reasonably content - and almost determinedly ordinary as he shuffles through his simple daily routines.

Sometimes, he even dreams that he will soon be well enough to hold down a nine-to-five London office job, and commute every day into the big city.[/QUOTE]

I wonder if he read about Pink Floyd's Live 8 reunion in the newspaper and saw one of their names and remembered.

[QUOTE=Med57]Is that book any good though, just out of interest?[/QUOTE]

Quite, actually.

It's very in depth, the writer is a huge Floyd fan and did a lot of research on everything related Floyd.

Do you think Roger, Nick, Rick and Dave have ever attempted to contact him?

I really like the way Roger said "This one's for Syd." at the beginning of WYWH at Live 8.

Would you say that was better than Inside Out?

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]Do you think Roger, Nick, Rick and Dave have ever attempted to contact him?[/QUOTE]
They used to, but now they know it is best to stay away from him and let him move on.

Does he have phsychological problems? or is he just stubborn?

Pink Floyd gets to me emotionaly, different songs remind me of different parts and phases of my life.