Full name: Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey

Author: Nicholas Schaffner Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780385306843 0385306849

Saucerful of Secrets is the first in-depth biography of this very private group. At the heart of the saga is Syd Barrett, the group's brilliant founder, whose public decline into shattered incoherence--attributable in part to his marathon use of LSD--is one of the tragedies of rock history. The making of Dark Side of the Moon and Floyd's other great albums is recounted in detail, as are the mounting of "The Wall"  and the creation of the flying pigs, crashing  planes, "Mr. Screen" and the other elements of their spectacular stage shows. The book also explores the many battles between bass player/song writer Roger Waters and the rest of the group, leading up to Water's acrimonious departure for a solo  career in 1984 and his unsuccessful attempt to disolve the group he had left behind. Saucerful of Secrets is an electrifying account of this ground-breaking, mind-bending group, covering every period of their career from  earliest days to latest recordings. It is full of  revealing information that will be treasured by all who love Pink Floyd's music. Similar books: Comfortably Numb by Mark Blake Inside Out by Nick Mason Hotel California by Barney Hoskyns Otis Redding by Jonathan Gould Let it Blurt by Jim DeRogatis Where Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play by Ben Watson Unknown Pleasures by Peter Hook On The Road With The Ramones by Monte A. Melnick The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth The Great Pianists by Harold C. Schonberg Dreams to Remember by Mark Ribowsky This is Uncool by Garry Mulholland Where Did Our Love Go? by Nelson George Come As You Are by Michael Azerrad This Is Gonna Hurt by Nikki Sixx White Line Fever by Lemmy Kilmister Light and Shade by Brad Tolinski No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins Mozipedia by Simon Goddard