Richard Wright switching keyboard in Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII.
“Adrian Maben came to us with the idea. And we just thought, "Well, why not?" I don't think any of us thought it would be as well received and last in people's minds for as long as it did. All credit to him. It's his idea [Pink Floyd at Pompeii] and it was great.” — David Gilmour.
anita with mick jagger, marianne faithfull & keith richards in brazil, 1968.
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.
Suki Potier photographed in a Ossie Clark shift dress, late 1960s.
Pink Floyd during a photoshoot, 1967.
“I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.” — Syd Barrett.
Pictures taken by Syd Barrett, 2002/2005
| 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.
Roger Waters & Nick Mason bts of ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii’ - MCMLXXII.
Pink Floyd in Moscow, 1989.
“We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL playing guitar in her dressing room at the Olympia. Paris, France. March 25, 1966.