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Pink Floyd: An Illustrated History | 
| Author: Patrick Humphries
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications
Category: Book
Buy New: $75.00
New (1) Used (8) from $12.98
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2918215
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 120
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 10.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0233991743
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780233991740
ASIN: 0233991743
Publication Date: December 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 avoid! run like hell! April 6, 1998
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
After finally completing it, I must say this book is a bunch of rubbish. Humphries makes no attempt to hide his partiality toward Roger Waters (the only Floydian he wanted or was able to interview for the book), as is evident in his analysis of the Floyd catalog. But what is really beguiling is during his bash against the Gilmour sanctioned "Shine On" box set, he writes, "The shoddiness extended to the booklet which came with the box, factually inaccurate and so sloppily proof read that the final page came to an abrupt end mid-sentence." For a writer so concerned about accuracy, I ask Mr. Humphries why he thinks Roy Harper queried "which one's Pink?" on WELCOME TO THE MACHINE (p70)? And why is the photograph of "Roger Water's demonic pig atop a speaker stack at the Berlin wall performance" (p107) from an indoor concert whereas Potsdamer Platz is an outdoor plaza? And why is there a Wall across the stage of a "Post-Waters Pink Floyd show (p91)? I don't have the time to continue, and don't waste yours.
 Nothing new April 4, 1998
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
It is a little painful trying to read this book; it is definitely not a literary achievement. A lot of the paragraphs incoherently flow between unrelated topics with frequent asides. If you have a copy of Miles book, then there is nothing new here, except for a few different pictures. But that's not worth the price of a good PF bootleg! I recommend you get Storm's "Mind over Matter" or wait it out for Nick's soon to be published book.
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