Stop press!
I’m giving a series of newly-compiled talks about three Pink Floyd albums, at the Immersive Theatre in the Planetarium at ThinkTank, in central Birmingham, England, later this summer.
Welcome
If you arrived here because of Pink Floyd: The Music and The Mystery, or one of my other books:
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd (superseded by M&M)
- Pink Floyd: A Visual Documentary with Miles (not, as sometimes reported, Miles Mabbett and certainly not my brother!)
- 25 Albums that Rocked the World (chapter on Dark Side of the Moon)
- Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd (I wrote the discography appendix)
then thank you. I hope you’re enjoying it.
Errata
Reviews
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Here’s a rather nice review of Music and Mystery by Paul Powell Jr.
Unfortunately, Paul’s review includes some errors. I did not edit and publish 60 issues of The Amazing Pudding; the first was published and edited by Ivor Trueman, whom I joined from issue 2. Throughout the run, I had co-editors. The two fanzines were not “published at the same time”: though there was some overlap, TAP was first by a few years. As for “friendly competition”, the other fanzine once (under its original editor) published the backwards message “tnucasittebbam” — for which no explanation was ever given — so judge for yourselves.
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I think that Express Milwaukee‘s David Luhrssen is more of a Beatles fan.
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Record Collector‘s Marco Rossi said:
Mabbett’s unquestioned Floyd expertise… makes for a largely engaging read. Commendably, his passion for the band doesn’t blind him to their less distinguished moments, and his assessment of the makeweight atrocities which blight A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, for example, is spot-on. As ever, where the Floyd are concerned, Syd Barrett is the effervescing elephant in the room: but Mabbett’s circumspect treatment of the Madcap’s cautionary tale (and its enduring influence on the band) fair gladdens the heart.
DVD
I’m featured on a new DVD, Whatever Happened To Pink Floyd?, where I’m interviewed about the band’s history from Animals to the Live8 reunion. There’s even a DVD extra, all about me!
Record Collector‘s Michael Heatle said:
…of five talking heads, Amazing Pudding fanzine editor Andy Mabbett [is] the most knowledgeable.
News
You may like the David Gilmour track, ‘Chicago‘, released to highlight the plight of Gary McKinnon. Gilmour also appeared on ITV’s London Tonight to support calls to drop McKinnon’s extradition. He’s also donated his royalties from his collaboration with The Orb (as have they), Metallic Spheres.
Since I wrote M&M, Roger Waters has released ‘We Shall Overcome‘ as a YouTube video, calling for an end to the illegal blockade of Gaza.
I hope you’ll support each of these causes, too.
…and goodbye
All the best,
Birmingham, England
