Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey - Hardcover

Schaffner, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517576082 ISBN 13: 9780517576083

Publisher: Harmony Books, 1991

Synopsis

Provides a candid, revealing study of one of rock music's most enigmatic bands and discusses the members of the group, their music, their excesses, and their rise to success

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

ful 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

About this edition

• Publisher: Harmony Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0517576082
• ISBN 13: 9780517576083
• Binding: Hardcover