Crazy Diamond : Syd Barrett & The Dawn of Pink Floyd [Paperback]

Mike Watkinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1991

This new updated edition brings the Syd story right up to the present day.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Pr (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711923973
• ISBN-13: 978-0711923973
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,761,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Until the real thing comes along, January 11, 2000

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"emilyxyz" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Diamond : Syd Barrett & The Dawn of Pink Floyd (Paperback)

A good enough book, full of stories, reminiscences, apocrypha. Unfortunately the writing is not that great, so all the trivia doesn't really give you a feel for who Syd Barrett was and why he's so fascinating. The definitive Madcap bio is still to be written, but for now this'll have to do...

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Syd Barrett - legendary founder of Pink Floyd, July 25, 2001

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A. J. WALTON (Leicester, England.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Diamond : Syd Barrett & The Dawn of Pink Floyd (Paperback)

If you haven't heard Barrett's material, this book is a really good place to introduce yourself to the man behind Pink Floyd. If you have, this book will undoubtedly enlighten you on the origins of Pink Floyd and Syd's subsequent demise. Crazy Diamond is a thoroughly researched book which is sympathetic to Syd's material. It portrays him as a vulnerable person who couldn't cope with the pressure of having to perform, after having almost single-handedly written the Floyd's suberb debut album Piper At The Gates of Dawn. A fantastic read . . . buy this book!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, January 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Crazy Diamond : Syd Barrett & The Dawn of Pink Floyd (Paperback)

This is an amusing enough read, though rambling and somewhat poorly written. We don't really gain too much of an understanding of the man or his music, but then information about both has always been scanty, and this books does its best to at least find out the truth about reported incidents of his life.