By the way Gilmour refers to the 'Omnibus' Syd documentary broadcasted on Saturday 24th November 2001 by BBC2, featuring Pete Jenner, the Floyd members and everyone who was close to Syd, talking about Syd's music, his art, his vision and his influence on the sound of Pink Floyd.
The documentary reports some interesting anecdotes, and "Waters has a way of talking about them that is kind of funny, sad but also very human. There is fantastic footage of Syd in the early days, and clips of his own solo work. Really amazing and well put together." (words of Monica, a Syd fan)
In the first half of 2002, Genesis Publications
printed PSYCHEDELIC RENEGADES, a limited edition
book containing the entire Syd Barrett archive of
the rock photographer Mick Rock (about 120 color
and monochrome images).
PSYCHEDELIC RENEGADES was limited to 950 numbered copies,
all signed by Mick Rock.
There was also a limited edition of 320 Deluxe copies,
signed by Syd Barrett: these copies were immediately
sold out (each single copy costs about 800 Euro !). On the right you
can see a little picture of a Syd's signature,
taken from an e-bay auction related to
one of the hard to find deluxe copies.
Unfortunately we don't know if the Syd's signatures of the Deluxe copies
come with some kind of certifications and if some book profit percentage
will be deposited for Syd.
The above infos seem to be in contrast with recent rumours referring that Syd is near blindness or that Syd doesn't like to be reminded of the old days.
Vittorio
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