Contains over 100 images of rare Pink Floyd memorabilia accompanied by informative text which tells the story of the band, their influences and the context behind their music.
Pink Floyd in Objects tells the story of the great psychedelic rock band through items that they created, instruments they played, music they wrote and posters, photographs and props from their amazing stage shows.
A strange collection of vehicles, posters, tickets, instruments, records and press cuttings come together to tell the story of decades of music in a new and innovative way. The history of Pink Floyd has been related before... but never like this.
Glenn Povey founded the highly regarded Pink Floyd fanzine Brain Damage and was its editor from 1985 to 1993. He co-wrote Pink Floyd In The Flesh: The Complete Performance History, and authored Echoes, which superseded it as the number one authority on the history of the band. He has written extensively about the band for Mojo, Record Collector, Classic Rock and other music magazines.
The collection of memorabilia includes: the mythical Architectural Abdabs press cutting from 1964, the Bedford van the group first used, an airship, a flying pig, Roundhouse poster from 1966, UFO Club flyer from 1968, ticket to Live Aid, VCS3 synth, Great Wave drum kit, the Black Strat, 'Lucy Leave/King Bee' single, Animals 8-track cartridge, colour vinyl albums the poster from the 2017 Their Mortal Remains exhibition and many more interesting artefacts that together unify to tell the amazing story of Pink Floyd.