Naive Art: A Trippersonic Guide To Pink Floyd

By Scott Meze

UPDATED VERSION JUNE 2023 This sumptuous, large-format book explores the psychedelic music of Pink Floyd from 1965 to 1983 in unprecedented detail. It covers every official release, all the studio outtakes, film and TV footage, and every circulating live show from UFO to Knebworth. THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO PINK FLOYD''S PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC In the second half of the 1960s, the pop music industry began targeting intelligent psychedelic rock at drug-taking college kids. At the vanguard of this new approach was Pink Floyd. To begin with the band played improvised rock''n''roll intended to overwhelm the senses of a faithful who came to drop LSD and dance. Then it moved to concert halls, creating jaw-dropping multimedia shows incorporating performance art and the avant garde and all the possibilities of emerging sound and light technology for a stoned audience that sat and watched and expected to be transported. Throughout its formative years, the band''s music was meant to simulate a journey out to the furthest reaches of space or in to the deepest depths of the mind. Today, Pink Floyd''s psychedelic music remains some of the best of all soundtracks you can use to accompany your hallucinogenic experience, whether you''re on cannabis, LSD, mescaline, magic mushrooms, or legal highs of every kind. In Naive Art , Scott Meze explores this music in unprecedented detail. He dives deep to unearth the psychedelic treasures in every band release from 1965 to 1983, including the solo albums you must own. He covers every known studio outtake of the period, all the extant film and TV footage of the band, and describes every circulating live show (more than 200 of them) concert by concert from UFO to Knebworth, explaining what you hear, how good the band is, and which ones you must put in your trip playlist. Naive Art is the ultimate collector''s guide to Pink Floyd''s psychedelic music, and an indispensable companion for every cosmic adventurer. Sections Context : a series of briefings and essays about Pink Floyd in its different incarnations and a discussion of the available sources of audio and video. Record : an exploration of the band''s released and bootleg studio material, both as music and as psychedelic soundtracks. Legacy : describes each of the band''s live recordings, both official and audience tapes, concert by concert. Chronology : provides a day-by-day listing of recording sessions, concerts, and events for the period of the book (up to 1983, and including Live 8). Special features include: An overview of official and unofficial audio sources A year-by-year guide to what is known to exist but hasn''t been released yet The band''s history in fact and rumor The band''s changing stage technology and show, including an in-depth look at ''The Man'' and ''The Journey'' Special stoned connect-the-dot maps for each of the band''s tours of North America An investigation into how Pink Floyd courted and claimed the intelligentsia Pink Floyd on drugs Pink Floyd in surround sound A look at all extant band and solo video and film sources of the period How to deal with Pink Floyd audience tapes A detailed examination of every band and solo studio recording, single, and album, year by year, including graphical LP maps and terrain guides Every known live recording (official and bootleg) -- for more than 250 separate concerts -- date by date, timed, analyzed, and reviewed so you know which ones are essential and which to avoid Indication of which bootleg recordings have been released officially by the band for streaming Note: This updated version has been reformatted with slightly larger body text (9pt not 8pt) to spare the band''s elderly eyes, hence the larger page count.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1976940796
• ISBN13: 9781976940798
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 722 Pages
• Weight: 3.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.6" x 7.5"