EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO PINK FLOYD

DARYL EASLEA

Mike Cormack THE HISTORY PRESS Trainspotterly detail with a personal touch in in-depth Floyd book. The Pink Floyd book industry isn’t far behind that of The Beatles. Shelves creak with biographies, autobiographies (well, Nick Mason’s), books on specificalbums, as well as Mark Blake’s definitive overview Pigs Might Fly. Mike Cormack gives reason for this proliferation: “They astonish and intrigue and move you like no other group.” And their story, with its pathos, estrangements and resentment, though well-known, still beguiles. Everything Under The Sun seeks to be a definitive volume in the Floyd canon: a high-level analysis of the band’s music and, as it says, the first serious survey of their work and achievements. With a cultural timeline offered as well, it’s clear that it seeks to be the equivalent to…

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