Re:Easy Listening Acid Trip: An elevator ride through Sixtie...
by twic on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:44AM
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My dad remembers having seen Pink Floyd live while at university, which i think would be 1963 - 1967. He said they had a similar light show live, based on a sort of lava lamp projector device, like this modern one:
https://www.mathmos.com/mathmos-space-projector-light-with-l...
Re:Easy Listening Acid Trip: An elevator ride through Sixtie...
by Joeboy on Friday July 09, 2021 @12:13PM
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For some of that period, they were living in Mike Leonard's house. Leonard was a lecturer at Hornsey Art College, specializing in light shows. To some extent, Pink Floyd's early career was an offshoot of his need for a musical component to his multimedia shows. Here's a (sadly monochrome) indication of the sort of thing they got up to:
Pink Floyd on the BBC in 67:
https://youtu.be/uTfDUyUkVYE