tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163341670170785970.post7761351136198552787..comments2024-03-20T05:33:54.820-04:00Comments on toys and techniques: John LathamBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270655750102847993noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163341670170785970.post-51553644694371000582010-11-17T21:36:43.288-05:002010-11-17T21:36:43.288-05:00Thanks -- what a great photo!Thanks -- what a great photo!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270655750102847993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163341670170785970.post-87602869063607168242010-11-17T16:48:32.386-05:002010-11-17T16:48:32.386-05:00Photo of Latham's paper giants: http://latenig...Photo of Latham's paper giants: http://latenightdiscussion.com/viewtopic.php?t=3933flyerbghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17931445965316865193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163341670170785970.post-57258255555206069672010-08-08T15:11:24.339-04:002010-08-08T15:11:24.339-04:00The best source for the early PF/Barrett arcana is...The best source for the early PF/Barrett arcana is David Parker's _Random Precision: Recording the Music of Syd Barrett 1965-1974_ (London: Cherry Red, 2001). He's done exhaustive research at EMI and clears up a lot of the myths and rumours that keep fanboy anorak culture alive (although his own attention to detail, it must be said, has its anorak elements too!).<br /><br />Parker says that John Latham himself collaborated with PF at their "Music in Colour By The Pink Floyd" show at the Commonwealth Institute (January 17, 1967):<br /><br />"During an interval in the show there was a performance of 'NOIT, a mime for paper giants' created by John Latham. According to a report in the 'Kensington Post'this was apparently a three dimensional representation of Pink Floyd's state of mind" (102).flyerbghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17931445965316865193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163341670170785970.post-91338663633346253032010-08-07T22:52:48.537-04:002010-08-07T22:52:48.537-04:00I've been trolling some Pink Floyd nerd websit...I've been trolling some Pink Floyd nerd websites but I can't seem to find that "John Latham" track. Apparently there are four songs and they are all still at Abbey Road.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270655750102847993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163341670170785970.post-77225133054485675882010-08-07T17:04:51.140-04:002010-08-07T17:04:51.140-04:00I saw a Gustav Metzger performance at the Universi...I saw a Gustav Metzger performance at the University of Sussex when I was a student there (1982-83). And one of the holy grails of the Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett bootleg community is an unreleased PF piece called "John Latham" recorded in 1967 that remains buried in the EMI archives.flyerbghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17931445965316865193noreply@blogger.com