Original upload date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT
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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Syd Barrett interviewed on The Look of the Week, May 1967. The Look of the Week was a Sunday night arts programme on BBC2, which looked at the major artistic events of t
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he previous seven days. Pink Floyd had come to prominence on London's underground club scene, attracting attention for their unique psychedelic, improv-heavy sound and hallucinogenic light shows. At the time of the interview the band had performed the first-ever surround sound concert at “Games for May,” a lavish affair at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall where they performed material from their soon-to-be released debut album – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The Look of the Week represented the first substantial media exposure for band. The interviewer is Austrian musician and critic Hans Keller.
