FLOYD ON 45

From £40 to ££4000, the worldwide collectables

British prog rock legends Pink Floyd had achieved a world-wide fanbase long before they became a stadium band. The subsequent rise to platinum sales in the 70s only cemented their place in music history. They also hold a place in record collectors’ hearts, their appeal and success spawning releases in corners of the world most bands and collectors will never have heard of.

While Pink Floyd are up there with The Beatles, Queen and Rolling Stones as a UK collectable band, few can rival Waters, Gilmour, Wright, Mason and Barrett, both solo and as a group, for creating such a universal collecting minefield. Good condition Pink Floyd records, whether UK or more exotic pressings such as those here, will only continue to rise in value. November 2008 sees the publication of Pink Floyd On Forty-Five, compiled by Dutch collector Charles Beterams. Working with several renowned Pink Floyd collectors, this book is the authoritative work on Pink Floyd singles from around the world. No ‘maybes’, no ‘rumoured to exist’, this is all that is definitely known about and more.

The book features over 1,200 full-colour images, and is published by Aprilis, Zaltbommel (Netherlands). A limited edition of 1000 copies comes with an exclusive Roger Waters 7” Hello (I Love You), and is exclusively …

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