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"This week a gigantic Pink Floyd box set is released. What's remarkable about Pink Floyd Early Years 1965-1972 is that its 27 discs cover only the band's first seven years! All this week we'll think pink with some of the people who were there. On Friday — the day this collection is released — we'll talk with drummer Nick Mason about those early years. On Tuesday we talk to Roger Waters about his upcoming projects and politics. But I thought we should start with a man who, 50 years ago, witnessed and participated in those very early days. Joe Boyd was an American working for Elektra Records in London in 1966, and the group played early shows, before it had released any recordings, at the UFO Club, where Boyd was an owner. He'd go on to produce Pink Floyd's first single, "Arnold Layne."

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before it had released any recordings, at the UFO Club, where Boyd was an owner.

And that's where I first saw them.

Paul

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pinkoos
before it had released any recordings, at the UFO Club, where Boyd was an owner.

And that's where I first saw them.

Paul

Wow! Very cool. Any interesting stories?

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pinkoos
before it had released any recordings, at the UFO Club, where Boyd was an owner.

And that's where I first saw them.

Paul

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“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in."

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Ouch! I've waited decades to hear "Point Me At the Sky" since hearing a clip of it on a documentary in the 1980's, but I'm not willing to spend a penny over $500 to do so.