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Pink Floyd play at the Freak Out Ethel event, Seymour Hall, London, England, UK, and later at The UFO Club, Tottenham Court Road, London, England, UK. Pete Townshend of The Who attends this show.Full article:
Joe Boyd (record producer) : I got them (Pink Floyd] a deal with Polydor Records while they were performing as resident band at the UFO Club John Hopkins and I had just started. Before the contract was signed, however, their new agents offered to finance a single with an eye to selling it to EMI – then Britain's most prestigious label – squeezing my new production company, Witchseason, out of the deal.
Pete Townshend : I immediately fell in love with them. Syd walked onstage – off his head on acid – played a single chord and made it last about an hour. When he did start to play again he was truly inspiring, anarchic and experimental.
(Source : Mojo – April 2009)
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Pete Townshend : I immediately fell in love with them. Syd walked onstage – off his head on acid – played a single chord and made it last about an hour. When he did start to play again he was truly inspiring, anarchic and experimental.
(Source : Mojo – April 2009)