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By the late 1960s, popular British prog-rock outfit Pink Floyd were
experiencing a creative voltage drop, so they turned to composer
Ron Geesin for help in writing their next album.The Flaming Cow
offers a rare insight into the brilliant but often fraught
collaboration between the band and Geesin, the result of which
became known as Atom Heart Mother - the title track from the
Floyd's first UK number one album. From the time drummer Nick Mason
visited Geesin's damp basement flat in Notting Hill, to the last
game of golf between bassist Roger Waters and Geesin, this book is
an unflinching account about how one of Pink Floyd's most
celebrated compositions came to life. Alongside unpublished
photographs from the Abbey Road recording sessions (the only ones
taken) and the subsequent performances in London and Paris, Geesin
goes on to describe how the title was chosen, why he was not
credited on the record, how he left Hyde Park in tears, and why the
group did not much like the work. The Flaming Cow rose again,
firstly in France, then in London in 2008. After 40 years Atom
Heart Mother remains a much-loved record, and The Flaming Cow
explores its new-found cult status that has led to it being studied
for the French Baccalaureat.
The Adjustable Spanner Volume II gathers together revelatory
information arising from Ron Geesin's first book, and combines it
with further detailed analysis of manufacturers and biographical
details of inventors. Described with warmth, detailed knowledge and
a dash of humour, and set against the backdrop of parallel
developments of the Industrial Revolution, this book brings the
enthusiast up to date with continued attempts at design
improvements to this iconic absurdity. Celebrating the global
influence of Richard Clyburn's transverse rack and worm design
which set the modern standard for adjustable spanners and
concluding with an overview of how the adjustable spanner is now
manufactured and used worldwide, this book will be an invaluable
asset to bookshelves of both the collector and the industrial
historian.
The Adjustable Spanner is the product of thirty years' collecting
and original research, fired by Ron Geesin's acquisition of the
SLIK adjustable spanner that hung in his father's garage. At the
core of this book is a concise history of this much-maligned tool.
Serious and comical observations parallel its chequered life, from
its bent beginnings in the blacksmith's shop to over-designed and
lovingly engineered treasures from the small Birmingham machinist.
Around this core are discussions and findings about components and
construction on the practical side, and patents, registered designs
and trade marks on the design protection side. Emerging from
history, we take a closer look at uses and especially abuses,
immerse ourselves in an analysis of types and styles, and dive
deeply into the histories of the inventors and makers. You will be
amazed at the engineering diversity required to produce these most
fanciful but essential supports to the Industrial Revolution.
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