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Roger Waters performs on stage during a concert in France, 1974.

Storm Thorgerson and Roger Waters

Pink Floyd photographed during the brief period that they were a five-piece band, January 1968.

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Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary 🌈🪐✨

📌 Palais des Sports de Paris, 1973.

Live at Bouton Rouge, ORTF Studios, Paris, France

Syd Barrett’s “Mirror Disc” Telecaster guitar is the instrument with which he is most widely associated, even though it isn't actually a Telecaster at all; it is in fact a Fender Esquire '62. Barrett purchased the guitar in early 1965 and towards the end of 1966 customized it by sticking 15 polished metal discs on the front of the body, which reflected the blaze of Pink Floyd's early light-shows to great effect.

Syd Barrett used the guitar on all of his recorded work with Pink Floyd, but subsequently swapped it for a white 1964 Fender Telecaster. He later regretted doing this, stating that the Esquire had always been his favourite instrument. Unfortunately, the whereabouts of the original is unknown and a reproduction had to be made for the Pink Floyd exhibition, Their Mortal Remains.

Syd Barrett performs with the Telecaster in Hampstead, June 1967 | Photo by Andrew Whittuck