''The Amazing Pudding'' (1983–1993) was a British

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devoted to Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, and the solo careers of other Pink Floyd band members, including Syd Barrett. It was seen as being the main fanzine of Pink Floyd during the time of its publication. Journalist

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wrote about ''The Amazing Pudding'' as part of a feature in the April 1993 issue of '' Q''.The April issue hit news-stands in March, and the feature commemorated the twentieth anniversary release of Dark Side of the Moon, in March 1973

History

The title, ''The Amazing Pudding'', was originally a working title for Pink Floyd's 1970 " Atom Heart Mother" suite. The magazine was established by Ivor Trueman and was co-edited and published, variously, by Trueman (issues 1–17, 1983–), Andy Mabbett (issues 2–60, 1983–1993), Bruno MacDonald (issues 24–60, 1987–1993), and Dave Walker (issues 13–60, –1993), for ten years and 60 issues. MacDonald, who started writing for the magazine starting with issue 15, described the self-published and self-distributed publication – available in the United Kingdom at large record stores like

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, and

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among others – as being purely independent, illustrated by its irreverent take on the band and its members.

Associated publications

Trueman went on to publish the Syd Barrett fanzine called ''Opel'' before co-founding

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in 1991. Mabbett wrote three books on Pink Floyd: ''Pink Floyd: The Visual Documentary'' (1994, with Miles), ''The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd'' (1995), and '' Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery'' (2010). Mabbett also wrote the section on Pink Floyd in the official program for the band's 1996 induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mabbett appears as a Pink Floyd expert in the documentary ''Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd?'' MacDonald also edited a

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book (later republished by Da Capo Press) that was an anthology of collected writings about the band called ''Pink Floyd: Through the Eyes of... the Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes'' (1996).

References

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