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Fingal's Cave - A Podcast for all dedicated Pink Floyd Fans

Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V

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Frequency: 1 episode/33d. Total Eps: 40

Follow Fingal's Cave for a fresh perspective on the music of Pink Floyd. Our contributors include Rosemary Breen (Syd Barrett's sister), leading researchers, musicians who have worked with the band, road crew, collectors, tapers and traders.

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Ep. 39 - Pink Floyd: The CDScussion

Episode 39

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 • Duration 01:13:40

In this episode of The Fingal’s Cave Podcast, we’re hosting a casual, round table discussion about many Pink Floyd releases on the humble Compact Disc. Guests Adam, Mike, and Nils return for a tour through their time collecting Floyd CDs in the pre-internet 80’s and early 90’s, as well as highlighting some classic or hidden gem releases. From the elusive Zabriskie Point soundtrack to unusual single mixes, the world of Floyd and Solo material on CD is vast; we barely scratch the surface of it all here.

Rounding out this discussion are debates on CD vs Vinyl, marketing gimmicks, the future of the Pink Floyd Box Set and the longevity of physical media. A little bit of something for everyone, from casual to enthusiast.

If you have any favorite Pink Floyd or Solo Member CD acquisition, share in the thread below! We’d love to read your stories. Next month, The Doctor will be in. NOTE: We recorded this episode way back at the start of September, with no idea of what the Animals 50th set leaks would bring for speculation. Some of our comments have aged...interestingly!

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Ep.38 - A Conversation with Jay Stapley

Episode 38

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 • Duration 01:21:32

In this episode of the Fingal’s Cave Podcast, Kyle Viveiros hosts a conversation with Jay Stapley, the lead guitarist of Roger Waters and The Bleeding Heart Band from 1985 to 1987.

Starting with Jay’s most recent projects & tours, the conversation moves from the origin point of his love for music and guitar playing, to the philosophical aspects of being a working guitarist in the increasingly digital age of the 1980s.

His recollections of meeting with Roger Waters in 1985, then working with him into 1987, are interwoven with personal insights on what playing guitar means to him, as well as reflections on having spent his life doing exactly what he wanted to do from the age of 15.

With stories ranging from his time working with nearly every Floyd Tribute band, to tales from The Bahamas in October of 1987, this episode is one not to miss. Not just for Roger Waters enthusiasts, but to learn from an industry professional about the art of creating, not recreating.

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Ep.37 - Roger Waters On Tour: 2010 - 2026

Episode 37

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 • Duration 01:22:39

In this episode of the Fingal’s Cave Podcast, we take a deeper look into the third and final part of the live and studio career of Roger Waters, beginning in 2010 with Waters unleashing The Wall on audiences around the world for the album’s 30th anniversary.

Guests Mike McCartney, Nils Zehnpfennig and Adam S. recount their experiences attending several Roger Waters shows between 2010 to 2023, as well as provide insights to what it was like being a fan in the Pink Floyd community at the time.

Roger’s appearance at several charity shows between 2013 to 2016, is where he finally found inspiration to create a full album in the studio after a 24 year absence. His live performances would also be heavily influenced by this period, so much so that it has been his core focus as a musician ever since.

This period, although fraught with tension and controversy amongst the community (and even the guests discussing it), there are aspects worth mentioning to paint this period in a more positive light. You won't want to miss this discussion of the final frontier of Roger's solo career.

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Ep.36 - Roger Waters On Tour: 1999 - 2008

Episode 36

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 • Duration 01:12:09

In this episode of the Fingal’s Cave Podcast, we take a deeper look into the second part of the live and studio career of Roger Waters, beginning in 1999 with his return to touring “In The Flesh” after a 12 year hiatus.

Guests Mike McCartney, Nils Zehnpfennig and Adam S. recount their experiences attending several Roger Waters shows between 1999 & 2008, as well as provide insights to what it was like being a fan in the Pink Floyd community at the time. It was fans taping soundchecks and holding up banners to "play the new song" which encouraged him to premiere a brand new track, Each Small Candle, at the last show on his 1999 tour; a song regarded as one of his finest works.

Roger's creative output between 1999 to 2008 doesn't often correlate with his large scale tours, but many of these smaller gigs or studio tracks demonstrate Roger's continued prowess as a lyricist and musician, always employing the use of his touring or studio players in effective ways. You won't want to miss these insights into Roger's solo career during this period.

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Ep.35 - The Legend Of Mick The Hat, Part II: The Hat's Return

Episode 35

Sunday, May 24, 2026 • Duration 01:09:02

In this latest edition of the podcast, Mick The Hat continues recounting his remarkable journey with Pink Floyd, continuing from where he left off with the final Wall show on June 17th, 1981 at Earl’s Court.

Beginning in 1984 with The Pros & Cons Of Hitchhiking tour, Mick’s recollections as a Pink Floyd enthusiast and concert taper cover the early solo careers of Roger Waters and David Gilmour, continuing into Pink Floyd’s final tour in 1994.

Mick talks about how the desire for more Pink Floyd related records was at a peak in the mid 1980’s, when many outside artists collaborated with members of the band before the “Dry Floyd” formed. Most notable is how a tape of David Gilmour playing Cliff Richard almost made it onto a bootleg vinyl, and currently has yet to be released.

From accidentally flushing his contacts in a hotel room outside of Sweden, to running a Taxi Driver’s toll fare up in New Jersey, finding himself in the sea of empty faces in Berlin, and witnessing after-gig road crew jams in Paris, Mick’s stored and well-travelled recollections of this period is a story not to be missed.

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Ep.34 - Psychedelic Memories With Greg Taylor - Part 3: 1969 - 1971

Episode 34

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 • Duration 01:20:48

In the final part of our detailed conversation with Greg Taylor, he reflects on the last Pink Floyd concerts he attended during the post-Barrett years, spanning 1969 to 1971.

From the early days of the band's pioneering surround sound system at The Dome in Brighton in 1969, Greg takes us through a vivid period of cultural change and personal creative growth. As an emerging avant-garde artist, Greg became increasingly driven to document what he was witnessing, recording live performances, taking photographs, and even capturing footage of Hyde Park 1970 on Super 8 film.

Greg's resourcefulness placed him closer to the action than most. Whether blending in with a makeshift press pass or positioning recording equipment on stage, Greg experienced key moments in Pink Floyd's evolution with rare immediacy. One standout memory comes from a bold decision to head backstage during an interval, leading to an unexpected encounter when Richard Wright answered the dressing room door.

This concluding episode offers a fascinating, first-hand perspective on a transitional era for Pink Floyd, as they moved through experimentation towards the defining successes that would follow.

Subscribe for more episodes, and we would love to read your own memories or questions in the comments. Part 2 of The Legend of Mick The Hat arrives next month.

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Ep.33 - Psychedelic Memories With Greg Taylor - Part 2: 1968

Episode 33

Friday, March 20, 2026 • Duration 44:15

In Part 2 of our in-depth conversation with Greg Taylor, we turn to Pink Floyd’s concerts in 1968, as Greg recalls a series of extraordinary performances he witnessed during that transitionary year.

At the centre of the episode is Greg’s vivid recollection of the 19 January 1968 concert at Lewes Town Hall, a rare performance featuring the short-lived five-man Pink Floyd line-up with Syd Barrett and David Gilmour both on stage. Greg remembers the evening in remarkable detail, from the character of the hall itself and the local promoter who organised the event, to the backstage atmosphere and the stories that have survived from that night.

Most striking of all is Greg’s memory of David Gilmour positioned slightly behind Syd Barrett on stage, ready to step forward if Syd stopped playing. It is a fascinating glimpse of Pink Floyd at a fragile moment, still carrying Syd’s creative, painterly vision while beginning to adapt to the possibility of continuing without it.

The conversation then moves through recollections of several other memorable performances from 1968, including the Falmer House Courtyard show at the University of Sussex in May, the Midsummer High weekend concert in June at Hyde Park, (where Greg captured remarkable photographs of the band at close range), and Middle Earth at the Roundhouse in October.

Greg also talks about taping some of the Floyd's BBC sessions, photographing concerts as a teenager, and the atmosphere of the British underground music scene in the late 1960s.

If you are interested in early Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, psychedelic London, and the live music culture of the late 1960s, Greg’s memories offer a rare, intimate, first-hand window into that world.

Subscribe for more episodes, and we would love to hear your own recollections or questions in the comments. Part 3 on Greg's journey through 1969 - 1971 premieres next month, so don't miss it!

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Ep.32 - Psychedelic Memories With Greg Taylor - Part 1: 1967

Episode 32

Saturday, February 14, 2026 • Duration 01:12:07

In this first installment of our conversation with Greg Taylor, Ian Priston explores what it means to remember a cultural moment from the inside, not as nostalgia, but as lived perception. Greg reconstructs his introduction to Pink Floyd through a series of encounters: a poster on King's Road, the underground press, the first shock of a single, and the genuinely unfamiliar experience of the Floyd's early vision performed amid kinetic sculpture and liquid light.

Rather than treating Syd Barrett era Floyd as a set of canonical artefacts, Greg's incredible recollections move between the tangible (equipment, ticketing, sight-lines and the physical layout of venues) as well as the interpretative (Barrett's “painterly” logic in sound, the band's rejection of conventional stage charisma and the early tension between pop, mainstream visibility and avant-garde intent).

Part 1 ends with the story still in motion, moving towards Greg's attendance of a five-man Floyd Concert in January 1968 and the next phase of the group's evolution. Part 2 arrives next month, so stay tuned!

Subscribe for more, and share your own recollections or questions in the comments.

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Ep.31 - From Underground to Icons: Ed Paule’s new book, Pink Floyd 1967

Episode 31

Sunday, September 21, 2025 • Duration 01:32:01

In this episode of the Fingal’s Cave Podcast, hosts Ian Priston and Phil Salathé sit down with author and archivist Ed Paule to explore his landmark book Pink Floyd 1967 - a meticulous, month-by-month chronicle of the band’s breakthrough year, shortly before its publication.

From their early days in London’s underground clubs to their leap into the international spotlight, Ed’s research uncovers how every gig, press clipping, and recording session shaped the rise of one of the most influential bands in history.

The conversation takes listeners into the archives, revealing long-forgotten gig listings, rare photographs, and quirky press interviews that paint a vivid picture of the band.

Ed shares stories of meticulous detective work, surprising discoveries, and collaborations with other Floyd historians that helped him crack mysteries fans have puzzled over for decades - like the possible origins of Vegetable Man,” the phantom track Stoolfix, and the exact dates of elusive gigs.

Whether you are a lifelong collector or just beginning to explore the early days of Pink Floyd, this episode offers a fascinating deep dive into the year that defined their sound, their image, and their enduring legacy.

Pink Floyd 1967 is available now at https://www.floydstuff.com/the-bee-smart-book-co, limited to 450 copies.

Subscribe to Fingal’s Cave for more journeys to the edges of Pink Floyd music history.

This episode is dedicated to Johan Lif.

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Ep.30 - Steve Anderson: 50 Years of Floyd: Bootlegs, Barrett, and Beyond

Episode 30

Sunday, August 31, 2025 • Duration 02:10:59

In this episode of Fingal’s Cave, host Ian Priston talks with Steve Anderson - creator of the iconic Floydboots website, visited over a million times by collectors, and author of the 2024 book Wizardo: Stories of a Bootlegger.

Steve reflects on five decades of Pink Floyd: from being a 12-year-old at Wembley Empire Pool in November 1974 and the heartbreak of his prized Stoke bootleg being broken - to the challenge of hunting down and thrill of listening to rare titles. He recalls leaving home at 3am from Knebworth 1975, the ferocity and spectacle of the Animals tour, the monumental experience of The Wall shows, and meeting the band at the premiere of The Wall film.

Steve also shares two extraordinary encounters with Syd Barrett in the 1990s - fleeting but unforgettable glimpses of the band’s elusive founding genius. Along the way, he discusses Barrett superfan the late Bernard White, the legacy of John Wizardo, his adventures as a record dealer, and the time he was offered Roger Waters’ Live at Pompeii bass. It is a fascinating story of how a lifetime can be shaped by music, soundtracked by Pink Floyd.

This episode is in stereo - because, well, it just had to be. And if you think you hear a fly buzzing, dogs wanting attention, or even church bells chiming in the distance… you are not imagining things. Consider them accidental Pink Floyd–style sound effects.

Subscribe to Fingal’s Cave for more journeys to the edges of Pink Floyd music history.

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