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

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, 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 Stuart Maconie wrote about ''The Amazing Pudding'' as part of a feature in the April 1993 issue of '' Q''.

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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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 Delerium Records 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

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. Mabbett appears as a Pink Floyd expert in the documentary ''Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd?'' MacDonald also edited a Sidgwick & Jackson 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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