Talk:Biding My Time

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as far as i can tell there's no tuba in point me at the skyGmip 10:56, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It may have been Waters who played the trombone/trumpet/whatever-it-is.

I have a number of books on Pink Floyd, and in one of them, I read something to that effect. I even remember specific phrases, like "the swaggering trumpet break was played by Roger, a man not known for his multi-instrumental proficiency". Such wording feels like Nicholas Schaffner's A Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey. However, that book's index leaves much to be desired, and doesn't mention "Biding My Time" at all. I've leafed through it a bit, but I can't find it. I also checked a few of the other books. Unless I find the source, though, I can't change anything.

I realize that the crediting of Rick Wright probably comes from Vernon Fitch's Pink Floyd Encyclopedia, and in many ways that's a great source, but some of it seems suspect. He also credits Rick with the brass in "Summer '68", as opposed to the Abbey Road Pops (or whatever the orchestra from "The Atom Heart Mother Suite" was called.) I get the impression Fitch credited Rick with the trombone/trumpet simply because he knew Rick was trained on that instrument. But Waters can play trumpet as well, not to mention clarinet.
--63.25.31.42 (talk) 17:25, 27 March 2008 (UTC)