Fingal's Cave SPECIAL - Andreas Kraska on his book PINK FLOYD - The RECORDS (German with subtitles)

In this episode we have a visit from Andreas Kraska, who is not only the author of the famous and banned "Bootleg Bible" called ‘PINK FLOYD - The Records’, but also owned one of the largest Pink Floyd collections in Europe (if not worldwide).

For the first time, Andreas talks openly about his involvement in various bootlegs, his legal problems with the publication of his book and how he discussed possible legal fees with David Gilmour and Nick Mason in a hotel lobby in germany.

Finally, Andreas tells us about his other hobby, the collecting of Tefifon equipment, an exciting invention from the 50s that unfortunately never became a success.

Andreas has been deeply rooted in the Pink Floyd scene for over 40 years, was well connected to all the big names in the Pink Floyd community and it was a pure joy to talk to him.

Due to the fact that both Andreas Kraska and the host Nils Zehnpfennig are from Germany, we decided to conduct the interview in German with English subtitles.

You can find a German version without fixed subtitles here:
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro & welcome Andreas
00:01:20 First contact with Pink Floyd
00:03:31 Animals Tour 1977 and meeting them at the hotel in 1988
00:07:14 What made you write a book?
00:11:45 Were you involved in bootlegs?
00:13:39 The foreword...and the idea behind it
00:16:05 Legal issues...three reasons
00:20:41 Selling the book at the Maifeld Berlin 1988...or not?
00:22:11 How the idea for the book came about...
00:25:01 And how a drug related bust almost killed it
00:28:24 The famous cover picture (and the unknown bootleg)
00:30:57 Who helped you on the way?
00:36:58 Rolf Ossenberg
00:39:49 The biggest collection!?
00:44:32 The Tefifon
00:52:01 Haptic experience vs streaming
00:53:50 Did the legal dispute hurt your love to Pink Floyd?
00:56:22 Thank you and goodbye