Episode 560: In The Seats With....Aubrey Powell and 'Squaring The Circle'

True art transcends all cultural boundaries....On this very special episode we are baring witness to a piece of vital pop culture history in a brand new documentary that shines a unique light on one of the more influential areas of pop culture in modern history.  It's time for 'Squaring The Circle'.In 1964 two young men meet for the first time during a drugs bust at a house in Cambridge and after everyone else runs for the hills to avoid the police they are the only two people left to face the music. As a result of fate bringing them together, Aubrey ('Po') Powell and Storm Thorgerson become life-long friends and creative partners. Syd Barrett was one of those who escaped the police that day and it was he who went on to form Pink Floyd - a piece of serendipity that was to have a profound affect on all of them for the rest of their lives. Syd, Po and Storm went on to share a flat in London during the hippie Summer of Love in 1967, and by '68 Po and Storm had formed the fledgling art house Hipgnosis (named incidentally by Barrett) - a photo-design company for album sleeves. By chance one of the first covers they create is Pink Floyd's 'A Saucerful of Secrets' and the rest - as they say - is history. Hipgnosis went on to design every Pink Floyd album sleeve (except The Wall and Final Cut) including arguably the most iconic album cover of all time 'Dark Side of The Moon'. Other rock n' roll bands who graced their studio during the next 15 years - the halcyon days of Vinyl - included Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, AC/DC, Paul McCartney, T.Rex, ELO, 10cc, Black Sabbath, Peter Frampton, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and many more, becoming London's most fashionable album design studio ever. From director Anton Corbijn, Squaring The Circle is a vital piece of pop culture history and we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with one of the men who was at the center of it all.  Subject of the film; the one and only Aubrey Powell.We talked about being approached for the film, being aware of the legacy of Hipgnosis, appreciating it all now years alter and so very much more....