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Floydian Slip preview #750

Posted August 20, 2010 by Floydian Slip

preview_speakerJoin us this week for Floydian Slip #750. It’s a special show we’re calling “The Dog Days of Summer.”

Smack in the middle of August, we’ll be playing a handful of canine-related songs by the Floyd.

Hear it:

  • NEW! WBTN 1370 AM “Locally Grown Radio”
    Bennington, Vt. USA
    Sat, 12-1 pm (EDT)
  • NEW! KKID 92.9 FM “Rockin’ the Ozarks”
    Rolla/Salem, Mo. USA
    Sat, 4-5 pm (CDT)
  • KTHO 590 AM/96.1 FM “K-Tahoe”
    South Lake Tahoe, Calif. USA
    Sat, 6-7 pm (PDT)
  • WDVT 94.5 FM “The Drive”
    Rutland, Vt. USA
    Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
  • WBKM “Burlington’s Kinda Music”
    (Online radio station)
    Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
  • ErrorFM Channel 2 “Indiepop”
    (Online radio station)
    Sat, 11 pm-12; Sun, 1-2 pm (EDT)
  • WIZN 106.7 FM “The Wizard”
    Burlington, Vt. USA
    Sun, 8-9 pm (EDT)
  • WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959?
    Panama City, Fla. USA
    Sun, 11 pm-12 am (CDT)

(All times are local times)


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Photos: Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell at event

Posted August 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip

powell & thorgersonStorm Thorgerson (right) and Aubrey “Po” Powell (left), founders of prolific album cover design house Hipgnosis, were on hand for an event at the San Francisco Art Exchange last week.

Hipgnosis, and, later, Thorgerson’s other design teams, designed nearly every Pink Floyd album cover starting with 1968′s “A Saucerful of Secrets,” as well as covers for its members’ solo projects.

There’s an online collection of photos from the event, courtesy of Laura Brown.

Browse the gallery.


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Some Floyd titles no longer available as downloads

Posted August 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd‘s post-”Dark Side of the Moon” catalog has been removed from digital retail sites such as iTunes and Amazon.com following the lapse of record label EMI‘s contract with the band June 30.

EMI continues to sell CD copies that it already has in stock, but won’t be able to manufacture new copies of post-”Dark Side” albums until, and if, it signs a new contract with the band.

Floyd’s albums following 1973′s “Dark Side of the Moon” were originally issued by Columbia. EMI acquired the rights to them in 2000. Pre-”Dark Side” albums are unaffected and still available as hardcopies and digital downloads from EMI.

This latest development is unrelated to a London High Court ruling that sided with the band, which argued EMI didn’t have the right to sell its tracks online individually, a practice known as “unbundling.”

Reuters reports the band’s management has been shopping its back catalog around to labels for a new licensing deal for 18 months, but the high asking price has turned away a number of labels.

Floyd is one of the biggest selling recording acts of all time. Since 1991, the band’s albums have sold 36.2 million copies in the United States, including 654,000 in 2009 and nearly 311,000 in 2010.

As an example of how digital sales have contributed to Floyd’s volume, consider this: According to Reuters, in the two months leading up to the expiration of EMI’s contract, fans were buying about 1,000 digital copies of “The Wall” a week. That number is now practically zero.


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Syd Barrett look-alikes sought

Posted August 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip

syd barrettEscape Artists is looking for people who resemble Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett for an upcoming video production.

The video will be used as the opening visual projection for the organization’s Shine On arts festival in November, and in its Off Your Rocker Arts and Mental Health campaign. The group will cover travel expenses (within the U.K.) to the video shoot and the festival.

Contest entry instructions are at the Interstellar Web site. The deadline is Aug. 31.

Escape Artists is a London-based charity that uses art in education, mental health and social inclusion.


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Orb album to feature David Gilmour

Posted August 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip

metallic spheres coverThe Orb‘s “Metallic Spheres” album, to be released this fall, will feature guitar work by Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour.

Gilmour’s contributions come from a jam session with Martin “Youth” Glover (Killing Joke), originally intended only for an ambient remix of “Chicago,” the Graham Nash song Gilmour helped re-record to benefit alleged UK computer hacker and cause celebre Gary McKinnon.

“Metallic Spheres” will be released in October, with all artist royalties going to benefit McKinnon’s plight to fight extradition to the United States.

There will be two versions of the CD release: A standard, single-disc version; and a two-disc deluxe set. The deluxe version will include the standard CD, along with a second disc presenting the material in 3D60™ sound.

3D60™ is a new sound production process developed by Glover, sound engineer Mike Brady (The Jam) and Ian Thompson that simulates three-dimensional sound without any special equipment needed.

The album will also be available on vinyl and as a download on iTunes.


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Contest: Dog Days of Summer

Posted August 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip

August is the month Sirius — the “dog star” — is in conjunction with the sun. That means the “dog days” of summer are here, and that means it’s time for our “Dog Days of Summer” special, this coming weekend.

Register to win a year’s subscription to two excellent dog magazines: Modern Dog and The Bark.

Deadline is Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. EDT.

Register now.

Woof!


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Full video: Water/Gilmour reunion show

Posted August 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Nearly a half-hour, this is the full video of the reunion of Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters and David Gilmour from July’s Hoping Foundation charity event.


Posted in Concerts, David Gilmour, Events, Personnel, Roger Waters | 9 comments

Floydian Slip songlist #749

Posted August 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip

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  1. The Gold It’s in the …
    Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  2. Astronomy Domine
    Ummagumma (1969)
  3. Chain of Life
    Music from the Body (Roger Waters/Ron Geesin) (1970)
  4. Learning to Fly
    A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
  5. Brother Where You Bound
    Brother Where You Bound (Supertramp f/David Gilmour) (1985)
  6. Empty Spaces/Young Lust
    The Wall (1979)
  7. A Great Day for Freedom
    Pulse (1995)

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Video: Waters/Gilmour reunion performance

Posted August 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip

hopingRoger Waters has made available a “two-minute taster” of his reunion gig with David Gilmour, which took place at the Hoping Foundation charity event in July.

“The sound quality is crap but it was a great night for me, and for him, and also for ‘US and THEM’,” he writes on his Web site.

The video seems to be a hand-held job, shot from the audience of 200.

The duo have given the entire 29-minute set to the foundation, which plans to post it at 5 p.m. Monday UK time.

Watch the video online.


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New Syd Barrett compilation to include lost track

Posted August 13, 2010 by Floydian Slip

an introduction to syd barrettThis fall, EMI/Harvest will release “An Introduction to Syd Barrett,” a compilation of remixed and remastered songs Pink Floyd‘s co-founder recorded with the band and during his brief solo career.

The title will include as a bonus track “Rhamadan,” a previously unreleased Barrett recording, to be made available as a download.

Floyd’s David Gilmour is Executive Producer of the album. Working with Damon Iddins and Andy Jackson at his Astoria houseboat studio, he’s remixed six tracks for the project: “Matilda Mother”; “Here I Go”; “Octopus”; “She Took a Long Cold Look,” renamed here “She Took a Long Cool Look”; “Octopus”; and “Here I Go,” which now features a bass guitar track, lacking in the original recording.

Jackson remastered all the other tracks from the analoge originals.

“Rhamadan” is a 20-minute instrumental by Barrett, which has never-before been released. It’ll be available as a download to those who purchase the CD or the entire album online.

Track list is as follows:

  1. Arnold Layne
  2. See Emily Play
  3. Apples and Oranges (Stereo)
  4. Matilda Mother (2010 Mix)
  5. Chapter 24
  6. Bike
  7. Terrapin
  8. Love You
  9. Dark Globe
  10. Here I Go (2010 Mix)
  11. Octopus (2010 Mix)
  12. She Took a Long Cool Look (2010 Mix)
  13. If It’s In You
  14. Baby Lemonade
  15. Dominoes (2010 Mix)
  16. Gigolo Aunt
  17. Effervescing Elephant
  18. Bob Dylan Blues

The CD will be sold in a Digipak sleeve by long-time Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson along with a 20-page booklet containing lyrics.

“An Introduction to Syd Barrett” will be released Oct. 4.


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