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“Great Dance Songs” house for sale

Posted February 27, 2015 by Floydian Slip

The cottage seen on the cover of Pink Floyd’s “A Collection of Great Dance Songs” is up for sale.

Garden Cottage, in Dungeness, Romney Marsh, is going on the auction block March 23. It was built in the mid-19th century, is part of the private Dungeness Estate, and has an estimated value of £165-170,000.

In addition to gracing the cover of Floyd’s 1981 compilation album, it’s believed to been seen in TV shows such as “Jayne Eyre” and the Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers are handling the auction.

Addendum: The property has sold, but is now believed to not be the structure that appeared on the album cover (“Alleged ‘Great Dance Songs’ house sold, but misidentified”).

 

 


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Floydian Slip’s Bizarre Collection of Antiques & Curios #2: 106-VIC studio

Posted February 24, 2015 by Floydian Slip

As we lead up to “Floydian Slip” Show #1,000 the week of June 8, we’re digging into the archives to share relics from the show’s past.

Here’re some photos of Ithaca College’s 106-VIC air studio. These were likely shot in 1985/86, but the studio was pretty much the same when “Floydian Slip” debuted in January ’89.

Notice there’s no CD player. All music at the station was played off LP, 45 single, or cartridge tape.

By the time “Floydian Slip” started up, we had a single CD player in the studio, on the rack to the left of the sound board. It was novel enough that we occasionally mentioned it on-air when something was played off CD.

106-VIC was (and is) one of two student-run radio stations at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, N.Y. When “Floydian Slip” was there, the station was heard campus-wide on the AM band, carried through the campus electrical wiring. But we focused more on getting people to listen at 105.9 FM on the community’s cable TV system.

Today the station goes by “VIC Radio” and seems to be focused on Internet streaming.

 


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“Floydian Slip” preview #985

Posted February 24, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #985:

  • Floyd from Obscured by Clouds (1972) and The Endless River (2014)
  • An early mix from The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  • An alternate take from Animals (1977)
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 60 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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Aubrey Powell interview available online

Posted February 23, 2015 by Floydian Slip

We’ve placed our interview with Pink Floyd sleeve designer Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell online.

You can listen to the entire 30-minute interview or read the transcript.

Powell is co-founder of Hipgnosis, which designed nearly every Floyd sleeve starting with 1968’s “A Saucerful of Secrets,” as well as iconic sleeves for other bands such as Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Paul McCartney, 10cc, Al Stewart, Black Sabbath, Alan Parsons Project and many others.

Powell knew members of Floyd before the band formed, and shared a flat for a period of time with band co-founder Syd Barrett.

Powell’s new book is “Hipgnosis: Portraits” from Thames & Hudson.


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Winners: “Hipgnosis: Portraits”

Posted February 23, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to winners of Aubrey “Po” Powell’s book “Hipgnosis: Portraits”:

  • Bob Dutton, Pittsburg KS
  • Joseph Grinvalsky, Newington CT
  • Brian Collins, Tifton GA

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Floydian Slip’s Bizarre Collection of Antiques & Curios #1: Website v.1

Posted February 23, 2015 by Floydian Slip

As we lead up to “Floydian Slip” Show #1,000 the week of June 8, we’re digging into the archives to share relics from the show’s past.

Here’s a snap of the first “Floydian Slip” website, 1996.

If memory serves, when the site launched, it was a single page at my “personal  home page,” which I called The Poor House. Shortly after we got the floydianslip.com domain and started building out the site.

This screengrab is probably shortly after the site moved to its own domain.

 


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“Floydian Slip” songlist #984

Posted February 23, 2015 by Floydian Slip

A Talk with Aubrey “Po” Powell of Hipgnosis

  1. A Saucerful of of Secrets
    Ummagumma (1969)
  2. Interview segment 1
  3. Wish You Were Here
    Wish You Were Here (1975)
  4. Interview segment 2
  5. Interview segment 3

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Introducing Floydian Slip’s “Bizarre Collection of Antiques & Curios”

Posted February 22, 2015 by Floydian Slip

We’re 15 weeks away from “Floydian Slip” Show #1,000.

As we lead up to that milestone coming June 8, we’re digging into the “Floydian Slip” archives to share all sorts of relics from the show’s past.

Browse the growing collection


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“Floydian Slip” preview #984

Posted February 17, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Join us for a special “Floydian Slip” this week as we welcome long-time Pink Floyd sleeve designer Aubrey “Po” Powell to the show.

Po and his team at Hipgnosis designed nearly every cover for Floyd starting with 1968’s A Saucerful of Secrets, as well as covers for the individual band members, and a ton of other groups such as Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Black Sabbath, 10cc and many others.

Also … you’ll have a chance to win a copy of Po’s new book “Hipgnosis: Portraits.”


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Winners: Endless River T-shirts

Posted February 16, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to winners of “Endless River” T-shirts, courtesy of the official Pink Floyd web store:

  • Chris Avery, Morton, PA
  • Garry Beach, Sherwood Park, Alberta
  • Curtis Jayroe, Murrells Inlet, SC
  • Ruben Ruiz De Olano, Wetumpka, AL
  • Brent Stewart, Richmond, CA

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