Posted August 18, 2010 by FloydianSlip
Escape 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.
Posted August 13, 2010 by FloydianSlip
This 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:
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.
Posted July 12, 2010 by FloydianSlip
“Remembering Syd Barrett”
(Died July 7, 2006)
Posted July 9, 2010 by FloydianSlip
Join us this week for a special Floydian Slip #744: “Remembering Syd Barrett.”
It’s been four years since the enigmatic founder of Pink Floyd passed away, July 7, 2006. His short burst of extraordinary musical creativity in the late-’60s — followed by 30 years of reclusiveness — made him one of rock’s most intriguing players.
We’ll take a listen to material Syd recorded with the Floyd as well as plenty of solo material.
(All times are local times)
Posted July 7, 2010 by FloydianSlip
A rare live recording of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett went on the auction block last month, but failed to sell.
“I am currently awaiting to see if a pending post-sale offer is to be completed,” Bonhams auction house consultant Stephen Maycock told Floydian Slip.
Maycock says bidders failed to reach a reserve price for the recording, which expected to fetch upwards of $5,000, on the day of the auction June 23. He declined to name the reserve price.
The reel of ½-inch tape contains a concert performed Jan. 27, 1972, at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England. The show included Barrett in one of his last live performances sitting-in for three numbers with the Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band: “Number Nine,” “Gotta Be a Reason,” “Let’Roll,” and “Sweet Little Angel.”
The recording also includes performances by Hawkwind and Pink Fairies.
Posted June 1, 2010 by FloydianSlip
One of the last-known live recordings of Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett is going on the auction block later this month. The sale could lead to a commercial release of the material.
The reel of ½-inch tape contains a concert performed Jan. 27, 1972, at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England. The show included Barrett sitting-in for three numbers with the Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band: “Number Nine,” “Gotta Be a Reason,” “Let’s Roll,” and “Sweet Little Angel.”
The recording, which might be the master recording, also includes performances by Hawkwind and Pink Fairies.
The show was recorded by Spaceward Studios founder Gary Lucas, who’s provided a statement of provenance for the item. Lucas says, “The recording of the concert was organized at the last minute and the equipment was poor as all that was available was a rather poor mixer. So we just stuck a stereo mic pair across the stage for drums/backline and mixed in some PA mix for front.
“The whole affair was a shambles with a fight breaking out around the stage at one point destroying at least one of the mics.”
Nonetheless, auction house Bonhams describes the audio quality of the tape as “reasonable” and says “preliminary inquiries as to the possibility of the recording being released have been made.”
The auction will be held June 23. The recording is expected to fetch upwards of $5,000.
Posted April 1, 2010 by FloydianSlip
English publishing house Faber and Faber will publish “Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head” this spring.
Written by Rob Chapman, the 448-page paperback promises to include extensive, first-time interviews with members of the Pink Floyd founder’s family.
Graham Coxon (Blur) has written the foreword.
Priced at £14.99, the book’s expected to be published May 6.
Order your copy now. Your purchase helps support “Floydian Slip.”
Posted March 30, 2010 by FloydianSlip
U.K. publisher Essential Works is planning to publish a high-end, hardcover book devoted to Syd Barrett.
“Barrett,” to be published as a small run and sold primarily via the Web, will focus on the “creative life” of the once-Floyd frontman. It’ll include more than 100 images, more than half of which have never before been published.
The company has set up a registration area at its Web site to gauge interest in the project. “We need people to register so that we know there’s enough interest out there,” according to Essential Works’ Russell Beecher. The volume of registrations will determine whether the project moves forward.
If it does, publication is expected in the fall for a price of about £60, plus delivery. A percentage of all sales will go to the Syd Barrett Estate, which has authorized the book.
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