Posted August 8, 2017 by Floydian Slip
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Posted August 5, 2017 by Floydian Slip
(Update 8/6/17: The order page for the book is again accepting pre-orders, with an estimated ship date of Aug. 24.)
A just-published memoir from a late friend of Pink Floyd has already sold out. “In the Pink (Not a Hunting Memoir)” by Nick Sedgwick covers the time he spent with the band during 1974-75.
There’s no word yet whether the title will be reprinted.
In a promotional piece for the book, Roger Waters calls Sedgwick “one of my oldest friends,” and explains the author traveled with the band throughout England during its “Dark Side of the Moon” tour, as well as into America during ’75.
“When Nick finished the work in 1975 there was some resistance in the band to its publication,” Waters explains, “not surprising really as none of us comes out of it very well.”
Sedgwick died of brain cancer in August 2011.
Proceeds from the book go to Sedgwick’s family.
Posted August 5, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Author Bill Wyman has ranked all 165 Pink Floyd tracks from worst to best.
His list, along with some thoughtful analysis for each track, was published Aug. 3 on the Vulture website.
In his introduction, he admits, “In its massive confusion, this accounting — which, whether we like it or not, hangs above our cultural world, as the band itself might have put it, motionless upon the air, like an albatross — is a testament to the good humor of the gods of rock, which now and again smile upon otherwise unemployable, gangly British nitwits.”
Wyman wrote a similar article ranking all 213 Beatles songs earlier this year.
Vulture is an asset of New York Media LLC, which also owns New York Magazine.
Posted August 5, 2017 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour has released a video tease of his upcoming concert film “David Gilmour Live in Pompeii.”
A document of his July 2016 shows at the ancient amphitheater, the film shows one night only, Wednesday, Sept. 13 (See “David Gilmour Pompeii concert coming to theaters one night only”).
The show will be released on CD, DVD, Blu-ray, et al., on Friday, Sept. 29 (See “David Gilmour Live at Pompeii coming to CD/DVD/LP.”)
Posted August 5, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Music licensing organization PPL has published a list of the 20 Pink Floyd tracks that have received the most airplay on U.K. radio and television over the last 17 years.
The list is based on PPL data from U.K. radio and TV broadcasters covering the period 2000 to 2017. The number of plays and total played duration are used to rank the tracks on the list.
The list comes on the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” which was released 50 years ago today, Aug. 5, 1967.
Floyd has generated 32 million seconds of airplay on U.K. radio and TV in the 21st century alone.
Founded in 1934, PPL licenses the use of recorded music played in public or broadcast on radio, TV and the Internet.
Posted August 1, 2017 by Floydian Slip
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