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- Kenneth Walker, Hickory, NC
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Winners: The Solo Works of Syd Barrett
Posted July 31, 2023 by Floydian Slip
“Floydian Slip” songlist #1424
Posted July 31, 2023 by Floydian Slip
- Cirrus Minor
More (Film soundtrack) (1969) - Scarecrow
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) - Remember a Day
Live at the Roundhouse (Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets) (2020)j - In the Flesh
The Wall (1979) - Terrapin
The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970) - Keep Talking
Pulse (1995) - Crumbling Land
Zabriskie Point (Film soundtrack) (1970) - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (*Floydian Slip-Up*)
Led Zeppelin III (1970) - The Gold It’s in the …
Obscured by Clouds (1972) - All Lovers Are Deranged
About Face (David Gilmour) (1984)
Pink Floyd animator Ian Emes dies
Posted July 28, 2023 by Floydian Slip
British artist and film maker Ian Emes, perhaps best known for his work with Pink Floyd, died last week at 73.
Emes created the animations that the band played during its performances of “Speak to Me,” “Time” and “On the Run” — all from “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973). He also created a 55-minute film for the band’s “The Endless River” album in 2014; and a film to accompany “Nothing Part 14,” a 7-minute piece recorded by Floyd as part of the making of “Echoes” from “Meddle” (1971), and included in The Early Years: 1965–1972 (2016) boxset.
He also directed a film shown during Roger Waters‘s performance of “The Wall” in Berlin, Germany, in 1990.
Emes’s association with Floyd began in 1972 when keyboardist Rick Wright saw Emes’s animated short “French Windows” on the BBC’s “Old Grey Whistle Test” and contacted the artist. The piece was set to Floyd’s “One of These Days.”
“Pink Floyd called me!” Emes told The Birmingham Post in 2010. “They were my gods and they wanted to see me. I thought I had done something wrong initially. I thought they wanted to tell me off.”
On the contrary, the band commissioned Emes to create the “Dark Side” animations.
Emes also created a film for Linda McCartney‘s “The Oriental Nightfish,” recorded by Wings; a video for Duran Duran‘s 1982 track “The Chauffeur”; and did work for Mike Oldfield.
Roger Waters to perform new “Dark Side” in London
Posted July 26, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters will premiere his new take on Pink Floyd‘s “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973) at a concert Oct. 8 at London’s Palladium.
The show will come two days after his album, “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” will be released.
Joining Waters for the show will be Gus Seyffert, bass; Joey Waronker, drums; and Jonathan Wilson, guitar. All participated in the recording of the album, along with Seyffert’s partner, Bedouine, who provided vocals.
Also scheduled to appear at the Palladium gig are Johnny Shepherd, organ; Via Mardot, theremin; Gabe Noel, strings; Jon Carin, keyboard; Robert Walter, piano; and Azniv Korkejian, vocals.
Tickets are available at livenation.co.uk.
Win: Syd Barrett back catalog
Posted July 26, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Register to win “The Solo Works of Syd Barrett” from Third Man Records.
This 3-LP set includes heavy-weight colored vinyl reissues of each of Barrett’s solo albums: “The Madcap Laughs” and “Barrett” from 1970; and his “Opel” collection of alternate takes from 1988.
The package also features a 7-inch single containing David Gilmour‘s covers of Barrett’s “Dark Globe” and “Dominoes.”
Register now. Deadline to enter: July 30.
“Floydian Slip” preview #1424
Posted July 25, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1424:
- Floyd from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) and The Wall (1979)
- Live stuff from Pulse (1995)
- Your chance to win Syd Barrett’s back catalog — reissued on heavy-weight colored vinyl
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 110 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #1423
Posted July 24, 2023 by Floydian Slip
- Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
The Final Cut (1983) - The Fletcher Memorial Home
The Final Cut (1983) - A Boat Lies Waiting
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii (David Gilmour) (2017) - One Slip
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) - Country Song
Zabriskie Point (Film soundtrack) (1970) - Crazy Mama (*Floydian Slip Up*)
Black and Blue (Rolling Stones) (1976) - Dogs (2018 Remix)
Animals (1977)
Re-do of “Dark Side of the Moon” coming from Roger Waters
Posted July 21, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters is set to release “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” his re-imagined take on the classic album he made with Pink Floyd in the early ’70s. It’s set to drop Oct. 6.
Four versions of the album are available for pre-sale at the official store: CD, $15; transparent orange double vinyl (140 gm), $46; black double vinyl (140 gm), $42; and a gold cassette, $14.
“When we recorded the stripped down songs for the Lockdown Sessions, the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ was looming on the horizon. It occurred to me that ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ could well be a suitable candidate for a similar re-working, partly as a tribute to the original work, but also to re-address the political and emotional message of the whole album,” Waters explained in a promotional email.
“I discussed it with Gus (Seyffert) and Sean (Evans), and when we’d stopped giggling and shouting ‘You must be ****ing mad’ at one another we decided to take it on.
“It’s turned out really great and I’m excited for everyone to hear it. It’s not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable. But it is a way for the 79-year-old to look back across the intervening 50 years into the eyes of the 29-year-old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my Father, ‘We did our best, we kept his trust, our Dad would have been proud of us’.
“And also it is a way for me to honor a recording that Nick (Mason) and Rick (Wright) and Dave (Gilmour) and I have every right to be very proud of.”
News of the project broke Feb. 4, when Waters spoke with the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung, and then with the U.K.’s The Telegraph a few days later.
“I’m the only one singing my songs on these new recordings, and there are no rock and roll guitar solos,” he told Berliner Zeitung.
“The new concept is meant to reflect on the meaning of the work, to bring out the heart and soul of the album — musically and spiritually.”
In addition to Waters, his long-time collaborator Seyffert plays keyboards on the new work; and Seyffert’s girlfriend, Bedouine, provides backing vocals.
The first track from the album, “Money,” is available to stream now:
“Floydian Slip” preview #1423
Posted July 18, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1423:
- Floyd from A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Final Cut (1983)
- A track for the dog days of summer from ’77 “Animals” album
- David Gilmour recorded live at Pompeii
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 110 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #1422
Posted July 17, 2023 by Floydian Slip
- Learning to Fly
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) - And Then I Close My Eyes
On an Island (David Gilmour) (2006) - Seamus
Meddle (1971) - Absolutely Curtains
Obscured by Clouds (1972) - Empty Spaces/Young Lust
The Wall (1979) - Jugband Blues
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) - The Universal
Small Faces (1968) - Summer ’68
Atom Heart Mother (1970) - 4:39 AM (For The First Time Today – Part 2)
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Roger Waters) (1984) - Breaking Water/Night of a Thousand Furry Toys
Broken China (Rick Wright) (1996)
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