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Early Floyd concert recording found

Posted December 10, 2010 by Floydian Slip

What might be the only surviving complete recording of a Pink Floyd concert from 1967 was recently discovered, according to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (News of the Day).

The recording, made at Stockholm’s Golden Circle restaurant/music club on Sept. 10, 1967, reportedly includes the band’s sound-check along with its 50-minute gig.

It’ll be played for the public at two events to be held at the Golden Circle on May 3 and 7, 2011.

A Floyd cover band is scheduled to open the festivities, which include a special menu with dishes named as Floyd puns and specially-designed mannequins standing in for the original band members.

The recording was made by a Swedish recording engineer who, so far, has chosen to remain anonymous, according to Dagens Nyheter, to avoid the inevitable barrage of interest from Floyd fans.

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Clarification: Floyd reunion a near miss

Posted November 29, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Last week we reported (“Floyd reunion a near miss”) the world very nearly saw a reunion of the surviving members of Pink Floyd, but when the venue turned out to be the home of a wealthy socialite, drummer Nick Mason pulled out.

What we didn’t make clear — or understand ourselves! — was the reunion in question was this past July’s Hoping Foundation charity event when Roger Waters and David Gilmour shared a stage.

The pair got Andy Newmark (“The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking,” “The Final Cut”) to sit in for Mason.

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Pink Floyd reunion a near miss

Posted November 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason revealed that a planned Floyd reunion show was called off when the venue was found to not suit the band’s tastes.

Mason told The Independent the band backed out of a charity gig when it learned the event would be held at the home of socialite Jemima Khan.

“That particular event wasn’t right for a reformation of Pink Floyd,” he said. “I said I would do it, but it was a charity event for suits, and it felt wrong to turn a small thing into a big deal just because Jemima Khan was in attendance.

“Why play for a lot of posh totty instead of some of the other things we should save that up for — a Live 8 type of thing,” he added, referring to the group’s 2005 reunion, its last with keyboardist Rick Wright, who died three years later.

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Floydian Slip guest appearance on WBKM.org

Posted November 4, 2010 by Floydian Slip

We’ll make a live appearance on “Floydian Slip” affiliate station WBKM.org Friday.

We’ll spend a half-hour starting at 11 a.m. EDT talking about Pink Floyd, Roger Waters‘ current tour of “The Wall,” and whatever else might come up.

WBKM is an online station in Burlington, Vt.

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Waters, Gilmour spotted together in Minneapolis

Posted October 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune Web site, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour were spotted having dinner out last night.

Chris Riemenschneider writes that a local writer and music fan positively identified Gilmour as one of the members of Waters’ party at Bar La Grassa in Minneapolis, Minn., Monday night.

Waters is said to have been sporting a marching hammers hoodie. No word on Gilmour’s attire.

Fans are speculating when Gilmour will join Waters on stage during his “Wall” tour to perform “Comfortably Numb.” The guitarist made the promise as part of a deal that brought the two together at a charity event in Oxfordshire in July. The exact date of the “Wall” reunion, however, has not been made public.

Ticket holders for tonight’s Omaha show have their fingers crossed.

Read the blog post.

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Reviews: “The Wall” in Toronto

Posted September 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters opened his 2010/11 tour of Floyd’s seminal “The Wall” tour last night in Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.

For whatever credence you might put in critical reviews, you can see what The Associated Press (AP), The Star, the UK’s Telegraph and Calgary’s 660News thought of the show.

The AP might have been most laudatory: “Many times when classic rock artists perform, there’s an air of nostalgia, but not with Waters. Not only does the material seem fresh, it also appears 2010 is the right time for this tour, probably because of the technology that catapults it into the stratosphere.”

The Star was the most critical of these four reviews, calling the show a “cash-in,” and describing the music as “actually kind of drab and heartless, not much different from what you’d hear at one of those Classic Albums Live nights at the Phoenix were it not for the production values.”

Read the reviews online:

“Roger Waters tears down `The Wall’ in Toronto” (AP)
“It’s The Wall, not the Roger Waters show” (The Star)
“Roger Waters: The Wall, Air Canada Theatre, Toronto, review” (Telegraph)
“Roger Waters kicks off ‘The Wall’ tour with sold-out show in Toronto” (660News)

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Floyd producer Joe Boyd, Robyn Hitchcock on tour

Posted August 27, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Early Pink Floyd producer Joe Boyd and musician Robyn Hitchcock are touring the western United States.

Calling it the “Chinese White Bicycles” tour, Boyd talks and reads from his book, “White Bicycles,” while Hitchcock provides musical interludes. (See “Early Pink Floyd producer writes book.”)

“We have taken this double-act to the Green Man and SXSW festivals and it seems to have gone down OK,” Boyd writes, “so we’re taking it on the road!”

Boyd produced Pink Floyd’s first single, “Arnold Layne,” and has worked with many other bands, including Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, REM and others.

Wednesday, Sept. 22
Swedish American Hall
2170 Market St.
San Francisco, CA
Doors, 7 p.m.; Show, 8 p.m.
(415) 861-5016

Thursday, Sept. 23
Largo at the Coronet Theatre
366 N. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Doors, 7:30 p.m.; Show, 8:30 p.m.
(310) 855-0350

Tuesday, Sept. 28
Triple Door
216 Union St.
Seattle, WA
Doors, 5:30 p.m.; Show, 7:30 p.m.
(206) 838-4333

Wednesday, Sept. 29
The Woods
6637 Milwaukee Ave.
Portland, OR
Doors, 7 p.m.; Show, 7:30 p.m.
(503) 890-0408

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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.

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David Gilmour, Roger Waters perform together

Posted July 11, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pigs flew last night at an Oxfordshire, England, charity event, when Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters performed live together.

Appearing in Kidlington for a concert to benefit the Hoping Foundation, the two played four songs together, accompanied by Guy Pratt, on bass and acoustic guitar; Harry Waters, on keyboards; Andy Newmark, on drums; Chester Kamen, on guitar; and Jonjo Grisdale, also on keyboards.

The set contained four songs: Floyd classics “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two),” along with Phil Spector’s “To Know Him Is To Love Him.”

The photo is from a rehearsal for the event.

Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come.

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