Merchandise

Royal Mail to issue Pink Floyd stamps

Posted May 26, 2016 by Floydian Slip

The U.K. Royal Mail will issue 10 new postage stamps to commemorate Pink Floyd’s 50th anniversary of becoming a professional band.

Six of the stamps feature Floyd album covers: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Atom Heart Mother (1970), The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Endless River (2014). The other four feature the band performing live.

Royal Mail is selling the stamps in a variety of bundle and first day issue configurations.

The stamps are available for pre-order now and will be sold in post offices beginning July 7.

Royal Mail featured The Division Bell (1994) on a stamp in 2010.

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Winners: Mojo featuring Syd Barrett

Posted May 16, 2016 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to winners of copies of the new Mojo magazine, featuring Syd Barrett on the cover:

Marty Burch
Bulverde TX
John Martens
Crystal Lake IL
Peter Moore
Hatfield MA
Mark Vatousiou
Feedinghills MA

The magazine devotes 19 pages to the late Pink Floyd co-founder and the band’s early years.

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Win: Mojo featuring Syd Barrett

Posted May 9, 2016 by Floydian Slip

Register to win a copy the new Mojo magazine featuring Syd Barrett. The magazine devotes 19 pages to the late Pink Floyd co-founder and the band’s early years.

Included are two high-quality Floyd poster reproductions on heavy, coated stock; and a 14-track CD of “modern psychedelia” in a sleeve that harkens back to Floyd’s “Arnold Layne” single.

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Pink Floyd catalog to be reissued on vinyl

Posted May 6, 2016 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd will begin reissuing its catalog on vinyl this spring.

The first of the series of remastered LPs will arrive June 3 on the group’s new Pink Floyd Records label, a division of Columbia: “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” (1967), “A Saucerful of Secrets” (1968), “More” (1969) and “Ummagumma” (1969).

The albums will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and feature packaging that imitates the original releases.

Floyd plans to release more LPs from its catalog throughout the year. It’ll be the first time in more than 20 years the complete Floyd catalog will be available on vinyl.

The first batch have been mastered by long-time Floyd collaborators James Guthrie and Joel Plante; and Bernie Grundman, who’s mastered Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller,” Prince‘s “Purple Rain,” Dr. Dre‘s “The Chronic” and others.

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Letter of the month

Posted May 1, 2016 by Floydian Slip

No, you stay awesome, Tiffany.

By the way, you can get your free “Floydian Slip” stickers here.

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Syd Barrett on cover of Mojo

Posted April 25, 2016 by Floydian Slip

Syd Barrett is on the cover of the new Mojo magazine, hitting U.K. newsstands tomorrow.

The magazine devotes 19 pages to the late Pink Floyd co-founder and the band’s early years.

Included are two high-quality Floyd poster reproductions on heavy, coated stock; and a 14-track CD of “modern psychedelia” housed in a sleeve that harkens back to Floyd’s “Arnold Layne” single.

We’ll be giving away some copies on an upcoming “Floydian Slip.”

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Amused to Death wins Grammy award

Posted February 16, 2016 by Floydian Slip

The 2015 remix of Roger Waters’ “Amused to Death” won “Best Surround Sound Album” at last night’s Grammy Awards.

James Guthrie and Joel Plante took the honor for their work remixing the ’92 album.

Waters’ feature length movie of “Roger Waters The Wall” was nominated for “Best Music Film,” but lost to “Amy,” a film by Asif Kapadia about Amy Winehouse.

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“Rattle That Lock” wins album art award

Posted January 9, 2016 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour‘s “Rattle That Lock” was honored for best album artwork of 2016 by Art Vinyl.

The avian-themed design, art directed by Dave Stansbie from The Creative Corporation, was selected by popular vote from 50 entrants.

Drenge‘s “Undertow” came in second, and “Currents” by Tame Impala was third.

The 2016 winners will be shown at exhibitions in Ayrshire, Bologna, Budapest and Munich, and at two locations in London.

Art Vinyl sells framing systems to display album covers as wall art, and curates album art exhibitions.

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Storm Thorgerson documentary now streaming

Posted December 13, 2015 by Floydian Slip

“Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis,” a feature-length documentary about the legendary Pink Floyd sleeve designer, is now streaming online.

Director Roddy Bogawa has made the entire film available for viewing online, along with bonus material, for $10. Viewers can also stream two bonus material featurettes for $5.99 a piece.

Watch the film here

Bogawa’s new project is “Barrett: Have You Got It Yet?,” documenting the life of Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. It’s tentatively schedule for a mid-2016 release. Read more about that film.

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Roger Waters gets Grammy nominations

Posted December 8, 2015 by Floydian Slip

“Roger Waters The Wall” and “Amused to Death” received Grammy nominations yesterday.

The film “Roger Waters The Wall” was nominated for Best Music Film. It was directed by Waters and Sean Evans.

Other nominees in the category are:

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown/James Brown
Sonic Highways/Foo Fighters
What Happened, Miss Simone?/Nina Simone
Amy/Amy Winehouse

Waters’ “Amused to Death” was nominated for Best Surround Sound Album. The ’92 work was remixed in Surround Sound by James Guthrie and Joel Plante.

Other nominees in that category are:

Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop/Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Magnificat/Øyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7/Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra
Spes/Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus

The Grammy’s will be broadcast Feb. 16 8 ET on CBS-TV.

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