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Pink Floyd graphic novel coming in 2010

Posted December 16, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Bluewater Productions of Vancouver, Wash., will publish “The Pink Floyd Experience,” a Pink Floyd-themed graphic novel, in 2010.

The title, the sixth in Bluewater’s 10-volume series, is a repackaging of five Rock ‘n Roll Comics originally published by Revolutionary Comics in the 1990s.

The entire series documents the biographies of more than 70 bands and solo artists. It begins with Vol. 1 “The Beatles,” and will be published bi-monthly.

The original Rock ‘n Roll Comics series ran from 1989 to 1994. Average circulation for each issue was more than 50,000.

Each volume of the Bluewater publication will cost $17.99.

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Book of classic rock art features Pink Floyd

Posted November 29, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Goodman Books has published “The Art of Classic Rock,” a coffee table book by Paul Grushkin and Rob Roth.

The 256-page (5½-pound!) hardcover tome is a visual document of Roth’s 35-year collection of rock tour and advertising posters, merchandise, memorabilia and other artwork.

The book focuses on eight bands. The second chapter — 34 pages — is devoted to Pink Floyd.

Beautifully photographed and designed, the majority of the space on each page is filled with large, color reproductions of band memorabilia, with Grushkin’s narrative filling the spaces inbetween.

Grushkin is a leading rock historian and author of five books. Roth is a Tony-nominated Broadway director.

Other bands featured in the book are:

The Rolling Stones
The Who
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Alice Cooper
Elton John
Queen

“The Art of Classic Rock” retails for £30. Buy it now online. Your purchase helps support “Floydian Slip.”

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Vintage Floyd album becomes vintage wine

Posted November 19, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Wines That Rock has started selling a “Dark Side of the Moon”-branded wine.

The wine, a 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, is available for purchase at the company’s Web site and will be in stores in 2010.

“Cabernet Sauvignon reflects the hauntingly dense, timeless character of Pink Floyd‘s masterpiece album,” the company says.

The “Dark Side” vintage is the first of three rock-inspired wines the company has made. The others are the Rolling Stones “Forty Licks Merlot” and a “Woodstock Chardonnay.”

The Floyd variety comes in 3-, 6- and 12-bottle packs for $50.97, $101.94, and $203.88, respectively.

Wines That Rock was founded by Ron Roy and is a partnership between rock management company RZO and the Mendocino Wine Co.

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Classic Rock to publish Floyd 3D cover

Posted November 4, 2009 by Floydian Slip

U.K. magazine Classic Rock will mark the 30th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” when it features the album on a special 3D cover later this month.

“The 30th anniversary of ‘The Wall’ is a major milestone in the history of Pink Floyd and the lives of our readers, so it was only right to celebrate with a cover as mind expanding as their music,” says publisher Chris Ingham.

The cover will features a number of Floydian images such as a flying pig, marching hammers and pyramid. Classic Rock says the cover will be the first high-definition 3D magazine cover published in the U.K.

The issue will include an eight-page article about the album, including previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the 1982 film, “Pink Floyd The Wall.”

The issue will be available Nov. 11 in the U.K., and Dec. 9 in the United States, at stores such as Barnes and Nobles and Borders.

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“Floydian” flashdrives for sale

Posted October 27, 2009 by Floydian Slip

We’ve started selling “Floydian Slip” USB flashdrives at our Web site.

Each drive is 128 MB, USB 2 (USB 1-compatible), and about 3″ x 0.75″. They’re black, gray and silver, and sport our logo and Web address.

When you purchase a drive — for $12.99 each — you’re supporting our campaign to expand the “Floydian Slip” radio show to additional markets.

Each drive we sell just about covers our costs of putting a promotional package pitching our show into the hands of another radio station program director. (In fact, these are the same drives we’re using to deliver demos of our show to potential affiliate stations.)

Place your order now.

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Nick Mason lends voice to charity single

Posted October 19, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason will be heard on a new track to be released Nov. 1 to benefit a children’s charity.

Nick will drum — and sing! — on a cover of The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.” The track will appear on “Bandaged Together,” a double-album to benefit the BBC’s Children in Need charity.

The track, which also features Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, and Bill Wyman, was recorded last month at EMI’s Abbey Road studio.

Nick’s track will be available as a download beginning Nov. 1. “Bandaged Together” will go on sale Nov. 9. You’ll be able to place your order online.

This will be the second “Bandaged Together” album. The first raised £250,000 for the charity.

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Flaming Lips to cover “Dark Side”

Posted October 16, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Oklahoma psych-rockers Flaming Lips’ next album will be a track-for-track “interpretation” of Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

The L.A. Times reports Lips frontman Wayne Coyne (pictured) made the announcement during a Q&A session with the audience before Thursday night’s show at the Ricardo Montalban Theater in Hollywood.

The Times says the recording, which is a collaboration with Stardeath and the White Dwarfs, a band that features Coyne’s nephew, Dennis, is already finished.

Henry Rollins and Peaches make guest appearances.

The Lips’ “Dark Side” will likely be an iTunes-only release, at least initially.

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Brits to lick and stick Division Bell in 2010

Posted October 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip

New Music Express (NME) reports the Royal Mail will introduce a line of album-inspired postage stamps in 2010, including one devoted to Pink Floyd’s “The Division Bell” (1994).

Citing postage stamp collecting site Norvic Philatelics, NME says the series of 10 will be issued Jan. 7, and will also include album artwork from:

The Clash (London Calling)
New Order (Power, Corruption & Lies)
The Rolling Stones (Let It Bleed)
Led Zeppelin (IV)
Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells)
Primal Scream (Screamadelica)
David Bowie (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars)
Coldplay (A Rush of Blood to the Head)
Blur (Parklife)

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Unreleased David Gilmour material part of new compilation

Posted October 5, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Recordings featuring Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour are part of a new 2-CD compilation.

“Join Together” by producer Tom Newman and musician Peter Gibson, includes previously unreleased material recorded by Newman at his Argonaut Studios in London, between 1977-1982.

Mike Oldfield and occasional Floyd guitarist Snowy White also appear on some tracks.

Newman is most famous for producing Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells.” Gibson is part of Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts.

The new disc is available online from Well Alright.

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The Orb recording with David Gilmour

Posted October 2, 2009 by Floydian Slip

The List reports electronica duo The Orb is recording with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

“I’ve just started work on an album with David Gilmore (sic) from Pink Floyd, which I think every Orb and Pink Floyd fan will want to hear,” Orb founder Alex Paterson told the Scottish magazine.

The band’s first album, “Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld” (1991), featured the Battersea Power station on its cover, reminiscent of Floyd’s “Animals” (1977).

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