Posted October 12, 2016 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd has released a newly remixed version of “Childhood’s End” from its 1972 album “Obscured by Clouds.”
The track is another tease from the upcoming box set “The Early Years: 1965-1972,” coming Nov. 11.
The track was remixed by Andy Jackson and Damon Iddins.
“Obscured by Clouds” is the soundtrack to the Barbet Schroeder film “La Vallée.”
Several remixed tracks from the album will appear in the boxset, along with the entire film.
Posted September 13, 2016 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of Pete Townshend’s Deep End: Face the Face, a DVD/CD double-disc performance from 1986 featuring David Gilmour.
Prizes courtesy of Eagle Rock Entertainment. Deadline to enter: End of day Sunday, Sept. 18.
Posted August 4, 2016 by Floydian Slip
A 1986 show that was part of David Gilmour‘s stint with Pete Townshend‘s Deep End band is about to be released.
“Face to Face” will be a two-disc DVD/CD set of the band’s appearance on German TV’s “Rockpalast” program. The performance was recorded at Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale (MIDEM) in Cannes on Jan. 29, 1986.
The discs will be released Sept. 16. The package will also be available digitally.
In addition to Townshend solo songs and classics from The Who, the band performs Gilmour’s “Blue Light” from his ’84 “About Face” album.
The band includes: Townshend (vocals, guitar); Gilmour (guitar, vocals); Peter Hope-Evans (harmonica); Chucho Merchan (bass); Simon Phillips (drums); John Rabbit Bundrick (keyboards); Jody Linscott (percussion); The Kick Horns: Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer, Tim Sanders, Pete Beachill and Dave Plews; and backing vocalists Billy Nicholls, Ian Ellis, Chris Staines, Gina Foster and Coral Gordan.
“Blue Light” will appear on the DVD and the CD.
Thanks to Ian Schulze for the heads-up.
Posted June 24, 2016 by Floydian Slip
One fan who ponied up $500 for the so-called “super deluxe” boxset of “Roger Waters The Wall” got a surprise: Instead of being autographed by Waters, the 170-page hardcover book included with fan Jim Clarke‘s box reads “Love Jimmy Smith.”
Fans have put forth two theories to explain the anomaly: Either Waters grew tired of signing all 3,000 boxes and decided to play a prank. Or someone else was hired to sign on Waters’ behalf and experienced a momentary lapse of reason when he accidentally signed his own name.
Music publication NME has asked Waters’ camp for comment, but none are forthcoming just yet.
Either way, in the end, this botched box might end up being worth even more than if Waters had signed his own name to it.
Surrogate band indeed.
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.
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.
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.
Posted November 30, 2015 by Floydian Slip
A handful of very early Pink Floyd recordings had their first official release Friday as “Pink Floyd 1965: Their First Recordings.” The limited edition vinyl set was sold during Record Store Day in the United Kingdom.
At least two of the recordings had been floating around as bootlegs since the ’60s — “Lucy Leave” and “I’m a King Bee” — but most fans were familiar with the others by title only.
The double-7-inch vinyl set contains a total of four Syd Barrett numbers, one by Roger Waters and a cover of a Slim Harpo song:
The lineup on the recordings consists of Roger Waters, bass and vocals; Nick Mason, drums; Rado Klose, guitar; Richard Wright, keyboards; and Syd Barrett, guitar and vocals.
The Waters composition, “Walk With Me Sydney,” features vocals by Juliette Gale, wife of keyboardist Rick Wright.
Though the limited edition of approximately 1,000 sets was distributed in the U.K. only, the band’s Facebook page says the band hopes to make the tracks available “in some physical form towards the end of next year (2016).”
Posted November 16, 2015 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of the soundtrack to the film “Roger Waters The Wall.”
These double-CDs are courtesy of Legacy Recordings.
Deadline to enter: End of day Sunday, Nov. 22.
Posted November 14, 2015 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters has told Digital Spy he’ll release a new studio album in 2016 and follow it with a tour.
He’s said he’s working on a “radio play” about a boy and his grandfather in Northern Ireland.
“I’m in the middle of making it now,” he says. “It addresses this basic question: Why are we killing the children?
“There’s two characters in it: a grandfather and a grandchild and they together try to find answers to this question, by wandering around.”
Some of the songs were written by Waters as many as 15 years ago.
As for the tour, Waters says he’s looking to perform a “full arena tour,” partly to generate revenue lost to piracy. “Particularly now that you can’t own a record — people just steal it the minute it’s out. They steal it and that’s the end of it,” he says.
“The only way to make a few quid would be to go out on the road and get bums on seat, because they can’t steal that!”
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