Recordings

“Amused to Death” to be reissued as SACD, LP

Posted January 18, 2013 by Floydian Slip

Acoustic Sounds Inc. will reissue Roger Waters’s 1992 album “Amused to Death” on LP and Super Audio CD (SACD) this fall.

James Guthrie, who mixed the original album, will use the original analog tapes to master the album for SACD. Doug Sax, who mastered the original, will join him in prepping the LP.

“Amused To Death” was originally mixed using QSound, a virtual surround sound, to enhance the spatial feel of the album’s music and sound effects. The reissue will preserve QSound’s three-dimensional experience.

The LP will be pressed onto a 200-gram vinyl double disc. The SACD will be a stereo hybrid, meaning it can be played on a standard CD player, albeit without the added benefits of the SACD technology.

Acoustic Sounds has set an Oct. 15 release date, but emphasizes the date is tentative.

The LP will be priced at $49.98. The SACD at $30.

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Roger Waters at 12.12.12 on iTunes

Posted December 18, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Three tracks from Roger Waters‘ performance at last week’s 12.12.12 concert are available for sale online.

“Us and Them”; “Comfortably Numb,” a duet with Eddie Vedder; and an extended version of “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2” called “Another Brick in the Atlantic Wall” are part of the album released today.

The album contains 24 selections from the event held at Madison Square Garden last Wednesday.

The album’s available for purchase in it entirety only. No single tracks are being sold. A CD will be released next month.

The Robin Hood Relief Fund will receive 100% of net proceeds of digital retailers. The fund is providing money, materials and know-how to local organizations serving those in the regions hardest hit by the storm.

Buy the album now.

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Floyd cover on upcoming film soundtrack

Posted December 4, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Legacy Recordings will include a Pink Floyd cover on “West of Memphis: Voices for Justice,” its soundtrack to the upcoming documentary film “West of Memphis.”

Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines contributed a recording of Floyd’s “Mother” to the film, which documents the plight of the so-called West Memphis Three, teenagers convicted of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, AR, and later released.

Ben Harper produced and plays lap guitar on the track.

The recording will be released Jan. 15.

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Tangerine Dream covers Pink Floyd

Posted October 18, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Venerable German electronic group Tangerine Dream has included a Pink Floyd cover on its latest album.

“Under Cover,” released this Tuesday, is a collection of 14 recordings of other artists’ songs, including Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.”

Other artists covered include David Bowie, Kraftwerk, R.E.M., The Eagles, The Beatles and others.

Tangerine Dream’s 2007 album “Madcap’s Flaming Duty” paid tribute to Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett.

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Save 10% on “Dark Side” boxset

Posted September 18, 2012 by Floydian Slip

“Floydian Slip” has swung a deal with online music retailer Pop Market to save you money on a plum Pink Floyd boxset.

Through Sunday, when you buy “The Dark Side of the Moon” Immersion boxset at Pop Market, save an extra 10% when you use promo code SHINEON at checkout.

The set’s already been marked down from $149.99 to $109.99. When you use our promo code, the price is just $98.99.

Buy it online now.

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Up for bid: Original interview tape

Posted June 2, 2012 by Floydian Slip

We’ve put up for bid more interesting working tapes — this time from the 1997 ”Floydian Slip” interview with Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson.

This is quarter-inch analog tape on a 10.5-inch reel in the original Ampex box. The interview runs 20-30 minutes.

The auction includes an 8-page transcript of the interview, which includes portions marked up for deletion before the interview aired.

Thorgerson was part of the legendary Hipgnosis design team, which was responsible for designing about a third of your album collection: Genesis, Peter Gabriel, 10cc, Led Zeppelin, Al Stewart, Black Sabbath, Alan Parsons Project, Phish, Cranberries and many, many more.

Bid at eBay.

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Up for bid: Original interview working tapes

Posted May 24, 2012 by Floydian Slip

We’ve put up for bid some interesting working tapes from the 2001 “Floydian Slip” interview with Pink Floyd recording engineer Andy Jackson.

These tapes were the result of assembling Jackson’s responses with our own re-recorded questions. Host Craig Bailey conducted the interview over the phone, without bothering to record the questions. Jackson recorded himself in a professional studio on his end for high fidelity, and mailed “Floydian Slip” a CD, which he’d burned at Astoria, David Gilmour‘s houseboat recording studio.

In addition to working with Floyd since “The Wall” movie (1982), Jackson’s an accomplished recording engineer who’s worked with Dream Academy and Boomtown Rats, among others.

Bid at eBay.

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David Gilmour guest appearance to be issued on compilation

Posted May 23, 2012 by Floydian Slip

A guest appearance Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour made in 1975 will be issued as part of a new compilation.

“When Your Life Is Your Own,” a recording Gilmour made with David Courtney, was first made available on CD when Courney’s 1975 “First Day” album was reissued as “First Day: The Complete Story” in spring 2010.

The new Courtney compilation, “The Show Must Go On,” will be made available June 11 in the U.K.; July 10 in the U.S.

Courtney’s first successes came as a songwriter for Leo Sayer and Adam Faith. As a producer, he’s done work with Roger Daltrey, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

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Just arrived: “Young Lust” demo

Posted January 14, 2012 by Floydian Slip

We’re enjoying hearing an early band demo of Pink Floyd‘s “Young Lust,” the first promo item shipped by EMI in anticipation of February’s re-release of “The Wall.”

Due Feb. 28, the “Immersion” and “Experience” editions of the album will include previously unreleased demos and alternate recordings, such as this one.

Both editions will include an alternate version of “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 1,” as well as “The Doctor,” an early version of what would become “Comfortably Numb.”

The 7-disc “Immersion” set will also include David Gilmour‘s original demos of “Comfortably Numb” and “Run Like Hell” among many other rarities.

Listen for this band demo of “Young Lust” on Floydian Slip show #824, airing on all affiliate stations Jan. 19-25.

Correction: We’ll play it on show #825, Jan. 26-Feb. 1.

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“Why Pink Floyd” promo sampler received

Posted September 17, 2011 by Floydian Slip

We’ve just received a 6-track promotional sampler from the upcoming “Why Pink Floyd?” reissue campaign.

The sampler contains previously unreleased material that will be made available Sept. 27 as part of the Experience and Immersion editions of “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

Five tracks — “Breathe,” “Time,” “Money,” “Us and Them” and “Brain Damage/Eclipse” are taken from a 1974 Wembley show. The 6th is a demo of “Money” by Roger Waters.

We’ll feature some or all of the tracks on “Floydian Slip” #807, beginning Sept. 23.

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