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Contest: Scarfe book winner announced

Posted October 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to the winner of a copy of Gerald Scarfe’s new book, “The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall”:

Jeppe Egede Skjoldahl
Thisted Kommune, Denmark

Details on our next contest soon …

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Heritage/Roger Waters contest winner

Posted October 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to Derrick Garceau of St. Albans, Vt., who won the Heritage/H-Team contest to see Roger Waters live in Montreal next week.

Derrick won two floor tickets to see the show at the Bell Centre, along with Heritage swag and $100 spending cash — a prize package worth $700!

Maybe we’ll see you at the show, Derrick. Then, again, we’ll be seated in the nosebleed seats, so our paths probably won’t cross. 😉

Heritage and The H-Team are sponsors of “Floydian Slip.”

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Contest: Win Gerald Scarfe’s “The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall”

Posted October 11, 2010 by Floydian Slip

We’re giving away a couple copies of Gerald Scarfe‘s excellent new book, “The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall.”

The book follows Gerald’s relationship with Floyd, starting in the early-’70s and concert animations for “Wish You Were Here.” It covers the evolution of “The Wall” in all its forms — album, stage show, film and Roger Waters‘s current tour.

Waters writes the book’s foreword.

Enter to win now. Prizes shipped postage-free to winners courtesy Da Capo Press. Deadline: 6 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 18.

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3D preview of new Orb/David Gilmour album

Posted October 7, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Sony has made available a 3D virtual tour of “Metallic Spheres,” the new collaboration between The Orb and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.

Visitors can examine the CD from all angles; flip through the disc’s booklet; and listen to each track.

“Metallic Spheres” will be released Oct. 12. Buy it online now. Your purchase supports “Floydian Slip.”

Take the virtual tour.

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3D preview of new Syd Barrett compilation

Posted October 6, 2010 by Floydian Slip

EMI has made available a 3D virtual tour of the new album “An Introduction to Syd Barrett.”

Visitors can examine the CD from all angles; flip through the disc’s booklet; and listen to each track, with the exception of “Rhamadan,” the previously-unreleased 20-minute instrumental that’ll be made available to owners of the disc via download.

“An Introduction to Syd Barrett” will be released Nov. 9. Buy it online now. Your purchase supports “Floydian Slip.”

Take the virtual tour.

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Fender introduces Roger Waters bass

Posted October 5, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Fender has begun selling a Roger Waters Precision Bass, named for the co-founder (and bassist) of Pink Floyd.

Black on black with a maple neck, it shares similar specs at the one used by Waters, who’s currently touring Floyd’s opus “The Wall.”

Retail price is $1,199.99. New Fender basses run from $779.99 to $3,129.99.

Full specs for the Roger Waters bass are available at the Fender site.

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Floyd stores remaining open; switching hosts

Posted October 4, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Contrary to what we published last week, the official Web stores of Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and Syd Barrett will remain open, though are moving to a different hosting company.

Last Thursday, Musictoday’s Clayton Avent informed participants in the company’s affiliate program that the stores were leaving Musictoday and “closing.”

Today, S2BN Entertainment’s Sara Israel clarified: “We are just in the process of switching companies that host the store. The store will most likely be re-launching in the next month with a new design.”

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Nick Mason drums for peace in Sudan

Posted September 22, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason was one of many who participated in a new video to promote peace in Sudan.

The 4-minute “Beat For Peace” clip is part of a campaign focused on a meeting of world leaders about to be held at the United Nations this Friday.

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Lawsuit filed over Roger Waters merchandising

Posted September 21, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Live Nation Merchandising Inc. filed suit in U.S. District Court in Boston over the use of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters’ image on T-shirts and other merchandise.

The suit doesn’t name those it accuses of marketing the merchandise around Waters’ current tour of “The Wall.”

Live Nation says it has the exclusive right to market merchandise before, during and after “The Wall” performances.

Bootleg concert merchandise … there’s something you don’t see everyday.

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Video: Orb/David Gilmour

Posted September 17, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Amazon.com has online a 5-minute video about the making of The Orb‘s upcoming album “Metallic Spheres,” featuring Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour (right).

The video features interviews with Alex Patterson (left) of The Orb and producer Youth, and includes quite a bit of footage of Gilmour playing.

The album is to be released Oct. 12 in the U.S.

Watch the video online.

Read more about the album in our previous post (“Orb album to feature David Gilmour”).

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