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Orb album to feature David Gilmour

Posted August 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip

The Orb‘s “Metallic Spheres” album, to be released this fall, will feature guitar work by Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour.

Gilmour’s contributions come from a jam session with Martin “Youth” Glover (Killing Joke), originally intended only for an ambient remix of “Chicago,” the Graham Nash song Gilmour helped re-record to benefit alleged UK computer hacker and cause celebre Gary McKinnon.

“Metallic Spheres” will be released in October, with all artist royalties going to benefit McKinnon’s plight to fight extradition to the United States.

There will be two versions of the CD release: A standard, single-disc version; and a two-disc deluxe set. The deluxe version will include the standard CD, along with a second disc presenting the material in 3D60™ sound.

3D60™ is a new sound production process developed by Glover, sound engineer Mike Brady (The Jam) and Ian Thompson that simulates three-dimensional sound without any special equipment needed.

The album will also be available on vinyl and as a download on iTunes.

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Full video: Water/Gilmour reunion show

Posted August 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Nearly a half-hour, this is the full video of the reunion of Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters and David Gilmour from July’s Hoping Foundation charity event.

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Video: Waters/Gilmour reunion performance

Posted August 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters has made available a “two-minute taster” of his reunion gig with David Gilmour, which took place at the Hoping Foundation charity event in July.

“The sound quality is crap but it was a great night for me, and for him, and also for ‘US and THEM’,” he writes on his Web site.

The video seems to be a hand-held job, shot from the audience of 200.

The duo have given the entire 29-minute set to the foundation, which plans to post it at 5 p.m. Monday UK time.

Watch the video online.

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New Syd Barrett compilation to include lost track

Posted August 13, 2010 by Floydian Slip

This fall, EMI/Harvest will release “An Introduction to Syd Barrett,” a compilation of remixed and remastered songs Pink Floyd‘s co-founder recorded with the band and during his brief solo career.

The title will include as a bonus track “Rhamadan,” a previously unreleased Barrett recording, to be made available as a download.

Floyd’s David Gilmour is Executive Producer of the album. Working with Damon Iddins and Andy Jackson at his Astoria houseboat studio, he’s remixed six tracks for the project: “Matilda Mother”; “Here I Go”; “Octopus”; “She Took a Long Cold Look,” renamed here “She Took a Long Cool Look”; “Octopus”; and “Here I Go,” which now features a bass guitar track, lacking in the original recording.

Jackson remastered all the other tracks from the analoge originals.

“Rhamadan” is a 20-minute instrumental by Barrett, which has never-before been released. It’ll be available as a download to those who purchase the CD or the entire album online.

Track list is as follows:

Arnold Layne
See Emily Play
Apples and Oranges (Stereo)
Matilda Mother (2010 Mix)
Chapter 24
Bike
Terrapin
Love You
Dark Globe
Here I Go (2010 Mix)
Octopus (2010 Mix)
She Took a Long Cool Look (2010 Mix)
If It’s In You
Baby Lemonade
Dominoes (2010 Mix)
Gigolo Aunt
Effervescing Elephant
Bob Dylan Blues

The CD will be sold in a Digipak sleeve by long-time Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson along with a 20-page booklet containing lyrics.

“An Introduction to Syd Barrett” will be released Oct. 4.

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Contest: Win “The Wall Live in Berlin” on DVD

Posted July 22, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Enter to win a DVD copy of Roger Waters’ “The Wall Live in Berlin” on the 20th anniversary of that concert, July 21, 1990.

With a cast of more than 100 and more than 200,000 people in attendance, Waters’ most-recent performance of “The Wall” took place on the site of the former Berlin Wall, just months after its collapse.

This 2003 DVD contains the complete concert remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound, a new documentary, set and character designs, and unseen footage.

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Floydian Slip songlist #744

Posted July 12, 2010 by Floydian Slip

“Remembering Syd Barrett”
(Died July 7, 2006)

Bike
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Lucifer Sam
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Chapter 24
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Gigolo Aunt
The Peel Session (Syd Barrett) (1995)
Baby Lemonade
The Peel Session (Syd Barrett) (1995)
Arnold Layne
The Early Singles (1992)
Candy and a Currant Bun
The Early Singles (1992)
Terrapin
The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970)
Here I Go
The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970)
Octopus
The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970)
Wined and Dined
Barrett (Syd Barrett) (1970)
Bob Dylan Blues
Wouldn’t You Miss Me (Syd Barrett) (2001)
Jugband Blues
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)

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David Gilmour, Roger Waters perform together

Posted July 11, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pigs flew last night at an Oxfordshire, England, charity event, when Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters performed live together.

Appearing in Kidlington for a concert to benefit the Hoping Foundation, the two played four songs together, accompanied by Guy Pratt, on bass and acoustic guitar; Harry Waters, on keyboards; Andy Newmark, on drums; Chester Kamen, on guitar; and Jonjo Grisdale, also on keyboards.

The set contained four songs: Floyd classics “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two),” along with Phil Spector’s “To Know Him Is To Love Him.”

The photo is from a rehearsal for the event.

Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come.

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Floydian Slip preview #744

Posted July 9, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for a special Floydian Slip #744: “Remembering Syd Barrett.”

It’s been four years since the enigmatic founder of Pink Floyd passed away, July 7, 2006. His short burst of extraordinary musical creativity in the late-’60s — followed by 30 years of reclusiveness — made him one of rock’s most intriguing players.

We’ll take a listen to material Syd recorded with the Floyd as well as plenty of solo material.

Hear it:

KTHO 590 AM/96.1 FM “K-Tahoe”
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. USA
Sat, 6-7 pm (PDT)
WDVT 94.5 FM “The Drive”
Rutland, Vt. USA
Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
WBKM “Burlington’s Kinda Music”
(Online radio station)
Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
ErrorFM Channel 2 “Indiepop”
(Online radio station)
Sat, 11 pm-12; Sun, 1-2 pm (EDT)
WIZN 106.7 FM “The Wizard”
Burlington, Vt. USA
Sun, 8-9 pm (EDT)
WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959”
Panama City, Fla. USA
Sun, 11 pm-12 am (CDT)

(All times are local times)

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Rare Barrett recording goes unsold

Posted July 7, 2010 by Floydian Slip

A rare live recording of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett went on the auction block last month, but failed to sell.

“I am currently awaiting to see if a pending post-sale offer is to be completed,” Bonhams auction house consultant Stephen Maycock told Floydian Slip.

Maycock says bidders failed to reach a reserve price for the recording, which expected to fetch upwards of $5,000, on the day of the auction June 23. He declined to name the reserve price.

The reel of ½-inch tape contains a concert performed Jan. 27, 1972, at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England. The show included Barrett in one of his last live performances sitting-in for three numbers with the Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band: “Number Nine,” “Gotta Be a Reason,” “Let’Roll,” and “Sweet Little Angel.”

The recording also includes performances by Hawkwind and Pink Fairies.

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Video: David Gilmour with Al Green

Posted June 20, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour recently joined the Rev. Al Green to do “Let’s Stay Together” on the BBC 1 TV’s “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.”

BBC America will air the episode Friday, June 25, at 10:20 p.m. EDT.

The video’s also available on YouTube: