Personnel

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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David Gilmour to receive honorary doctorate

Posted October 13, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts from the Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.

He’s being honored for his outstanding contribution to music as a writer, performer and innovator.

The degree will be presented to Gilmour at graduation ceremonies held at the university’s East Road campus in Cambridge at 5 p.m. Nov. 11.

Gilmour attended Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, a part of what is now Anglia Ruskin University.

He still has close ties with the university, most recently supporting the Syd Barrett tribute project The City Wakes from the Cambridge School of Art.

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Contest winners: “Syd Barrett Legend”

Posted October 6, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to winners of Bob Cairns’ book:

Justin Cozzens, Charlotte, Vt.
Dave King, Paoli, Pa.
Eric Burns, Clinton, Mich.
Felipe Colon, Chicago Heights, Ill.

The 176-page paperback traces the Floyd frontman’s life from his early days in Cambridge to psychedelic sensation to mysterious recluse.

The book also includes Barrett’s full body of lyrics, published for the first time in any single work.

Retail value: £11.69 ($18.65). Prizes courtesy of U.K. publisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Ltd.

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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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Rick Wright estate worth £24 million

Posted September 29, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Rick Wright‘s will recently revealed the Pink Floyd co-founder and keyboardist’s estate was worth £23.7 million when he died last year.

Documents made public yesterday indicate the fortune will mostly be shared among his children James, 42; Gala, 39; and Ben.

None of Wright’s three ex-wives were mentioned in the will.

The U.K.’s Daily Mail also reported Wright set aside £20,000 to throw a “really good party” for his friends. The guest list will be the responsibility of James and Gala.

Sometime Floyd bassist Guy Pratt, who is also married to Gala, will receive Wright’s Bosendorfer piano.

Wright died of cancer at his home in London Sept. 15 of last year. He was 65.

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Syd Barrett book published

Posted September 26, 2009 by Floydian Slip

U.K. publisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Ltd. has published “Syd Barrett Legend” by Bob Cairns.

The 176-page paperback traces the Floyd frontman’s life from his early days in Cambridge to psychedelic sensation to mysterious recluse.

The book also includes Barrett’s full body of lyrics, published for the first time in any single work.

Cairns, who has spent his career working in the construction field, has been a Floyd fan for 40 years.

The title is available for Â£11.69 through Amazon.co.uk.

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David Gilmour one of “100 greatest guitarists”

Posted September 25, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Admittedly, any list of top guitarists that didn’t include Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour would be bigger news than any that did. Nonetheless, it’s worth noting the U.K.’s Classic Rock magazine has featured him on its list of “100 greatest guitarists of all time” published in the September issue.

The peer-generated list created by polling 100 guitarists includes a write-up about Gilmour by Marillion‘s Steve Rothery.

“It’s down to playing what the song requires, and no more, basically. If somebody’s playing fast for a reason, that’s great, but mindless shredding has never really done much for me,” Rothery writes. “A lot of what Gilmour does is about feel and emotion and atmosphere.”

Well put.

A couple pages later you can read Gilmour’s tribute to Jeff Beck.

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Mason wins at Goodwood Revival

Posted September 22, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd drummer and auto enthusiast Nick Mason took the prize in his race Sunday at the Goodwood Revival, a nostalgic three-day auto event.

Mason pushed his 1930s Aston Martin Ulster (pictured) to an average speed of 77.25 MPH to come in first in the Brooklands Trophy race.

Twenty-three drivers competed in the race.

Goodwood Revival is held each year in West Sussex, 60 miles outside London, 30 miles from Southampton.

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Lily Allen takes a poke at the Floyd

Posted September 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip

London’s Metro newspaper reports 24-year-old singer/songwriter Lily Allen has spoken out against file sharing.

Her comments, posted on her MySpace page, are in response to a recent Times story quoting Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason suggesting prosecuting those who illegally share music files is misguided and shortsighted.

“I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O’Brien from Radiohead don’t seem to think so,” she wrote.

“These guys from huge bands said file-sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world.

“For new talent though, file-sharing is a disaster as it’s making it harder and harder for new acts to emerge.

“You don’t start out in music with the Ferraris. Instead you get a huge debt from your record company, which you spend years working your arse off to repay.”

The Ferrari reference would seem to be a jab at Mason’s impressive auto collection.

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