Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd stage designer’s estate worth £7 million

Posted January 24, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Mark Fisher, who designed elaborate stages for Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, U2 and many others, left behind an estate valued at £7,132,622.

Fisher, who died last year on June 25, designed the original show of “The Wall” in 1980, as well as Roger Waters‘ performance of the show in Berlin, Germany, in 1990 and its most recent world tour in 2010-13.

He also designed for Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in 1987-89 and The Division Bell shows of ’94.

The £7 million figure was released by the Probate Office in London. The net amount after outstanding debt was settled was £6,835,331, the equivalent of $11.3 million.

See “Pink Floyd stage designer Mark Fisher dies”

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Roger Waters to be made honorary citizen of Anzio

Posted January 23, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Officials of the Italian city of Anzio will make Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters an honorary citizen.The city will hold a ceremony Feb. 18, 70 years to the day Waters’ father, Eric Fletcher Waters, died at the Battle of Anzio.

In addition to honoring Roger, officials will erect a monument to his father, inscribed with the lyrics to Roger’s “Two Suns in the Sunset” from Pink Floyd’s “The Final Cut” (1983).

Waters received details of his father’s death only last autumn, when WWII vet Harry Shindler discovered a War Diary describing the day’s events. (See “New documents reveal final day of Roger Water’s father“)

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“Floydian Slip” preview #929

Posted January 23, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #929:

Floyd from The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and Ummagumma (1969)
A cut from The Wall (1979)
Syd Barrett from The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970)
And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 50 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.

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“Floydian Slip” songlist #928

Posted January 22, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
The Final Cut (1983)
The Fletcher Memorial Home
The Final Cut (1983)
5:06 am (Every Stranger’s Eyes)/5:11 am (The Moment of Clarity)
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Roger Waters) (1984)
Wish You Were Here (Stephane Grappelli version)
Wish You Were Here (1975 [Immersion boxset])
Love You (2012 remaster)
An Introduction to Syd Barrett (Syd Barrett) (2010)
Flaming (U.S. single mono mix)
45 single
Learning to Fly
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
A Great Day for Freedom
David Gilmour in Concert (DVD) (David Gilmour) (2002)
Wots … Uh the Deal
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Fat Old Sun
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
San Tropez
Meddle (1971)

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“Floydian Slip” coming to Radio Arcadia

Posted January 20, 2014 by Floydian Slip

“Floydian Slip” will begin streaming on Radio Arcadia on Monday, Jan. 26.

The station is a streaming operation with studios in Toronto, Canada. It’ll carry the show Mondays at 11 p.m. ET.

More than 50 affiliate stations have now joined the show’s Random Precision Radio Network, created in Summer 2009 when we began syndicating our show from our Vermont studio.

Shine on, Arcadia!

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Winners: 2014 Pink Floyd wall calendar

Posted January 16, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to winners of the official 2014 Pink Floyd wall calendar. Prizes courtesy of shop.pinkfloyd.com.

Royal Greer
Crystal Beach, ON

Larry Trezil
Hazel Park, MI

Vyacheslav Lavrynenko
Horlivka, Urkaine

Richard Single
Burlington, VT

Alex Bolbat
Moscow, Russian Federation

Rob Milteer
Carolina Beach, NC

Scott Beck
Chicago, IL

Patrick Keenan
Farmington, NY

John O’Connell
Pottstown, PA

Richard Csonka
Miskolc, Hungary

Gerbert Verheij
Utrecht, Netherlands

Ian Schulze
Bristol, VT

Cameron Mayer
Jacksonville, FL

Andy Litteer
Clay, NY

Robert Roddy
Naples, FL

Martin Kilbride
Enniscorthy, Ireland

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“Floydian Slip” preview #928

Posted January 16, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #928:

Floyd from Obscured by Clouds (1972) and Atom Heart Mother (1970)
David Gilmour from the 2001 Meltdown festival
Tracks from The Final Cut (1983)
And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 50 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.

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“Floydian Slip” songlist #927

Posted January 15, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Take It Back
The Division Bell (1994)
Three Wishes
Amused to Death (Roger Waters) (1992)
The Gunner’s Dream
The Final Cut (1983)
Free Four
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Crumbling Land
Zabriskie Point (Film soundtrack) (1970)
Golf Girl (*Floydian Slip Up*)
In the Land of Gray and Pink (Caravan) (1971)
Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
Dogs of War
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
Along the Shoreline
Broken China (Rick Wright) (1996)

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Lost Syd Barrett recording to be released

Posted January 10, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Easy Action plans to release one of the last known live performances of Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett.

The label’s managing director, Carlton Sandercock, tells “Floydian Slip,” “We have indeed purchased and are preparing to release a live set by The Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band featuring Bruce Pain, Jack Monk and Twink. Guesting is Fred Frith and, on two maybe three songs, Syd Barrett.

“The music played in this set is a million miles away from anything Pink Floyd have ever done,” he adds.

The performance was recorded Jan. 27, 1972, at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England.

The set list is as follows:

Sea Cruise
L.A. to London Boogie
ICE
Nadine
Drinkin’ That Wine
Number Nine (Gotta Be Reason)
Let’s Roll
Sweet Little Angel

Auction house Bonhams put up for bid a reel tape of the show in June 2010. Expecting to fetch $5,000, the item didn’t meet its reserve price and was later sold to Easy Action. (See “Rare Syd Barrett recording up for auction” and “Rare Barrett recording goes unsold“)

The label plans to release the recording, possibly as a vinyl-only release to being with, in March.

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