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“Floydian Slip” preview #1506

Posted February 18, 2025 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1506:

  • Floyd from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) and Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  • Roger Waters from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984)
  • The Atom Heart Mother suite performed in its entirety in Montreux in 1970
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 100 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1505

Posted February 17, 2025 by Floydian Slip

  1. Astronomy Domine
    Pulse (1995)
  2. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (Live at Knebworth)
    The Later Years: 1987–2019 (2019)
  3. The Last Refugee
    Us + Them (Roger Waters) (2020)
  4. The Dogs of War (Live at Atlanta)
    The Later Years: 1987–2019 (2019)
  5. Embryo (BBC Radio 1, Jul 16, 1970)
    The Early Years: 1965–1972 (2016)
  6. Then I Close My Eyes
    Live in Gda?sk (David Gilmour) (2008)

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David Gilmour to receive O2 Silver Clef Award

Posted February 13, 2025 by Floydian Slip

David GilmourMusic industry charity Nordoff and Robbins will award David Gilmour the 2025 O2 Silver Clef Award. The award is the organization’s highest honor and celebrates outstanding contributions to music.

“It’s such an honour to receive the O2 Silver Clef Award. Music speaks its own language and it’s inspiring to see Nordoff and Robbins using it to make a real difference to people’s lives,” Gilmour said. “What they do reminds us of music’s ability to reach across boundaries and bring people together.”

Other 2025 honorees include Rick Astley (Outstanding Achievement in Music Award), IDLES (Best Live Act) and Soul II Soul (Innovation in Music Award).

The winners will be honored at an evening gala July 2 in London. Inquiries about reserving a table of 10 at the event can be made online.

Nordoff and Robbins operates the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Centre in London and music therapy outreach projects. Its programs assist individuals with psychological, physical, or developmental disabilities using music therapy.


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1505

Posted February 11, 2025 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1505: It’s our annual all-live program “In the Flesh.” Listen for:

  • Live Floyd from Amsterdam 1969
  • Roger Waters from Us + Them
  • BBC tape the Paris Theatre 1970
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 100 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1504

Posted February 10, 2025 by Floydian Slip

  1. Vera
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  2. Bring the Boys Back Home
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  3. Comfortably Numb
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  4. Faces of Stone
    Rattle That Lock (David Gilmour) (2015)
  5. Cirrus Minor
    More (Film soundtrack) (1969)
  6. If
    Atom Heart Mother (1970)
  7. Chapter 24
    The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
  8. Village Green
    The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks) (1968)
  9. Broken Bones
    Is This the Life We Really Want? (Roger Waters) (2017)
  10. Poles Apart
    The Division Bell (1994)

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Floyd-related Record Store Day releases

Posted February 9, 2025 by Floydian Slip

Record Store Day 2025 offeringsPink Floyd fan have three releases to look forward to on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 12.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets will offer a 12-inch of the Floyd track “Echoes,” originally from the band’s “Meddle” album. Recorded Aug. 1, 2024, at the Centennial Hall in Frankfurt, Germany, it was mixed by Steven Wilson, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road, and plays inside-out for higher sound quality. The B-side includes etched artwork. Quantities are limited to 4,000.

David Gilmour will release a 12″ of The Montgolfier Brothers‘ “Between Two Points,” featuring his daugher, Romany Gilmour, on vocals. The disc includes the album version of the song from Gilmour’s “Luck and Strange” (2024); an exclusive live version recorded during his appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall; and two versions of a new Balearic-flavored remix by Rob Gentry, who played keyboards on the album and the tour. Pressed on clear vinyl, quantities are limited to 4,000.

Roger Waters will issue a limited edition neon pink vinyl LP of his live performance of “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux” (2023) recorded during two shows at the London Palladium in October 2023. It will feature a printed inner sleeve and 3mm spined LP sleeve. Quantities limited to 2,000.

According to the Record Store Day website, the event “was conceived in 2007 as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1,400 independently-owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands of similar stores internationally. The first Record Store Day took place on April 19, 2008.”


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“Floydian Slip” coming to WIRX/WYRX (South Bend, IN)

Posted February 4, 2025 by Floydian Slip

WIRX/WYRX“Floydian Slip” will begin airing on WIRX/WYRX at 107.1/94.3 FM in the South Bend, IN, area this weekend.  The stations will carry the show Sunday nights at 11.

The show is moving from Mid-West Family Southwest Michigan’s WQLQ “The Lake,” where it’s been heard for the past year in Benton Harbor, MI, on the digital subcarrier HD2 of 107.9 FM.

The company is making the switch to give “Floydian Slip” more prominence in the South Bend and Southwest Michigan area. WIRX 107.9 FM broadcasts at 1,200 watts from Benton Harbor. WYRX 94.3 FM broadcasts at 11,500 watts from South Bend.


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1504

Posted February 4, 2025 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1504:

  • Floyd from Atom Heart Mother (1970) and The Division Bell (1994)
  • Roger Waters solo from 2017
  • Some live Floyd on the 45th anniversary of “The Wall” tour opening in Los Angeles in 1980
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 100 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1503

Posted February 3, 2025 by Floydian Slip

  1. One Slip
    A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
  2. Goodbye Blue Sky
    The Wall (1979)
  3. Breathe
    Music from ‘The Body’ (Film soundtrack) (Roger Waters & Ron Geesin) (1970)
  4. Let There Be More Light
    Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Live at the Roundhouse (Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets) (2020)
  5. Welcome to the Machine
    In the Flesh (Roger Waters) (2000)
  6. Coming Back to Life
    The Division Bell (1994)
  7. Inside the Red Pyramid (*Floydian Slip Up*)
    Soup (Stick Men) (2010)
  8. Country Song
    Zabriskie Point (Film soundtrack) (1970)
  9. Fat Old Sun (BBC Radio session, July 16, 1970)
    The Early Years: 1965–1972 (2016)

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“Floydian Slip” preview #1503

Posted January 28, 2025 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1503:

  • Floyd from A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Wall (1979)
  • Drummer Nick Mason’s band Saucerful of Secrets playing out live some early Floyd
  • BBC tape from 1970
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 100 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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