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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1011

Posted August 31, 2015 by Floydian Slip

  1. Speak to Me
    The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  2. Breathe in the Air
    The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  3. On the Run
    The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  4. Time
    The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  5. The Great Gig in the Sky
    The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  6. Fat Old Sun
    Live in Gdansk (David Gilmour) (2008)
  7. Julia Dream
    Relics (1971)
  8. Ibiza Bar
    More (Film soundtrack) (1969)
  9. Freedom (*Floydian Slip Up*)
    Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight (Jimi Hendrix) (1970)
  10. To Kill a Child
    Roger Waters (2004)
  11. When You’re In
    Obscured by Clouds (1972)

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Inflatable pig grounded from auction

Posted August 29, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Algie, the inflatable pig that famously flew over the Battersea Power Station on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 “Animals” album, won’t be going up for bid after all.

Thursday we reported Durrants would be auctioning the pig, along with a number of other rock and roll inflatables created by Rob Harries, owner of Air Artists in Halesworth, creator of the items.

Turns out the auction house was premature in listing Algie as part of the auction.

“The auctioneers rather jumped the gun with the list I provided them and publicized the fact the Pink Floyd pig might be one of the lots,” Harries tells the BBC.

“I thought I should offer it back to Pink Floyd and they do want to welcome it home again.”

The Sept. 15 auction will still include a 15-foot anatomically-correct pig used by the Floyd after Roger Waters’ departure from the group; and a 60-foot pig’s head and the teacher inflatable used during Waters’ 1990 concert of “The Wall” in Berlin, Germany.

Details of the auction will be available at the Durrants website.


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Roger Waters launches You! Yes You!

Posted August 27, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters has launched a new Tumblr site at you-yes-you.com to promote the Sept. 29 release of the film “Roger Waters The Wall.”

Fans can share their favorite Wall artwork, tour memories and memorabilia on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Instagram ­tagged with #YouYesYou;­ or email them to info@you-yes-you.com.

Selected items will be featured on the new site. The site will award limited edition prizes leading up to the Sept. 29 showing.


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Pink Floyd inflatables to hit auction block

Posted August 27, 2015 by Floydian Slip

A number of Pink Floyd inflatables, including the pig that flew over Battersea Power Station on the cover of the band’s 1977 album “Animals,” will be going up for bid.

On Sept. 15, Durrants will auction off a collection of rock and roll inflatables, which also includes items associated with Roger Waters‘, solo; Queen; The Rolling Stones and others.

Other Floyd-related items will include a 15-foot anatomically-correct pig used by the Floyd after Waters’ departure from the group; and a 60-foot pig’s head and the teacher inflatable used during Waters’ 1990 concert of “The Wall” in Berlin, Germany.

The items come from Rob Harries, owner of Air Artists in Halesworth, creator of the items.

Algie (pictured), the pig from the “Animals” cover, famously broke free from its tether during photography. Listen to Hipgnosis’s Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell tell the story when we spoke with him in January.

Details of the auction will be available at the Durrants website.


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1011

Posted August 25, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1011:

  • Floyd from The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  • David Gilmour live from 2008
  • A Floydian Slip-Up from a classic rock legend’s final UK performance
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 65 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1010

Posted August 24, 2015 by Floydian Slip

  1. Echoes
    Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii (1972)
  2. Your Possible Pasts
    The Final Cut (1983)
  3. Goodbye Blue Sky
    The Wall (1979)
  4. Obscured by Clouds
    Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  5. Sail to the Moon (*Floydian Slip Up*)
    Hail to the Thief (Radiohead) (2003)
  6. Louder Than Words
    The Endless River (2014)

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David Gilmour covers The Beatles

Posted August 20, 2015 by Floydian Slip

The upcoming issue of Mojo magazine includes a previously unreleased David Gilmour recording of The Beatles‘ “Here There and Everywhere.”

Gilmour shared the recording, which he made with his son, Joe, with the magazine a couple of years ago. It’ll be included in the “David Gilmour & Friends” CD that ships with Mojo issue 263, on newsstands starting Aug. 25.

“I really wish I had been in The Beatles,” Gilmour tells Mojo. “[They] taught me how to play guitar, I learnt everything. The bass parts, the lead, the rhythm, everything. They were fantastic.”

The other tracks on the CD are from artists who have collaborated with Gilmour over the years, such as Robert Wyatt, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Ben Watt, The Orb, Phil Manzanara and others.

Gilmour is featured on a total of six of the tracks.

The issue also includes an interview with Gilmour.


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1010

Posted August 18, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1010:

  • Floyd from Obscured by Clouds (1972) and The Endless River (2014)
  • We’ll have music from “Live at Pompeii” on the anniversary of that concert film’s U.S. premiere in 1974
  • A track from The Final Cut (1983)
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 65 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1009

Posted August 17, 2015 by Floydian Slip

  1. What God Wants Pt 2
    Amused to Death (Roger Waters) (1992)
  2. Empty Spaces/Young Lust
    The Wall (1979)
  3. Sorrow
    Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
  4. Green Is the Colour
    More (Film soundtrack) (1969)
  5. Absolutely Curtains
    Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  6. Darkness/Earth in Search of a Sun (*Floydian Slip Up*)
    Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live (1977)
  7. Poles Apart
    The Division Bell (1994)

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“Floydian Slip” coming to CJIM Online

Posted August 15, 2015 by Floydian Slip

“Floydian Slip” will begin airing on CJIM Online starting Aug. 23. The station will carry the show Sundays at 4 p.m. ET.

CJIM is a Montreal-based netcaster with an interesting history: The station was founded more than 30 years ago by amateur DJ James Goring who recorded his “radio shows” on cassette and passed them around to friends.

More than 60 affiliate stations have joined the show’s Random Precision Radio Network, created in Summer 2009 when we began syndicating our show from our Vermont studio.

Shine on, CJIM!


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