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David Gilmour to appear on Peter Green tribute album

Posted February 25, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Tonight’s all-star concert to honor Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green and featuring Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour will be released as a live album and concert documentary.

Tonight’s show, billed as “Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate The Music of Peter Green,” at the London Palladium has sold-out.

But on Oct. 16, fans will be able to purchase a 4 LP/2 CD/Blue-ray book set of the performance, which also includes Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Pete Townsend (The Who), Johnny Lang, Roger Waters collaborator Andy Fairweather Low, John Mayall, Zak Starkey, Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) and Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac). Executive sound producer for the project is Glyn Johns.

The audio portion of the package will contain the concert performance, while the Blu-ray will contain footage from the concert and documentary material.

The set is priced at $194.99 and is available for pre-order now.

Pre-order purchases include your name in the concert documentary credits, a reproduction signed concert poster and set list.


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1246

Posted February 25, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1246:

  • Floyd from The Wall (1979) and The Final Cut (1983)
  • David Gilmour recorded live in 2002 with special guest Rick Wright
  • Soundtrack music from ’69
  • 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 #1245

Posted February 24, 2020 by Floydian Slip

“In the Flesh: An Hour of Live Pink Floyd”

  1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond/Learning to Fly (Venice 1989)
    The Later Years: 1987–2019 (2019)
  2. Murder (London 1984)
    Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour (1984)
  3. One of These Days (Pompeii 1971)
    The Early Years: 1965–1972 (2016)
  4. Wish You Were Here (Knebworth 1990)
    The Later Years: 1987–2019 (2019)
  5. The Bravery of Being Out of Range (North America 2000)
    In the Flesh (Roger Waters) (2000)
  6. Embryo (BBC July 16, 1970)
    The Early Years: 1965–1972 (2016)

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Win: Tickets for “Live at the Roundhouse” featuring Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets

Posted February 20, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Register now to win a pair of tickets to see the new concert film “Live at the Roundhouse” featuring Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, playing one night only, March 10.

Each winner also receives a Saucerful of Secrets poster. And … one Grand Prize winner gets a poster autographed by the band.

Prizes courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing.

Register to win now.


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1245

Posted February 17, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1245: It’s a special program called “In the Flesh.” Join us for an hour of Pink Floyd recorded live:

  • Floyd from Venice 1989
  • The band recorded at Pompeii in 1971
  • Roger Waters from his “In the Flesh” tour in 2000
  • 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 #1244

Posted February 17, 2020 by Floydian Slip

  1. Southampton Dock/The Final Cut
    The Final Cut (1983)
  2. A Boat Lies Waiting
    Rattle That Lock (David Gilmour) (2015)
  3. One Slip
    A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
  4. Fearless
    Live at the Roundhouse (Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets) (2020)
  5. Cirrus Minor
    More (Film soundtrack) (1969)
  6. There Is an Ocean (*Floydian Slip Up*)
    Essence to Essence (Donovan) (1973)
  7. Sheep
    Animals (1977)

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“Floydian Slip” coming to WRZZ 106.1 FM (Parkersburg, WV)

Posted February 15, 2020 by Floydian Slip

“Floydian Slip” will begin airing on WRZZ 106.1 FM in Parkersburg, WV, starting Wednesday, March 4.  The station will carry the show Wednesdays at 6 p.m. ET.

“Classic Rock Z106.1” is a 3,300-watt classic rock station serving greater Parkersburg, the state’s third largest city.

It’s the latest station to join the Random Precision Radio Network, a collection of more than 100 broadcasters that air “Floydian Slip,” produced in our Shelburne, Vt., studio.

Shine on, Parkersburg!


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David Gilmour joins Polly Samson on book tour

Posted February 12, 2020 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour will join his writing partner and wife, Polly Samson, in making three appearances to promote Samson’s new book, “A Theatre for Dreamers.”

Billed as “an evening of words and music,” Gilmour tweeted, “I’ll be performing a few songs, including a new one — ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’ —  which we wrote together, inspired by the book.”

Samson has been Gilmour’s go-to lyricist beginning with Pink Floyd’s 1994 album “The Division Bell.”

Journalist Rosie Boycott will moderate the conversation with Samson at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, March 30; Town Hall, Birmingham, March 31; and Central Hall Westminster, London, April 2.

Tickets range from £38-£44 and go on sale 10 a.m. GMT Friday, Feb. 14:

Birmingham – http://bit.ly/ATFDbham
Manchester – http://bit.ly/ATFDmcr
London – http://bit.ly/ATFDlondon

Tickets include a signed first edition of the book; and a photo of Samson and Gilmour taken on the Greek island of Hydra, where the story takes place, signed by them both.

Bloomsbury Circus will publish “A Theatre for Dreamers” on April 2.

More details at pollysamson.com.


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1244

Posted February 11, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1244:

  • Floyd from Animals (1977) and A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
  • A preview of Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets’ upcoming live album “Live at the Roundhouse”
  • Music from The Final Cut (1983)
  • 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 #1243

Posted February 10, 2020 by Floydian Slip

  1. Master of Ceremonies
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  2. In the Flesh?
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  3. The Thin Ice
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  4. Another Brick in the Wall Pt 1
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  5. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  6. Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2
    Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  7. Smell the Roses
    Is This the Life We Really Want? (Roger Waters) (2017)
  8. The Gold It’s in the …
    Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  9. Ibiza Bar
    More (Film soundtrack) (1969)
  10. Moonage Daydream (*Floydian Slip Up*)
    The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie) (1972)
  11. Paintbox
    Relics (1971)

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