Pink 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.”
