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Congratulations to winners of free downloads of the new Today in Pink Floyd iPhone/iPad app:

• Jeffery Church, De Kalb, NY
• Saul Anaya, San Francisco, CA
• Gary Trollinger, Vacaville, CA
• Colin Smith, Sutton West, Ontario, Canada
• Jorun Ostbo, Slattum, Nittedal, Norway

Congratulations to winners of 1-year subscriptions to Sound+Vision magazine, beginning with the current Pink Floyd issue:

• Phillip Brickey, Fullerton, CA
• Ken Galvin, Terenure, Dublin, Ireland
• Donald Tripp, Underhill, VT
• Carlos Culquichicón, Lima, San Isidro, Peru
• Eric Osborne, Albuquerque, NM
• Douglas Babb, Indianapolis, IN
• Eric Prentice, Mt Eliza, Vic, Australia
• Gordon Levy, Gaithersburg, MD
• Lou Yaccarino, Leesburg, FL
• Paul Nelson, Milton, VT

Congratulations to Rachel Steiner of Springfield, Ohio — the winner of Mojo’s “Return to the Dark Side of the Moon,” a song-by-song reinterpretation of Floyd’s album by various artists.

This gatefold LP is available for sale in the U.S. at Barnes & Noble stores.

Register online now to win a copy of Mojo’s “Return to the Dark Side of the Moon” — a song-for-song remake of Pink Floyd’s seminal 1973 album from a variety of artists.

This gatefold LP retails for £13.99 ($22.36) and comes complete with Issue #215 of Mojo, featuring new interviews with David Gilmour and Nick Mason.

Prize courtesy of Mojo. Deadline to register: 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 28.

This special edition of Mojo is also available for purchase at Barnes & Noble stores.

Register now.

Los Angeles-based Which One’s Pink? took first place in our “Surrogate Bands Pink Floyd Cover Contest.”

We judged the band’s cover of “Embryo” the best entry received.

As first place winner, the group gets $250 in merchandise from Boston Acoustics.

Our runner-up, selected by random draw, is Vyacheslav Lavrynenko of Gorlivka, Donetsk, Ukraine. Vyacheslav wins $75 in Floyd merchandise from The Official Web Store of Pink Floyd.

Thanks to everyone who entered.

The results are in. And the best Pink Floyd album cover, as voted by you, is … “Wish You Were Here.” The band’s 1975 album beat “Dark Side of the Moon” by a single vote.

Though we didn’t cast a ballot ourselves, we here at “Floydian Slip” agree: The art for “Wish You Were Here” perhaps best captures the spirit of the music contained within, and jibes perfectly with the band’s enigmatic vibe. For our money, “Animals” should have been the runner-up.

The biggest surprise on the list, in our humble opinion? “Meddle,” which came in 6th place. It’s one of our least favorite covers. But, then again, there’s no accounting for taste. (For those of you confused as to what the image on “Meddle” actually is: It’s an ear superimposed on ripples in water.)

Thanks to everyone who voted. The complete results are below.

Sound+Vision winners

We promised to draw at random to select three voters to receive 1-year subscriptions to Sound+Vision magazine. Our winners are:

1. Chris Devaney, North Reading, MA
2. Raymond Garcia, Glendale, CA
3. Rich Greenbaum, West Sacramento, CA

We’re wrapping up our contest to see which Pink Floyd album cover is your favorite.

If you haven’t already, cast your vote by replying to this message: “Contest: Pick your favorite Pink Floyd album cover“. We’ll draw from all voters to give away a few free 1-year subscriptions to Sound+Vision magazine, and report the results next week.

Deadline to vote: 6 p.m. (EDT) Monday, May 23.