Congratulations to our winners of copies of “Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon” by Bill Kopp:
- Darren DeVivo, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Michael Shogi, Johnston, RI
Prizes provided by publisher Rowman and Littlefield.
Winners: Reinventing Pink Floyd
Posted March 12, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Mono remaster of “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” coming
Posted March 6, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd will release a new heavy weight vinyl remaster of its first album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” (1967), on Record Store Day, April 21.
James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman remastered the album in mono working from the original ’67 mono mix.
Hipgnosis’s Aubrey Powell and Peter Curzon designed the cover for the new version, which features Syd Barrett‘s silhouetted graphic of the band that adorned the back of the original LP.
A poster of the Colin Prime photo that was the basis for Barrett’s graphic is included with the disc.
Video: Roger Waters records with Lucius
Posted March 6, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Lucius, featuring vocalists Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, released its “Nudes” album last Friday. The album features Roger Waters on the closing track, a cover of Leadbelly‘s “Goodnight, Irene.”
Yesterday the group published a video of Waters, Laessig and Wolfe — barely recognizable without the pair’s matching wigs — recording the song direct to vinyl in a vintage Voice-O-Graph booth at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios.
Laessig and Wolfe provide backing vocals for Waters Us + Them tour and also appear on his album “Is This the Life We Really Want?” (2017).
Enter to win “Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon”
Posted March 5, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of the new book “Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon” by Bill Kopp.
The book focuses on the transitional period of the band during the late-1960s and early-’70s following the departure of co-founder Syd Barrett and the group’s hugely successful album “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
Kopp’s research included interviews with early Floyd manager Peter Jenner; a variety of notable musicians: Steve Howe, Yes; Davy O’List, The Nice; Robyn Hitchcock; and Floyd collaborators Ron Geesin and Willie Wilson; and “Floydian Slip” host Craig Bailey.
Prizes courtesy of publisher Rowman & Littlefield.
Register now. Deadline to enter: End of day Sunday, March 11.
Just published: “Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon”
Posted February 15, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Rowman & Littlefield has published “Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon” by Bill Kopp.
The title focuses on the transitional period of the band during the late-1960s and early-’70s following the departure of co-founder Syd Barrett and the group’s hugely successful album “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
Craig Bailey, producer/host of the syndicated Pink Floyd radio show “Floydian Slip,” is one of several sources interviewed by the author. Others include early Floyd manager Peter Jenner and a variety of notable musicians: Steve Howe, Yes; Davy O’List, The Nice; Robyn Hitchcock; and Floyd collaborators Ron Geesin and Willie Wilson.
Jerry Shirley, Humble Pie’s drummer who also appeared on Barrett’s post-Floyd recordings, wrote the book’s foreword.
Publishers Weekly wrote, “Kopp’s smart and well-researched history is a welcome addition to the Pink Floyd library.”
Kopp is a music journalist whose work has appeared in Record Collector, Prog, Shindig!, Billboard, Electronic Musician, Goldmine and others. He’s written liner note essays for 20 albums, including titles by Edgar Winter, Rick Wakeman, The Ventures, Dave Mason, and Iron Butterfly.
The hardcover edition goes for $35. Rowman & Littlefield will offer an ebook version soon for $33.
Roger Waters to appear on Lucius album
Posted January 23, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters will make a guest appearance on the upcoming Lucius album “Nudes.”
Waters is featured on the band’s cover of Lead Belly’s “Goodnight Irene.”
Lucius is a four-person L.A.-based band most recognizable for its look-alike lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. The pair provided backing vocals on Waters’ recent Us + Them tour.
“Nudes” is an acoustic collection of original and re-recorded Lucius tracks, as well as cover songs, recorded over two days at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
The album drops March 2 and is available now for pre-order now.
“Reinventing Pink Floyd” publishing in February
Posted December 19, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Rowman and Littlefield will publish “Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon” on Feb. 15.
The 200-page book by Bill Kopp focuses on the challenges Floyd faced to re-brand itself following the departure of its founder, Syd Barrett, in the late-’60s.
Kopp is a music writer whose work has appeared in dozens of periodicals and album sleeves. “Floydian Slip” host Craig Bailey was one of many people Kopp interviewed for this book.
Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley, who played on Barrett’s solo albums, wrote the book’s foreword.
“Reinventing Pink Floyd” will be available in hardcover and as an e-book for $35 and $33, respectively.
New “Floydian Slip” stickers available, free
Posted December 6, 2017 by Floydian Slip
We’ve added a second design to the “Floydian Slip” collection of promotional stickers.
Our new triangular sticker is printed in matte metallic silver, and is 2″ x 2¼”. Perfect for sticking on your favorite bathroom stall door, restaurant salad bar sneeze-guard, or T72 Iraqi tank (See “Floydian Slip sticker spotted on Iraqi tank”).
This new one joins our 2″ x 4″ full-color vinyl sticker that we rolled out in October 2015.
Learn how you can get a fistful of both stickers entirely free.
If you stick it, click it: Snap a picture of your “Floydian Slip” sticker in the wild, email it to us and we’ll share it with the rest of you crazy diamonds here on our blog, Facebook and Twitter.
Roger Waters album nominated for Grammy
Posted November 29, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters‘s “Is This the Life We Really Want?” has earned a Grammy nomination.
The album’s in the running to win “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.”
It was engineered by Nigel Godrich, Sam Petts-Davies and Darrell Thorp. Bob Ludwig acted as mastering engineer.
Other albums nominated in that category are “Every Where Is Some Where,” K. Flay; “Natural Conclusion,” Rose Cousins; “No Shape,” Perfume Genius; and “24K Magic,” Bruno Mars.
The Grammys will be held Jan. 28 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
Addendum (Posted Jan. 30, 2018): The Grammy went to “24K Magic,” Bruno Mars.
Ummagumma house for sale
Posted November 10, 2017 by Floydian Slip
The Cambridge home where Pink Floyd was photographed for the cover of the band’s 1969 album “Ummagumma” is for sale.
Trinity House in Great Shelford is a 9,210-square foot Edwardian mansion that sits on 3.7 acres. Asking price is £3.25 million ($4.3 million US).
While the property listing at the website of Savills, the real estate firm handling the sale, is mum on the property’s Floydian provenance, the Cambridge News reports the home boasts two points of distinction for Floyd fans.
According to the News, which cites “A Pink Floyd Fan’s Guide to Cambridge” by Mark Worden and Alfred Marziano, the property was the location of the Hipgnosis photo shoot of the band’s 1969 album “Ummagumma.”
Furthermore, it says Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Rick Wright performed a private concert at the home as “The Tea Set” in 1965 for the 21st birthday party of a friend. David Gilmour’s early group Joker’s Wild was on the ticket as well.
Savills has published on its site several photos of the property, which seems to be in desperate need of a makeover.
The most interesting shot might be one of an empty room with a pair of French doors in the corner that open out to a yard. It’s remarkably similar to the doorway where members of Floyd posed for that series of echoing Drostesque photographs on the cover of “Ummagumma.”
For more details and photos, visit the Savills listing for the property.
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