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Details: Lost Dream Academy cuts featuring David Gilmour

Posted August 1, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Our copy of the new Dream Academy compilation arrived today. Its liner notes reveal some more details about David Gilmour‘s participation in the previously-unreleased tracks included on the album.

Band frontman Nick Laird-Clowes writes of “Living in a War”: “Another song taken from the third album sessions. It had started life with a simple acoustic/string synthesizer arrangement, but had developed in the studio under the influence of the technology and sounds of the time, including David Gilmour’s multi-octave guitar sound (circa 1989). It was then thought to be ‘too eighties’ and subsequently put on the shelf but emerges now as a pure sound snapshot of its time.”

For the other track featuring Gilmour, “The Chosen Few,” Laird-Clowes writes: “Recorded in sessions for the last album. One afternoon in a break from his ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’ Tour, David came down to the Strongroom where we were recording with Anthony Moore and added some electric and slide guitar to the track. With Pete Thomas playing the drums, Guy Pratt and Jon Carin augmenting our sound with the Hammond organ, there was very much a ‘live band’ feel to this recording.”

Careful observers will recognize some of those names as those of other Floyd contributors. (Laird-Clowes co-wrote a couple tracks on Floyd’s “The Division Bell” [1994].)

“Living in a War” and “The Chosen Few” are pretty much as one might expect, and as described above. Unfortunately, for Floyd fans, Gilmour’s contributions rarely rise to the top of the mix in either track.

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David Gilmour to appear on Dream Academy outtakes

Posted July 15, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Real Gone Music will release a 2-CD retrospective of band The Dream Academy, including two previously-unreleased tracks featuring David Gilmour on electric and slide guitar.

“The Morning Lasted All Day” will include “Living in a War” and “The Chosen Few,” both featuring Gilmour, who helped produce many of the songs.

The ’80s group, best known for “Life in a Northern Town” and “The Love Parade,” was fronted by Nick Laird-Clowes, who went on to write for Floyd’s “The Division Bell” (“Poles Apart” and “Take It Back”).

The album drops July 29.

Buy it online now. Your purchase helps support “Floydian Slip.”

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Correction: “Endless River” won’t include David Crosby, Graham Nash

Posted July 12, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Ultimate Classic Rock has retracted its story from a few days ago, stating David Crosby and Graham Nash will appear on the upcoming Pink Floyd album.

The source cites the Brain Damage website saying the duo’s work will, instead, appear on an upcoming David Gilmour solo album.

Two upcoming Floyd-related projects. Even better. 😉

Read the original post

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“Endless River” to feature David Crosby, Graham Nash

Posted July 10, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Note: This story has been corrected. Read the correction.

Ultimate Classic Rock reports “The Endless River,” the new Pink Floyd album coming this fall, will include vocals by David Crosby and Graham Nash.

“We went down to sing on this particular song that he wrote about friends that had died,” Nash told VH-1 Radio Network’s Dave Basner. “It’s a beautiful song, too — beautiful.”

Nash was the first to leak news of a new Floyd project, when he mentioned during a TV appearance last November he was heading over to Gilmour’s studio to lay down some tracks. The project was presumed to be a Gilmour solo album, but apparently was “The Endless River.”

Crosby and Nash sang background on the title track of Gilmour’s “On an Island” (2006).

Read more about the new Floyd album, dropping in October:

Official announcement: New Pink Floyd album
Reports: New Pink Floyd album coming this fall

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Official announcement: New Pink Floyd album

Posted July 7, 2014 by Floydian Slip

We received official word from Pink Floyd public relations firm LD Communications of London this afternoon, confirming a new album from the group to be released this fall.

Here is the announcement, in its entirety:

Pink Floyd can confirm that they are releasing a new album “The Endless River” in October 2014. It is an album of mainly ambient and instrumental music based on the 1993/4 Division Bell sessions which feature David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. The album is produced by David Gilmour with Phil Manzanera, Youth and recording engineer Andy Jackson. Work is still in progress, but more details to come at the end of the Summer.

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Reports: New Pink Floyd album coming this fall

Posted July 5, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Two individuals close to the Pink Floyd camp are posting to social media that a new Pink Floyd album will be released in October.

Polly Samson, wife of Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and his writing partner for the past couple decades, tweeted today: “Btw Pink Floyd album out in October is called ‘The Endless River.’ Based on 1994 sessions is Rick Wright’s swansong and very beautiful.”

Vocalist Durga McBroom-Hudson, who’s toured with Floyd and Gilmour, posted a photo previously posted to Instagram by Samson (“Photo may show David Gilmour working on new album”), with the caption, “During a session recording the NEW PINK FLOYD ALBUM!!”

More details as they’re available.

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Syd Barrett catalog to be reissued on vinyl

Posted June 28, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Rhino Records and Parlophone will reissue Syd Barrett‘s three solo albums on heavy-weight vinyl this summer.

The companies will offer “The Madcap Laughs” (1970), “Barrett” (1970) and “Opel” (1988) as 180-gram LPs, sporting the original yellow and green Harvest label.

The records will drop June 30 in the U.K., and arrive in the U.S. July 8.

Barrett released “The Madcap Laughs” and “Barrett” both in 1970, shortly after departing Pink Floyd. Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters helped produce the material, with Gilmour and Rick Wright appearing on the recordings.

“Opel” is a collection of alternate takes released long after Barrett became reclusive.

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Contest: The Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd Story DVD

Posted June 2, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Courtesy of Eagle Rock Entertainment, the discs contain bonus material not included in the original 2006 release.

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Marianne Faithfull album to feature Roger Waters music

Posted May 23, 2014 by Floydian Slip

The upcoming album by Marianne Faithfull will include music written by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters.

NME reports “Give My Love to London,” scheduled for release in September, will also include contributions from Pat Leonard — we’re presuming the same artist who’s worked with Floyd (“A Momentary Lapse of Reason” [1987]) and Waters (“Amused to Death” [1992] ).

Waters contributed “Incarceration of a Flower Child” to Faithfull’s “Vagabond Ways” album in 1999, and played on the track. He’d written the song in the late-’60s — supposedly about fallen bandmate Syd Barrett — but never recorded it himself or with Floyd.

NME says “Give My Love to London” will include music written by Waters and other artists, and lyrics by Faithfull.

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Division Bell boxset coming June 30

Posted May 20, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd will release a boxset edition of its 1994 album “The Division Bell” to commemorate the album’s 20th anniversary.

It’s scheduled for release June 30.

The boxset will feature a new 2-LP vinyl edition of the album, remastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab from the original analogue tapes, including all the full length tracks (originally edited to fit on a single LP) in a gatefold sleeve designed by Hipgnosis/StormStudios.

Five other discs are included: a red 7-inch vinyl replica of the single “Take It Back,” a clear 7-inch vinyl replica of “High Hopes,” 12-inch blue vinyl replica of “High Hopes” with reverse laser etched design, the 2011 Discovery remaster of “The Division Bell,” and a Blu-ray disc including “The Division Bell” in HD Audio, plus the previously unreleased 5.1 surround sound audio mix of the album by longtime Floyd engineer Andy Jackson.

Another addition included on the Blu-ray disc is a new video for the Grammy award-winning instrumental “Marooned.” Filmed in Ukraine during the first week of April 2014, the video was directed by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. It’ll appear on the disc with audio tracks in PCM Stereo and a 5.1 mix by Jackson.

“The Division Bell’ debuted at #1 in the U.K. and in the USA, staying at the top of the U.S. charts for four weeks. It also went to #1 in eight other countries and, to date, has reached total album sales of more than 12 million. The album was recorded by the band at Astoria and Britannia Row Studios with the majority of the lyrics being written by David Gilmour and his wife, Polly Samson.

Gilmour said at the time: “The three of us went into Britannia Row studios, and improvised for two weeks. Playing together and starting from scratch was interesting and exciting, it kick started the album and the process was very good, it was collaborative and felt more cohesive.”

Bob Ezrin and Gilmour produced the original album, with orchestral arrangements by the late Michael Kamen. The anniversary box set discs have been remastered by long term Pink Floyd audio associates James Guthrie and Joel Plante.

Track listing:

Cluster One
What Do You Want From Me
Poles Apart
Marooned
A Great day For Freedom
Wearing The Inside Out
Take It Back
Coming Back To Life
Keep Talking
Lost For Words
High Hopes

Disc 2 – Blu-Ray (all previously unreleased)
–   2014 Marooned video – directed by Aubrey Powell with stereo and 5.1 audio soundtracks
–   5.1 audio mix of ‘The Division Bell’ by Andy Jackson in 96khz/ 24-bit
–   HD audio stereo mix of ‘The Division Bell’ by James Guthrie 96khz/ 24-bit

Disc 3 – Red vinyl 7” single Take It Back (edit) / Astronomy Domine (live)
Replica 7” red vinyl in picture sleeve

Disc 4 – Clear vinyl 7” single High Hopes (edit) / Keep Talking (edit)
Replica 7” clear vinyl in picture sleeve plus poster bag

Disc 5 – Blue Vinyl 12” single High Hopes / Keep Talking / One Of These Days (live)
Replica 12” blue vinyl, laser etched design on reverse, picture sleeve. Includes 7 collectible film cards in a wallet

Disc 6 – CD Album
2011 Discovery version of ‘The Division Bell’ in a new dedicated wallet

Plus:
5 x 26cm x 26 cm art prints designed by Hipgnosis/StormStudios

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