Posted November 21, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of the November issue of Uncut magazine featuring Pink Floyd as the cover story.
The issue contains a 6-page article by David Cavanagh about the making of Floyd’s seminal “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973).
Prizes courtesy of Uncut. Deadline to register is 8 p.m. ET Nov. 27.
Posted November 21, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to winners of the new 7-inch 2-sided single by Russian progressive group Vespero, containing two Pink Floyd covers: “Careful with That Axe, Eugene” and “One of These Days”:
Hayden Ginsberg
Wasaga Beach, Ontario
Richard Single
Burlington, VT
Buel Chandler
Carlisle, PA
Prizes courtesy of Fruits de Mer Records. This limited edition of 600 is sold out.
Posted November 16, 2013 by Floydian Slip
The new “Floydian Slip” stickers are in.
They’re free for the asking. Just send us a SASE and we’ll stick a handful in the mail to you.
For the uninitiated, a SASE is a “self-addressed stamped envelope.” You put your own address on an empty envelope, stick enough postage on it to allow us to mail it back to you with some stickers in it, and then mail it to us using another envelope.
A standard #10 business-size envelope will do, along with a single First Class stamp.
Here’s where to send to:
350 Woodbine Rd.
Shelburne VT 05482-6777
USA
Posted November 15, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Want to play drums like Nick Mason? Sorry, we can’t help you.
But a new sample library from the Pink Floyd drummer can at least help you sound like him.
Mason’s created a sample library of his custom Ludwig “Black Kit” that promises to deliver a virtual recreation of the kit to be played with any MIDI keyboard or e-drum setup.
The sample library comes in FXPansion’s BFD2 format and includes mic channels that can be mixed for what’s being described by publisher Sonic Reality as “full album quality, vintage ’70s drums.”
The recording sessions for the samples were produced by Alan Parsons (“The Dark Side of the Moon”) using the same EMI mixing console Floyd did in the ’70s.
You can buy Nick Mason Drums online for $69/£43.
(Pictured, from left: Parsons, Sonic Reality’s Dave Kerzner, and Mason)
Posted November 15, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters is the cover story for the latest issue of Guitar World magazine.
In the Holiday 2013 issue, available now in the United States, Waters talks about his recent three-year world tour of “The Wall.”
The issue also includes interviews with bandmates Snowy White, G.E. Smith, Dave Kilminster and Jon Carin, who talk about life on the road with Waters; as well as tab for guitar and bass for Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.”
You can purchase the issue online.
Posted November 14, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Fruits de Mer Records are releasing two Pink Floyd cover songs as a limited edition 7-inch vinyl single.
Russian progressive group Vespero covers “Careful with That Axe, Eugene,” backed with “One of These Days” on the upcoming disc.
The label, which specializes in limited pressings of psychedelic and progressive music, will produce only 600 copies of the single.
Register to win a copy now. Deadline to enter is 8 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 20.
You can pre-order your copy from Fruits de Mer Records. Listen this week when we play one of the cuts from the single on “Floydian Slip.”
Posted November 13, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to Tara Golden of Gillette, WY — winner of a copy of “The Gathering Storm,” the new book from Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson.
Shine on, Tara!
Posted November 5, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of The Gathering Storm by Storm Thorgerson.
Thorgerson designed nearly every Pink Floyd album cover beginning with 1968’s “A Saucerful of Secrets,” as well as many others during his long career. He died April 18.
Prizes courtesy of StormStudios. Deadline to register: 8 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Buy The Gathering Storm now from the publisher.
Posted October 26, 2013 by Floydian Slip
“Darkside,” the BBC-commissioned radio play written by acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard, will be released on CD next month.
Originally broadcast Aug. 26, the production will be released as a luxury package resembling a hardcover book, including a CD containing the 54-minute play — which includes the majority of the album — plus a 56-page bound insert of the play’s script and Roger Waters’ lyrics from the album.
The release features a bonus disc with text translations in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin and Russian.
The cast includes Bill Nighy, Rufus Sewell, Adrian Scarborough and Amaka Okafor.
“Darkside” will be released Nov. 25. Pre-order yours now.
Posted October 2, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of The Flaming Cow, Ron Geesin’s account of the making of “Atom Heart Mother.”
We have 3 copies to give away. Prizes courtesy of The History Press with assistance from Trafalgar Square Publishing from Independent Publishers Group.
Deadline to register: 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Due to postage costs, this contest is limited to participants in the United States and Canada.
Buy The Flaming Cow from Independent Publishers Group
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