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Pink Floyd app releasing tomorrow

Posted November 13, 2011 by Floydian Slip

This Day in Music will release a Pink Floyd iPhone/iPad app tomorrow.

The app is officially sanctioned by the band, according to the company, and will feature 100,000 words devoted to Floyd for 366 days and will sell for £1.99 ($2.99).

This is the second app from the Hayfield, Derbyshire, U.K. company, whose other assets include a Web site and book. It released its popular Led Zeppelin app in ’10 and is planning a third to be devoted to Bob Dylan.

In addition to information on the Floyd’s activities for every day of the year, the app will include trivia questions, notes about every Floyd studio track, loads of photos and graphics, embedded video (“Point Me at the Sky”), a ringtone (“Shine on You Crazy Diamond”) and wallpaper.

This Day in Pink Floyd will be available in the iTunes Store Nov. 14. For more information, visit the company’s Web site.

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New issue of Heyou published

Posted October 1, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Italian Pink Floyd fanzine Heyou has put out issue #19.

Published in Italian and English, the issue features coverage of this fall’s Why Pink Floyd? remaster campaign, Roger Waters live in Milano, the new “Barrett” coffee table book and more.

More information is on the Heyou Web site.

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Pink Floyd on the cover of Rolling Stone

Posted September 29, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Rolling Stone issue #1141 will be a keeper for Pink Floyd fans: The magazine devotes its cover story to the band and its “The Dark Side of the Moon,” with new interviews with each surviving member.

“I understand how other people want that sort of (reunion) thing to happen, but I’m entirely selfish in thinking that I want to enjoy my declining years exactly the way that I want to do it,” David Gilmour says in the magazine. “And that wouldn’t be part of it.”

Issue #1141 is on newsstands now.

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YouTube: Pink Floyd on the hour, every hour

Posted September 24, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd has beefed up its already pretty beefy YouTube channel with a new hourly feature: “The Greatest Gig in the Sky.”

Every hour, on the hour, the channel is featuring audio from its previously unreleased November 1974 Wembley show, along with original concert screen footage and a real-time social media stream.

The channel also features nearly 30 other Floyd videos, including this new full-length British advertisement for the Why Pink Floyd? remaster campaign:

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“Why Pink Floyd” promo sampler received

Posted September 17, 2011 by Floydian Slip

We’ve just received a 6-track promotional sampler from the upcoming “Why Pink Floyd?” reissue campaign.

The sampler contains previously unreleased material that will be made available Sept. 27 as part of the Experience and Immersion editions of “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

Five tracks — “Breathe,” “Time,” “Money,” “Us and Them” and “Brain Damage/Eclipse” are taken from a 1974 Wembley show. The 6th is a demo of “Money” by Roger Waters.

We’ll feature some or all of the tracks on “Floydian Slip” #807, beginning Sept. 23.

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“Backstage” documents Floyd behind the scenes

Posted September 14, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Mind Head Publishing Ltd. has published “Pink Floyd: Backstage” by Bobby Hassall.

First published in 1991, the book is a document of super fan Hassall’s experiences following and eventually work for Pink Floyd on the “Momentary Lapse of Reason” and “Division Bell” tours of 1989 and ’94.

This new softcover edition has been redesigned, updated and expanded from its initial run.

The book was edited by Mind Head’s Glenn Povey, author of the excellent “Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd.”

Buy “Pink Floyd: Backstage” for £15 at www.mindheadpublishing.co.uk.

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Meddle cover story of Classic Rock Presents Prog

Posted August 24, 2011 by Floydian Slip

The new issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog features Pink Floyd’s 1971 album “Meddle.”

Issue 19 of the sister publication of the U.K.’s Classic Rock devoted to progressive music celebrates the 40th anniversary of “Meddle,” and includes information on the upcoming Why Pink Floyd? reissue campaign. Long-time Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson designed the issue’s cover.

The issue will be showing up on newsstands soon, and will be available for sale online, too.

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Mojo releases vinyl ‘Dark Side’ remake

Posted August 19, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Mojo has released a limited edition re-recording of Pink Floyd‘s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

“Return to the Dark Side of the Moon,” a vinyl 12-inch gatefold record, comes with a special edition of the latest issue of the venerable British music magazine featuring a special Floyd cover. The issue contains new interviews with Floyd’s David Gilmour and Nick Mason. The Flaming Lips, Roy Harper, Roxy Music, The Shins, My Morning Jacket, Porcupine Tree and other groups “revisit the genius of ‘Dark Side’ and ‘Wish You Were Here,'” according to the magazine.

Mojo plans to produce only 10,000 copies of the package, which will be sold in HMV and WHSmith stores in the U.K. and in Barnes & Noble in the U.S. Mojo tells us to expect it in Barnes & Noble in about four weeks. The magazine’s also selling copies online, shipped direct to U.K. addresses for £15.99; £17.99 elsewhere.

Buy your copy online now.

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Reissue details, pricing: A Foot in the Door

Posted July 10, 2011 by Floydian Slip

On May 10, EMI announced a massive Pink Floyd reissue/rarities project called “Why Pink Floyd?” to commence this fall. (See our previous post: “EMI announces massive Floyd reissue/rarity project“)

Below is our second post detailing the items to be included in this project.

“A Foot in the Door” is one of the more minor pieces of “Why Pink Floyd.” A single CD collection of 16 Floyd tracks, all remastered by James Guthrie in 2011 with new artwork by longtime Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson.

The disc will be issued Nov. 8, with a price of $15.88.

Pre-order now

You can pre-order “A Foot in the Door” now through Amazon.com. When you purchase through the link above, your purchase helps support “Floydian Slip.”

Amazon offers a pre-order price guarantee: If the Amazon price decreases between your order time and the release date, you’ll receive the lowest price.

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Pink Floyd autographed guitar up for bid

Posted July 9, 2011 by Floydian Slip

A custom-painted guitar signed by the surviving members of Pink Floyd is on the auction block to benefit a favorite charity of David Gilmour.

Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason have all signed the pick guard of the Fender guitar, which has been custom designed with “Dark Side of the Moon” illustrations by artist Ian Emes.

Emmes, who also signed the guitar, is a British animator and film director who has created animated films shown during Floyd concerts and on their DVDs. His guitar artwork mimics the animations shown in concert when the band performs “Time.”

Proceeds of the auction will benefit Crisis, an organization working to end homelessness.

The project is well on its way to raising some serious coin for the organization: Bidding stands at $21,000, with the auction set to expire at 2:45 p.m. (ET) on July 14.

Place your bid online.

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