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New online magazine features David Gilmour

Posted February 15, 2011 by Floydian Slip

The first issue of new online magazine Guitar Interactive (GI) features Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.

Gilmour is featured in several articles throughout the 120-page magazine, covering topics such as his solos, rhythm work, slide guitar technique, acoustic work, and more.

The magazine includes many instructional videos, too.

You can read the magazine free.

GI is an interactive digital magazine for guitarists. Drawing on the resources of teaching resource Licklibrary, GI brings together expert players to analyze the styles and techniques of the world’s best guitarists.

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Contest: “The Valley” winners announced

Posted February 15, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to our winners of the new dual-format (DVD/Blue-Ray) version of “The Valley”:

Richard Csonka, Miskolc, Hungary
Carlos Sardinha, Lisboa, Encarnacao-Mafra, Portugal
Todd Twiner, Auburn, GA

Prizes are courtesy of the British Film Institute (BFI). Price for the 2-disc set is £19.99. Purchase it directly from BFI or buy it at Amazon UK.

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Contest: Win “The Valley” on Blu-Ray

Posted February 7, 2011 by Floydian Slip

We have three copies of the new dual-format edition of Barbet Schroeder‘s “The Valley,” with music by Pink Floyd (“Obscured by Clouds”) to give away, courtesy of the British Film Institute.

The two-disc package includes a Region 0 (U.K.) DVD and a Blu-Ray disc, which is playable in any region.

Price for the 2-disc set is £19.99. Purchase it directly from BFI or buy it at Amazon UK.

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“The Valley” coming to Blu-Ray

Posted February 3, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Barbet Schroeder‘s 1972 film “La Vallée” (“The Valley”) is coming to Blu-Ray in a new dual-format release.

The British Film Institute (BFI) will release the 2-disc set Feb. 14. It’ll be the first time the film is available on Blu-Ray disc, a region-fee format playable in any country; and the first time the DVD is available for Region 0, which is compatible with players in the U.K.

Pink Floyd fans know the film’s soundtrack as the band’s 1972 album “Obscured by Clouds.”

The new release contains additional content, including:

Original and digitally-restored optional endings (Blu-ray only)
Original un-restored ending (5:00, DVD only)
Three ethnographic documentary shorts directed by Schroeder: “Le cochon aux patates douces” (1971, 8:00) about the Mapuga tribe’s feast of pigs with sweet potatoes; “Maquillages” (1971, 12:00), which examines the types of ceremonial make-up worn by the Mapuga tribe; “Sing Sing” (1971, 5:00) on the ceremony of “Sing Sing” practiced by Papua New Guinea’s tribes
Theatrical trailers for Schroeder’s “The Valley”; “More” (1969), which also features music by Floyd; and “Maîtresse” (1974)
An illustrated 26-page booklet with rare on-set photographs; an essay, “Childhood’s End: Pink Floyd’s Music for The Valley (Obscured by Clouds)” by Rob Young; and an essay and new director interview by Emilie Bickerton, author of the recently-published book “A Short History of Cahiers du Cinéma”

Price for the 2-disc set is £19.99. Purchase it directly from BFI or buy it at Amazon UK.

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Gilmour “Deal of the Day” at Pop Market

Posted December 23, 2010 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour‘s 2008 2-CD/2-DVD set “Live in Gdansk” is the featured buy at online retailer Pop Market.

The set is $25.99 (postage-free in the U.S.) until 12 noon tomorrow, Dec. 24. The product normally retails for $49.95.

Now in beta, Pop Market is Sony Music‘s members-only shopping club for music fans, which offers limited-time sales on selected titles each day. Membership is free.

Visit Pop Market now.

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Gilmour-autographed guitar up for bid

Posted December 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip

A guitar autographed by a bevvy of rock heavyweights, including Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, is being auctioned off tomorrow.

The guitar, an Epiphone Casino VS, is being sold to benefit PUP AID, an anti-puppy-farming initiative promoting responsible dog-breeding and rescue pet adoption. Proceeds from the sale will go to: Dogs Trust, Kennel Club Charitable Trust and Oldies Club.

The guitar’s been signed by: Gilmour, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Mick Jones, Brian May, Roger Daltrey, Paul Weller and Liam Gallagher.

It’s expected to go for $5,500-$7,900.

The Casino is a hollow-body electric guitar similar to Epiphone parent company Gibson’s ES-330.

The auction begins at noon local time in Knightsbridge, London. Online registration for bidding has been closed. But you can contact Bonham’s for information on how you can place a bid.

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Contest: Pink Floyd calendar winners announced

Posted December 7, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to our winners of the 2011 Pink Floyd wall calendar, courtesy of Pyramid International:

Andy Litteer, Clay, NY
Brian Nimm, Lemoyne, PA
Chris Devaney, North Reading, MA
Dmitry Klobukov, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovskya
Rick Shrader, Concord, NC

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Contest: Win a 2011 Pink Floyd calendar

Posted November 29, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Register to win a 2011 Pink Floyd calendar. Designed by Floyd sleeve artist Storm Thorgerson‘s StormStudios, and provided courtesy of Pyramid International.

Deadline to register: 6 p.m. EDT Monday, Dec. 6.

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“Wall”-related film underway

Posted November 28, 2010 by Floydian Slip

The Islington Green Schoolchildren who sang on the Pink Floyd hit “Another Brick in the Wall” and their teacher are to be the subjects of a new feature film.

Producer Andy Harries (pictured) (“The Queen,” “The Damned United”) is said to be working with writer Steve Thompson on the project for Left Bank and BBC Films.

The movie will tell the true story of Alan Renshaw who worked as a music teacher at the north London public school. When, under his tutelage, the kids provide the chorus for that somewhat rebellious Floyd hit — now that we think of it, the only lyrics in that song are the chorus! — Renshaw loses his job. (He had transported the kids to the band’s Britannia Row studios for the session without permission of head teacher Margaret Maden.)

One sticking point: Though the producer has secured the rights to Renshaw’s story, he hasn’t obtained the green light to use the song. With the children’s participation somewhat contentious — in 2004 a group of the now-grown kids with assistance from music royalties expert Peter Rowan sued claiming they hadn’t been properly compensated 30 years ago — that could be quite a stumbling block.

Our fingers are crossed for what could be a very interesting Floyd-related film.

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Contest: ‘A Very Irregular Head’ winners

Posted November 22, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to our winners of Rob Chapman’s “A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett”:

Allen Markow, New Port Richey, FL
Tony Brownlee, San Antonio, TX

The contest is taking a week or two off. We’ll be back with an end-of-the-year Floydian prize soon …

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