Posted November 27, 2007 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour will release a new album in 2008.
According to the Floyd guitarist’s official Web site, the album will be culled from Gilmour’s show last August in Gdansk, Poland, and will contain “one or two assorted extras thrown in for good measure.”
Last year’s “On an Island” was the first solo album from Gilmour in 22 years.
Posted October 15, 2007 by Floydian Slip
EMI Records is preparing to release the “Oh, By the Way …” a 14-CD set including all of Pink Floyd‘s studio albums packaged as reproductions of the band’s original LPs.
The set is scheduled for release Dec. 11 in the United States (Dec. 10 in the U.K.).
The set will include: “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” (1967), “A Saucerful of Secrets” (1968), “More” (1969), “Ummagumma” (1969), “Atom Heart Mother” (1970), “Meddle” (1971), “Obscured by Clouds” (1972), “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973), “Wish You Were Here” (1975), “Animals” (1977), “The Wall” (1979), “The Final Cut” (1983), “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” (1987) and “The Division Bell” (1994).
Each CD will sport the album’s original artwork and dust jacket; and will include other miniaturized collateral included with the original release, such as posters and stickers.
The box set, designed by long-time Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson, comes during the year that marks the 40th anniversary of Floyd’s debut album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” (1967).
Floyd’s only other box set was “Shine On,” released in 1992.
Posted August 28, 2007 by Floydian Slip
Columbia Records will release “Remember That Night — Live at the Royal Albert Hall,” a 2-DVD set by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, on Sept. 18.
Disc 1 consists of a show from Gilmour’s 2006 tour recorded in London. Songs include tracks from his 2006 solo album “On an Island,” as well as Floyd songs “High Hopes,” “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” “Comfortably Numb” and “Echoes.”
Backing Gilmour are Floyd’s Rick Wright, Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), and Steve DiStanislao on drums, as well as Floyd regulars Dick Parry, Guy Pratt and Jon Carin. The show features guest appearances by David Bowie, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby and Graham Nash.
Disc 2 includes “Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine,” a 46-minute road movie filmed during the 2006 tour; bonus tracks from the Royal Albert Hall; Gilmour’s first performance of Syd Barrett‘s “Dark Globe”; “Astronomy Domine,” live from Abbey Road; and the AOL sessions recorded while on tour in Los Angeles, Calif.
Five songs from the BBC Mermaid Theatre concert are also on Disc 2, along with a five-minute documentary shot on tour in L.A.; and a photo gallery featuring the tour crew, shot by Gilmour’s wife and tour photographer Polly Samson.
“Remember That Night” will come with a 20-page booklet featuring more than 80 photos of studio recording, touring, and time off.
Attendees at 166 movie theatres in the U.S. and Canada can enjoy an 85-minute theatrical version of “Remember That Night” on Saturday, Sept. 15.
The one-time event, beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern time and broadcast in high definition, will include a one-song live performance by Gilmour prior to the concert, and end with a question and answer session, both live via satellite from Ritzy Picturehouse in Brixton, London.
Tickets for the theatre event will be $12.50 U.S./$12.95 Canadian.
View a list of U.S. theaters taking part in the event. View a list of Canadian theaters.
No tickets are being sold for the Ritzy performance.
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Posted July 1, 2007 by Floydian Slip
“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” Pink Floyd‘s debut album released in the summer of 1967, will be reissued as a three-CD 40th anniversary set this summer.
The first two discs will contain the entire album as mono and stereo mixes. Both will be remastered by longtime Floyd producer James Guthrie.
The third disc will include bonus tracks, including all of Floyd’s singles from 1967 (“Arnold Layne,” “See Emily Play,” and “Apples and Oranges”), plus the B-sides “Candy and a Currant Bun” and “Paintbox.”
Other tracks include an exclusive edit of “Interstellar Overdrive,” previously available only on an EP released in France; and the ’67 stereo version of “Apples and Oranges,” which has never before been officially released.
Packaging for the reissue will be by Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson and will resemble a cloth-bound book with the original Vic Singh photo on the front. It holds the three CDs, along with an 8-page reproduction of one of Syd Barrett‘s notebooks.
The current single-disc version of “Piper” will be replaced with a new two-disc version that will feature mono and stereo versions of the album. This package will not include the Barrett booklet or the third disc of extras.
EMI Records will release the remastered “Piper” on Tuesday, Aug. 28 in the United States, and Sept. 3 in the U.K. and Europe.
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Posted May 8, 2007 by Floydian Slip
The video for “Hello (I Love You),” the new song by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, will be included as an extra on the DVD release of “The Last Mimzy.”
The song was co-written by Waters and the film’s composer, Howard Shore. The video shows Waters recording the song in-studio.
The DVD is scheduled for release in the United States July 10. Order your copy of “The Last Mimzy” DVD now or order “The Last Mimzy” soundtrack on CD.
Posted March 1, 2007 by Floydian Slip
Serpent’s Tail will publish “White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s” (ISBN: 1-85242-910-0) by one-time Pink Floyd producer Joe Boyd. The book will be in U.S. stores in April.
Boyd, a native of Boston, Mass., ran the London branch of Elektra Records until late 1966. In early ’67, he produced Pink Floyd’s first single, “Arnold Layne,” and its B-side, “Candy and a Currant Bun.”
“Arnold Layne” reached #20 on the U.K. charts, despite a ban by Radio London prompted by the song’s storyline of a man whose fondness for borrowing women’s undergarments lands him behind bars.
Boyd’s resume includes work with Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Fairport Convention, REM and many others. As the head of Warner Bros. Films, he worked on the soundtracks of “Deliverance,” “A Clockwork Orange” and others.
“White Bicycles” is Boyd’s account of helping shape the music scene of mid-’60s London, including starting the UFO Club, the one-time center of that city’s counterculture, where the Floyd first gained attention for its full-on psychedelic jams.
Fledgling Records will release a companion CD for the book in May. The 23-track album will include “Arnold Layne,” as well as music by Eric Clapton, The Purple Gang, Nick Drake, Nico, The Incredible String Band and others.
Boyd lives in London and writes for The Guardian, The Independent and others.
Serpent’s Tail is a 20-year-old independent book publisher in London owned by Profile Books Ltd.
“White Bicycles” is 282 pages and retails for $18 (£11.99).
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Posted January 7, 2007 by Floydian Slip
The film “The Last Mimzy” will feature “Hello (I Love You),” a new song from Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters.
The song will be featured in the film, and will play during the end credits. It will also be included on New Line Cinema‘s release of the official film sountrack this spring.
Waters collaborated with James Guthrie (“The Wall”) and composer Howard Shore (“The Lord of the Rings”) on the new song.
“It has been great collaborating with (director) Bob Shaye and Howard Shore on ‘The Last Mimzy,'” says Waters. “I think together we’ve come up with a song that captures the themes of the movie, the clash between humanity’s best and worst instincts, and how a child’s innocence can win the day.”
Musicians on the track, which was written by Waters and Shore, include drummer Steve Gadd (Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Steely Dan), guitarist Gerry Leonard (music director and guitarist for David Bowie), and Waters on bass and vocals. The film’s 6-year-old star, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, sings along with Waters on the chorus.
The film stars Timothy Hutton (“Ordinary People”), Joely Richardson (“Nip/Tuck”) and Rainn Wilson, and is based on a science fiction short story by Lewis Padgett. It tells the story of two children who discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys.
The film will be released nationwide on March 23.
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