Posted February 5, 2024 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to our winners of copies of “Atom Heart Mother Hakone Aphrodite Japan 1971”:
Prizes courtesy of Sony/Legacy.
Posted February 3, 2024 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd Records will release a collector’s edition of “The Dark Side of the Moon” on clear vinyl April 19.
It will be a 2-disc 180-gram single-sided LP set, featuring UV artwork print on the non-groove side, packaged in a slipcased gatefold sleeve, with a poster. The album’s iconic prism spectrum will be seen through the playable side of the vinyl.
This is the first time Pink Floyd has used this UV printing process on vinyl. The images are printed with a high-end UV printer, using UV-Led light to dry the permanent ink onto the non-playable side.
This is just the latest of a rash of reissues for “Dark Side” following its 50th anniversary in 2023.
Posted November 6, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to our winners of copies of the 50th anniversary edition of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon”:
Posted October 26, 2023 by Floydian Slip
On Dec. 8, Pink Floyd Records will release “Atom Heart Mother” as a special two-disc package. Housed in a 7-inch gatefold sleeve, the release will include the album on CD; and a Blu-ray disc featuring footage of “Atom Heart Mother” performed at Japan’s Hakone Aphrodite Festival in August 1971.
Originally released as part of “The Early Years” box set, the film has been upgraded from a recently-discovered original tape. It includes a behind-the-scenes mini documentary.
Originally only released in Japan 2021, the set contains a photo book containing never-seen-before photos, reproductions of the pamphlet, the poster, the concert ticket, and the flier distributed at the event.
The only Floyd footage at Hakone Aphrodite that exists is the 16-minute-long “Atom Heart Mother Suite.” Details including whereabouts of the master film and how it was shot had been a mystery. However, after 50 years, the original 16mm film of the video was discovered in a fan’s garage. The processes of digitizing, restoring and remastering was undertaken, and for the first time this enhanced video is set to be released outside Japan.
More than 50 years ago, “Hakone Aphrodite,” Japan’s first international outdoor rock festival, was held at a specially-built venue beside Hakone Ashinoko Lake on Aug. 6-7, 1971. Floyd’s first concert in the country was as headliner for the festival. Aspiring to be the Japanese Woodstock, the “Hakone Aphrodite” included international artists and became the first rock festival experience for many Japanese fans.
The set contains the original live footage (with audio taken from the gig at Hakone Aphrodite); and behind-the-scenes footage of the band, travelling between the airport, the hotel, the press conference, the bullet train and the show set-up.
At the time of the concert, Pink Floyd had just released “Atom Heart Mother” (in October 1970), and were yet to release “Meddle,” which would come in November ’71. Floyd appeared as the final act of the festival. Alongside “Atom Heart Mother,” they performed another five songs including “Careful With That Axe, Eugene”; “A Saucerful of Secrets”; and “Echoes,” from the then-upcoming “Meddle.”
Official footage of those additional songs has not yet resurfaced.
7″ paper sleeve containing:
Pre-order “Atom Heart Mother Hakone Aphrodite” now.
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Posted October 9, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Register now to win a copy of “Metallic Spheres in Colour” by The Orb featuring David Gilmour.
This is a reimagining of the album “Metallic Spheres” that was originally released in 2010.
Prizes courtesy of Sony Music.
Register now. Deadline to register: Sunday, Oct 15.
Posted September 1, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Warner/Sony Music will release the 50th anniversary edition of Pink Floyd‘s “The Dark Side of the Moon” as a stand-alone CD, LP and Blu-ray on Oct. 13.
First released as part of the album’s 50th anniversary boxset (See “50th anniversary boxset and more coming for The Dark Side of the Moon”), this is the first time the new remaster of the album will be available on its own. The Blu-ray contains Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound mix, as well as the remastered stereo version. The package comes with commemorative postcards, stickers and a 24-page booklet.
James Guthrie was involved with remastering the CD, LP, Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound versions. Joel Plante also worked on the CD and LP; Bernie Grundman joined them on the LP remaster.
Posted August 11, 2023 by Floydian Slip
On Sept. 29, Sony Music/Legacy Recordings will release “Metallic Spheres in Colour,” a reworking of the 2010 album “Metallic Spheres” by The Orb, featuring David Gilmour.
“The idea for ‘Metallic Spheres in Colour’ was that Alex Paterson (founder of The Orb) could have done more on the first version, and he didn’t really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets ‘Wish You Were Here,'” according to Youth, producer of the album.
“So, I asked him why don’t we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it’s almost like a completely different album.”
Gilmour’s partnership with The Orb came about when he met Youth in the studio when Gilmour was recording “Chicago/Change The World” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, a benefit track for British hacker Gary McKinnon.
The album consist of two tracks:
It will be available on LP, CD and streaming.
Posted July 31, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to our winners of “The Solo Works of Syd Barrett”:
Prizes courtesy of Third Man Records.
Posted July 21, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters is set to release “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” his re-imagined take on the classic album he made with Pink Floyd in the early ’70s. It’s set to drop Oct. 6.
Four versions of the album are available for pre-sale at the official store: CD, $15; transparent orange double vinyl (140 gm), $46; black double vinyl (140 gm), $42; and a gold cassette, $14.
“When we recorded the stripped down songs for the Lockdown Sessions, the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ was looming on the horizon. It occurred to me that ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ could well be a suitable candidate for a similar re-working, partly as a tribute to the original work, but also to re-address the political and emotional message of the whole album,” Waters explained in a promotional email.
“I discussed it with Gus (Seyffert) and Sean (Evans), and when we’d stopped giggling and shouting ‘You must be ****ing mad’ at one another we decided to take it on.
“It’s turned out really great and I’m excited for everyone to hear it. It’s not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable. But it is a way for the 79-year-old to look back across the intervening 50 years into the eyes of the 29-year-old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my Father, ‘We did our best, we kept his trust, our Dad would have been proud of us’.
“And also it is a way for me to honor a recording that Nick (Mason) and Rick (Wright) and Dave (Gilmour) and I have every right to be very proud of.”
News of the project broke Feb. 4, when Waters spoke with the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung, and then with the U.K.’s The Telegraph a few days later.
“I’m the only one singing my songs on these new recordings, and there are no rock and roll guitar solos,” he told Berliner Zeitung.
“The new concept is meant to reflect on the meaning of the work, to bring out the heart and soul of the album — musically and spiritually.”
In addition to Waters, his long-time collaborator Seyffert plays keyboards on the new work; and Seyffert’s girlfriend, Bedouine, provides backing vocals.
The first track from the album, “Money,” is available to stream now:
Posted April 22, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Sony Music will release Roger Waters “The Lockdown Sessions” on vinyl and CD on June 2.
Recorded and filmed during Covid lockdown between 2020-21, Waters first released each track independently on social media as it was recorded. The entire collection, including a new version of “Comfortably Numb” recorded during his “This Is Not a Drill” tour, was made available on streaming services Dec. 9, 2022.
The collection includes five tracks from Waters’s time with Pink Floyd and his solo career: “Mother” and “Vera” from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”; “Two Suns in the Sunset” and “The Gunner’s Dream” from Floyd’s “The Final Cut”; “The Bravery of Being Out of Range” from his solo album “Amused To Death”; and the new recording of “Comfortably Numb.”
All were were produced by Waters and Gus Seyffert. Appearing on the recordings are Waters – Vocals, Guitar and Piano; Seyffert – Bass, Cellos and Vocals; Joey Waronker – Drums and Percussion; Dave Kilminster – Guitar and Rhythm Guitar; Jonathan Wilson – Guitar and Vocals; Jon Carin – Keyboards and Vocals, Lucius (Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig) – Vocals; Bo Koster – Hammond (on all tracks except “Mother”) and Ian Ritchie – Saxophone (“Two Suns In The Sunset”).
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