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Happy Birthday, David Gilmour

Posted March 6, 2024 by Floydian Slip

Happy 78th Birthday to David Gilmour (b. March 6, 1946, Grantchester, U.K.)

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David Gilmour photographed in studio

Posted December 24, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Photos published recently to Instagram by Polly Samson have sparked discussion her husband and writing partner David Gilmour might be working on a new album.

The photos are labeled as being shot at British Grove Studios in Chiswick, West London. That studio is owned by musician Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits).

Among those photographed along with Gilmour is producer Charlie Andrew, pianist Roger Eno (brother of Brian Eno), drummer Adam Betts, bassist Tom Herbert, long-time collaborator Guy Pratt, and Gilmour and Samson’s daughter Romany Gilmour.

Gilmour’s most-recent studio project was “Rattle That Lock,” released in 2015.

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Roger Waters makes Variety list of worst songs

Posted December 23, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters‘s 2023 re-recording of “Money” was named the 5th worst song of 2023 by Variety magazine.

“There’s something deeply perverse about doing a remake of one of the most-loved songs in the 1970s rock canon, cutting out the instrumental solos, and replacing David Gilmour’s contribution in the middle of the tune with a four-minute poem about… boxing,” Chris Willman writes. “If you’re looking for positive assessments of this bizarre re-do, it’s no surprise that they’re giving none away.”

The new version of “Money” is part of Waters’s “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” a re-recording of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” which was released Oct. 6.

Variety’s Top 3 worst songs from this past years are:

“Try That in a Small Town”/Jason Aldean
“Vultures”/Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign featuring Bump J
“We Didn’t Start the Fire”/Fall Out Boy

See the full list here

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Radio KAOS’s Jim Ladd dies at 75

Posted December 18, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Radio personality Jim Ladd died Saturday at his home near Carmichael, CA. He was 75 and had suffered a heart attack.

The inspiration for Tom Petty‘s “The Last DJ,” Pink Floyd fans know Ladd for his appearance on Roger Waters‘s “Radio K.A.O.S.” album in 1987.

Ladd had been heard since 2011 on satellite radio Sirius XM, but his broadcasting roots went back to the heyday of FM radio with time logged at KMET and KLOS. He was also host of “Innerview,” a syndicated program that aired on more than 160 stations from 1974 to ’86.

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Nick Mason collaborator Carla Bley dies at 87

Posted November 23, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Carla Bley conducts her band at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, July 1978 Avant-garde composer Carla Bley, who wrote Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s 1981 album “Fictitious Sports,” died Oct. 17. She was 87.

A prominent figure in the “free jazz” movement of the 1960s, the California-native released more than two dozen albums from 1966 to 2019.

She might best be known for her jazz opera “Escalator Over the Hill” (1973). Originally released on three LPs, it featured Jack Bruce of Cream and vocals by Linda Ronstadt. Melody Maker magazine named it Album of the Year.

Her collaboration with Mason easily could have been called “Carla Bley’s Fictitious Sports.” It was she who wrote all of the album’s numbers, played keyboards throughout and co-produced the effort with Mason. But as a member of the Floyd, Mason was guaranteed a hefty advance for any solo album, perhaps one reason his name graced the cover.

Bley was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. She succumbed to the illness at her home in Willow, N.Y., outside Woodstock. “Fictitious Sports” had been recorded at Bley’s Grog Kill Studio in that home’s basement in October ’79.

Photo: Carla Bley conducts her band at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, July 1978.

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Win: Metallic Spheres in Colour by The Orb featuring David Gilmour

Posted October 9, 2023 by Floydian Slip

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.

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Happy Birthday, Roger Waters

Posted September 6, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Happy (80th) Birthday, Roger Waters (b. Sept. 6, 1943)

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David Gilmour/Orb album to be reissued

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:

Seamless Solar Spheres of Affection Mix
Seamlessly Martian Spheres of Reflection Mix

It will be available on LP, CD and streaming.

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Roger Waters to perform new “Dark Side” in London

Posted July 26, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters will premiere his new take on Pink Floyd‘s “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973) at a concert Oct. 8 at London’s Palladium.

The show will come two days after his album, “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” will be released.

Joining Waters for the show will be Gus Seyffert, bass; Joey Waronker, drums; and Jonathan Wilson, guitar. All participated in the recording of the album, along with Seyffert’s partner, Bedouine, who provided vocals.

Also scheduled to appear at the Palladium gig are Johnny Shepherd, organ; Via Mardot, theremin; Gabe Noel, strings; Jon Carin, keyboard; Robert Walter, piano; and Azniv Korkejian, vocals.

Tickets are available at livenation.co.uk.

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Win: Syd Barrett back catalog

Posted July 26, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Third Man Records Syd Barrett package

This 3-LP set includes heavy-weight colored vinyl reissues of each of Barrett’s solo albums: “The Madcap Laughs” and “Barrett” from 1970; and his “Opel” collection of alternate takes from 1988.

The package also features a 7-inch single containing David Gilmour‘s covers of Barrett’s “Dark Globe” and “Dominoes.”

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