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Roger Waters releases new recording of “Comfortably Numb”

Posted November 18, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Sony Music released today “Comfortably Numb 2022,” a new recording of the Pink Floyd classic from Roger Waters‘s recent “This Is Not a Drill” tour.

The new track is available on streaming platforms.

“During lockdown I made a demo of a new version of ‘Comfortably Numb‘ as an opener for our new show,” Waters explains. “I pitched it a whole step down, in A Minor, to make it darker and arranged it with no solos, except over the outro chord sequence, where there is a heartrendingly beautiful female vocal solo from Shanay Johnson, one of our new singers.”

The accompanying video was produced and directed by Sean Evans. Photography by Kate Izor.

The track was produced by Waters and Gus Seyffert. Appearing on the track are Waters, vocals; Gus Seyffert , bass, synth, percussion, vocals; Joey Waronker, drums; Dave Kilminster, vocals; Jonathan Wilson, harmonium, synth, guitar and vocals; Jon Carin, synth, Vocals; Johnson, vocals; Amanda Belair, vocals; Robert Walter, organ/piano; Nigel Godrich, strings, amp and backing vocals from Roger Waters The Wall Sessions.

Waters’s “This Is Not A Drill” will tour Europe in 2023 with 40 shows across 14 European countries, starting in Lisbon on March 17, 2023, at Altice Arena.

Listen to the track now

Watch the video:

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Pink Floyd exhibit coming to Montreal

Posted October 29, 2022 by Floydian Slip

“The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” will open in Montreal, Quebec, on Friday, Nov. 4, for an 8-week run at Arsenal Contemporary Art.

The exhibit, created by members of the band working with album sleeve designer Aubrey “Po” Powell, features more than 350 artifacts collected over the band’s career — including handwritten lyrics, musical instruments, letters, stage props, original artworks and more.

The show is designed by Stufish, longtime stage designers for the band, which was founded by the late Mark Fisher.

“Their Mortal Remains” premiered in London in 2017 after a three-year delay from its originally scheduled debut in Milan in 2014; and has travelled to Rome, Dortmund, Madrid, and most recently, to Los Angeles. This will mark the exhibit’s first showing in Canada.

Montreal plays a unique and somewhat notorious role in the history of Pink Floyd. The band first played Montreal in November 1971, at a sold-out show at the Centre Sportif de l’Université de Montréal. They returned to the city several times, performing at the Montreal Forum, the Autostade, and Olympic Stadium.

At was at the Stadium, on July 6, 1977, the final show of Floyd’s “In the Flesh” tour, when Roger Waters, frustrated with an inattentive audience, spat at a fan from the stage. The experience served as an epiphany, as he realized a divide had grown between the band and its audience. That revelation helped inform his creation of “The Wall.”

Base rates for tickets to the exhibit run from $28 to $45 CA, are good for specific times of entry, and can be purchased online.

Curators estimate a walk through the exhibit will take 60-90 minutes. But you and I both know we’ll be there all day.

Learn more at the exhibit’s website.

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Vegetable Man lyric sheet to be auctioned

Posted October 27, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Bonhams will auction Syd Barrett‘s handwritten lyrics to “Vegetable Man” next month.

The song was recorded by Pink Floyd in mid-October 1967 to be included on the band’s second album “A Saucerful of Secrets” (1968). The track was instead shelved for nearly 50 years, when it was finally released as part of the boxset “The Early Years: 1965–1972” (2016).

According to Bonhams, the lyric sheet “was acquired by Pink Floyd’s first manager at the time the song was written and has been in his possession since.”

It consists of each verse and the chorus written across 32 lines over two pages of lined paper in blue ballpoint pen with handwritten musical chords. It’s being sold with a letter concerning its provenance.

Bonhams indicates this will be the first time a complete set of lyrics handwritten by Barrett will be offered at auction. It estimates the item will sell for £30,000 to £40,000, approximately $35,000 to $46,000 in U.S. currency.

The auction takes place Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. GMT in London. Learn more at the Bonhams website.

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Happy Birthday, Roger Waters

Posted September 6, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters (b. Sept. 6, 1943)

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Hipgnosis documentary completed

Posted August 26, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Deadline reports director Anton Corbijn has completed “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis),” a feature-length documentary about the venerable album sleeve design shop.

Founded by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell in the ’60s, the collaborative produced many sleeves for Pink Floyd and its members, as well as many other bands.

“Growing up in the late ’60s and ’70s, I was obsessed with music and everything connected to it – especially the album covers,” Corbijn tells Deadline. “The record sleeves were a huge part of my education and I really enjoyed making this film as it allowed me to revisit the things I loved from that time. I clearly recall the moment I first saw the sleeve for ‘Atom Heart Mother’ by Pink Floyd, and the Peter Gabriel sleeves.”

The film includes new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason.

It’s produced by Raindog Films’ Ged Doherty, Trish D. Chetty and Colin Firth.

No release date has yet been announced.

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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1357

Posted April 18, 2022 by Floydian Slip

“Storm Effect — Remembering Storm Thorgerson”

Martian Landscape
No Heavy Petting (UFO) (1976)
Mambo Sun
Electric Warrior (T. Rex) (1971)
From the Beginning
Trilogy (ELP) (1972)
All My Love
In Through the Out Door (Led Zeppelin) (1979)
(In All of My Dreams) You Rescue Me
New England (Wishbone Ash) (1976)
Live and Let Die
Wings Over America (Wings) (1976)
Merry-Go-Round
Jump On It (Montrose) (1976)
Crying Song
More (Film soundtrack) (Pink Floyd) (1969)

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“Floydian Slip” preview #1357

Posted April 12, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Join us for a special show called “Storm Effect.”

We’ll remember long-time Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson (d. April 18, 2013) by playing from albums all designed by Storm and the team at Hipgnosis.

Hear cuts from Wings, Montrose, T. Rex, Led Zeppelin, UFO and many others … including, of course, Pink Floyd.

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Winners: Through the Prism by Aubrey Powell

Posted March 21, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to our winners of “Through the Prism: Untold Rock Stories from the Hipgnosis Archive” by Aubrey Powell:

Tim Braatz, Rochester MN
Cary Heuchert, Surry BC
Jeff Stensland, Malibu CA
Vikki Wilson, Willington CT

Prizes courtesy of Thames & Hudson.

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Win: Through the Prism by Aubrey Powell

Posted March 14, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Register to win a copy of the new book by Pink Floyd design alum Aubrey Powell: “Through the Prism: Untold Rock Stories from the Hipgnosis Archive.”

Designer, photographer and filmmaker Powell recounts behind-the-scenes stories of collaborations with legendary bands such as Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Who, The Police and … Pink Floyd.

Hardcover with 320 pages and more than 250 illustrations.

Prizes courtesy of Thames & Hudson.

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