Posted February 12, 2024 by Floydian Slip
Posted July 9, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Third Man Records will release Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett‘s three solo albums on colored vinyl as “The Solo Works of Syd Barrett” this summer.
The offering, part of the company’s “Vault” subscription plan, will consist of Barrett’s “The Madcap Laughs” and “Barrett” from 1970; and his “Opel” collection of alternate takes from 1988.
The albums, each pressed in 180-gram colored vinyl at the company’s Detroit plant, will come in a slipcase illustrated by Greg Ruth. The package will include a 7-inch single containing David Gilmour‘s covers of Barrett’s “Dark Globe” and “Dominoes.”
The LPs have been out of print for nearly 10 years, and have never been offered for sale together.
Gilmour’s “Dominoes” was recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in January 2002, and appears on the DVD “David Gilmour in Concert.” His “Dark Globe” cover was recorded live July 27, 2006, at Klam Castle, Austria, and appears on his “Arnold Layne” EP.
Deadline to join Third Man Records’s Vault subscription plan to receive the Barrett package is July 31 midnight CT. Each quarter, Vault members receive a package of limited edition, exclusive vinyl. Additional content in each package varies, but might include pins, posters, patches and photo books.
Quarterly subscriptions are $75; annual subscriptions are $280.
Learn more at the Third Man Records website
Posted June 30, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Rhino/Parlophone will release an expansive remix of Rick Wright‘s 1978 solo album “Wet Dream” on July 28.
Arriving on what would have been the Pink Floyd keyboardist’s 80th birthday — Wright died in 2008 at age 65 — the album will be available in a deep blue transparent marble vinyl, CD and Blu-ray. It’ll also be available for the first time on streaming platforms.
The album has been remixed in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound by Steven Wilson. Wilson started his remixing career in 2009 as a side-hustle to his work as a musician in bands such as Porcupine Tree. He’s revamped classic albums by many bands such as Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Roxy Music and Yes.
The “Wet Dream” reissue features new artwork commissioned and art-directed by Gala and Jamie Wright, Wright’s children and managers of his estate.
The cover art features the same unidentified person wearing red shorts swimming in deep blue waters of the sea rather than a pool. The image expands out to reveal a boat slightly out of their reach, a reference to the nautical theme of the record.
The image was shot by Costas Spathis, a photographer living and working in Greece, where Wright wrote the album. Graphic design is by Carl Glover.
The LP’s original artwork was designed by Storm Thorgerson and photographed by Aubrey Powell for Hipgnosis, and is featured in the vinyl edition’s booklet.
Pre-order “Wet Dream” at the Rhino website; and listen to “Cat Cruise,” the first track streaming, here:
Posted June 20, 2023 by Floydian Slip
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Posted February 21, 2023 by Floydian Slip
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Posted January 19, 2023 by Floydian Slip
On March 24, Warner Music/Sony Music will release Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon” as a deluxe box set to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The boxset will include a CD and gatefold vinyl edition of a new 2023 remastered studio album; and Blu-Ray and DVD audio featuring the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions. The set will also include an additional new Blu-ray disc of an “Atmos” mix, plus a CD and LP of “The Dark Side of the Moon — Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974.”
They will also issue the live Wembley performance as a stand-alone CD and vinyl release. That performance was recorded in November 1974 as part of the band’s winter tour. This is the first time it will be available as a stand-alone album, with artwork featuring an original 1973 line-drawn cover by original sleeve artist George Hardie.
The album was partly developed during live performances. The band premiered an early version of the suite at London’s Rainbow Theatre several months before recording began. “Dark Side” is the eighth studio album by Floyd, originally released in the U.S. on March 1, 1973, and then in the UK on March 16. The material was recorded in 1972 and 1973 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London.
The 50th anniversary will also be celebrated as Floyd invite animators to enter a competition to create music videos for any of the 10 songs from the album. Animators can enter up to 10 videos, one per song on the album. A winner will be selected from a panel of experts that includes drummer Nick Mason, Floyd creative director Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, and the British Film Institute. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 30, 2023. To enter and for more information go to https://www.pinkfloyd.com/competition/.
On Feb. 27, 1973, EMI Records held a press conference for the debut of “Dark Side” at the London Planetarium. Now an official full-dome experience with visuals of the solar system and beyond displayed during 42 minutes of “Dark Side” will be released in planetariums around the world in March.
The show will be divided among the 10 tracks of the album, in chronological order, each with a different theme: some looking forward and some a retro acknowledgment of Floyd’s visual history, all relating to time and space.
Thames & Hudson will publish the book “Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon: 50th Anniversary” to coincide with the boxset release. Curated by photographer Jill Furmanovsky and art directed by Powell, the LP-sized volume will showcase rare and previously-unseen photographs taken during the “Dark Side” tours of 1972-1975. It has been created with the involvement of the band members.
CD1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
Remastered 2023 by James Guthrie in gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet
CD2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, 1974
Mixed by Andy Jackson in gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet
LP1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
Remastered original studio album in gatefold, with original posters and stickers
LP2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, 1974
in gatefold, with 2 posters
BLU-RAY 1 (AUDIO)
Original album 5.1 and high-resolution remastered stereo mixes, in dedicated wallet:
BLU-RAY 2 (AUDIO)
Original album Atmos and high-resolution remastered stereo mixes, in dedicated wallet.
DVD (AUDIO)
Original album 5.1 and remastered stereo mixes, in dedicated wallet:
160-PAGE THAMES & HUDSON HARDBACK BOOK
with rare black and white photographs from the 1972-1975 tours of the U.K. and the U.S. taken by Furmanovsky, Peter Christopherson, Aubrey Powell, and Storm Thorgerson
76-PAGE MUSIC BOOK
of original album
MEMORABILIA:
REPLICAS OF 2×7” SINGLES
in Harvest bags:
7″ Single 1 Money/Any Colour You Like
7″ Single 2 Us And Them/Time
REPLICA OF EMI PAMPHLET AND INVITE TO THE PREVIEW OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON AT THE LONDON PLANETARIUM ON FEBRUARY, 27 1973
Posted October 25, 2022 by Floydian Slip
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It’s our annual Halloween special: “Scream Thy Last Scream.” Join us for an hour on the creepy side of the moon.
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Posted December 28, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Ed Lopez-Reyes has launched PubliusEnigma.co.uk, a website focused on Pink Floyd’s post-1983 work, along with solo work from the band’s alumni.
He describes the project as an academic approach to understanding the music in the era that began with The Final Cut. “The idea is to provide a resource that spans Pink Floyd’s ‘David Gilmour era’, from the departure of Roger Waters through today,” he says.
“This period set the stage for the longest era in the band’s history and for each band member’s most prolific work outside the band itself.”
Lopez-Reyes was a contributor and editor of Martin Popoff’s 2018 book “Pink Floyd: Album by Album.” His writing’s been published on Floyd fan website Brain Damage UK, as well as right here on the “Floydian Slip” news feed.
The site includes new interviews with Floyd background vocalists The McBroom Sisters; Bjørn Riis, vocalist/guitarist for Norwegian band Airbag and publisher of Gimourish.com; Floyd saxophonist and rhythm guitar player Scott Page; and Floyd collaborator Jon Carin.
Lopez-Reyes has created a presence for the site on social media platforms as well, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@publiusenigmauk).
Publius Enigma is a donated Wolf & King Media project under the direction of Lopez-Reyes. The site features photography by Marie Lopez and artwork by Ahmed Emad Eldin, designer of the album cover for Pink Floyd’s The Endless River.
Posted January 6, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Register now to win a copy of the new autobiography of Pink Floyd illustrator Gerald Scarfe: “Long Drawn Out Trip.”
Prizes courtesy of Little, Brown Book Group.
Register now. Deadline to enter, end of day Sunday, Jan. 12.
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