Sep 292011
 
Nick Mason on 2011-09-26 Photo: Aurora

Nick Mason on 2011-09-26 Photo: Aurora

Sound & Vision’s Mike Mettler interviewed Nick Mason at Hayden Planetarium in NYC at the Capitol Records launch of Why Pink Floyd. The November issue of the audiophile magazine will feature the fruits of his labour!

Here is an excerpt…

“This is one case where the record company got it right.”

So assessed Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason last night at an exclusive launch party at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Mason was addressing the crowd about EMI’s massive Why Pink Floyd? campaign before our select group was ushered up into the Hayden Planetarium to experience the “interplanetary playback” of a previously unreleased performance of The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety at Empire Pool at Wembley in London on November 16, 1974. The initial installments of the Why? campaign — Discovery editions of 14 remastered albums (and a collected Discovery box set), plus The Dark Side of the Moon Experience Edition, Immersion box set, and 180-gram vinyl — are in stores today. And Mason is totally correct in his assessment: They’re extremely well done, and absolutely worth your attention.

Read more excerpt > http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/blog/2011/09/27/high-fidelity-first-class-immersifying-thyself-pink-floyd-s-remastered-legacy

May 112011
 
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - SACD Artwork

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - SACD Artwork

The long-awaited 5.1 version of ‘Wish You Were Here’, mixed by James Guthrie, will be released on 7th November 2011 via independent label Acoustic Sounds. So, all of you that bought an SACD player to listen to Dark Side of the Moon when that was released on SACD will have another disc to add to your collection!

The SACD is, of course, being released as part of the huge release schedule which comes under the title “Why Pink Floyd…” which starts from 26th September 2011.

The release had originally been scheduled for around February 2008 but this never happened!

The man who designed the original artwork and the new artwork you see to the right (apologies for poor quality, I photographed it out of Mind Over Matter book by Storm Thorgerson) had these words to say about the project, “Like Dark Side of the Moon SACD it seemed appropriate to re-present the imagery in a different fashion, same thing but seen differently, just like the music, which would be the same thing but heard differently due to the remix (a remix tailored to the six speakers involved, which of course you have to go out and buy, being as you are living in a consumer society).

One of the features of the original WYWH cover is the involvement of the four elements of antiquity, Earth, Air, Fire and Water or, in our case, sand, wind, fire and water. Thus we decided the subject of the original artwork, or print therof, to the element in question, such that the burning man is now a print buried in a desert, the diving man is a print viewed underwater and the veil is a cloth picture blowing in the wind.

I shall post more news about the SACD as it becomes available.

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Apr 062011
 
Pink Floyd Live 8

Pink Floyd Live 8

Saw a very odd story indeed today on a website called Business Reivew in which they say, “At a press conference announcing the Rock the City festival, D&D East Entertainment officials have stated that the legendary Pink Floyd might hold a concert in Romania, next year, according to website realitatea.net. The organizers are, however, currently negotiating with the band.”

I find that highly unlikely even in light of Nick Mason’s recent radio interview on BBC 6 Music in which he said he would like Pink Floyd to get back together and play a concert for a special occasion, much like Live 8.

Pink Floyd have not played in Romania before although Roger Waters has performed in Russia in the past a few times. I find it highly unlikely that they would play in Romania!

Anyway, what do I know! Please do leave a comment below to share your thoughts about this story and where you would ideally like to see Pink Floyd perform a concert in future! You never know what could happen!

Dec 312009
 

If you are into collecting stamps or Pink Floyd memorabilia then you are probably aware that the Royal Mail in England have produced a set of stamps that you can legally use to send mail with classic rock album covers on.  The Division Bell by Pink Floyd/David Gilmour is one such album to feature in the collection.

In addition to Royal Mails stamps that you can buy, there are also two officially licenced collectors sets for you to get your hands on. More info on the page below.

Pink Floyd Stamps – Royal Mail Collector Editions Classic Rock