Jan 202012
 

I am rather looking forward to listening to Pink Floyd The Wall demos in The Wall Immersion boxset to be released next month on 27th Feb in UK and 28th in other countries around the Americas and Eurasia. I wrote a little article looking at the contents of the immersion edition of The Wall called…

A Fleeting Glimpse of… Pink Floyd’s The Wall Demos

Feel free to have a read of the article to see what is where and on which disc. Its as much for my benefit as anything else to help my poor old mind get to terms with how the powers that be organised the material on the album discs 5 and 6.

Jan 062012
 

David Gilmour New Album

Chatterings/rumours have started about David Gilmour releasing a new original studio album and touring it in 2012/2013. David Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson said in an interview the other month that she had been writing lyrics for husband David and recent information has come to light that David is looking through his collection of demos deciding on what would make the next David Gilmour new album!

Once David Gilmour has selected his songs I am sure he will waste no time getting himself onto his Astoria Houseboat Studio which is moored on the Thames River up stream from London. As yet, no such recording has taken place so, technically there is no album and subsequently no tour venues has been booked for a possible David Gilmour tour in 2012 or 2013. However, I am hopeful that in the next 6-18 months, perhaps more information will start becoming available about such things!

Recording in France Now?

A fan on a Pink Floyd RoIO website posted, “According to information I had thanks to a French friend from the PF French forum, Gilmour is currently recording is new solo album in the South of France. Phil Manzanera is involved, as well as drummer Claude Salmieri.” He is said to be recording at Studios La Fabrique in Saint-Rémy de Provence in France.

Roger Waters has been working on a couple of new albums for years now and they have not been mentioned recently either. Perhaps he has given up on them in favour of his Wall Live tour of 2010-2013.

So, you will have to wait and see if a new David Gilmour album transpires and what that may look like in terms of it being toured. I doubt it will be in 2012 though although stranger things have happened!

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Jan 032012
 

Seems the Pink Floyd rumour mill is hotting up for 2012 with predictions by some news outlets that Pink Floyd may be performing at the London 2012 Olympics. As much as I would like to see that happen, I think it very unlikely they would. However, the colosing ceremony is 12th August I believe so Roger is not touring at that point as far as officially announced dates go and he did say in a Rolling Stone interview last month that he is performing in August 2012. Who knows!

Pink Floyd last got together for Live 8 with Roger Waters joining old band mates from Pink Floyd David Gilmour, the late Rick Wright and Nick Mason. It would be nice for them to get back together again but Nick Mason said last year they would only do it for a good cause. The olympics is not a “good cause” as such, its  a sporting event not feeding the starving.

So, will will see if Pink Floyd play at the London 2012 Closing Ceremony. LOL

Pink Floyd Top 5 Albums

If you want something interesting to read, view the results of our Big Pink Floyd Survey! View the Top 5 Pink Floyd albums according to fans!

So, there you go.

Sep 302011
 
Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Edition from Pink Floyd Released November 2011

Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Edition from Pink Floyd Released November 2011

Phase 1 of the Why Pink Floyd release schedule has happened and many of you will have your Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Edition and Discovery albums and enjoying the glorious sounding enhanced CDs and DVDs.

I myself have the DSotM Immersion Edition and Vinyl in addition to the Discovery box set of all the studio albums which I am most pleased about. Still got lots of listening and immersing to do hence I am about to start my review of the Dark Side Immersion edition shortly.

However, lets now turn our attention to the second phase of the Why Pink Floyd release schedule which will see Dark Side of the Moon follow up album Wish You Were Here get the Experience and Immersion treatment!

Wish You Were Here Immersion Edition

Wish You Were Here Immersion Edition from Pink Floyd - Released November 2011

Wish You Were Here Immersion Edition from Pink Floyd - Released November 2011

November 7th 2011 will see Wish You Were Here – ‘Immersion’ and ‘Experience’ editions, Vinyl LP and digital editions released. Lets explore what will be included in the editions.

The Discovery Edition of the album has the original album remastered by James Guthrie.

The edition up from this is the Experience Edition which has the Discovery CD plus a second disc containing Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-6) live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased), Raving & Drooling live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased), You’ve Got To Be Crazy live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased), Wine Glasses from the unreleased ‘Household Objects’ project, Have A Cigar alternative version (previously unreleased), Wish You Were Here featuring Stephane Grappelli (previously unreleased).

We now step up to the third and final version of WYWH in the form of the Immersion Boxset which features everything on the Experience edition and then lots more material for fans to immerse themselves in! I am rather looking forward to getting this release in addition to the Dark Side of the Moon one! So, lets see what additional material we get on the extra three discs.

Wish You Were Here – Immersion Boxset – November 7th 2011

  • DISC 3 – DVD1, ALL AUDIO: Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps / Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps / Wish You Were Here, Original Mix (1975) LPCM stereo / Wish You Were Here, Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps / Wish You Were Here, Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps
  • DISC 4 – DVD 2, AUDIO VISUAL: Concert Screen Films: Shine On You Crazy Diamond Intro / Shine On You Crazy Diamond / Welcome To The Machine animated clip / Storm Thorgerson short film. Concert Screen Films play in stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound
  • DISC 5 – BLURAY: AUDIO: Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit / Wish You Were Here, Original stereo mix (1975) mastered in high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit / Concert Screen films: Shine On You Crazy Diamond Intro / Shine On You Crazy Diamond / Welcome To The Machine animated clip / Storm Thorgerson short film
  • This set comes with a 40 page, 27cm x 27cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson, an exclusive photo book edited by Jill Furmanovsky, an exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print, 5 x Collectors’ Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson, replica of Wish You Were Here tour ticket, replica of Wish You Were Here backstage pass, scarf, 3 x clear marbles, 9 x coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson design sketches, and a 12 page credits booklet.

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The physical world has a limited amount of stock in for retailers thus ordering early ensures you reserve a physical copy of the Wish You Were Here Immersion boxset. This means shortly before the release date when the retailer gets their stock, yours will be physically reserved and ready to dispatch to you. Meaning you get your copy as soon as possible! So, please select a merchant from the links below and pre-order a copy now as they are released in around 6 weeks!

Don’t forget that the third and final phase of the Why Pink Floyd back catalogue release schedule is The Wall in February 2012 which should be rather entertaining as the original Demo tapes by Roger Waters and the band will be included in pristine quality for you to see how the songs developed, how some songs were chopped and changed, how some songs ended up on the final cut album and other places too! To get all the updates and news about that, please be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and get our free Newsletter to remain informed of Pink Floyd News!

A Foot In The Door : Best of Pink Floyd 2011

A Foot In The Door | Best of Pink Floyd 2011

A Foot In The Door | Best of Pink Floyd 2011

In addition to the excellent Wish You Were Here box set, there is the second best of Pink Floyd in not so many years in the form of A Foot In The Door. This particular “best of” is a single CD collection featuring a track list chosen by Pink Floyd and newly created artwork from Storm Thorgerson. All tracks remastered by James Guthrie in 2011.

Track list: Hey You, See Emily Play, The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, Another Brick In The Wall pt2, Have A Cigar,Wish You Were Here, Time, The Great Gig In The Sky, Money, Comfortably Numb, High Hopes, Learning To Fly, The Fletcher Memorial Home, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (edit), Brain Damage, Eclipse.

A Foot In The Door is released along with Wish You Were Here on 7th November 2011 (8th in USA) and you can pre-order yourself a copy from the merchants below.

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