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Have You Got it Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd

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Sky Arts Pink Floyd Night featuring Syd Barrett Biopic

There are 5 great programs to watch on Sky Arts this coming Saturday 27th April in what looks like a real treat for Pink Floyd fans. There is a Pink Floyd takeover as they are broadcasting lots of content starting at 6.30pm. This Sky Arts Pink Floyd Night is going to be a great evening. As part of the package, Sky Arts will broadcast the autobiographical film Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. Hopefully we are a step closer to streaming and physical release. Pink Floyd Evening on Sky Arts Itinerary You will be able to watch Syd Art’s Pink Floyd evening on a range of broadcast platforms on Saturday 27th April 2024 starting at 6.30PM GMT to 1.45am the next day. You can watch on Freeview channel 36, Now TV in HD and on the various Sky TV Platforms in the UK....

Nick Mason Pink Floyd Animation Competition DSotM

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Pink Floyd Animation Competition Winner Announced Next Week

The winner of the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Animation Competition is set to be announced next week. The competition was announced as part of the Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary and there is £235,000 of prize money up for grabs. I wish I had entered a video now! Sadly, the competition closed in December 2023. I watched a video on Pink Floyd’s Facebook page earlier where Nick Mason explained what happens next with the competition. There is a transcript below of the video. “Hi, I want to let you know that in a weeks time I will be announcing the results of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon animation competition. We’ve been overwhelmed by the responses with over 900 entries. Each one was carefully vetted and a selection made for the nine judges to make their choices. The films came from all over the...

Pink Floyd Animals Dolby Atmos Mix 2024 pack shot

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Pink Floyd Animals Dolby Atmos Coming in May

Pink Floyd, the iconic British rock band, is set to release a Dolby Atmos mix of their critically acclaimed 1977 album, Animals, through Warner Music on May 17. Order from Amazon.com or Amazon UK This marks the first time the album will be available in the immersive Dolby Atmos format, providing fans with a revolutionary listening experience. The release, titled “Animals 2018 Remix – Dolby Atmos,” will be available on Blu-ray and features the meticulous 2018 remix by the band’s longtime producer, James Guthrie. This remix is not only a technical enhancement but also an artistic reinterpretation, including High-Resolution stereo and 5.1 mixes, in addition to the 1977 original stereo mix. The digital release ensures accessibility for fans across various platforms. What is Dolby Atmos? Dolby Atmos, known for its advanced sound technology, elevates the auditory experience by creating a three-dimensional soundscape. This technology allows the listener to be enveloped...

Roger Waters Record Store Day 2024 DSotM Redux

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Roger Waters Record Store Day Release April 2024

Roger Waters is supporting Record Store Day 2024 by releasing a picture disc edition of his Dark Side of the Moon Redux. The event takes place annually and allows artists and fans alike to support independent stores selling Vinyl in the UK and USA. This year’s event takes place on 20th April 2024. There will only be 3,000 copies of this picture disc available meaning this is very much a collectors item. Each of them is individually numbered so highly collectable indeed. There were 9 separate coloured versions of the album available when originally released and this is an additional one. Some of the other coloured ones had less than 3,000. The printing technique looks fantastic and uses technology similar to Dark Side 50th Anniversary Edition picture disc which is released the day before on 19th April 2024. If you have an amazing looking record you don’t want it hidden...

Dark Side of the Moon 50th Collectors Edition Case

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Collectors Edition Dark Side of the Moon Released April 2024

Legendary rock band Pink Floyd is set to release a Collector’s Edition of their iconic album “The Dark Side Of The Moon,”. This release brings an innovative twist to the vinyl experience. This edition is not just another reissue, but a ground breaking advancement in the vinyl realm. Pre-Order from Amazon UK with delivery 19th April or Amazon.com for delivery 5th April 2024 A Technological First for Pink Floyd For the first time, Pink Floyd embraces a pioneering UV printing process on vinyl. This Collector’s Edition is a double 180g single-sided LP set. It has the unique feature of UV artwork print on the non-groove side. This method utilizes a high-end UV printer and UV-Led light to dry the permanent ink. This ensures the image remains pristine without affecting the audio quality. Combining Art with Sound The Dark Side Of The Moon’s famous prism spectrum is now visible through the...

Re-Creating Pink Floyd's Mixing Desk in 2024

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Pink Floyd’s Quad Sound Mixer Recreated

CH Vintage Audio’s Chris Hewitt, and Allen and Heath co founder Andy Bereza, have been busy recreating a sound mixing desk that Pink Floyd used from Pompeii in 1971 through the Dark Side of the Moon tour. The mixing desk is the piece of equipment that all the microphones and instruments plug into to blend and change the sounds with effects and EQ for example. That then plugs into the amplifiers and out through the WEM PA System. The PA systems of Pink Floyd are covered in great detail in the three books that Chris has released. Chris told NPF, “It’s a working  re creation  built by me and guided by Andy Bereza who designed and built the original which ( no longer exists ) was used between 1971 and 1974 so spanned Pompeii through Dark Side of The Moon and drove both of The Floyd PA systems  I own ie the WEM...