Monthly Archive: September 2005
Resources & Links Press Release as PDF or Word Doc | Chat on Forum | Track Listing | Official Live 8 DVD Site | Video Preview | The world came together on 2nd July 2005 to witness what was probably the greatest gig on earth: Live 8! It was the gig that saw Roger Waters re-united with Pink Floyd to perform 5 glorious songs. The DVD includes the rehearsals footage of Pink Floyd from 1st July as well as the complete 5 songs. You can pre order the 4 DVD set from Amazon (UK) or Amazon (USA & ROW) when it becomes available. It is released on November 7th 2005. Press Release and Track Listing Video Preview EMI are proud to announce the DVD release of Live 8 7 November 2005 (8 November 2005 – US) On 7 November 2005 (8 November 2005 – US) the biggest live event DVD...
Resources & Links Roger-Waters.com | Forum Chat | Order | Press Release | Hi resolution Art | Roger Waters, the creative force behind Pink Floyd who recently re-united with Pink Floyd to play at the Live 8 concert on July 2nd 2005, has a new album which is being released by Sony Classical on 27th September 2005. Many years in the making, Ca Ira is a beautiful classical album about the French Revolution based on Etienne Roda-Gil’s original French libretto. You can either buy it as a normal audio CD or as a Hybrid SACD with DVD feature, 60 page booklet and will also play as a normal CD in CD players that don’t play SACDs. For the little extra money, it is worth getting the Hybrid DigiPack! You can listen to a preview of the album on Roger Waters website and buy from the links below (and get a...
Classic Rock Productions, who brought us their “Inside Pink Floyd” DVD last year have now done a similar analysis of Pink Floyd’s famous concept album “The Wall“. It is called “Pink Floyd – The Wall – An Independent Critical Review” and is billed as a “25 Anniversary Limited Edition” although it is actually 26 years since The Wall‘s release but not to worry! The 2 DVD set includes a 72 page colour booklet with a Critical Review by producer Bob Carruthers who produced the now infamous Mostly Autumn band. Infamous in the Pink Floyd community because amazingly, last year, they were hailed as the next Pink Floyd! They wont be…. ever! You can order The Critical review from Amazon.co.uk. DVD 1 – The Goods! The first DVD includes the Critical Review of The Wall first put in context by a look at the likes of their previous album inspired by...
Resources & Links Press Release as PDF or Word Doc | Chat on Forum | Track Listing | Official Live 8 DVD Site | Video Preview | EMI are proud to announce the DVD release of Live 87 November 2005 (8 November 2005 – US) On 7 November 2005 (8 November 2005 – US) the biggest live event DVD project of its kind will be released. Live 8 brings together performances from the amazing series of concerts which took place around the world on 2 July 2005. Live 8 – One Day One Concert One World The 4-disc set contains three discs of live footage taken from the Live 8 shows staged in London and Philadelphia alongside key highlights from the seven other events staged across the world. Every artist who performed at London’s Hyde Park and Philadelphia’s Museum Of Art appear on the DVD, many of them...
Resources & Links eBay Mic Auction| Christies Pop Auction | Talk on forum about Christies Auction or the Mics auction. There are two auctions happening that all Floyd collectors should be interested in! There is an auction on eBay ending 11th September for the two Neumann KMS 105 microphones that David Gilmour and Roger Waters sang into at their reunion gig at Londons Hyde Park on 2nd July 2005!! Also, there is an auction by Christies starting on 28th September 2005 in the Kensington Borough of London. Ebay – Live 8 Mics Not only are eBay celebrating their 10th anniversary but they also have an auction for the 2 mics Roger and David used at their Live 8 gig. The auction lot comes with a DVD of the two frontmen using the mics! Text from eBay listing: My name is Phil Thomas organiser of the Bobby Bragg Celebrity Golf Day...
Resources & Links Genesis Publications | Brochure (PDF) – 1.8MB There are now only 23 copies of Nick Masons Inside Out left available to buy from the limited collectors edition batch of 500. Published by Genesis Publications at a cost of £595, the box you can buy will come with all sorts of goodies in it. You can read and see more in the Brochure. Text From Brochure ‘I bought the original Derek Taylor book (Fifty Years Adrift) from Genesis and loved it – since then I’ve collected a number of their books and never been disappointed…I wouldn’t like Brian (Roylance) to get big-headed about this, but I was rather honoured to be asked if I’d like my book Genesised.’ – Nick Mason GENESIS PUBLICATIONS HAS TAKEN 500 COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION OF NICK MASON’S HIGHLY ACCLAIMED BOOK, DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF PINK FLOYD,AND ‘GENESISED’ THEM IN A SUPERB...
