Resources & Links Links – Photos of Astoria Houseboat recording studio – Discuss on Forum | External Links – 3News Article and Video | As part of the promotion for his new CD/DVD, David Gilmour has done an interview with 3News in which he reveals how he came to purchase the Astoria Houseboat. He uses the houseboat as his personal recording studio and only found it by chance! He was being driven around due to the fact that he had lost his driving licence through drink driving circa 1986. As he was a passenger, he had much time for gazing our of the care window watching the world go by. “Well I was driving down this road here one day in ’86 I guess it probably was. I had been banned from driving for drink driving for a year, being silly. So I was being driven, rather than driving myself,...
Download MP3 John Douglas from the Trashcan Sinatras has kindly shared a 2 minute MP3 clip of his bands forthcoming song “Oranges and Apples” for you to download. It is a beautiful song in its own right! The song is inspired by Syd Barrett, is a part of The City Wakes event in Cambridge and London and a percentage of the cash raised from the sale of the single will be donated to The Syd Barrett Trust. The single is released on 13th October 2008 and will be available on iTunes. Lyrics for Oranges and Apples Evening sun in an English skyOrange as the pigeons eyeNo-one knew when you cycled by.. Oranges were made for you …. apples too, all made for you Emily and the English RoseShining out the UFOHand in hand with your Eskimo Oranges… they fell for you.. and the apples too.. all fell for you Light...
Resources & Links BBC4 TV Listings for 26th Sep 2008 | Discuss on Forum | BBC4 TV are to broadcast three programs to coincide with the release of David Gilmour’s Live in Gdansk DVD/CD release. They are airing a cut down version of the Live in Gdansk DVD, a behind the scenes documentary and a repeat of the excellent Pink Floyd Story documentary. The folowing are all broadcast on BBC4 TV this Friday 26th September 2008. You can currently see a preview on the BBC4 TV website. Concert Broadcast – 9:10pm The cut down version of the Live at Gdansk DVD will be broadcast this Friday 26th September 2008 starting at 9:10pm. It lasts for one hour. It is repeated the following day at 1:30am and on the 29th at Midnight. So tune in! David Gilmour: Gdansk Diary – 10:10pm BBC4 TV are alsobroadcasting a documentary this Friday 26th September...
Resources & Links Discuss on forum | Live in Gdansk CDs/DVD | YouTube | BBC iPlayer David Gilmour and his band played Remember A Day on Later… With Jools Holland on BBC TV tonight. The performance was to promote his new CD/DVD Live in Gdansk and also acted as a tribute to the late Richard Wright. David looked like a man in mourning during the performance, likely reflecting on the loss of his close friend Richard Wright. You can watch the video below. You can also watch it on the BBC iPlayer if you are in the UK. Skip to 8min 50sec to see interview with David Gimour and 16min 12 sec to watch the performance. Remain Informed Also, subscribe to the NPF Newsletter to remain informed about news and site updates! Sources: [ NPF ]
Resources & Links Mark Blake’s Official Website The excellent and most up to date book on Pink Floyd’s history Pigs Might Fly – The Inside Story of Pink Floyd is now available as a paperback! This excellent book covers the entire history of Pink Floyd. The authour is Mark Blake. Mark has relied on his many contacts in the music business to create an amazing and very readable book! Mark Blake is a former Assistant Editor of Q, the UK’s biggest selling music mag, currently Editor-in-Chief of Q and Mojo’s special edition titles, and has edited two definitive music books, Dylan: Visions, Portraits And Back Pages and Punk: The Whole Story. Mark occasionally sounds off on BBC Radio 2, 6 Music and other radio stations, whenever they let him. You can purchase the book cheaply from Amazon. See links below. Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com Pigs Might Fly £6.59 $9.00 Remain Informed...
Resources & Links Downloads – Download A Great Day for Freedom MP3 | Listen to Wots…Uh The Deal | Websites – David Gilmour’s Official Gdansk Pages with Videos | David Gilmour’s Official Youtube Video Feeds David Gilmour’s eagerly anticipated Live At Gdansk CDs and DVDs are to be released this Monday 22nd September 2008! It is available in multiple bundles from 2CDs up to 3CDs and 2DVD, and also 5 LPs! Certainly plenty of choice. It will be released in the rest of continental Europe and the UK (along with Brazil, Israel, Mexico, and New Zealand) on Monday 22nd September; Argentina and North America on Tuesday 23rd; Australia on Saturday 27th; and Japan on Wednesday 8th October 2008. You can listen to “Wots… Uh The Deal” which is only available on the LPs! Streams from EMI web server so you cant download it! Ordering You can use the links below...
