Monthly Archive: August 2011
Links – You can get hold of a copy direct from Mindhead Publishing | Discuss book on Forum MindHead Publishing have a new book available by Pink Floyd “super fan” Bobby Hassall. The book, called Pink Floyd Backstage, documents from the first perspective one man’s cheeky endeavours of jumping security fences to get into Pink Floyd concerts. He went on to work flipping burgers to get crew access passes to get backstage and, using all other elaborate methods, he got into the inner sanctum of Pink Floyd’s 1989 Another Lapse and 1994 Division Bell tours.He eventually became a member of the crew if not for his perseverance alone! The book is an amusing read and, if you like the idea of having a sneak peak behind the scenes of Pink Floyd tours, then this is the book for you. However, it is not going to win any literary prizes and will not be popular with...
You can now reserve yourself a copy of the excellent Barrett book in three staged payments instead of paying for it all in one go! The book, which was produced in conjunction with the Syd Barrett estate, is a luxurious visual feast of all things Syd Barrett and documents much of his creative output from an early age up until the end of his life in Cambridge where he was producing artwork and photography. This books is a comprehensive document of the visual output of Syd. Choosing the staged payment plan means your copy of Barrett is reserved for you. And if you change your mind before the last payment is taken, you can cancel the plan and get a full refund at any time. Order a copy of the book or read about Barrett: The definitive visual companion to the life of Syd Barrett.
Links – Discuss on forum on the Wish You Were Here – 5.1 SACD On The Way | Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and get our free Newsletter to remain informed of news! As reported back in May 2011, Acoustic Sounds (and others) will be making available Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album as a Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) on 7th November 2011. You can now pre-order the SACD from a few websites to guarantee you get a copy as soon as possible at the release time. Pre-Order You can use the links below to go an pre-order the SACD. These sites are based in the USA so you are classed as International if you are not in the USA. This has the implication that a) shipping costs can be quite high to some places and b) there is a minimum order value of USD $50...
Links – Discuss Classic Rock Presents Prog: Pink Floyd on the forum | Latest Pink Floyd News from our Facebook and Twitter Cover by Storm Thorgerson Click to enlarge Pink Floyd are the featured artist in the next edition of Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine which is out on Wednesday 31st August 2011. Inside there’s 12 pages of coverage on Pink Floyd, including a 40th Anniversary celebration of Meddle, and how the album changed the sound of both Pink Floyd and prog rock forever, which features brand new interviews with Nick Mason, engineer John Leckie and more. Also up for discussion is the forthcoming Why Pink Floyd? campaign, with Nick re-assessing every Pink Floyd studio album and engineer Andy Jackson takes us behind the scenes of unearthing the hidden treasures that make up the new reissues. Storm Thorgerson has exclusively designed the actual front cover of the magazine itself for...
Links – MOJO Regular Edition and Vinyl | In The Pink Memoirs | Click images to enlarge The October 2011 edition of the excellent MOJO magazine has a great new 12 page interview with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason as part of the fanfare surrounding the release schedule Why Pink Floyd which, of course, starts on 26th September! The magazine hit newsstands on 23rd August so make sure you get a copy! The new interviews with David and Nick take us back to the 1970s when trouble was starting to mount between the band and Roger Waters in the context of finding fame on a large scale internationally with the success of Dark Side of the Moon. Forthcoming Memoirs Discussed There are references to forthcoming memoirs that Roger Waters is releasing that were written by his recently late friend Nick Sedgwick. The memories are called In...
Links – Roger Waters Roger Waters facebook note | Roger Waters has posted on his Facebook account that that his good friend Nick Sedgwick has died from brain cancer. Roger would now like to share with the world the unique insight Nick captured of Pink Floyd which, until now, has been a suppressed part of the bands history. Read on to see what Roger included in his note: He leaves behind a manuscript, “IN THE PINK” (not a hunting memoir). His memoir traces the unfolding of events in 1974 and 1975 concerning both me and Pink Floyd. In the summer of 1974 Nick accompanied me, and my then wife Judy, to Greece. We spent the whole summer there and Nick witnessed the beginnings of the end of that marriage. That autumn he travelled with Pink Floyd all round England on The Dark Side Of The Moon Tour. He carried a cassette recorder on...
