Monthly Archive: December 2011

Links – Front Row on BBC Radio 4 | Discuss on forum | Other Pink Floyd News Ladies and gentlemen, its Nick Mason! Pink Floyd drummer and archivist Nick Mason will be on the airwaves on Monday 2nd January 2012 at 7:15pm GMT. He will be appearing on Front Row presented by John Wilson.They will be revisiting their old recordings and reassessing the out-takes left in the vaults and consider why some tracks – and in some cases even complete albums – lie unreleased for years. Also on the program are musicians including Kate Bush, Brian Wilson, Ray Davies of The Kinks and Nile Rodgers of Chic. It is quite fitting that Nick should be featured on the programme given that Pink Floyd are currently re-releasing their albums in Experience and Immersion editions to fans. These new versions of the albums, of course, feature live concert recordings, archived video recordings...

The Big Pink Floyd Survey 2009 – | Part 1 – Age, Gender, Location | Part 2 – Concerts | Part 3 – Favourite Era, Member and Best Musician of Pink Floyd | Part 4: Favourite Songs and Fan Self-Ratings | Part 5: Top Five Pink Floyd Albums | Part 6: Best Solo Albums Continuing the Big Pink Floyd Survey Results, the next installment is the Top 5 Pink Floyd albums according to fans! It is no surprise that the three Immersion boxsets that are being released as part of the Why Pink Floyd release schedule are in the top 5 albums as voted for by fans. It is also interesting to think that two of the top 5 albums (and they are all quite closely rated) do not have Immersion Editions announced just yet. Given what Nick Mason said in an interview not long ago about other material possibly...

Pre-Order The Wall Immersion from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com Also… Read more about Why Pink Floyd collection and Discuss The Wall Immersion Edition on the forum, let us know your thoughts! Pink Floyd’s The Wall album is one of Pink Floyd’s most popular albums both amongst fans and the general public! Although it is a grand conceptual art rock album, musically the album is very accessible in most parts due to producer Bob Ezrin’s desire to focus on a more “rock” than “prog” sound throughout the album in addition to its disco pop loops on Another Brick! The album uses an array of characters and themes to conjure up a feeling of increasing isolation for poor old ‘Pink’ and was inspired by Roger’s increasing feelings of isolation from his audience. Dark Side of the Moon in particular had opened up the band to the forces of mass consumption by a much...