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Pink Floyd WEM Speakers Pompeii

Live at Pompeii: Recreated in Cheshire by Chris Hewitt using WEM Equipment

The equipment used by Pink Floyd during their Live at Pompeii film recording has been recreated in a field in Northern England as part of the promotional work for a forthcoming book. The book details the large PA speaker system setups at concerts using WEM speakers and the book, of course, features Pink Floyd. They used WEM. There are 500 copies of the book being released so, if you want one, get involved. The band played One of These Days which you can watch below. You can also enjoy an interview too looking at the equipment. Pink Floyd of course were well known for their use of lots of equipment over the years. This could range from the ‘azimuth coordinator’ that Rick used to throw sound around every corner of a room, the ‘Binson Ecorec’ which was an early mechanical reverb machine, not to mention stage production technology. Roger Waters...

Polly Samson and David Gilmour

David Gilmour and Polly Samson Rolling Stone Interview (New album, Tour, Roger Argument)

David Gilmour, and his long time collaborator and lyricist Polly Samson, have done an interview with Rolling Stone magazine which you can read online. The interview focuses on Polly’s work on her novel A Theatre for Dreamers, but also covers lots of other ground including the dispute surrounding Animals 2018 remix which “David’s former lyricist” Roger Waters had things to say about. David Gilmour vs Roger Waters Lets get this element of the story out the way first, then we can focus on happier thoughts. Given all the suffering going on in the world, its a bit daft to be bickering like this. Put “credit” and “ego” to one side and focus on the future! It says in the Rolling Stone interview that it was done in “late May” and then published on 7th June. As we know, Roger went berserk on 1st June regarding the liner notes issue for...

The Art of Pink Floyd The Wall Book Gerald Scarfe

The Art of Pink Floyd The Wall – New Gerald Scarfe Book Out Nov 2021

When you think of The Wall album, you might think of all the wonderfully illustrated characters which have become iconic to Pink Floyd fans. Recently at Sotherby’s auction house, the original paintings and illustrations by artist and illustrator Gerald Scarfe sold for tens of thousands of pounds so must be very iconic indeed to someone! The great news is Gerald has a new book out on 25th November 2021 which features 288 pages dedicated to the artwork he created for The Wall. It is a bit pricey at £120 currently on Amazon with an RPP of £150. But for fans with a good deep pocket I am sure it will be well worth it. It is published by Little, Brown. Grab yourself a copy on Amazon.co.uk where you can pre-order the book. Come and discuss the book on the forum too. From the Publisher The Art of Pink Floyd The...

The Albatross Man book

Hear David Gilmour Play ‘Need Your Love So Bad’, a New 2021 Version for Peter Green Book

David Gilmour has lent his guitar playing skills to a new recording of ‘Need Your Love So Bad’ to help promote a book. The book is Albatross Man and is a visual documentary of Fleetwood Mac founding member Peter Green who sadly passed away last summer. The book was 4 years in the making and is an exceptionally exclusive product. The “ultra deluxe signed” version is £2,000 and is limited to 50 copies. For the rest of us, the “standard” version is £95! Ordering info. The book is available for pre-order and is released in October 2021. Hear Need Your Love So Bad featuring David Gilmour Recently, David has also been getting involved with the latest Jools Holland album recording which he let slip whilst sending birthday wishes to Gilmour online. David also recorded an EP to accompany his wife’s latest book being put to paperback. He certainly has been...

Polly Samson and David Gilmour A Theatre for Dreamers Book with Signed CD

Polly Samson Book Now With Signed Bonus CD [Gilmour & Samson]

Author and lyricist Polly Samson released her latest book A Theater for Dreamers last year and there is now a bonus edition that comes with a signed CD featuring 4 new tracks. The CD is limited in number available obviously and is signed by David Gilmour and Polly Samson (so it says on my order confirmation email). Get yours whist stocks last [Paperback PLUS version]. The songs include the lovely Yes I Have Ghosts which also features Polly and David’s daughter Romany Gilmour, who also featured in Downton Abbey back in the day. About The Book Erica is eighteen and ready for freedom. It’s the summer of 1960 when she lands on the sun-baked Greek island of Hydra where she is swept up in a circle of bohemian poets, painters, musicians, writers and artists, living tangled lives. Life on their island paradise is heady, dream-like, a string of seemingly endless...

Roger Waters Autobiography and Audio book in the Works

Roger Waters has been working on his autobiography for many years, and an awful lot of other projects too that have not yet come to fruition, but he said the other day that he is in the middle of his autobiography and that there will be an audiobook complete with “the voices”. You know Roger likes to do his voices as can be heard on The Wall for example. The interview was a political one with PARC Media (Politics, Art, Roots, Culture). That means a lot of fans might be put off as they are only interested in the musical side of the band. If you want to watch the interview, do so here (1h 10min for audiobook info). I wonder what kind of stories he would choose to include in this memoirs? He, and The Pink Floyd, achieved so much over the decades 6 decades with lots of ups,...