CH Vintage Audio Archives

Nick Mason with CV Vintage Audio's Chris Hewitt looking over Pink Floyd PA recreation

July 25, 2024

The Secrets Of Pink Floyd’s Quadraphonic PA

Pink Floyd pioneered live surround sound as long ago as the early ’70s. Chris Hewitt has tracked down the ground-breaking PA systems they used at Pompeii and on the Dark Side Of The Moon tour, and rebuilt the custom quad console operated by Alan Parsons. In Sound on Sound’s exclusive video feature, Chris explains how the Floyd created a fully immersive concert experience more than 50 years ago. Dig deeper links – Pink Floyd’s Quad...

Pink Floyd News

July 6, 2024

I’ve Been Mad for Fu***ing Years – Dark Side of the Moon Quote

During the recording process of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album, Roger Waters scribbled down some questions to ask people who he then recorded. You can hear various answers on the album. One of the most noticeable is the “I’ve been mad for fucking years” section during the song Speak To Me as answered by road manager Chris Adamson. This line is spoken by the band’s road manager, Chris Adamson. The song is...

Pink Floyd News

May 29, 2024

Pink Floyd Vintage PA System at Nick Mason’s Middlewick House

The Pink Floyd Vintage PA System will be on show next month. If you are heading to Nick Mason’s Middlewick house open garden charity event on 8/9th June then look out for the big red Avis van with a selection of Pink Floyd’s old PA equipment in! It will be in the Classic Vehicle outer field next to Middlewick House by invitation of Nick Mason. The equipment is collected and shared by CH Vintage Audio...