Recently sent to us is a glimpse into some unseen footage from the ‘Barn Jams’ that feature as part of the David Gilmour 2006 On An Island Tour and subsequent Remember That Night, Live In Gdansk releases.
The footage features Rick Wright on Guitar, David Gilmour on Drums and Guy Pratt on Bass.
Edit : After some looking around it appears this footage features as part of the Scrapbook on the official site of Richard Wright.
Please head over to http://rickwright.com/ and show support to Ricks estate for their recent launch of the official website.
We were very sad to hear that Duggie Fields, accomplished artist, fashion icon, and Syd Barrett’s friend and flatmate, died yesterday at the age of 76. Our sincere condolences to his friends and family.
More often than not, when the name ‘Pink Floyd’ is mentioned, many fans immediately think of The Dark Side Of The Moon or The Wall. Or for early Floyd devotees, thoughts might turn to Syd Barrett. But what about that fertile period post-Syd and pre-Dark Side?
It’s an intriguing time for a band who were struggling to get to grips with the loss of their guiding light and principal songwriter; who threw themselves into soundtrack work to try to get a steer on where to go next; who were getting their heads around the emergence of Roger Waters as a songwriter and the ascendance of David Gilmour as a singer and player…
It was a time of flux before things went absolutely stratospheric when they released Dark Side on an unsuspecting world. And it’s this tumultuous period of Floyd that is re-vistited this month.
Copies of the new issue of Classic Rock can be purchased online from Magazines Directand all UK in shops such as supermarkets and newsagents, although delays are possible as stores prioritise the delivery of different lines of stock.
* In North America, Classic Rock is available is branches of Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, although new issues do not go on sale until a couple of weeks after they’re published in The UK.
Pink Floyd 'The Dark Side of the Moon' EMI Tape Box Folio – Side One
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon EMI Tape Box Folio – Side One is a limited edition of 250 replica prints that reveals the rarely seen The Dark Side of the Moon Quadrophonic discrete master – Side One EMI tape box, held deep within the EMI archive.
Recording of the album began in May 1972 in Studio Two at EMI Studios (as Abbey Road was known), using the iconic EMI TG12345 MK IV console. Abbey Road was to become Pink Floyd’s home for 38 days over a seven-month period, as they embarked on the creation of what, for many, would be their defining work. Our folio shows Side One of the album, which was recorded in Studios Two and Three at Abbey Road, with Alan Parsons and Peter James noted as the project’s engineers. The Dark Side of the Moon was released on March 1, 1973, and whilst it never received a UK number 1 position, it went on to become the second best-selling album of all time. This multi-layered album, with its light and shade and a genre impossible to define, quickly found its way to becoming the authentic, complex and deeply personal album known to fans around the world.
The tape contained within this box was exclusively manufactured by EMI. Between the mid ‘50s and 1981, EMI produced both blank and pre-recorded magnetic tapes in many formats, including type H60 and type H65. In the late ‘60s, EMI redesigned both the EMITAPE boxes and reels. The new boxes were aqua blue with an ‘atomic’ image made up of three superimposed images of tape reels, which is the cover you see in this folio. Many of these tape boxes, including The Dark Side of the Moon, are now stored at the EMI Archives, in Hayes, London. The Archives hold artefacts including rare and unheard recordings from the first years of the recorded music industry, along with photographs, letters, diaries, sales catalogues and EMI company records.
With a release date of March 5th,This is an exclusive collaboration between Pink Floyd and Abbey Road Studios. Each handmade folio is numbered and includes a 500gsm box card black folder (37cm x 37cm with a 5cm lip) which encases the two replica litho prints (30cm x 30cm), recreated in exact life size dimensions and cradled with transparent corner holders. Alongside this, it includes a leaflet looking back at the recording of The Dark Side of the Moon and a certificate of authenticity.
Chester Kamen, Former lead guitarist with Roger Waters band and last seen playing With David Gilmour on the 2016 Rattle That Lock tour has been busy writing and working on his forthcoming album,
March see’s the release of “Lover’s Lane” which is featured on the “Take This “ album which is currently in progress.
As Chester says briefly ” “Lover’s Lane” was written by myself and Chuck Sabo, who also played drums. It is a kind of waltz and is possibly inspired by the old Fleetwood Mac sound of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan, which I grew up on. Once again the video is a montage of stuff I have filmed and various bits of found footage that I have mistreated.“