Ian Ritchie, Producer of Roger WatersRadio K.A.O.S and saxophone player with Roger Waters‘ current touring band and previous incarnations, has just opened his Tour Diary section on his official website.
A firm favorite amongst fans over the globe, it features exclusive photography and gives an insight into the day and life of a touring band member within Roger Waters’ touring arsenal.
Fans can also read previous entries from Ian’s involvement with Roger on his 2006–2008 Dark Side Of The Moon Tour, 2016’s Desert Trip performances, and the 2017–2018 Us And Them Tour.
Audiophiles will be happy to know this definitive audiophile version of Roger Waters Amused To Death — a brisk seller since its Analogue Productions 33 1/3 reissue in 2015 — is back with an upgrade.
Now a 45 RPM 4LP 180-gram set, the remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer James Guthrie is chillingly detailed — every cricket chirp and dog bark on this distinctive album has even more sonic intensity and dimension.
An unblinking look at an entertainment-obsessed society, Amused to Death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades. With Amused to Death, Roger Waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly — and unthinkingly — in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Deathspeaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago.
In 2021, television is just one option in an endless array of distractions available to us anytime, anywhere, courtesy of our laptops, tablets and smartphones. With eyes glued to our screens, the dilemmas and injustices of the real world can easily recede from view.
The 2021 4LP 45 RPM 180-gram vinyl edition of Amused to Death features remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer, James Guthrie, and has been pressed at Quality Record Pressings. The updated cover and gatefold art is by Sean Evans, the creative director of Waters’ 2010-2013 “The Wall Live” tour and movie.
‘Dub Side Of The Moon‘ A firm favorite amongst Pink Floyd Fans is being released on limited quantity vinyl on the 5th August 2022.
The release features the entire of Dark Side of the Moon recreated into a dub classic by the Easy Star All-stars featuring Sluggy Ranks, Frankie Paul, Dr Israel, the meditations and more. The all stars turn Floyd’s strangely surreal world even stranger and more surreal, adorning the english bands dark psychedelic music with slow reggae beats and head-spinning dub-style production that is both inspired and effective.
Moneyopens with the sound of bong hits and coughing instead of the cash register, then grooves to a reggae beat as guitar and organ churn out the classic riff – there’s even the signatory sax break in the middle. The group hits it just right on Great Gig in the Sky, retaining the soaring gospel voice. tearing away at the alienation of the original, this infusion of new personality makes it all work, elevating the albums concept from the half-baked to visionary.
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
Presented by Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets / Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd & David Gilmour, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
This weeks upcoming episode is Number 89 and features guest Youth (Martin Glover)
Youth is one half of the group Blue Pearl, which includes Pink Floyd backing vocalist Durga Mcbroom, and he is also a co-producer on Pink Floyd’s final record ‘The Endless River,’ as well as working with David Gilmour on The Orb’s 2010 ‘Metallic Spheres‘ Record.
In a statement released on their social media platform –” Due to license issues affecting a number of concerts due to be held at Bad Honnef in Germany, Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets gig due to be played there on July 2nd has had to be moved. You can now see the Saucers at E-Werk in Cologne that night. Tickets remain valid for the new location, and we apologize for any inconvenience with this unavoidable change.”
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
Presented by Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets / Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd & David Gilmour, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
This weeks upcoming episode is Number 88 and features guest Bernard Butler
In the latest series of deluxe bookazines, MOJO Magazine’s experts guide you through Pink Floyd’s essential albums, songs, films and books.
Pink Floyd’s status as rock’s greatest visionaries is beyond question, from their early days as psychedelic pioneers in the mid-’60s to their mega-selling ’70s albums The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall and beyond. But how best to negotiate their revered legacy of studio recordings, film soundtracks, rarities compilations, live albums and books? And what of their members’ solo releases?
Written by MOJO’s team of experts, Pink Floyd Essentials arms you with all the knowledge you need to acquire your ultimate Floyd collection. There are incisive appraisals of all their studio albums, from 1967’s The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn right up until 2014’s ‘posthumous’ The Endless River, as well as fascinating pieces on the film soundtrack LPs the group cut in the early ’70s when their future was uncertain. We also journey track-by-track through their career-spanning compilation Echoes, and take a deep dive into their revelatory Early Years and Later Years box sets.
Then there are profiles of each member’s solo releases, including early leader Syd Barrett’s two wonderfully eccentric cult albums from 1970, Roger Waters’ prolific catalogue following his departure from the group in 1984, and David Gilmour’s output, beginning with his acclaimed self-titled 1978 debut. Fear not, Rick Wright and Nick Mason are featured too!
When it comes to Floyd’s audio-visual performances, we uncover the extraordinary stories behind the band’s ground-breaking Live At Pompeii concert movie and the extravagant 1980/’81 tour to promote The Wall, later captured in the epic film of the same name. Plus we recommend the best Pink Floyd books with which to line your reading shelves.
Illustrated throughout with dozens of rare and iconic photographs, Pink Floyd Essentials is an indispensable purchase for all serious music fans.