Pink Floyd - A Fleeting GlimpsePosted on by Tony R
We spoke to former Pink Floyd backing vocalist Machan Taylor about her time with the band in 1987-1988, her current project with Gov’t Mule and she even drops an exclusive announcement with us! We can’t wait to share it with you. Stay tuned!
Photos used with permission by Machan Taylor
Graphics by our own Christopher Hyzy
Pink Floyd - A Fleeting GlimpsePosted on by Tony R
Today we celebrate the beloved Richard Wright on what would of been his 80th birthday! To mark the occasion a remix of Richard’s debut solo album Wet Dream has been released on CD (in some areas) and available on all streaming services!
Remixed by Steven Wilson, this reissue comes with brand new artwork that was commissioned and art-directed by Gala and Jamie Wright, Richard’s children and managers of his estate. As per the original release, the bi-fold sleeve folds out to extend the image and features the same vibrant colour palette. This time, the unidentified person in bright red shorts is swimming within deep blue waters of the sea rather than a pool and the image expands out to reveal a boat slightly out of their reach, referencing the nautical theme of the record. The image was taken by Costas Spathis, a photographer living and working in Greece, which is where the album was written and the graphic design is by Carl Glover. The original artwork was designed by Storm Thorgerson and photographed by Aubrey Powell for Hipgnosis and features in the vinyl booklet.
September 29th sees the release of a blue transparent vinyl and a bluray edition featuring a 5.1 surround mix (DTS-HD Master Audio 96/24), the new stereo mix in Hi-Res Audio (96/24), and a Dolby Atmos mix! Included are exclusive personal images and videos from around this period of his life. It’s housed in a book format with four collectable postcards and an 8-page booklet. The Blu-ray has been expanded to also include a flat transfer of the original pre-master of the 1978 stereo mix, taken from the analogue reels, as well as Steven Wilson’s 2023 instrumental stereo mixes of the four vocal tracks on the album being added. Order your copy at the links below.
In other Rick news, from our sister site Brain-Damage:
Yesterday evening, at the Dolby Listening Room in Soho, London, family (most of Richard’s were there), friends, and selected media were treated to a pair of playback sessions – in the pitch black – which straddled a Q&A session with Steven Wilson, hosted by Guy Pratt. First, the playback: this was the Atmos mix which is coming in September on the Blu-ray of the album, and simply put, it sounded absolutely superb. The clarity, power, and sheer musical and emotional impact made for a truly memorable night. The Q&A with Steven led to some fascinating insights into the process of finding the original master tapes (which were held at Universal in London), then getting them “baked” by Damon Iddins at Astoria (David Gilmour’s houseboat studio), before Steven could take the separate 24-track recordings and create the remix, which gives us an album which has never sounded as good as this!
Here’s a glimpse at the Q&A, and the message to the attendees on a screen in the Ray Dolby Lounge (a separate screen was showing home video footage of Richard, which should be on the Blu-ray when that is released).
Photos and text used with permission and with thanks to Brain-Damage.co.uk
Pink Floyd - A Fleeting GlimpsePosted on by Tony R
Due to demand, a second The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux live performance has been added for October 9th at The London Palladium. Tickets on sale starting today 7/28 at 10am BST hereBUY TICKETS NOW
“We’re going to do it live at the London Palladium, in October,” confirms Waters. “We look forward to that… hopefully performing it live on other occasions in the future.”
Joining Waters on stage will be many of the musicians who worked with him on the new recording, including Gus Seyffert (bass), Joey Waronker (drums), Jonathan Wilson (guitars), Johnny Shepherd (organ), Via Mardot (theremin), Azniv Korkejian (vocals), Gabe Noel (strings), Jon Carin (keyboards) and Robert Walter (piano).
Pink Floyd - A Fleeting GlimpsePosted on by Tony R
Roger Waters will perform his Dark Side Of The Moon Redux live at the London Palladium on October 8th.
“We’re going to do it live at the London Palladium, in October,” confirms Waters. “We look forward to that… hopefully performing it live on other occasions in the future.”
Joining Waters on stage will be many of the musicians who worked with him on the new recording, including Gus Seyffert (bass), Joey Waronker (drums), Jonathan Wilson (guitars), Johnny Shepherd (organ), Via Mardot (theremin), Azniv Korkejian (vocals), Gabe Noel (strings), Jon Carin (keyboards) and Robert Walter (piano). Tickets go on sale starting July 27th and can be purchased here
Pink Floyd - A Fleeting GlimpsePosted on by Tony R
Exciting news for our favorite drummer Nick Mason! He is to be made an honorary citizen of Pompeii tomorrow 24th July, 2023. The same day his Saucerful Of Secrets are to take the stage at the Teatro Grande! 52 years after he played Pompeii with Pink Floyd and filmed their highly acclaimed concert film ‘Live at Pompeii.’ Our most heartfelt congratulations go out to Nick!
An an Italian news resource goes on to say (Article has been translated to English):
The legendary Pink Floyd drummer, the only member of the band to have played on all their studio albums, returns to the excavations of Pompeii in concert on July 24 in the Teatro Grande, 52 years after the historic live behind closed doors, filmed and immortalized by the cameras of Adrian Maben, with his ‘Saucerful Of Secrets’, produced by D’Alessandro e Galli.
Unanimously approved the honorary citizenship of Pompeii as well as to Nick Mason, the ceremony presided over by the mayor Carmine Lo Sapio, will be held at the Municipality in the council hall on the same day of the concert. Accompanying Nick Mason on stage will be a superband he founded in 2018: Guy Pratt on bass (with Pink Floyd since 1987), Gary Kemp vocals and guitar (founding member of Spandau Ballet), Lee Harris (Blockheads) on solo guitar and Dom Beken (The Orb) on keyboards. The show will focus on the first albums of Pink Floyd’s career pre ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’. A return to the dawn that will stage the superband, to the years when Syd Barrett “crazy diamond” was the author of the lyrics and the soul of what would later become one of the largest and most influential groups in history. Mason stated that they are not a tribute band, but that they want to ‘capture the spirit of the time and transmit it to the public’ through tracks extracted from records such as ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ (1967), ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ (1968), ‘Ummagumma’ (1969) and ‘Meddle’ (1971).